I just downloaded the iPhone OS 4.0 beta and have no idea what to do with the resulting ipsw file. Apple was awesome enough not to include any obvious directions. So after searching Google, I came across some forums that recommended the following: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE killall Finder …

There are probably a good number of reasons this error shows up in your SQL Server log, along with the following message: Source: Backup Message: BACKUP failed to complete the command BACKUP LOG DATABASE_NAME. Check the backup application log for detailed messages. In my case, the recovery model was set to SIMPLE and …

For quite some time now, I have been using a scheduled task that executes a VBS file on my web server in order to update local weather information in a database. After porting the site to a Windows 2008 server, the scheduled task began to fail. The script is a bit out of date since the implementation of PowerShell, but …

Recently I experienced an issue where one of my WSS 3.0 sites stopped returning search results after having worked perfectly for a long period of time. I found that the Event Log had entries stating that the Search Gatherer service was failing. Event Type: Warning Event Source: Windows SharePoint Services 3 Search …

Earlier today, a colleague told me that she doesn't like using my servers because I don't have FTP setup thus, she couldn't map my server as a drive. Well, I showed her. I stand firmly against using FTP as any type of web-related solution and thus, decided on WebDAV to address my colleague's demanding needs. Initially, …

Tonight, I uninstalled Exchange Server 2007 from a development server and was surprised to see that, after the uninstall was complete (and not without a few workarounds), only 50GB of an 80GB hard drive remained. Explorer showed 25GB free, but only 25GB had been used. Where was the remaining 30GB? Poking around the net …

Such an awkward title, I know. It's just hard to encapsulate the following error message into a blog post title: Create virtual machine 172.16.1.129 Error caused by file /vmfs/volumes/0-cb8d2a5-20-f15722/win-2k8.vmdk Basically, I'm taking ghetto to the next level by using my Dell Optiplex 745 workstation as an ESXi 4.0 …

Recently, I triumphantly setup an asynchronous content mirror between two separate SharePoint farms. My SharePoint architecture consists of two separate farms in two different cities (San Diego and Las Vegas), both accessible over a corporate intranet. Each farm is unique and the configuration and administration …

This blog has been modified to accommodate postings by my right hand tech companion of over 13 years, Brandon Abshire. Brandon has always been a part of NetNerds but only recently has decided to become more visible. Brandon has been working primarily at Qualcomm Inc for the past 7 years but starting this month, will …

Just a handy little reference for myself. Internal PPTP Server 1vpnserver="172.16.1.10" 2 3iptables -N pptp 4iptables -A pptp -p tcp --destination-port 1723 --dst $vpnserver -j ACCEPT 5iptables -A pptp -p gre --dst $vpnserver -j ACCEPT 6iptables -I FORWARD -j pptp 7 8iptables -t nat -N pptp 9iptables -t nat -A …