This morning I was scheduled to demote a domain controller that I replaced last week. Sounds easy enough. I've done it hundreds of times.

All you need to do is go to a run command and type "dcpromo". Isn't it funny you always have to start something to shut it down? Why not type "DCdemote"?
After typing in the command I clicked for all the prompts to finish.

While it was going through its demotion I thought I would catch up on a little reading....

Bob_McMillen

Need to troubleshoot POP3 and IMAP connections? Not sure why that app that is connecting via POP3 isn't working? Turn on logging!!

Unfortunately logging requires registry editing. For full details see this article from Microsoft: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=299778

Now before you do this I must insert the standard blah blah blah blah about registry editing. If you have never messed around in the registry before just stick to what the article...

Andrew

Hello to anyone that reads this!!

I am going to start posting all the tips and tricks and thing that I spend more than 5 minutes looking for the answer to here. Let me know if you have any quesitons or if there are any tips and tricks you would like to add.

Andrew

A month ago I asked our Scott, our service manager, if he would purchase a video editing system.

We record all our radio shows in our studio, which is located in our office, but I wanted to add video to our show.

We started recording our radio show using a mini DV camcorder made by Sony a few months ago. It worked out pretty well but after posting it online it seemed kind of boring just watching two guys talk for an hour while sitting at a table (despite our witty...

Bob_McMillen

For the first time ever, I have decided to attempt to use speaking instead of typing to get my work done.

I purchased a Logitech USB headphone and microphone combination. I then used Windows Vista to setup the computer to use my voice for writing this blog.

Although there've been typos, for the most part it's doing a great job. I even set it up to run windows commands, such as starting and closing programs. It's a little clumsy, but I think he will be a big time...

Bob_McMillen