All posts by Jim Guckin
Importance of Security Awareness
Whether you know it or not, companies spends millions of dollars trying to make their network safe from hackers. Billions of dollars and a lot of lost time are the cost that companies have to share when their systems are breached. The problem becomes that most companies only address half of the solution, you can pour…
Q&A Monday: Check MAC AD Authentication
Question: I work for a School District with a very small tech department. As we are in an educational environment, we are running a mixed environment with Mac’s and PC’s authenticating to a Windows 2003 AD servers, 9 total servers total spread out throughout 8 sites. I have been running into problems with a few Mac’s in…
Q&A Monday: Windows 8 Install on VmWare Issues
Question: I just downloaded the Windows 8 Release Preview ISO from Microsoft’s website, and when I went to load the ISO into VMWare, I get the following message: “Windows cannot read the <Productkey> setting from the unattended answer file” I am not using an answer file, so I am not sure what is causing this….
Q&A Monday: Dell PowerEdge 2970 Install Problems
Question: I have a Dell PowerEdge 2970 server, and I’m trying to install Windows Server 2008 R2 with the Dell CD that came in the package. It boots off the CD and loads the install GUI, and then stops before installing everything asking for drivers. I tried putting the RAID array drivers on a USB…
Disaster Recovery: Starting a Simple DR Plan
I’m starting a new series on Disaster Recovery that will hopefully run on Fridays for a bit. Not many companies will even think that they need a plan like this, until a disaster hits and then it’s too late. In this installment I’ll start you on the thought process and how to go about writing…
Q&A Monday: How to get honest feedback
Question: I am the manager of several large technology products for my company, and I feel like I’m just not getting honest feedback from the people involved with the project. While the projects seem to be going well, I would appreciate it if I could get honest feedback and make sure the projects are a success, any suggestions?…
5 Cool registry changes only in the registry
With almost any discussion we have about the registry, I always want to stress the same message. Messing with the registry can cause you system to become unstable or not work. Please make sure you backup the registry prior to making changes. Now with that out of the way, I wanted to show you some…
5 Signs IT isn’t the career for you
We’ve all met the IT guy who we are pretty sure isn’t cut out for the job. I know people have asked me, if they are right for IT and it is something people need to think about prior to spending the money and time to get into the field. Lucky for you, I wanted…
Q&A Monday: How often should I update my Linux Servers?
Question: I have recently become responsible for more servers at my current job, some of these servers are of the RedHat and Debian flavor of linux, and I was wondering what is the recommended period of time between checking for updates on these servers? Catina P. Martin Mira Loma, CA Answer: To be honest, it all depends on how…
Q&A Monday: hiberfil.sys and deleting it
Question: Jim, While doing some spring cleaning on my computer, I’ve come across a file in C: drive called hiberfil.sys file. When I try to delete the file it wont let me, how do I get rid of hiberfil.sys? Craig Ridgeway Kenosha, WI Answer: The first thing we need to discuss, is what exactly is that…