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Creating personalized email with domains
  • Jason Stadtlander

Creating Personalized Email Domains
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PERSONALIZED EMAIL: A few friends have asked me how to setup their own domains for email with their last name. (i.e. john@smith.com) So, I setup a sale on my the hosting company I own so you can do it cheap!
 
It’s not expensive and it has a professional level to it. So, here’s how you do it:
  1. Go to my hosting store: http://www.mywebsitehosts.com/
  2. Search for a domain name for your family name (i.e. smith.com). If your last name isn’t available, try adding a word to it, like “thesmiths.com”, “thesmithhome.com”, etc.
  3. Click “Add to Cart”
  4. Click on “Email Accounts” > “Email Plans”
  5. Choose “Personal 12 mo” if it’s just you or “Business 12 mo” if it’s for your whole family and select “Add to Cart”
  6. Make sure you choose the right “Term” (1 year, 2 year, etc.)
  7. Your total should be approx. $28.00 per year (depending on the domain name you choose)
  8. Proceed to Checkout and once your order is done, just login using “My Account” in the hosting store and setup your email addresses.
  9. If you ever need help, you can always reach out to me too on my connect page: www.jasonpstadtlander.com/connect
Why did the chicken cross road
  • Jason Stadtlander

Why Did The Chicken Cross the Road?
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I thought I would update this post in light of recent political developments (saved the best for last – at the bottom):

Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?

SARAH PALIN: The chicken crossed the road because, gosh-darn it, he’s a maverick!

BARACK OBAMA: Let me be perfectly clear, if the chickens like their eggs they can keep their eggs. No chicken will be required to cross the road to surrender her eggs. Period.

JOHN McCAIN: My friends, the chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.

GEORGE W. BUSH: We don’t really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road or not. The chicken is either with us or against us. There is no middle ground here.

DICK CHENEY: Where’s my gun?

BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with that chicken.

AL GORE: I invented the chicken.

JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken’s intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.

AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white?

DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won’t realize that he must first deal with the problem on this side of the road before it goes after the problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he is acting by not taking on his current problems before adding any new problems.

OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross the road so badly. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I’m going to give this chicken a NEW CAR so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.

ANDERSON COOPER: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.

NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the road because he’s guilty! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.

PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.

MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which way the chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer’s Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.

DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I’ve not been told.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain, alone.

GRANDPA: In my day we didn’t ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough for us.

BARBARA WALTERS: Isn’t that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heartwarming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its lifelong dream of crossing the road.

ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.

BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2014, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents and balance your checkbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken2014. This new platform is much more stable and will never reboot.

JOHN WAYNE: Keep crossing that road, I pretty much don’t like quitters son.

ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?

COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?

HILLARY CLINTON: I was not aware that any private chickens were stored in my house. Wait, what was the question?

DONALD TRUMP: I will not allow that chicken to cross that road any longer! I will build a wall to prevent illegal chicken crossing!

Don’t Be One Of The Imbeciles And Misetes Of America
  • Jason Stadtlander

Don’t Be One of the Imbeciles and Misetes of America
Don’t Be One of the Imbeciles and Misetes of America 259 194 Jason Stadtlander

I swore I wasn’t going to write any posts on the post election, but here it goes anyway. Let me first put this forward: I am not a Trump supporter, nor am I a Clinton supporter.

Don’t Be So Shocked

Everywhere we look in the post election front  there are two extremes, overjoyed and hateful.

I see people I have known for years spouting off that all Trump supporters are bigots, misogynists and racists. This is preposterous and insane.

I truly believe that those who voted for Trump did not vote for him because he was going to “Build a wall” or because he feels that “Mexicans are rapists” (both things that have been taken out of context by the media in my opinion – but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t believe them). They voted for him because they are tired of the corruption that has been our government for so long. Yes, corruption has always been part of government, perhaps as early as the founding fathers, however it has gotten deeper, stronger and clearly more prevalent in the last fifty years.

Why are is everyone so shocked that so many people came out to vote for Trump? People are tired of sticking there heads in the sand, tired of sitting on the side lines while they watch their country go in some directions they want them to go and NOT in other directions they do want them to go.

