A field based user was experiencing problems with mail so I took the opportunity to migrate them from Exchange 2000 to Exchange 2007. Oh dear. Let me explain. This field based user was using an …

Moments after posting to my Blog about Migrating my print server I come across this article by Mitch Tulloch that describes using a tool called Print Migrator to backup the printer configuration on a server …

Carrying on from yesterday where I talked about migrating the print server into a virtual image I am happy to report that the print queues are all working and in use. I had to remember …

I went to bed last night feeling decidedly dodgy and when I woke up this morning I found myself with full on tonsilitis yet again. I can only imagine I’ve caught it from Jessie who …

It’s been a tough day and I did sway once. It was someones 40th birthday and they bought cakes. Come on - I’m no stick in the mud and there was a huge pang of …

Like Monk, I’m often crossing my fingers and saying a prayer when an Update CD arrives for a piece of software I’ve been happily using for some time. More often than not it is …

My drive was running out of space so I had to move a numbe of Virtual Machine Configurations. Easy Enough? I thought so until I tried added them back and got this message.
The virtual machine …

The Challenge: To reduce the number of physical servers in operation from 10 to 4.
The Reason: Four reasonably new HP DL380 64-bit Servers versus a rag-tag bunch of disparate 32-bit servers that are all pretty much …

In order to use Virtual Server more effectively on my Exchange 2007 Server I upgraded the memory from 4GB to 12GB and upon rebooting this is where the unusual behaviour started. Firstly, Virtual Server would …

Off the low-carb wagon again, and for over a week this time so I’ve decided to reset the counter and go back to Day 1 again, hopefully this time round I can make it to …