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Solutions Pro Solutions.pro is a source for professional tutorials and how-to guides as well as links to other useful tutorials on the web on everyday technology problems that network administrators, engineers and IT departments face. Here I will document and share some of those problems and their solutions with you.

15 December 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Website moved to New Dedicated Server

Website moved to New Dedicated Server

Solutions.pro and my other websites are running on brand spanking new server after hardware failures on the previous server led me to move data over. About 10 days ago, my dedicated server started having hardware issues with the RAID array. After few hours of downtime, I found out that one of the ha Read More

15 December 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Adaptec RAID Card Array Status using SSH

Adaptec RAID Card Array Status using SSH

I recently moved to new dedicated server and turns out that the server is equipped with Adapted RAID Card. The server has linux CentOS 5.4 64bit installed and if you were to check health status of the RAID array using Read More

04 December 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Linksys PLK300 Powerline Network Kit Review

Linksys PLK300 Powerline Network Kit Review

If you live in a house that is not well wired as far as LAN is concerned then you have couple of alternatives that can help yo achieve full connectivity throughout your house. We recently moved and as it turns out, some of the media equipment (HTPC, etc.) need high-speed LAN connection to be able to Read More

21 October 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Office Communications Server Front-End service terminated

Office Communications Server Front-End service terminated

We deployed Office Communications Server 2007 last year - a great comunications tool to have within your enterprise. Few weeks ago, Microsoft released update (KB974571) for Office Communicator as well as Windows Server 2003 which caused the OCS's front-end service to terminate and not start.Read More

06 October 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Clone a Virtual Machine In VMware ESX Server

I am doing some research on Virtualization technologies and how it can help us consolidate some of the servers on one hardware machine. So far, it look very promising, especially with VMware ESX/ESXi server. I cam accross this video by TrainSignal on cloning virtual machines in VMware ESX server to speed up the deployment process. Continue Reading

02 October 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Firewall, NAT and DNS, reverse DNS entries do not match Error

If you host your own email behind a NAT device or firewall, you've probably seen this issue come up at least once in your enterprise. Recently, I've received some complaints about exchange 2007 bouncing email messages with error messages like this:

mxi5p.craigslist.org #554 5.7.1 Read More

08 September 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Debug and Optimize vBulletin with Config Constants

Debug and Optimize vBulletin with Config Constants

If you use vBulletin forum software, you probably know what a wonderful piece of code it is and type of features, enhancements it offers for you as administrator as well as to your visitor is truly amazing. At some point you would need to debug, fine tune, troubleshoot or fix some problems with vBul Read More

07 September 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Hardware Specs for Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

Hardware Specs for Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

After my previous post about Windows 7, Quick Launch Menu and XP/Vista Compatibility Mode, I got couple of emails asking what type of hardware I am using and other s Read More

25 August 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Windows 7, Quick Launch Menu and XP/Vista Compatibility Mode

Windows 7, Quick Launch Menu and XP/Vista Compatibility Mode

Over 9 years ago I was using Windows 2000 professional as my main desktop PC when a friend convinced me to try Windows XP Professional. I decided to give it a try and I was a fan instantly, huge improvement from Windows 2000 Pro. The marriage lasted until August 2009 when I decided to ride the waves Read More

11 August 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Highly Sought After Domains Coming to .PRO in Q4 of 2009

CHICAGO, Illinois: RegistryPro, the exclusive operator of the .PRO top-level domain on the Internet, announced today it reached an agreement with ICANN that allows for the release and allocation of one-, two- and three-character names. The availability of these several thousand names—like i.pro, p Read More