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UAC is still a pain in the, uh, access
I’ve been at my new job for about two weeks now, and I’m starting to settle in. The past few work days I’ve been busy troubleshooting and tweaking AD and DNS for different remote sites, as that is an area that it’s easy for me to jump right in and be useful. I’m also very...Windows admins, you need RDCMan
No, it’s not some lame new superhero… It’s a simple-but-very-handy tool from Micro$oft called the Remote Desktop Connection Manager. If you’re a Windows admin with a network of more than a couple servers, this tool is essential. For example, today I had to update some security...Data Visualization with Tableau Public
Tableau Software is well-known for making quality data visualizations—interactive charts, graphs, and plots—easy to do and use. You’re probably seen some of their work at major news outlets including the New York Times and Washington Post websites. So recently when I discovered they have a...Free year of TechNet Plus
For some reason, Micro$oft is giving away free one-year subscriptions to “TechNet Plus Consumer Services Professional Pilot”, which includes all the usual TechNet Plus benefits including eval software and support tickets. Click the link appropriate to your location: US | Canada | UK Their servers...Don’t Fear the [Feature] Creeper?
The past few days I’ve been tweaking some VBScripts for Active Directory and file monitoring on Windoze systems, and I’ve just about had it up to here. VBScript is so painful and inefficient! ( Tell me, what other language has a default error handling option of “On Error Resume Next”...LOL
If you read this blog, you probably are someone who would appreciate the online comic XKCD. Or you’re my Mom. Example: if you think this is funny, then you should probably check out his site every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for more laughs. And, of course, you should keep reading here too… on...About Me
My name is Eric Wallace. I'm quite fond of coffee, snorkel masks, hacking, recreational therapy, alternative uses for spam, and twelve-tone improvisation. Some of these things are true, but I'm not telling you which.
