Natural Networks NOC

Used to determine the amount of memory be used by all DataBases   SELECT DB_NAME(database_id) AS [Database Name], COUNT(*) * 8/1024.0 AS [Cached Size (MB)] FROM sys.dm_os_buffer_descriptors --WHERE database_id > 4 -- system databases -... Read More

Use below script to determine the Top 5 waiting tasks and sorted by percent of use in the top 5     WITH [Waits] AS         Â... Read More

To configure a Windows Server to sync with an outside / public time server:   1) Open a command prompt as administrator 2) Type in this command: w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:"0.pool.ntp.org 1.pool.ntp.org" /syncfromflags:MANUAL 3) Stop... Read More

Getting a list of logical and physical drives from the command lineIt’s often useful to know what logical and physical drives are available to Windows, and sometimes this needs to be done from the command line. Logical drivesHere’s a... Read More

How to configure an iPhone for New 2013 Hosted Exchange   This article will configure an Exchange 2013 account on your iOS device. Note:  The images in this walk through are from an iPhone 5s running iOS 7. Though screens on other iOS devices will... Read More

Introduction When you start Microsoft Outlook 2013 for the first time, your nickname cache (stored in the profilename.nk2 file) is imported into a hidden message in your default message store. Note profilename is the name of your Outlook profile.For... Read More

#ifup eth0Device eth0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialisationWhat’s happening here is that when you clone your VM, VirtualBox and VMWare apply a new MAC Address to your network interfaces but they don’t update the linux... Read More

    Windows corruption errors prevent Windows updates and service packs from installing. For example, an update might not install if a system file is damaged. If the error you see is in the following list, try the solution in... Read More

In order to use Windows Backup to backup to a URL in older version of Windows server 2008 you have to use Windows backup from the command line using “WBadmin.exe”(more info on WBAdmin can be found at this link http... Read More

Preface: Windows Server 2003 and, subsequently, Windows Server 2008 shipped with security locked down by default.  Part of this locking down is Internet Explorer Enhanced Security, which is an extra layer of protection when surfing the internet... Read More