Windows Administration
SQL 2008.. Compress them backups
For those SQL admins who have managed their SQL backups using SQL dumps have had to wrestle with file sizes for many years. There are better ways of backing your databases up using things like SQL connectors to a backup software like CommVault or other backup programs but many times you just need a [...]
Determine the installation date of Windows
The following command helps you to determine the installation date and time of a Windows XP/2003 computer. It is a command which extracts info from the parent command "systeminfo." Here is how you go about displaying the installation date: Go To Start —>Run —-> Type "cmd" and hit enter. In the [...]
Is IIS giving up your private IP address?
Hackers love information about your network. If you are not using Host Headers on your IIS website then IIS could be returning the IP address of the machine in the TCP header of the response. In single server situations where the server is in a DMZ of a firewall, the machine is most likely [...]
