10 Important tools for a System Administrator (Free Tools) - Part1

Here are some tools that i have come across, that a system administrator would use on a daily basis to either work with or tools that will help solve some issue that will make our life a little more simpler. while these tools may help a system administrator they will never replace him as it helps us work more efficiently nothing more..  nothing less :P

1) Cleaning tool :

I'm sure you must have used this tool or seen someone talking about this one,  "Ccleaner" would be one of the most useful tools around to Cleanup all the junk on your machine. It clears Temp application files, Temp Internet files, etc.

It can also clean unwanted registry entries, Please  backup registry before performing the registry cleanup

Download Ccleaner

2) Uninstaller -

Tools that will help you remove that programe that has been irritating you but you could on remove it use with "Revo Uninstaller" or "Microsoft - Fix it"

Download Revo Uninstaller Free
Download Microsoft Fix it Install and Uninstall

3) Remote Connection - Team Viewer / Amy admin are the tools that are You may notice that  i have not mentioned RDC (that is only accessible within the domain/network)

Download Teamviewer
Download Ammyy

4) Telnet / SSH

Putty is widely used tool to login into Linux / Unix machines. If you would like to go command line, this is the tool for you.

Download Putty

5) VNC Server / VNC Viewer :

VNC is virtual network controller, this helps in monitoring / maintaining machines remotely. server needs to be installed on the machine you need access to and the viewer is used to connect to the

Download TightVNC

Microsoft Online Exchange 365 giving NDR issues ??

Are your using Microsoft exchange 365 online ? If the answer to that is yes.. Please read bellow.

Users facing have been informing IT support that they are getting Non-delivery-Report (NDR) for some e-mails that they have sent.

Babies Guide to working with directories Linux/Solaris

Here a a basic list of commands to help newbies to work with directories on Linux / Unix

1) How to create a folder

mkdir - this command will make/create a directory


e.g. bash# mkdir folder1


(this command will create a folder 

2) Removing a folder

rmdir - Remove/deletes a folder

e.g. bash# rmdir folder1

flags :
-r  Recursive (very dangerous if you don't know what your doing, i say it cuz of personal experience)
-f  Force (removes files that will not be able to be removed with the normal rmdir command)

these flags are to be used in between the after the rmdir e.g. bash# rmdir -r folder1 

Pluged in, Not charging .....!!! arrggggggg

Charger connected but battery status shows connected but not charging...

Is your laptop acting bitc*y and not charging at all, at this point you think your laptop battery is screw*d and you can't imagine how much is it gonna burn your pocket.

Please try these few steps of troubleshooting before burning a hole in your pocket.

Enabling second interface on the server without physically connecting the cable "Big Mistake"

Warning : Kids Please don't try this on any server without having physical connectivity to it,,, cuz this is a disaster waiting to happen.

This caution has been written after one such incident happened and it really was not fun to debug especially if someone from the team has done this and not informed anyone.

The server on which this was done unfortunately was the Exchange, DNS, and VPN server. After the second interface was enabled there was loss in VPN connectivity. Exchange was also giving problem's :(