Josh Wieder

Includes Keys for Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008, Windows 8, Windows 7 and Vista This list of keys for KMS can be a real hassle to find in Microsoft's online documentation, so provided here in the hopes of saving you some time. Please note that these are not stolen product keys and as such publishing them is a time saver for administrators managing large deployments of fully licensed Microsoft products  - so if you are a thief or an Internet police person, sorry to disappoint but you've made it to the wrong site. Click this link for an article with more information about KMS, activating Windows Server 2012 Licensing, and upgrading your KMS Server from 2008 to 2012 . WINDOWS SERVER 2012 Windows Server 2012 Core BN3D2-R7TKB-3YPBD-8DRP2-27GG4 Windows Server 2012 Core N 8N2M2-HWPGY-7PGT9-HGDD8-GVGGY Windows Server 2012 Core Single Language 2WN2H-YGCQR-KFX6K-CD6TF-84YXQ Windows Server 2012 Core Country Specific 4K36P-JN4VD-GDC6V-KDT89-DYFKP

In a missive to the estimable Jean-Baptiste Leroy, portly Founding Father Benjamin Franklin once wrote, speaking of the longevity of America's fledgling constitution, "[...] in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." It is with the utmost respect then, that I would slightly plagiarize that hackneyed turn of phrase for use by the engineers, owners and managers of the data center: for us, the only two certainties are spam and visits from Federal law enforcement. This noble profession of ours sits at the crossroads of just about every human activity worth snooping; banking, business big medium and small, healthcare. Criminals both notable and otherwise post their exploits and those posts find their way routed to our n+1 powered, humming homes away from home. Confessions vary from the moronic - as a videotaped confession with a stolen camera surely was  - to the barbarous - as the flurry of terrorist attack and recruiting tapes surely are.

I wish I was making it up. For those who haven't heard, here is the story: John McAfee's neighbor has a gunshot wound in the back of his head. John McAfee is not surrendering to the police for questioning. John McAfee has a long history of doing drugs and having sex with young girls and reporting both exploits on the internet in livid detail (this *is* the computer industry we're talking about here) and every 30 minutes or so, John McAfee is blogging at http://www.whoismcafee.com/ to keep us all posted as to life on the lam and confirming his innocence. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/11/threatlevel_1112_mcafee/ http://www.vice.com/read/john-mcafee-bath-salts-belize-murder-fugitive-gregory-faull http://www.cbsnews.com/crimesider/?keyword=john+mcafee&tag=contentMain;contentBody In no way should this post be construed as claiming guilt or innocence for Mr McAfee. John has a unique lifestyle, but then again the police in Latin America have a unique style of jur

[ Please note this article deals with general questions related to Windows Server 2012 Product Activation. For tips on activating the Windows 2012 GUI from Server Core, try this article instead. ] I've heard multiple reports of people having issues with Windows Server 2012 Product Activation. Here are a few hints on how to resolve: -Ensure your server is connected the the internet -Ensure correct DNS resolution is available -Resolve any outstanding routing issues (Firewall or IPS blocking your new server? DHCP misconfigured?) -Attempt product activation from the command line: slmgr.vbs -ipk [enter your product key without brackets] slmgr.vbs -ato This is still a new OS, but I've yet to experience an issue that wasn't resolved by one of these for in cases where the product key is valid. Other Helpful Commands: slmgr.vbs /dlv Displays the active product key slmgr.vbs /upk Uninstall the current product key Frequently Asked Questions Related to Windows Serv

Isn't it strange that the most successful sites aren't ones that produce content, but rather are gate keepers to the content of others? The phenomenon of network traffic is strangely circular - go to a website, click a link, from that site find a link, click it to find more links to click. I know you're not hear to read. You are here to CLICK. Well, never let it be said that I don't give my public what it wants. I'll try to make this minor aggregation a weekly event. Network World - Are the Spam Police Worse Than the Spammers? ("Spoiler Alert" - More so Every Day) Fierce Telecom - CenturyLink Goes 100G, Puts On Big Boy Pants Reason Magazine - Manipulating the Media For Fun and Profit Finally, CEI has brought to magnificent life Leonard Read’s 1958 essay "I, Pencil" - the concise work of genius that lead me to the study of economics - in the form of a beautiful short film. At a time when so many of us find it so difficult to appreciate th

A colleague of mine let me know about an easy way to use .NET's decryption mechanism from the command line. From the directory of the framework version, issue the following command (replace filename and path where appropriate): C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\ Framework\v2.0.50727>aspnet_ regiis -pdf "filename" D:\path\ Encrypting configuration section... Succeeded! Neat!

(thanks to Radley Balko for this)