What Bothers Me Most About The Election

Although I’m not crazy about Trump being elected, that isn’t what bothers me most. What bothers me most is the fact that our president, congress and house are all now the same party. There are no checks and balances. It will be a lot easier for the president’s cabinet to pass more unilateral decisions without interference.

It’s Not Over – Stand Up and Be Heard

Canada’s Immigration website crashed on election night. Thousands of Americans were looking into how to immigrate to Canada in the haste of the outcome with Trump clearly winning the election.

I know one person very close to me that always says “Jason, you are far too impulsive. Don’t make decisions without thinking them through.” and she’s right. The same should go for our country. Don’t be so stupidly impulsive and believe that #Calexit or renouncing your citizenship is the answer.

All over Facebook people are posting “I’m giving up my citizenship!”, “I’m leaving the country.”

To this I say, “Stop being a fucking idiot and get your head out of your ass.” You want to leave the country?  Fine, good riddance! We need people in this country who will stand up for what they believe in, not a bunch of pansies who will stand by and do nothing while politicians make decisions for us. That is exactly why Trump supporters did what they did. They were fed up with something, so they made a choice to try and change it.

My family and friends that voted for Trump are not bigots, racists or misogynists. They are simply people that feel that Washington doesn’t give a shit about them. They are right, Washington doesn’t give a crap about any of us.

We are a collection of diverse people, with a variety of beliefs and ideals that we all feel strongly about. Don’t stand on the side lines. Make sure that this new administration supports what you believe in and doesn’t take action where they shouldn’t. If we don’t like where they take us, then we become irritating assholes with anyone that can get our opinion pushed through and in four years we vote someone else into power that will. In the mean time, write your congress representatives, contact your senators and DON’T EVER GIVE UP.

Here are some facts about America and if you feel strongly then do something about it!

  • 55% of Americans support same-sex marriage[1]
  • 62% say the federal government does not do enough for middle-class people [2]
  • 69% among moderate or liberal Republicans and 48% of conservative Republicans say climate scientists should have a major role in policy decisions related to the climate. [3]
  • Illegal immigration has actually declined since 2009, not increased [4]
  • Since 2003, Americans dissatisfaction with the operation of the country has gone progressively up [5]

What does this all say about America as a whole? It says that we are expanding our views on the world, progressing forward but we are not happy with the body that is controlling everything. That is the key. That is why I believe Trump supporters did what they did and I believe it’s something that Clinton supporters did not see. They did not see how much of the country was dissatisfied with current state of the union. I personally think that democrats simply stood behind the wrong candidate. Had they stood behind new blood to represent the democratic party, someone who had a fresh perspective but could maintain their views – they could have stood a very good chance of beating the republicans in the election.

So, now it is up to us as a people, like never before, to stand up and make sure that what we hold dear (the issues we believe in) are upheld.

 

Gary Stevens
  • Jason Stadtlander

Lost Souls – The Death of Gary Stevens
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Lost Souls

Our world is replete with stories about people that pass on with no connections or have simply diminished so much in life that no one notices that they have died.

Two nights ago, just such a person was lost and my father just found out yesterday.

Gary StevensGary Stevens was born and raised in Fayetteville, NC and was divorced with no children. Now, I know what you’re thinking… “Why am I writing about this man?”

That’s a good question. I didn’t know him well, but I did know him. He talked to my father nearly every day, sometimes several times a day. Aside from me (and of course my step-mother), my father talked to him more than just about anyone.

Over the last few years, many of the talks were with a drunk Gary, but he was still a good man and fun to talk to.

Gary owned his own business; Working Dog Leathers, a business that he ran out of his trailer that he hauled around to gun shows and trap shoots. He was an extremely talented leather working artist creating amazing leather work with common and exotic leathers for over 35 years. Gary had such clients as Barbara Mandrell and General Schwarzkopf. The man had endless stories and a sense of humor that you couldn’t help but laugh at and an appearance to match with his suspenders and top hat. Gary and his dog Rat Dog(who passed away about 5 years ago) drove a distinctive Peterbuilt with a pair of Texas longhorns mounted to the front which he pulled around his custom 32 foot workshop/trailer/home with.

