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    Microsoft buys and then discontinues Linux/Unix antivirus products Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
    Wednesday, June 22 2005 @ 09:57 AM CDT
    By David L. Farquhar

    First GeCAD, now Sybari.

    Microsoft has been buying smaller anti-virus firms and discontinuing their Linux and Unix product lines.

    Trust, schmust. When your god is Big Business, that means Big Business can do no wrong, so when you're the U.S. government, you let companies like Microsoft do whatever they want. The problem is that Unix antivirus products are extremely useful, especially in Microsoft shops.

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    Running Knoppix on a Proliant with a SmartArray controller Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
    Friday, December 03 2004 @ 05:20 PM CST
    By David L. Farquhar

    If you've ever tried to run Knoppix on a Compaq or HP Proliant with a Smart Array controller, you probably got a rude surprise.

    Here's how to make the hard drive(s) show up.

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    Things to look for in a wireless router Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
    Monday, November 22 2004 @ 07:38 PM CST
    By David L. Farquhar

    It's the time of year that a lot of people buy computer equipment, and wireless networking is one of the things people look for. But what things should be on the shopping list?

    I was hoping you'd ask that question.

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    Most Recent Post: 11/25 09:57AM by keith721  [ Views: 1934 ]  

    Troubleshooting a Compaq Proliant 1600 Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
    Saturday, November 13 2004 @ 08:03 AM CST
    By David L. Farquhar

    I still work on a lot of Compaq Proliant 1600s. In their day, they were a very versatile server, packing lots of drive bays and open expansion slots into a 5U package. They were also very reliable.

    Now that they are five years old or even older, they are less so. But I've collected some good suggestions from Compaq and HP technicians about working on them.

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    Most Recent Post: 11/13 08:57AM by keith721  [ Views: 1997 ]  

    Wake up your Backup Exec remote agent Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
    Friday, November 12 2004 @ 05:05 PM CST
    By David L. Farquhar

    Usually when a Backup Exec remote agent refuses to respond and stopping and starting the service does no good (verifiable by creating a new job and attempting to connect to the remote server, only to find the drive selection boxes greyed out), the solution is to reboot.

    There's a last-resort method more appropriate for production servers.

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    So there is a benefit to running Windows Server 2003 and XP Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
    Wednesday, November 10 2004 @ 05:57 PM CST
    By David L. Farquhar

    One of the reasons Windows Server 2003 and XP haven't caught on in corporate network environments is that Microsoft has yet to demonstrate any real benefit to either one of them over Windows 2000.

    Believe it or not, there actually is one benefit. It may or may not be worth the cost of upgrading, but if you're buying licenses now and installing 2000, this information might convince you it's worth it to install the current versions instead.

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    Most Recent Post: 11/11 07:00PM by DaveF  [ Views: 977 ]  

    Resolving an issue with slow Windows XP network printing Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
    Wednesday, October 20 2004 @ 06:13 PM CDT
    By David L. Farquhar

    There is a little-known issue with Windows XP and network printing that does not seem to have been completely resolved. It's a bit elusive and hard to track down. Here are my notes and suggestions, after chasing the problem for a couple of weeks.

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    Most Recent Post: 11/03 06:05PM by jhendrickson  [ Views: 4450 ]  

    Undocumented Backup Exec error Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
    Friday, October 08 2004 @ 10:00 PM CDT
    By David L. Farquhar

    I got an odd Backup Exec error message on Thursday night that I wasn't able to find in Veritas' knowledge base.

    The error code is 0x3a18 - 0x 3a18 (14872). Since it seems otherwise undocumented, I might as well document what I know about it.

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    Backup Exec misadventures Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
    Wednesday, October 06 2004 @ 07:36 PM CDT
    By David L. Farquhar

    (Subtitle: My coworkers' favorite new Dave Farquhar quote) If your product isn't suitable for use on production servers, then why didn't you tell us that up front and save us all a lot of wasted time?

    (To a Veritas Backup Exec support engineer when he insisted that I reboot four production web servers to see if that cleared up a backup problem.)

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    Most Recent Post: 10/07 10:23PM by DaveF  [ Views: 1783 ]  

    So, do you still think having Internet Explorer on your server is a good idea? Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
    Friday, September 24 2004 @ 06:00 AM CDT
    By David L. Farquhar

    Microsoft is making its updates to IE only available for Windows XP.

    To which I say, what about all of those servers out there?

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    Most Recent Post: 09/24 09:39AM by bmschkerke  [ Views: 838 ]  

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