Rick Vanover

Rick Vanover takes a look at the stories behind tech company names and logos.

Social media isn’t just Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

A key Windows maintenance chore involves determining what data is consuming resources. Here are a couple of scripts that make it easy to get that critical file information.

Remote desktop is the de facto administration tool, but sometimes it stops accepting connections. Read this tip to learn how to remotely enable or disable remote desktop.

The NTFS file system has allocation unit options that usually don’t matter unless there is a limitation. Rick Vanover explains how this matters for large volumes.

Configuration issues are frequently identified to DNS settings. Rick Vanover shows how to centrally manage DNS suffix configuration with Group Policy.

Sometimes a single server has to serve multiple NetBIOS names. Rick Vanover shares this trick to having one server work double duty in the NetBIOS department.

The DNS CNAME is one of the most versatile tools in an IT administrator’s arsenal. One caveat to reaching the full potential of a CNAME is default TTL. IT pro Rick Vanover explains situations to lower the default TTL.

The read-only domain controller is easy to set up, but you need to perform a few more steps to properly use it. Here are the steps required for computer accounts.

The previous one was too full.

Rick Vanover discusses the pros and cons of using jump boxes vs. firewalls to protect and isolate critical systems and provide the best security.

With Windows Server systems, it can be difficult to determine when a system was built. Here’s how you can determine a system’s build date with two quick commands.