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Old MPSReports
12 May 09 01:14 PM | tristank | 2 Comments   

There’s a new MPS Reports version in town, with new features : new 64-bit friendliness, various forms of wizard-driven hotness for all the products the individual old tools used to support, etc, etc. Call me old school if you want, but I typically prefer Read More...

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Troubleshooting, Windows 7

On the ISA Server Security Update
15 April 09 11:57 AM | tristank | 0 Comments   

Rambling my way to a point One of my most favourite “Favorites” (read: “he snarled”) in recent weeks has been the ISA Server Product Team’s Build Numbers post . They helpfully list the version numbers of each ISA Server, um, version, along with a link Read More...

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, ISA Server, Networking, Security, Troubleshooting

Antivirus software on ISA Server
09 April 09 10:44 AM | tristank | 2 Comments   

There are two major classes of Anti Virus software (yes, I know I used one word above, it’s called SEO, okay?) that can be used on an ISA Server computer: ISA-integrated antivirus scanning products Regular desktop/server antivirus products The first category Read More...

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, ISA Server, Networking, Security, Troubleshooting

.HDMP and .MDMP files
23 September 08 07:12 PM | tristank | 0 Comments   

Just a quickie – the rule is blog what you know, but I figure my speculation might be good enough here. A friend gave me an HDMP file and asked what I could make of it. After the usual “I could make a hat! Or a brooch! Or a dinosaur!” type stuff, I realized Read More...

Filed under: Developery, IT Pro / Sysadmin, Windows Vista, IIS, Windows Server 2008, Troubleshooting

That Memory Leak Revisited
25 June 08 04:59 PM | tristank | 2 Comments   

While searching for memory leaking troubleshooting techniques that could be applied to 64-bit Windows (for the DHCP Server memory leak I found I had the other day ), I stumbled across the answer to my problem in an internal tool (weird that I missed it Read More...

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, Networking, Security, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Troubleshooting

Generic Troubleshooting: "Is it still a problem?"
28 April 08 05:38 PM | tristank | 2 Comments   

I've been doing this support thing for a while now. Frequently, the basics are what get overlooked when troubleshooting an issue, particularly an issue that seems complex on the surface. Often, though, you'll find that the detailed techniques lead you Read More...

Filed under: Developery, IT Pro / Sysadmin, IIS, Troubleshooting