Archive for May, 2011

Why does allocating large databases take so long by default with Microsoft SQL?

A common problem which occurs when going to allocate a new database in Microsoft SQL is an extremely long operation which will occur by default due to a disk zeroing operation that is performed when creating a new database. By default this will take a very long time even on the most powerful of database servers.

Run a log purge in Opalis

If you’ve setup Opalis for the first time, after a while, you may notice a slowdown in performance when looking at the policies in the Opalis client.  You may notice, that the process OISClient.exe in the Task Manager takes up an unusually large portion of the CPU when you try to view a policy.  Something [...]

Using the Lync Logging Tool to debug SIP issues.

Typically whenever you have a problem with inbound or outbound enterprise voice calling with Lync Server 2010 you will need to utilize the Lync Logging Tool to find out more information about what kind of problem you are facing and how to rectify the issue.

Auto Login with .net Script part 2

Last time i wrote a tutorial on how to write a .net script that will auto login into a website. You can find that link here. However, there’s a flaw with that script, today i’m going to show you how to fix that flaw. You can use that code if you know the id of [...]