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My Articles….

Dave — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:16:35 +0000

Been awhile since I published my current crop of articles that went up.. in case you missed them here you go!

Install Windows 7
Windows 7 System Requirements

Configure BIND DNS on Windows Web Server 2008 – Part 2
Getting Started in IT: Desktop Support Role
Moving Up in IT: System Administrator Role
Web Deployment Tool Beta 2
Build Your Own Open Source NAS Device Using FreeNAS – Part 2
Build Your Own Open Source NAS Device Using FreeNAS – Part 1
Disable UAC (User Account Control) on Vista and Server 2008
Configure DHCP on Windows Server 2008
Install DHCP Role on Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 as a LAN Router Running RIP
Why Should You Have a Microsoft TechNet Plus Subscription?

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MCP Phone Support from Microsoft

Dave — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:17:09 +0000

Updates Below

So here it is a little over a week from when I passed my 70-620 exam and I have been anxiously waiting for my transcript to update so I can do a post on the difference between the MCP community and the MCP credential for some fellow know it alls at our favorite compute training company Train Signal. More on that in an upcoming post, but for today I tried calling support, was told they couldnt help and to scan in my score sheet and then e-mail it to them.

Quite a disappointment that they couldn’t do it right over the phone, but lets see how quickly this gets resolved through email. I have had less than stellar results with MCP support in the past.

Update: Well I have received two separate emails one confirming they received my email and the second one assuring me they have dedicated resources responding to this issue and they now “own” it, and should have it resolved in 3-5 business days. All this within 4 hours… I feel awfully warm and fuzzy! Hopefully the final resolution will be on the shorter end of those 3-5 days, but time will tell!

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Windows Vista 64-Bit

Dave — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:03:23 +0000

So I was listening to Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte on Windows Weekly podcast Sunday night and they are talking about Vista 64 and how most of the driver issues have been resolved. Well I never installed a 64-bit OS even though I have hardware for it, so I decided to go ahead and do it on my XPS 420 machine I just got a few months back. It has 4GB of RAM and a Intel Quad Core chip in it. I currently use this machine to host my virtual machines and to also create the videos.

So first thing first I logon to my technet subscription to get a x64 ISO for Vista Ultimate, I already have a license key so we are good there.

I then hit Dell and grab a copy of the 64-bit drivers for all my hardware that came installed with the XPS. I also burn this to a CD for later use.

I ran a manual backup of all my virtual machine files and videos using Windows Home Server

And then…. I get too busy to do it. So I wait till today… August 5th… my birthday to make a bold move into the 64-bit world.

And the result has been…. GREAT! Install was smooth, my must need apps work well, I am running a restore on my virtual machines (about 36GB) through Home Server Console (Power Pack 1 Upgrade needed!)

So far so good… now I am looking at buying another 4GB of RAM to upgrade to 8GB total…

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