Category Archives: IT

Notes: windirstat & wireless repeater

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Stephen

To find the files and folders taking up the most space on your computer, google for the following and download. It does require a quick install, but when installed, works very well. windirstat ——————————– If you have an old Eircom … Continue reading →

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Reset Windows Passwords for Vista, 7, and 2008 Server

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Stephen

On one of my VMs with Windows 2008 Server, I needed to reset the Administrator password. A quick google led me to a very nice little trick. This also works for Windows Vista, Windows 7 as well as on Windows … Continue reading →

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Allow Domain Admin to Login to SQLServer & have full Access

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Stephen

For some reason when SQLServer 2008 was installed/setup, admins were not added. Therefore when trying to login via SQL Management Studio, an error was obtained: Login failed for user “username”. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 18456) I also didn’t know the … Continue reading →

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Find all MSSQL Instances running, Connect and show Version

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Stephen

The diagram below, shows how you can use SQL Management Studio to connect to all instances of SQLServer running on your computer (as indicated in the Services list) and run a simple query to find out the exact version and … Continue reading →

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Limit Memory Usage of store.exe – Microsoft Exchange

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Stephen

On the SBS 2011 Server, Microsoft Exchange isn’t used at all, yet store.exe uses over 700MB of memory (via Processes in Task Manager). It doesn’t look simple/possible to remove Exchange as part of a SBS Server. Instead, below shows how … Continue reading →

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