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PowerGUI – Powershell Remote Installed Hotfixes & Patches
Here is a Node Script to get the installed patches or hotfixes on a remote computer: [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName(‘Microsoft.VisualBasic’) | Out-Null $name =...
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SQL Server – Restore Master Database
I have been working toward a SQL Server certification (70-432). This has resulted in me getting quite a good knowledge of how things work. Here is something interesting I have learned: Steps (this only...
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SQL – Turning Several Result Sets into a Single Result Set
In case you need to get several result sets through a single result set, for whatever reason. In my case I have program that works on one result set at a time that needed some aggregate data displayed...
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SQL Server News – Denali!!!
If you are interested in taking a look at the latest and greatest…Denali is found here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=6a04f16f-f6be-4f92-9c92-f7e5677d91f9 What’s new?...
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IIS Frontpage Extensions – You are not authorized to view this page
If you get this error something changed with your environment that is forcing anonymous login to the server. Here is what to do: Within IIS Manager, right click on the site in which you need access to....
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More on SQL Server Denali!
This guy has a great blog article on high availability on the latest version of SQL Server. I highly recommend reading it. Unlike previous versions, you can query all the nodes and you aren’t limited...
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SQL Server DAC (Dedicated Administrator Connection)
SQL Server DAC (Dedicated Administrator Connection) Have you ever had a query go rogue? CPU at pegged at 100%? This will help! Note: This is only for SQL Server 2005 and later… There is some groundwork...
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How To: Review Saved Perfmon (aka Performance Monitor) Binary Log (BLG) Files
Alright so this isn’t really obvious in Perfmon. This is what you do to review a log file. Step 1: Right mouse click on Performance Monitor (figure 1). Step 2: Select Properties.Step 3: Select Source...
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RSOD – Red Screen of Death! No, I’m not kidding.
So there is actually a red screen of death. Microsoft does have an RSOD, it is very rare to see these days. As a matter of fact, it was only visible in a beta version of Windows Vista. Seen here:...
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SQL Server Maintenance Plans vs. Powershell Scripts
I have been working on maintenance plans for some time now and while they are very powerful I am starting to wonder if Powershell might be a better platform to perform my server maintenance. I am...
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