Every admin has made an error while creating a group policy and blew up an important machine. Murphy’s law states that you will then be unable to get the policy to repeal itself on the machine. Well this handy little tip will save the day. delete the following file while you are logged in a […]
Ubuntu Boot partition Full
Can’t Use apt-get i.e. /boot is 100% full NOTE: this is only if you can’t use apt to clean up due to a 100% full /boot 1. Get the list of kernel images Get the list of kernel images and determine what you can do without. This command will show installed kernels except the currently […]
Cisco Catalyst 2960G Switch Routing
The 2960G is a great gig switch that is being pulled from corporations and flooding the grey market. The switch is great for home lab use etc. Most people do not know that if you are running a later version of IOS on it it will also do layer 3 routing! this is how you […]
How to find IP of device connected to a Cisco Switch
if you spend any time working on networks you are going to come across the need to identify a device connected to a port on a switch. I use primarily cisco equipment and finding the IPs can be quite a pain in the neck if you are searching the mac on the interface then looking […]
Windows 8/10 key location on new computers

On newer generation computers you may have noticed that the windows key sticker is no longer on the bottom or side of the unit. This can make for some frustration when trying to do a clean rebuild. Well chances are the key is stored int he BIOS of the machine and if you are in […]