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If there are any programmers out there who have used both VFP and SQL Server, can you tell me which language is easier to program in? Are there any huge advantages of one language over the other? Struggling with deciding on which product to use. Thanks. Iolair MacWalter Network Engineer

Is it worth the upgrade to go from VFP 8 to 9? We have ten licenses, so cost could be a factor. Any really cool features we just gotta have? Iolair MacWalter Network Engineer

When I did a dcpromo back in Windows 2003, you had to recreate all the user accounts depending on which way you were going, promote or demote. In 2008, is the same true? That is, if you're demoting a DC back to a workgroup computer, do you have to re-enter all the users in the local users'...

Which traffic would be preferable over a slow link, a client getting DHCP/DNS/AD login information, or a server replicating AD information? Are both types of traffic broadcasts? Or is replication traffic unicast? Iolair MacWalter Network Engineer

I hope Tek-Tips will let me give my acceptance speech here. Forgive me for posting this, but I feel I must. Thanks to all you guys for your advice and support. The third time is the charm, I passed this morning. 954 was the score, and just like the first time I passed back in 2007, the testing...

Is it possible to install four or five NICs in a server and use RRAS and NAT to provide routing for a network with three or four subnets without having to buy a router from Brocade, Cisco, etc.? I'm using it with two NICs now, and it works great, wasn't sure if Windows Server could handle more...

I can't find the place to set explorer or computer so that when I delete a file, it refreshes the screen AND removes the icon. This was the default in Windows 3.1, 95, 98, 2000, and XP. Now when I delete a file in Windows 7 Professional, the icon remains until I manually refresh. Annoying! Any...

I have a small network of 75 users and I have three Windows Servers. One server is the DC/AD/file/DNS main server. The second server is also DNS, but it runs WINS/DHCP/AntiVirus/Backup/acts as secondary DC. The third server runs SQL server and print services. Should I add DHCP to one of the...

Anyone know where the setting is to allow clients to do thier own live update? Somehow, the setting got set so that it only happens weekly, and when I try to manually update, I get "Your System Administrator has locked this feature". Well, I'm the System Administrator, and I did NOT lock this...

I created multiple workgroups here at work. Yeah, I know I should have used AD. Is it possible to get one Windows computer to join multiple workgroups? Yes, I'm talking about my admin machine. Can I get it to join the library, dorm, and cafeteria workgroups all at once, so I can admin them when...

I have a machine, supposedly protected by Symantec Endpoint Protection, that is acting like it has hardware damage. I was getting messages that Symantec had multiple problems, couldn't load and was sending error messages to Symantec and Microsoft. I installed a new hard drive, and completely...

I have a machine, supposedly protected by Symantec Endpoint Protection, that is acting like it has hardware damage. I was getting messages that Symantec had multiple problems, couldn't load and was sending error messages to Symantec and Microsoft. I installed a new hard drive, and completely...

This has probably been answered before, but I couldn't find it. In Notepad, you can type .LOG at the very top of a textfile and it will automatically insert the date and time whenever you add an entry to the file. It's great for keeping a logfile. Is there a way to do this in Word? I tried the...

Okay, it's Friday, and I'm waiting for 5:00. This is a cabling history question. Why is it that the 568A and 568B standards used 1,2,3,&6? Why did they "jump" over 4&5? was it because telephones on Cat3 used 4&5? That's the only reason I can think of. Why didn't they use 1,2,7,&8 instead? Some...

I just failed for the fifth time to renew my CCNA. I first earned the CCNA in Oct. 2007. Since then, I have attempted BSCI twice, CCNA Security once, and when my cert expired in Oct. 2010, I tried CCNA in November of 2010 and today. I scored 735 in November and today. I used Todd Lammle's book...

Anyone know when the next exam changes will take place for CCNA, CCNA Security, and CCNP? Iolair MacWalter Network Engineer

Maybe not the right forum for this question, but I have six routers, and they've been mounted so that they face forward, which means the console ports are to the back (they're older 2600's) I want to use some Cat5 cabling and use a RJ45 patch panel on the front of the rack to plug in my laptop...

I'm a newbie to Windows networks, and I've just inherited a Windows 2008 network that seems to have a lot of broadcasts travelling over it. Is there a way to reduce the number of broadcasts? It's like 3 out of 4 packets are broadcasts, and they're ARP requests. Both DNS and WINS are enabled, is...

I have a standard 25 pair phone cable connected to a 66 block on each end. When I test the line with a 9 volt battery, I get a constant 9 volts. When I terminate one end, I get continutity. When I hook up equipment to this line, no matter if it's phone or some other signal, it seems to flap -...

What do you guys prefer for keeping up with task lists and to-do lists - electronic, like Outlook, or paper and pen? iPad? PDA? Smartphone? Just curious as to what works best for you. Iolair MacWalter Network Engineer