Programming, Hardware, Software and gadgets.
Wii and WiFi errors (52035,..)
Recently I tried to update the software of my Wii game console which was no as user-friendly as i thought it would be. […]
Why DFS doesn’t replicate certain files ?
I always advise everyone to use DFS (Distributed File System), even when you do not plan to replicate files/folders between servers, it’s a good way of getting rid of all that server names. Do these problems sound familiar: "On which server was that share ?" or "The share is running out of space, but we can’t move [...]
X64 issues (when migrating some servers)
I recently migrated some Windows platforms to Windows Server 2003 x64 which were running Windows 2003 Server (normal 32-bit version). The reason for this was that i migrated to a new virtual platform (in my case Xen Enterprise 4.0.1) which supports 64bit Operating Systems, so it would be a quick win… If i didn’t had XEN (or another [...]
Script to sequentially defrag remote servers (example: on a SAN!)
Previous years i had running several scheduled tasks on all my servers. Recently I migrated all my Physical Large Iron Hardware (mostly servers) to Virtual Servers (VMs) in XEN. I have an OpenFiler SAN which hosts all the Storage (iSCSI storage or NFS shares). I still had all my scheduled tasks running at all the Virtual [...]
How to resize your SR in Xen
Since a while, i’m using OpenFiler 2.x and Xen 4.01 Enterprise. I use the iSCSI capabilities of OpenFiler for my Storage Repositories (SR) in Xen. Last week i had a space problem for one of my VMs in XEN: The (virtual) Harddrive was only 30GB and i wanted to add another drive of 60GB. However, my Storage Repository [...]
Hidden Share$ in OpenFiler
You can create a hidden (Windows) share in OpenFiler (SMB/CIFS Share) by entering the "Override SMB share name" ending with the $ sign. Do not forget to restart (disable and enable) the SMB/CIFS service. (click to enlarge screenshot) This actually changes the /etc/samba/smb.conf file to something like this (you can also do that manually): [Backup$] [...]
Windows .NET 2.0 Update warnings (aspnet_perf.dll / KB928365)
I had a Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 (30day edition) running. When I decided to run all updates (http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com), I saw the following warnings in the Application Event Log: Event ID: 37 Type: Warning Source: WINMgmt Description: WMI ADAP was unable to load the C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_perf.dll performance library due to an unknown problem within the library [...]
Finally, ICACLS Valhalla !
Did you ever need to script ‘setting-file/folder-permissions’ or making a deployment or install script ? Or did you ever screwed-up the NTFS permissions on the C:\Windows folder (including all the subfolders) ? If so, you’d better read on; Microsoft finally came with a solution which stops all the horror of automaticly setting-NTFS permissions, including the [...]
ABN-AMRO security weaknesses
Today I took some time to write a little about ABN-AMRO’s security weaknesses. This article including it’s examples and example code (which will be posted later) are for educational purposes only. Account blocking It’s made too simple to lock an account for internet banking. Going to https://www.abnamro.nl/nl/homepage/overview.html and typing an existing bank account number with [...]
Miss list
Instead of making a wish list, I'll give you my miss list below. Most of the items should be vaporware #1 since many people are waiting years for it and the miss will be a bigger problem in feature. As soon as an item is available or a good workarround is available I'll post it next to [...]