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The Infamous /3gb Startup Switch

June 27, 2008

What is it ?
Windows Server 2003 includes support for a startup switch that lets you tune the allocation of use of memory and memory address space. Regardless of the amount of physical memory in your system, Windows uses a virtual address space of 4 GB, with 2 GB allocated to user-mode processes (for example, applications) [...]

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How to find out your server uptime

April 11, 2008

Using Uptime utility from Microsoft you can get your server uptime (i.e time since the last reboot) which can come in handy particularly when you are trying to troubleshoot a server’s unexpected reboot and failures.
Uptime.exe can be used to display the current uptime of the local or remote system. Optionally, it can also scan the [...]

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Import AD subnets into Reverse Lookup Zones

March 29, 2008

Sometimes you have a task on your hand for your Active Directory environment but it isn’t an easy one, or lets just say that not many people have come across having a need for it (so not a whole lot you can google for). I recently had a situation like this. Basically in our AD [...]

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Windows Live SkyDrive

February 24, 2008

Long after there have been hundreds of free online space givers have emerged, Microsoft has recently jumped in with their own flavor. Windows Live SkyDrive is a free online space that gives away 5gb space for your music, data, pictures, and videos. Along with that there is also a ‘public folder’ feature available similar to [...]

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Admin Tools from the command line/ run command

February 18, 2008

If you are like me and often have to go and look for the command line shortcuts apart from the ones you use on daily basis and are easy to remember (i.e mstsc, dsa.msc, compmgmt.msc) for launching the administrator tools in Windows Server 2003. Here is an handy list you can print out and hang [...]

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