The part that hits me hardest is, he was found dead in his trailer having died alone. My father of course already feels the void as he talked to him every day. But how many other people will miss this talented man or know that he even passed away. Lost souls… No one deserves to die alone. No one.

Gary isn’t the first lost soul I have seen leave our world either. A close family friend by the name of Chuck was lost a couple years ago in similar circumstances, his girlfriend having died a year before, alone and his wife; an angel having passed a year before that found between her bed and her wall. That brings my count of people that I have personally known (albeit some not all that well) that were lost in the last few years, alone and empty to 4.

Two Pleas

I have two pleas for you.

  • Those who knew Gary, please tell people about him. Carry on his story and don’t forget him. Here is a nice bio I saw written on him that you might enjoy: Working Dog Leather
  • This is probably the most critical plea. Please, if you are someone that is lost, alone, in need of a friend, reach out to those you know. Bug the crap out of them and let them know that you care about them and trust me it will be reciprocated. If you need help, seek it by any means possible. There are so many people in this world with the ability to love and all it takes is to reach out to them.
    • Don’t dump on your friends. “Talk” to them.
    • Don’t spend more than half the time you talk to them – talking about yourself. Ask how they are, ask what’s going on their life and they will show an interest yours as well.
    • Don’t give up on yourself or others. That is what brings friendships to a halt and what ultimate causes people to be alone. Yes, we have WAY TOO MANY ways to keep in touch to the point that it’s overwhelming. So pick one… stick to it and don’t stop, but don’t smother either.

I guess… that’s all I have to say about this.

She's got a thing about her
  • Jason Stadtlander

She’s Got A Thing About Her
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Every once in a while you hear a song that resonates with you.

This morning, this song truly resonated for me.

She’s got a thing about her – Chris Young

Lyrics

It might be her smile cause it can change my day
blue eyes that chase my blues away
Might be her touch that keeps me coming back for more
Her loving words that keep me going strong
that heart of hers hang my future on
What it is well I can’t say for sure
It’s just she’s got this thing about her
she’s got this thing about her
Like that magic in your favorite song
you just can’t put your finger on
In her arms when were all alone
I get the feeling that I’ve come back home
she’s got this thing about her
She stops time when she moves through a room
When she leaves she’s always gone too soon
and I’m counting down the minutes till she’s back
She’s the love I’ve known eternally
that always feels brand new to me
I can’t separate the fiction from the fact
Its just she’s got this thing about her
she’s got this thing about her
Like a hymn in a cathedral hall
watching April snowflakes fall
In her arms when were all alone
I get the feeling that I’ve come back home
she’s got this thing about her
Like the magic in your favorite song
you just can’t put your finger on
She’s got this thing about her.

Copyright Chris Young • Written by Christopher Young, Corey Batten, Kent Blazey

2nd Amendment Confusion – Election 2016
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2nd Amendment Confusion – Election 2016
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Those of you who know me, know that I was raised around guns. My Grandfather and Grandmother were artisans creating handmade, ornate flintlock rifles, scrimshaw powder horns and paintings related to hunting and gun ownership (especially antiques). Therefore the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution has been a strong part of our family heritage.

That being said, there has been an enormous amount of focus on the 2nd Amendment rights, in particular there was some significant time spent during the Third Presidential Debate regarding it.

The Facts:

The 2nd Amendment was adopted within the Bill of Rights on December 15, 1791. Let’s take a moment and look at what the actual text of the 2nd Amendment states:

A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

The most common examination of that statement is as follows:

  • “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state…”:
    Which means: A Military that is well organized, connected with our country and maintains our freedom, defending our citizens against those who may wish to take our freedom.
  • “…the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”:
    Which means: The people (citizens) of this country have the right to own arms (guns) and this right to bear arms shall not be prevented or limited in any fashion.

