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Hyper-V is a hypervisor-based technology that is a key feature of Windows Server 2008, and provides a scalable, reliable, and highly available virtualization platform. It provides scalability and high performance by supporting features like guest multi-processing support and 64-bit guest and host support; reliability and security through its hypervisor architecture; flexibility and manageability by supporting…

In today’s shifting IT world  many organizations has servers hosting applications for both internal and customer-facing applications. These servers are managed and accessed by multiple staff members and in some cases, accessible by external vendor contractors as well. While a lot of money was invested in protecting these servers from malicious users and other types…

Just released, Train Signal is offering a brand new Cisco CCNA Security Training (IINS 640-553) course by Chris Bryant, CCIE. This 13 hour video training course will cover everything you need to pass the Cisco CCNA Security certification exam (IINS 640-553). I have watched many Chris Bryant videos and, trust me, he is one of…

How many times have you been working away on a complex spreadsheet only to have Excel crash? Often you’re left with a corrupt spreadsheet you can’t open and critical data you can’t access. This guide outlines how to use Stellar Phoenix’s Excel Recovery application to automatically repair your damaged .XLS or .XLSX files and recover…

Traditionally, locating the right driver for a PC, server, or peripheral has required that you know the specifics of your device’s manufacturer, model number, your OS version, the date of your current or placeholder driver.  This guide outlines how to use an automated driver ‘locate and install tool’ called Driver Detective to source the correct…

A review of Train Signal’s Web Servers Video Lab Training – Product Details. See more details at Train Signal’s website. We start with the Concepts video where the advantages and disadvantages of various web servers are discussed: IIS 4, IIS5 & IIS6 and Apache (Apache being the dominant server at this point in time) Difference between…

In the first part of this article series, I talked about a few of the things that you should do to begin planning for an eventual migration to Exchange Server 2007. In this article I want to conclude the series by discussing some other aspects to the planning process. Prepare the Active Directory Exchange Server…

Planning to setup a wireless network? David Davis walks you through five things you should know before rolling up your sleeves.

On this page I will describe the 4 variants or options that one has when connecting a home or small office network to the Internet via an ADSL or Cable modem. Carefully read the pros and cons of each method and decide what’s best for you. In this page I will not go into PC…

Before you can introduce Windows Server 2008 domain controllers into existing Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 domains, you must prepare the forest and domains with the ADPREP utility. ADPREP.exe is a command-line tool that extends the Active Directory schema, and updates permissions as necessary to prepare a forest and domain for a domain controller…

Automatically recover a Windows 7 or XP administrator password with this helpful and crucial guide.

We’ve all heard that the difference between a successful Exchange 2007 migration and a disaster is planning. That being the case, I wanted to take the opportunity to write about the types of issues that you need to think about planning for prior to a migration. Assessing the Exchange Features that Your Organization Needs Generally…