DISASTER RECOVERY PROCEDURE: FULL STANDALONE HYPER-V RECOVERY COMPLETED We had a standalone Hyper-V server's OS drive array go blotto. Just full-stop. It turned out to be a failed SSD. For both standalone and cluster hosts we always have: 1: USB3 flash drive set up with

@Cadillac Temps have dropped a couple to -20C. Edmonton to Spruce Grove. That's a fair amount of juice keeping this old guy warm. ;-)

Bubbye CoPilot. Don't let the door hitcha on the way out!

NETWORK SECURITY: VIEWING THE DNS CACHE 1: Open the DNS Management Console. 2: View --> Advanced 3: Cached Lookups folder There sure are a lot of Microsoft Edge pointers in the various folders. I thought a browser was supposed to be just for ... um ... browsing the Internet? A

@Cadillac This morning it's -18C, the wind was heavy from the NW carrying a lot of snow with it. In the pic there's trees blocking the wind but that negates our elevated winter highways. So, snow collects and the pressure of high traffic melts it then it freezes creating what is a freshly

Canadian Accounting Firms: Taxprep T2 2025 v2 Taxprep T1 2025 FormMaster 2025 All released this last week or so. Most of our managed firms are now up to date.

VMware and HYPER-V ARE ABOVE ALL OTHERS Keep in mind, unless the hypervisor vendor was well established before the surgeon's VMware Licensing knife came out at Broadcom they were scrambling for talent. Proxmox had European 9-5 support hours when this all started. So, that begs

@Cadillac At -20C there's some frostiness on the back due to some battery cooling. It's common around exhaust ports to have frost and ice build-up when there's fresh snow being kicked up while driving. Winter Note to .@Cadillac: The tailgate button tends to get bound with caked snow.

@Cadillac WooHoo! -24C and it takes a bit of care to pull the charger out! So far, the lock button hasn't had an ice buildup just snow so haven't encountered not being able to unlock it ... yet! ;-) Brrrrrr

About that snake eating its tail: https://t.co/0aVnRGD8U1 Investors are always looking for quick ways to make a buck. It's the nature of the business. Unicorns you know? But they aren't stupid. At some point investors in AI are going to push back against the lack of revenue.

A new one and an ongoing one. :(

SYSTEM BUILDER TIP: CHANGING A CPU? CLEAN THE DRIED THERMAL PASTE THIS WAY Not all vendors have changed over to using paper based packaging and protection. The plastic foam type stuff is just abrasive enough to take off all of the old thermal paste on the CPU and the copper

ACTIVE DIRECTORY DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING: BACKUP IMAGE RESTORE CONSIDERATIONS The FSMO Roles should all reside on the domain's PDCe (read below). The Time Authority should also reside on that PDCe. Using the w32tm method (linked below) we set time authority without needing

Today, December 16th, 2025 Ambient Temperature: -20C Charge level 90% with a range of 466KMs * Dropped by one while getting ready to hit the pre-heat button in the app too! 465KMs Am just getting ready to head home after a long day with a client visit. Total KMs drive today so

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Lots of folks flinging "science" around when it comes to "data centre setups in space" especially the cooling. If I understand what is said in this post correctly, Mr. Musk is taking cloud architecture, that is a bunch of tiny software applets working together to produce a large

Windows 10 FUD: So, has the World Ended?!?!? Yeah, I didn't think so. Back to what you were doing! ;-)

I'm once again looking for a log truck driver. Camp job off highway Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks pulling Hayracks forwarding in the bush. No highway No hills No chains Camp and meals provided Competitive wages 24/7 service truck Located near High Level AB Travel to and

Before the "Silos" got the best of it yeah. Windows Server file & print with Search set up Exchange Server configured for Search Windows 7 mapped drives set up in Libraries Windows 7 Indexing tweaked for the above I could search for _anything_ by clicking Start and typing.