sysadmin

So you’re one of the lucky people (Technet, MSDN etc…) to have early access to Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012.

As of yesterday I am now a Microsoft Certified Professional (Technology Specialist: Windows 7, Configuration for those keeping score at home).

A common occurrence I find is that svchost.

One of the best things Microsoft did when Vista came about is to make all their different SKUs available on the one disc/ISO.

Windows 7 is arguably one of the best operating systems Microsoft have put out in their history in the game.

I don’t usually get excited by xkcd web comics but I thought this one was particularly appropriate (thanks Anthony Burke)

Ahhhhh printers, I am convinced life would be better without them (I don’t even have one at home).

The other week I had a request for a list of all email addresses of staff for use with a legacy VOIP system.

Many sysadmins have probably encountered a situation where due to a nasty print driver (& associated printer) the Print Spooler service stops and upon starting it up again manually decides to stop again.

Most system administrators that I know has the burden (or the joy if you like a challenge) of creating and managing large quantities of users in Active Directory.