Enterprise Operating Systems

Troubleshooting and Guides for: Microsoft Server, Linux, and VMware

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Dell Hardware/Software Guides

Dell Servers – PowerEdge, Blades, and Cloud
integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDrac)
OpenMange Server Administrator (OMSA)

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Scripting Guides

PowerShell, Bash, JSON, and Python Scripting Guides

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See How Long An Application Has Been Running

crtechtipsSep 5, 20151 min read

Using Microsoft’s PowerShell cmdlet: New-TimeSpan you can see how long an application has been running Command: New-TimeSpan -Start (get-process calc).StartTime You will want to sub the word “calc” out for …

5 reasons to use NIC Teaming with Windows Server 2012

crtechtipsAug 27, 20156 min read

  NIC Teaming, also known in the Microsoft world as Load Balancing/Failover (LBFO), allows you to install additional physical Ethernet network adapters (NICs) into your server and “team” or combine …

Display Link Speed and Duplex Speed Information

crtechtipsAug 27, 20152 min read

Windows 8, 8.1, Server 2012,  and Server 2012 R2 has a PowerShell cmdlet called: Get-NetAdpater. This tool can be used to quickly get critical network information from a system, such as …

Saving Credentials for Mapped Network Drive

crtechtipsAug 10, 20151 min read

Tired of having users ask you to map network drives because the password and username are not persistent? Try this command in Powershell or Command Prompt: net use Z: \\Hostname\ShareFolder …

Powershell – quick format drive based on drive letter name

crtechtipsAug 2, 20151 min read

Here is a cool Powershell command that will find a removable drive, quick format the drive, then name the drive. This command is special because it searches for the drive …