Author Archives: John

Windows 8.1 Upgrade – again

Posted on May 17, 2014 by John

This is my second attempt at upgrading my Windows 7 Ultimate OS to Windows 8.1. Why Windows 8.1? It’s usable or so I’m led to believe after working on Windows Server 2012 R2. They’re the same right? Well, at least … Continue reading →

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What’s happening during a Veeam backup

Posted on December 8, 2013 by John

I recently had a conversation with an associate concerning Windows Failover Clusters failing over at the time a Veeam backup job is running. The situation involves two virtual machines running Windows Server 2012 configured as nodes in a Failover Cluster. … Continue reading →

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Filezilla download exceeds 100%

Posted on December 3, 2013 by John

I recently ran into a situation using Filezilla to download a large file through a VPN that caused the download to exceed 100%. In fact, if I didn’t stop it, the download would have continued. If you do stop the … Continue reading →

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My Windows 8.1 Upgrade

Posted on November 21, 2013 by John

No pictures – just a story. I want to relate my personal experiences trying to upgrade my vintage Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop with 2GB RAM, a 1.5GHZ CPU, and a 100GB 5400rpm disk drive running Windows 7 to Windows 8.1. Full … Continue reading →

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Ethernet over Powerline – adding WiFi

Posted on July 28, 2013 by John

I’ve written about using Powerline adapters in the electrical wiring of your home or office to extend the typical Ethernet LAN in an earlier post. Using two adapters, turns your electrical wiring into one giant Ethernet wire. This is a … Continue reading →

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Veeam Backup & Replication Computer Trust Relationship

Posted on June 24, 2013 by John

Veeam Backup and Replication, is a fantastic product for managing VM backup, replication to other data centers, and recovery. You can find details on the Backup and Replication product as well as on the monitoring application called VeeamOne at the … Continue reading →

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System Center DPM Application Backup-Restore – SQL

Posted on May 3, 2013 by John

This blog post shows how to use Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) to backup databases on a Windows 2008 R2 server running SQL Server2008R2. System Center DPM has the ability to backup and restore data files on direct … Continue reading →

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Veeam Backup & Replication

Posted on April 21, 2013 by John

I recently had an opportunity to participate in another backup solution. This project used Veeam Backup & Replication and the VeeamOne Management Suite. You can get product information, whitepapers, technical references, videos and the inevitable marketing pitches and testimonials on the … Continue reading →

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Edit embedded objects in Word documents

Posted on March 25, 2013 by John

Remember Object Linking and Embedding? Truthfully, I forgot about it. Whoa, you ask, what is it? Its a Microsoft technology In ’embedding,’ two or more files become one file but the inserted items (objects) retain their independent existence and can … Continue reading →

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