Last week while working on a Domain Controller for a rarely used domain, I ran into a challenging issue. I couldn’t login to the DC! (Thanks MS for not allowing local logins on Domain Controllers)! RDP responded fine, I could [...]
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Broadcom Static IP Issue – Update
The fix I posted yesterday appears to work in certain configurations. After hours of troubleshooting, researching, and being frustrated, I have found an alternate fix that appears to work 100% of the time. The directions here are Dell specific, but [...]
Broadcom NetXtreme ii Driver Issues – Static IP won’t stick
Today I setup a Windows Server 2003 32bit system, and windows did not have any drivers for my network card. This system was a Dell M600 blade (which uses the same Broadcom 57XX series NIC as the rest of Dell’s [...]
Windows Update Failure – 0×80248011
If you’ve ever tried running Windows update and received the message: The website has encountered a problem and cannot display the page you are trying to view. Take the following steps to try solving the problem: Refresh the page. In [...]
Extending Windows Server Volumes
As ESX has matured, extending the size of .vmdk disks has become easier and easier. In ESX 3.5, using the VI client, you can simply edit your VM settings and increase the size of the disk. (or you can use [...]