Life and Times in System Administration & Windows and Web Development
Life and times of the founder of ExclamationSoft, Tim Hodgson
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Monday, October 30, 2006
Analysis of SQL Server Performance Data
There have been many write-ups about handling performance data from SQL Server on this website and in many other places. Here is a little twist with an implementable example of how to do this
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Microsoft clarifies Vista licensing; users still irked
Microsoft Corp. yesterday attempted to clear up confusion over licensing of Windows Vista for power users who rebuild their PCs on a regular basis. But the answer from the software vendor did little to placate some users, who are still upset about Microsoft's one-machine transfer policy for Vista.
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Thursday, October 26, 2006
Benchmarking and tuning Apache servers
Apache is the number one Web server running on Linux systems. There are a number of little things that can be done to tune Apache performance and to lessen its impact on system resources. One of these things is tweaking the memory usage, which can be a difficult thing to profile.
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Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Why you should protect your wireless network with WPA.
A gang (from BBC's The Real Hustle) using easily available software break into a WEP protected wireless network and find out what a surfer has been up to as well as having access to his computer and his internet connection.
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Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Verizon Broadband Wireless "Unlimited" Scam
Verizon has been marketing it's broadband wireless as "unlimited"; however, it is actually limited. Customers who pass the secret threshold of 5GB usage per month for 3 months in a row are immediately terminated without question. Quite a scam.
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Thursday, October 12, 2006
ExclamationSoft Unveils Version 5.0 of WebWatchBot Performance Monitoring S
ExclamationSoft Corporation announces the release of WebWatchBot version 5.0 , the latest upgrade to its performance monitoring software for web-based applications, servers, and network infrastructure. WebWatchBot 5.0 offers a unique dual approach to performance monitoring, allowing companies to monitor application performance from an end-user per
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Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Stress Testing SQL Server and a Selection of Performance Counters
A good methodology for stress testing your SQL Server installation by monitoring with performance counters.
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