Month: November 2010

Sure, I’m a Microsoft MVP, but even MVPs have to trudge across the other side of the technology field once in a while. Recently someone from our local Tampa Bay SBS user group asked which business related apps people were using on their iPad. In no particular order, some of the answers I received included: LoMeIn Ignition – https://secure.logmein.com/products/ignition/iphone/ Remote Desktop – http://www.mochasoft.dk/iphone_rdp.htm WinAdmin – http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/winadmin-ipad-edition/id364898965?mt=8 Citrix Receiver – http://www.citrix.com/English/ps2/products/product.asp?contentID=1689163 JumpDesk – http://jumpdesktop.com/ Flipboard – http://www.flipboard.com/ Evernote – http://www.evernote.com/ Keynote – http://www.apple.com/iwork/keynote/ Kindle – http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kindle/id302584613?mt=8 Dropbox – http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dropbox/id327630330?mt=8 DocsToGo – http://www.dataviz.com/products/documentstogo/iphone/index.html?device_id=735 The first five are remote access tools. What’s on YOUR iPad?

Customer calls complaining about a clicking noise on his HP Data Vault X510 WHS server. I’m guessing it’s either a bad disk or the fan. I bring the server back to the shop … and sure enough, it’s one of the disks that’s making the noise. But, how do I determine which disk??? A quick search of the Internet and the WHS Home Servert SMART add-in comes to the rescue! I installed the latest version (1.1.36.6) and voila! it quickly identified the disk in question. This will be an add-in I will be installing on all my WHS servers!

I was working on a custom built Windows Home Server (not an HP or Acer) from a customer site that was not letting me log in or access it remotely. Once I got it set up on my workbench, I powered it up and logged in. When I went to start up the WHS console, the console displayed for the briefest of moments, and then it closed down. Checking the event log, I found an Event ID 5000 .Net Runtime 2.0 error. My first attempt tosearch for a solution indicated that a specific file might be missing. However, the file was on this server. I then found this … Continue reading WHS Console won’t run