Monthly Archives: March 2012
Q&A Monday: hiberfil.sys and deleting it
Question: Jim, While doing some spring cleaning on my computer, I’ve come across a file in C: drive called hiberfil.sys file. When I try to delete the file it wont let me, how do I get rid of hiberfil.sys? Craig Ridgeway Kenosha, WI Answer: The first thing we need to discuss, is what exactly is that…
Q&A Monday: Determine what Domain Controller authenticated a user
Question: We have many domain controllers in our environment and while working through troubleshooting, I was wondering if there was a way to find out which domain controller logged the user into the network while sitting at the users PC. The problem ended up not being related, but the question stuck with me, is there a way…
Software Update: iOS 5.1 Software Update
Apple released its new version of the iOS software yesterday. This update contains improvements and bug fixes, including: for more information please visit Apple’s Support site: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1504
5 ways to limit your DNS Issues
One of the things most overlook on a network when things are going well, but when they aren’t, are one of the most pain in the butt things imaginable is DNS for a network. When you start messing with DNS, you’ll find there are many ways things can go wrong or become endlessly complicated….
Q&A Monday: Mapping admin C$ Share on Windows 7
Question: On my Windows XP machines I am able to use \\hostname\C$ to map to the C drive on that computer, but when I try it with my new Windows 7 machines, I can’t get it to map. Answer: This isn’t just a Windows 7 issue, this issue also occurred on Windows Vista machines as well. This…