We recently virtualized a client’s server environment. We’ll write more about virtualization, general concepts, at a later date. As part of that, we had to migrate 3 SQL Server instances to a new server. This was made significantly simpler with a Powershell Script. DBATools – Powershell Scripts to Migrate SQL Instances Download and install the […]
A friend and business coach, Bill Hart, asked the following question on Facebook: “Q: how do you manage your calendar, tasks and projects?“ In the future I’ll write a bit more about how your responses to online questions or emails you send can be turned into content for your social media. This is one of […]
Summary: I provide a summary of some things you SHOULD do to improve your digital security. I then explain each in a little detail. Then, I admit that most people will ignore the advice. But.. here you go. We want security but not really Most people freak out about things like Facebook privacy settings and […]
Technologies Sage 50 Accounting 2017 & 2018 Windows 2016 Hyper-V Windows 2016 Remote Desktop Server (Terminal Server) Dell Poweredge T330 Server Sage 50 Performance Sage has performance issues going back to its Peachtree roots. It is inefficient on a network and has poor utilities for purging and compressing data. My client was at their wits […]
As I indicated in my Quicbbooks Part 1 of never post, I would post some Microsoft Access and other Quickbooks source code and blog entries, rather than do a more detailed step by step explanation. I hope this is helpful. Quick Explanation You can parse Quickbooks response using a ICustomerRetList – and I may post that […]
Summary An explanation of how to retrieve/scrape website data using MSXML and HTMLDocument but not using the InternetExplorer Application Object. The problem with the InternetExplorer.Application object I have a few blog entries demonstrating how to get web site data using InternetExplorer and the HTMLDocument object. However, there are a few problems with this: Microsoft is […]
Someone reading my part 1 of ??? tutorial on Quickbooks – sorry.. read the notes. 😉 – was struggling to find how to add checks. I wrote them this morning about what to look for in the On Screen Reference OSR for the Quickbooks SDK. iCheckAdd Under the Onscreen Reference, there is a iCheckAdd message. […]
Overview Our client, an RV resort, needs a robust and scaleable WiFi network for guests. Technologies/Vendors SONICWALL Open Mesh Ubiquiti The Challenge A family of four can easily be responsible for 7 to 10 WiFi connections: 1 smart TV 2 laptops 1 tablet 4 smart phones 8 connections These connections are likely streaming Netflix, […]
UPDATE 5/1/2019 I’ve updated this tool. To download the updated sheet visit this new blog entry. Or click the image below. … Recently, a client wanted a market analysis showing how far customers traveled to get to their location. They were having employees manually check addresses using Google maps to determine this information and entering […]