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    IE History Viewer for IE8

    For years I've been using IEHV to pull up the internet history on remote computers on the network. I simply find their history folder on their local profiles, copy it down to my box, run the software and point it to the copied folder. VOILA! With IE8 though, I can't seem to find the handy...
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    Analog DVI problems

    Hello everyone. I've got a 19" viewsonic VA912b. It can take both DVI and analog inputs. I've been running it on the DVI for years now and recently I built myself a new rig. The new video card only spits out DVI but for some reason my monitor doesn't want to play nice. I can only get it...
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    Can a std 32-bit PCI card work in a 64-bit PCI slot?

    I've got and old HP ML330 G3 server and it does not have USB 2.0, only 1.1. I'm looking to add a USB 2.0 PCI card in the server but it only has 64-bit PCI slots. My question is this. Will old school 32-bit PCI cards work and/or fit in 64-bit slots? Is this a stupid thing to do? I'm having...
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    Best way to clean out old computer accounts in 2003 AD

    While adding/removing computers from the network over the years, I've added and removed many computer accounts from our 2003 Active Directory. Can someone tell me how I'd be able to tell which of these computer accounts has been inactive, and for how long so I can do some spring cleaning safely?
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    Rail 0+1 help

    Hello everyone I've got a VERY old mirrored array setup on my server using a Fastrack 100 card from promise, (IDE based). I read in the manual that I should replace the dead hard drive with the exact make/model, but I'm having a hard time finding a WD600BB hard drive. It's a western digital...
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    LCD's and low temperatures

    I've got a situation where I need to replace a monitor, but the problem is that the satellite office where the system is located gets down to whatever temperature it is outside, even 0F. That is of course until the users starts up his space heater. yes yes, the obvious answer is to just tell...
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    Google the next internet provider?

    I read this this story back in 2005 about Google buying up dark fiber. That combined with a recent posting about how Google wants a fair shake in buying up the 700Mhz band makes me wonder. Is Google planning on being the next broadband internet access provider? I mean, given their...
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    IBM Laptop alternative for Enterprise

    Our company like many others have standardized on IBM laptops for a very long time. Forget price, forget features, IBM?s in my mind for years have been top notch in terms of hardware reliability compared to other laptop manufacturers out there. I have noticed however ever since IBM moved their...
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    Cleaning up old computer accounts

    Here's the cituation. I've got a win2003 based active directory at work and I'd like to audit computer accounts on our domain. I'm looking for a way to safely delete computer accounts that haven't been used in a long time. When building out new machines, computer accounts get created but...
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    New Virus. (not yet documented) MSNSCHED.EXE

    My network got hit with a new virus starting Tuesday March 15th. I first noticed our internet access running slower than normal. Not slowing in the download upload sense, but slower in the name resolution sense. My DNS servers WOULD resolve the names, but not consistently and their...
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    Active Directory Domain Problems

    I'm an old NT 4 guy, and I'm having a hard time getting access to resources on this particular domain. Let me explain. domain #1 vanrich.nortrak.com domain #2 birmingham.vanrich.nortrak.com birmingham and vanrich have a full trust setup. I'm logging onto the birmingham domain using a...
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    Jetdirect Help

    Hello everyone. I've got a HP 750C plotter on my network and it's using an internal jetdirect card to connect to the print server. The OLD print server is an NT4 server box using jetdirect ports to plot. I've recentlyl installed a 2003 server and I'm using tcp/ip printing for all my network...
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    Exchange 5.5 Consolidation help request

    I currently have 5 microsoft exchange 5.5 servers working together on one domain, and I want to consolidate them down to 3 servers. Besides moving mailboxes, what else needs to be done before I delete the exchange server? Are there any gateway entries, or public folder replication settings I'm...
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    Exchange 5.5 consolidation

    Our exchange admin just left the company and I was just given the old, "You're in IT, figure it out" line. I need to consolidate 1 of my exchange 5.5 servers. I got all the mailboxes moved, but I'm a bit confused on how the public folders work. I can see that they're replicated on different...