Recently at work I ran into an odd issue with a customer and MSSQL backups. The customer had setup some maintenance plans to backup their databases according to a schedule, fulls one day a week followed by differential backups and then rolling over. Pretty common. But when the poop hit the fan and the customer […]
Read More →Bat script to backup MySQL on a Windows Server
Use the script below to backup your MySQL server running on a Windows server. Just create the bat file then create a scheduled task to run it. This file will append the date to the file name and keeps files up to 7 days. Adjust as needed. *Backs up the files to C:\MySQLBackup. Make sure […]
Read More →DOCSIS 2 vs DOCSIS 3 speed test results
A while back I upgraded my modem from a DOCSIS 2 to a DOCSIS 3. I purchase my own cable modem to save some money over leasing it from Comcast. It pays for itself within a year. I was using a DCOSIS 2.0 modem and pretty content with the results but then a brand new […]
Read More →Intel Core i5 4670k + MSI Z87-G45 4.4GHz Overclock
I’ve been going back and forth overclocking my haswell 4670k. MSI has a built in overclocking button called overclock genie, which would take the CPU to 4GHz but I don’t trust auto overclocking and I did have some crashes happen with apps and games. So after reading some more guides and seeing what others are […]
Read More →Battlefield 4 Mantle vs DirectX Real World Benchmark Results
The reason I bought my 7970 GHz was in anticipation of Mantle, and it was on sale. But Mantle is here and BF4 has Mantle and I believe I am the perfect case study because I have the average gamer PC stock without overclocking. Because I can’t afford to replace burnt out video cards and […]
Read More →How to play Batman Arkham Asylum with Windows 8
Batman AA is a game I’ve been meaning to play for a long time. So long that a new OS has been released from Microsoft and I’ve upgraded. So when I tried to run my install from Steam nothing happened. After I quick view of the event logs I found the warning below. The application […]
Read More →Long time no post – how about some SATA disk benchmarks?
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted to my fledgling blog, mainly because I’m working … aLOT. … And I really do care about this blog a lot. And the two people that have left comments made me care just a little more. Unfortunately I just don’t get a chance to post all […]
Read More →Remote into your workgroup Windows 2012 Core server with Powershell
PS101 … In the corner of my basement is a media server running Windows 2012 core. I never have to log into it, I never have to update it, I never have to do much with it. The server simply runs, which is the whole point of core right? Unfortunately there was another thing that […]
Read More →How to fix: SCVMM 2012 The remote computer could not authenticated due to problems with its security certificate
Getting this error in your System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2012 console? This is because the certificate for the host the VM resides on is not trusted. All you have to do is install the certificate into your trusted root on the machine you are connecting from and the connection will work. Here’s […]
Read More →Performance with Azure and W3 Total Cache
At work I’ve been working a lot with Windows Azure pack and the Websites role (WAPWS). This is Windows Azure for hosting providers, it allows us hosters to provide our own Azure environment on our own equipment. Meaning we can be less expensive than MS azure but provide the same service, sometimes even better. For […]
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