The Obscurity:

  1. I think it’s fair to say that we (as a country) have already violated the second amendment in that there have been numerous restrictions placed on gun ownership in this country (from where it stood in 1791). That’s not a dig, just a fact. Some of those violations are necessary and some are not.
  2. The “arms” that we have the capability of owning today, are significantly more powerful (yet just as deadly) as the arms that we could own in 1791 when the Bill of Rights was adopted.

The Real Stats:

At the time that this article is being written there have been (from Gun Violence Archive):

  • 46,973 Total “Gun Violence” Incidents
  • 12, 086 Deaths from guns
  • 25,017 Injuries relating to guns
  • 558 Children killed or injured from guns
  • 2,562 Teens killed or injured from guns
  • 312 Mass shootings involving guns

Now, that data above is all fine and dandy for “shock value” and if you take it at face value, it IS shocking, but let’s break this down a little more:

Up to 60% of perpetrators of mass shootings (such as the 312 figure above as well as the 46,973 number) in the United States since 1970 displayed symptoms of mental illness.

I know you have all heard this before but, guns don’t kill people, people kill people.

You can set a gun on a table and sit there and watch if for 100 years and it will NEVER jump off the table and kill someone. But, get someone who has no respect or training (or simply no respect for human life) around a gun (or a knife, or a baseball bat or a bow and arrow) and only then does the weapon become dangerous.

The Real Problem

The real problem boils down to several factors that are decays in our American society itself:

Education:
Lack of weapon education (guns, knives, anything that can be used to harm another human)

Instant Reactions:
Lack of ability to control temper and the need to act out instantly. We live in a society where everyone expects instant gratification. Someone sends a text and it instantly gets to the person. Subsequently, someone gets upset or angry and they feel the need to instantly harm the person that is causing them pain. We have removed the ability to stand back and think about our actions, removed the ability to allow common sense to take over.

Mental Illness and our Over Medicated Country:
Studies show that nearly 1 in 5 Americans suffer from mental illness each year. Some of these cases are long term, some of them are short term. To treat mental illness, doctors prescribe hundreds of different medications. For depression for example, a common medication is Welbutrin (bupropion) – a medication that although it can help with depression, can also cause: anxiety, irregular heartbeats, irritability and confusion to name a few side effects.

The reality is, most of the gun violence incidents we will never know or be able to tell if they are mental health / medication related.

Gun Laws Don’t Stop Criminals

The U.S. has national laws that prevent people who have had a felony from owning a gun. But, perhaps one of the most important things that we as a country really need to think about before enacting laws relating to guns is this:

What am I actually saying here?

Now, with all these statements, what am I actually trying to say here? Am I supporting the unlimited ability to own guns? No.

Do I stand behind the idea that laws should limit gun ownership more than they currently do? No.

What I am saying is that we need to not be pigeon holed on our perspective of the 2nd Amendment. We need to stand back and look at the bigger picture and determine where the dangers really are and squelch those dangers. The problem is much bigger than simply limiting gun control.

  • The problem is about teaching our youth that instant gratification is not good.
  • It’s about ensuring that mental illness isn’t over-diagnosed AND over-medicated.
  • It’s about ensuring that gun owners are educated about gun ownership and are held responsible if they are stupid enough to leave a loaded firearm laying around where children can reach them. I personally think that there should be laws in place similar to DUIs. If a gun owner has an incident where a child is injured due to their negligence to protect their firearm, then that owner should have to serve a mandatory, instant (significant) jail-time.
  • However… there should be ways for a lawful gun owning adult to quickly get to a firearm if they need it for the purposes of self defense. If someone is threatening your family and for some reason you cannot contact the authorities immediately, then fumbling through trigger locks, loading ammunition and trying to unlock safes are not really viable options.
  • Limit the amount of guns that can be licensed in populated areas. I do believe that there should be a limit on the amount of firearms that can be licensed within a given populous (i.e. not everyone in a city needs to own a firearm), but those in the more rural areas I believe do have just cause for such ownership.
  •  We are not the same country  or society  that we were in 1791. Just as any other historical document, the constitution needs to evolve and be dynamic… what I fear most is that those changes and dynamic modifications will injure the original context of the Constitution,  not enhance it.

