– Looks like Microsoft has fixed the bug with backing up to drives larger than 2TB in Windows Server 2012! Recently put a 4TB on a server running that OS, backup works. Continue reading
VmWare Fusion
Recently a client decided they just had to have a Mac. So they went and got one. The only problem: their business applications are windows-based. The answer: setting up a virtual Windows machine. The 2 most popular solutions for that seem to be Parallels and VmWare Fusion. I chose VmWare Fusion simply because I have some prior VmWare experience and wanted to have at least something familiar in the unfamiliar Mac territory Continue reading
Hosting: Do it yourself or pay someone?
At some point of time everyone will be faced with this question. Do I pay a hosting company or do I purchase my own hardware and software and host myself? Continue reading
Windows Backup to drives > 2TB
You get a new removable hard drive that is 3TB. Your Windows machine sees it fine, formats it fine, everything is good to go. You point you backup job to it only to discover that it fails with totally cryptic messages logged in the event viewer
DynCache
One day you notice your system is starting to run slow. You check the task manager, it tells you CPU usage is negligible. Then you notice that the task manager reports memory usage at 70, 80 or 90 percent. So you start looking for the process that is consuming all that memory. You add up memory usage for all the processes listed in the task manager and your total ends up less than 1Gb. You think “what the f@#$” Continue reading
Converting to Linux
As Windows XP has hit its end-of-support people are faced with the question as to what to do with their XP PCs. Some business users like banks or medical facilities really have no choice – they must update to newer version or lose their compliance. Some choose to continue running the XP systems Continue reading
Cryptolocker virus
This week one of my clients was hit with it. Thankfully as the data is stored on the server where it is backed up daily the damage was minimal Continue reading
Lexmark T650 Driver Bug
After some troubleshooting looks like I have found a Windows 7 driver bug for Lexmark T650 laser printer. Now if I could only get Lexmark to listen to me… Continue reading
Acronis Backup
Last week I got to setup a backup solution for a small office. After researching the client’s needs decided on using Acronis as the backup software. Below is the account of the whole experience:
Bottom-line: Like Acronis, would recommend it for similar situations.
Pros: A very solid, well-written program, easy to use, does what it says it will do
Cons: Rather high cost, atrocious error messages Continue reading