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Solo Technology
http://www.Solo-Technology.com/blog/
A technology crow in search of bright shiny objects...
Wandering the Internet, looking at all things bright and shiny.
Playing with many, writing about some.
Recent Posts
The Easy Way to Update ProLiant Firmware
A client had an issue with their HP server last week. They called HP Support hoping for some major hardware exchanges but first were told (paraphrased), “You are way behind on firmware updates – until you update firmware for System BIOS, RAID ad...
Quick Process Monitor Tip
Back in the olden days I used to use the Sysinternals tools Filemon and Regmon when diagnosing system issues. Those were replaced years ago by another Sysinternals tool: Process Monitor. Process Monitor does it all. You can watch file, registry, proc...
Upgraded to VMware ESXi
This week I had the pleasure of advancing my “virtualization program” at work. I also got a chance to install and configure my first “real” production VMware ESXi 4.0 server. Not my first, but the first one that isn’t ed...
Tip: Testing Multiple IE versions on Win7
Here’s a neat little tip I spotted the other day and thought I’d share. If you are running Windows 7 (Pro, Ultimate or Enterprise) and need to test sites with various versions of Internet Explorer (6, 7 and then you’ll find this tip interestin...
A Quick Look at Nocs
Nocs is an interesting take on the concept of having access to your notes from anywhere. Instead of having to build out another infrastructure, the Nocs author leverages your existing Google Docs account for storage and integration. Just use the win...
Windows 2003 TCP Tweak
I have spent the past few days working on migrating a bunch of classic ASP web applications from a Windows 2000 server to a Windows 2003 server. A long overdue task, but one who’s time has finally come. The hardware under the Windows 2000 box has b...