That’s my two cents. What’s yours?
  • Jason Stadtlander

In For a Penny, In For a Pound
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Driving the company with dollars in mind
Scrooge is your model, in him you will find
Stoke the fire, the coals are aligned
Screw the the staff the way you’ve designed

In for a penny, in for a pound
Enjoying your car and premium sound
Standing on bodies on top of the mound
As you’re in for a penny and in for a pound

She dreams of a goal that she’ll reach in time
Making her plans to weather the climb
Following the path and saving each dime
Until she has realized that it’s reached it’s prime

She’s in for a penny, in for a pound
Her pattern is planned ’til everything’s sound
Watching each movement, holding fast to the ground
She’s in for a penny and in for a pound

He stands with his team, a fight to be free
Ready to charge at his C.O.’s decree
Holding his gun, he’ll never flee
For truth is beheld, so Don’t Tread on Me

He’s in for a penny, in for a pound
Ready to defend ’til the battle is crowned
His word is his honor, forever renowned
Because he’s in for a penny, in for a pound

I stand in the booth, staring at options
I’ve read and I’ve researched and heard the concoctions
With four hundred million, it’s our chosen adoption?
A liar, a thief, a moron, a flake, endless corruption

We are in for a penny and in for a pound
No choice that I have makes me feel sound
Dear God help us all, not to be drowned
We’re in for a penny and in for a pound
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Missing Child – A Parent’s Worst Nightmare
Missing Child – A Parent’s Worst Nightmare 1024 576 Jason Stadtlander

The Fear

It was September 19th in Carver, Massachusetts. The air had that cool damp feeling and the smell of autumn was strong as the colored leaves blew at our feet. My oldest son was dressed in his ninja costume and I was dressed in my Scottish warrior getup – kilt included, both in the spirit of the renaissance festival we were going to at King Richard’s Faire. My youngest son chose not to dress up as he though it drew attention to him. Little did he know that not dressing up drew more attention than dressing up. However, my sweet boy had been through enough over the last year with my divorce and the stresses of my moving out, so I wasn’t about to press him to ‘get into the spirit’. I just wanted us to have a good time.

We spent a few hours going from vendor to vendor and watching the amazing acts of the magician, the tiger trainers and the jousting all the while munching kettle corn and cotton candy as we walked. At one point we stopped so that my boys could get onto a swing ride operated by a couple medieval carnies hand cranking the contraption that accommodated about fifteen children. I took photos as the boys swung around in circles rotating in their chairs. Then they got off and stepped around the side of the fence to me. My oldest saw a cross bow game next to the swing that he wanted to show me and possibly play. So we walked over toward it. Out of the corner of my eye I was certain that my youngest was following. My oldest showed me how the pseudo arrows went into the chamber and at that point I glanced behind me to see what my youngest thought of it. The eight year old was no where in sight and I was instantly jolted to high alert. “Where’s your brother?” I asked. He looked around and shrugged.

“I thought he was right here.” he replied.

I looked at the swing ride which was less than fifteen feet from me and couldn’t see him anywhere. I then yelled for him. No answer. I had lost my son. My heart was racing as I told my oldest to stand by the crossbow stand and not move at all. I then began a spiral style sweep of the area widening as I went through the tree covered clearing. I couldn’t see him anywhere and I was fighting the desire to panic. I began yelling as loud as I could for him and fellow parents looked at me with concerned expressions, knowing the pain I was going through. Two other faire goers joined me in the search and I began to look at the perimeters.

I stopped a faire worker and notified them and just as they were radioing to the have the gates closed so no one could leave or come in my mobile phone rang. I didn’t recognize the number but picked up to hear my son crying in the phone. “Daddy? Where are you? I can’t find you.”

He had followed someone wearing a similar shirt to mine near the swing ride and hadn’t looked carefully to make sure it was actually me, until it was too late. Fortunately he had only gone as far as the archery game which was about two hundred feet away, but it was far enough that he couldn’t see me anywhere. If I had not been so careful to ensure that my children always knew my mobile phone number, the situation could have been a lot worse than it turned out.

