Tag: servers
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Microsoft Small Business Server 2011: A Techie’s First Impressions
Microsoft’s Small Business Server features prominently in my life as an IT consultant. Its combination of Windows Server, Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint at a low price-point makes it a compelling proposition for smaller firms. Dislike of Windows Vista has resulted in many of my clients continuing to maintain systems running SBS 2003 and Windows XP.…
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Optimize Your MySQL Server With the MySQL Tuner Script
MySQL is powerful, open-source database software. When joined with PHP or another programming language, the uses of MySQL are almost endless. The ability to use MySQL in an unlimited number of ways is both a blessing and a curse. While MySQL can be used for just about anything, there is no single proper way to…
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Sparkfun’s Free Day: A Giveaway Meets a Server Stress Test
Two hours – that is all it took for $150,000 to be given away on the internet. Now for most of us, it seems very foolish to let $150,000 just be burned off like the fuse on a stick of dynamite. But for the electronics prototyping distributor Sparkfun, it was a calculated, well-planned charity. This…
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How to Install Flash Player Updates on Citrix/XP/Terminal Servers
Anybody who has had to deal with Citrix servers knows that it’s a pain getting anything installed without affecting end-users. Adobe Flash Player is no different – it must be installed a specific way to make it work properly without getting the dreaded “Application was installed previously with administrative permissions, please install again” error. Procedure…