Monthly Archives: October 2010

Halloween

Posted on October 31, 2010 by larry

One of the worst days in terms of diet for me in the year. Not only do I have the candy to content with but my family has a someone that has a birthday, so I have a hard time … Continue reading →

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Schedule Not Really Normal

Posted on October 30, 2010 by larry

(Another Late Post, this one I forgot to do) Been working on a huge project at work.  It has taken a toll on my sleep cycle. As well as my workout, things should return to normal soon though.  The break … Continue reading →

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Wife is Back

Posted on October 29, 2010 by larry

(I thought I posted this, it is a late post) Finally, my wife and youngest son is back, my schedule will soon return to normal.  No more playing chauffeur.  There is still a lot to do though. Still just working … Continue reading →

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Reset Windows Password

Posted on October 28, 2010 by larry

So there is this project I am working on called L.A.R.D, Larry’s Alternative Rescue Disk. Anyway, my buddy Rob sent me a link to a youtube video on how to crack the reset the password on a Windows box that … Continue reading →

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Finally Figured it Out

Posted on October 27, 2010 by larry

How to restore a Windows Small Business server from NT Backup. Kind of hard, easier to use a virtual machine and backup the underlying files.  But this was a good exercise. I was able to restore AD, DNS, DHCP, and … Continue reading →

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Getting Rid of PC’s

Posted on October 26, 2010 by larry

House needs to be cleaned bad, I looked around and found a bunch of absolute crap PC’s that’s been here for a while. Working on getting rid of em… so many though, I think I need to bring in a … Continue reading →

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Restoring SBS 2003

Posted on October 25, 2010 by larry

One of the servers I manage is a Microsoft Small Business Server 2003.  Most of you who know me know that I am primarily a Linux guys (hence a LAMP stack for my blog).  But I manage myself a mean … Continue reading →

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Sending Secure Messages

Posted on October 24, 2010 by larry

Here’s an interesting problem I often come across, I often need a password from a customer, email is bad because things are sent in the clear, a password protected document requires the password to that document. Two things did come … Continue reading →

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Trying to organize

Posted on October 23, 2010 by larry

I think one of the keys to getting more time in the long run is to spend some time organizing. Yesterday I mentioned how much time I wasted looking for a proper USB drive, I found myself today burning through … Continue reading →

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Problem with USB disk

Posted on October 22, 2010 by larry

Another issue that has been driving me nuts.  Its little things like this that just add time to my work schedule Basically I was setting up a USB thumb drive but was unable to install a boot loader on it.  … Continue reading →

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