This is a continuing report on my out of box experience with a new Dell R640 server. The series starts here. The replacement motherboard came in to the FedEx office in Soquel yesterday. The tech offered to come down that day, but I had a conflict, so he came this morning. He … [Read more...]
Windows domain — breaking up is hard to do
Yeah, yeah, I know I'm currently running a series of posts on my trials and tribulations getting a new Windows domain controller up and running. So why am I writing the first of what will probably be many columns about deep-sixing the domain completely? As you will see, I am … [Read more...]
Dell R640 PowerEdge R640 OOBE — day 3
This is a continuing report on my out of box experience with a new Dell R640 server. The series starts here. The machine arrived with the iDRAC controller DOA. Dell scheduled a service call to replace the motherboard. I talked to the Unisys tech this morning. He's in San Jose. … [Read more...]
Dell PowerEdge R640 OOBE
I have reported on the out-of-box experiences (OOBEs) that I've had with Dell machines in the past: here, here, and here, for example. The last three have not gone smoothly at all. Yesterday I unboxed a PowerEdge 640E running Windows Server 2016, intending to replace an older … [Read more...]
DirecTV search oddities
I never have figured out how to get DirecTV's search function to give me what I wanted on the first try. Case in point. But change the wording a bit, and this happens: Note that the caption for the first listing contains the search terms of the failed search. … [Read more...]
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