What Did the First Responders Really Do? A common occurrence that many consultants experience is a discrepancy between what first responders “claim” they did and what the analyst actually sees that happended upon examination. More often than not, the consultant is told that the first responders took the system offline but didn’t do anything else. Consultants often find that contrary to what is […]
How To Enable Remote Desktop Terminal Services Remotely
So, after delivering a new server to a client and getting it setup on the network, joining the domain and configuring the nightly backup, I decide to take off and finish the rest of the tasks remotely. Not until I drive back to the office and attempt to log in do I realize I had forgotten to […]
Recovering from a RAID Controller Failure
There are many reasons why a RAID goes down. A technician will normally assume that one or more of the drives have failed. This is a common diagnosis as the diagnostic lights on each of the drives may be blinking, the lights may have gone amber, or in some cases the drive may not be […]