RAM upgrade Samsung R580 I5 430

Just upgraded my laptop to 8GB RAM - using Corsair SO-DIMM 1066Mhz PC8500 204pin (the one certified for MacBooks etc).

Any idea on what to do with old DIMMs?

SC2012 evaluation

One stop shop for SC2012 evaluation, including ready to fire VHDs
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh478202.aspx

do not forget virtuallab http://bit.ly/u9N9vj
Thanks MS

MCITP

Passed my MCITP (aka MCSA) today...

NGINX is growing....

Nginx overtakes Microsoft as No. 2 Web server after Apache:
http://www.infoworld.com/t/application-servers/nginx-overtakes-microsoft-no-2-web-server-183079?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

IPv6 explained

Nicely explained IPv6 routing and subnetting. Note that this is from a free IT training site for Microsoft exams 70-640 and others

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcPEOxILIcs&feature=share&list=PL1l78n6W8zyoC2_VVQSLeZT6rkRkUlOY_

System Center 2012 links

http://blogs.technet.com/b/musings_of_a_technical_tam/archive/2012/07/08/system-center-2012-self-study-guide-complete-edition.aspx

https://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/tracks/system-center-virtual-machine-manager-2012-

Unattended install of RODC on Windows 2008 core

Example from Microsoft: [DCInstall] CriticalReplicationOnly=No ReplicaDomainDNSName=contoso.com UserDomain=contoso.com UserName=contoso\administrator Password=your-password DatabasePath=c:\windows\ntds LogPath=c:\windows\ntds SYSVOLPath=c:\windows\SYSVOL SafeModeAdminPassword=your-safemode-password RebootOnCompletion=Yes The command for DC promotion is Dcpromo /useexistingaccount:attach /unattend:c:\rodc.txt

roll back AD domain functional level

In Windows 2008 R2 you can rise and lower domain level as you wish or almost: see limitations

Windows 2008 - create application partition

An obscure use of DNS to create AD DS custom application partition: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc725739.aspx http://youtu.be/9VzoXwVhChg This might be useful to limit partition replication to a list of certain domain controllers for example. PS: visit http://www.technoblogical.com/windows-server-2008/ for more videos

eSATA for the lab

eSATA is indispensable for home hyper-v Lab, based on a regular laptop (that you do not want to format or something) and a HDD connected via eSATA. You can install your hyper-v host on external HDD without any speed compromise. On my Samsung R580 there is eSATA. I have also a regular SATA HDD 2T and HDD docking IcyBox Works fast and I have 4 Windows 2008R2 servers running in my evaluation lab. I d not need to buy a separate PC for that.

Microsoft MCP members site is not working

Some issues on MCP site, it gives access denied message. Microsoft.com > Microsoft Learning Members > Access Denied http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en/CertGeneral/thread/0f2209e2-5156-4ac4-9556-11d39d656701