Missing ChildTips to Prevent Losing Your Child

  • Put one of your business cards  in their pocket, preferably with a mobile phone number on it.
  • Force your children to memorize your mobile phone number.
  • If you are in a public setting (such as a fair, store or movie theater) contact a management member immediately, most locations have protocols in place to close the entrances so that no one can escape with a child and scenarios setup to help parents find their child.
  • When you know you will be in a crowded place, have your children wear bright colors so you can quickly identify them from a distance.
  • If your children are very young, take a small length of rope and have them always hold onto the rope.
MBR System Recovery Partition
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Adjusting the MBR (SRP) partition in Windows 7 to prepare for Windows 10 Upgrade
Adjusting the MBR (SRP) partition in Windows 7 to prepare for Windows 10 Upgrade 639 479 Jason Stadtlander

As many of you may be aware, I am in IT by trade and recently many people have been trying to perform the free upgrade to Windows 10 that is being offered by Microsoft until July 1, 2016.

One problem many people run into is not having enough space on the System Recovery Partition (SRP) which is a special little 100MB space on your hard drive that Windows uses for storing special boot files in case your operating system has problems.

The following will show you how to free up space on your SRP so that you can perform the operating system upgrade to Windows 10. Keep in mind, this is a sensitive partition, so be sure to follow exactly as I have outlined below and you should be fine. I have tested this and it works perfectly. Usually it will free up an additional 40-50MB of space.

 

INSTRUCTIONS:

This makes a permanent, but small, increase in the available space of the SRP (system recovery partition).

Prepare the Recovery Partition and Backup Permissions

  1. Press the Windows key + R. In the Run window that comes up, type msc and press Enter.
  2. Select the partition marked System Reserve. Press-and-hold or right-click on it.
  3. Select Change Drive Letter and Paths.
  4. Choose Add.
  5. Enter Y for the drive letter.
  6. Tap or click OK.
  7. From the Start menu, search for cmd. Right-click Command Prompt from the search results, and select Run as administrator.
  8. In the command prompt, type Y: and hit enter to switch to that drive.
  9. Type the following and press enter: takeown /d y /r /f .
    Note:     You must include the space and the period after the “f”, or the command will not work properly.
  10. Type icacls Y:\ /save %systemdrive%\SysResrvBU.txt /t to back up the current permissions.
  11. Type whoami and press Enter, and then record the user name.
  12. Type the following command:
    icacls . /grant <username you got from whoami>:F /t and press Enter.
    Note: Do not put a space between the username and “:F”, or the command won’t work.

Truncate the NTFS Log

  1. Check the size of the NTFS Log first. From the Command Prompt, type the following and press Enter: chkdsk /L Y:
    1. If the size is less than 5000KB, you do not need to truncate the file.
  2. To truncate the file, type the following and press Enter: chkdsk /L:5000 /X /F

Restore permissions

  1. Press the Windows Key (windows key) + R
  2. Enter the %systemdrive%\SysResrvBU.txt file and press Enter.
  3. A notepad or other text editor application should open with the contents of the file. On the first line you will notice that it’s blank. Enter a single “.” (without the quotes) and save the file.
    NOTE: Because it’s on the system drive, you might have to save it elsewhere and then copy and paste it to the system drive location manually.
  4. Close the text editor and go back to the command prompt that you have open.
  5. Type the following command: icacls Y:\ /restore %systemdrive%\SysResrvBU.txt /c /t and press Enter.
    1. A message may display indicating some files failed while processing – this is normal as these files have been deleted subsequent to backing them up.
    2. If the amount of successful files is none, then the command was executed incorrectly; you must have some files successfully processed before continuing.
  6. Adjust the ACL back to System by typing the following:
    icacls . /grant system:f /t and press Enter.
  7. Set the owner of the drive back to System by typing the following command:
    icacls Y: /setowner SYSTEM /t /c and press Enter.
  8. Go back to Disk Management and Refresh the data to confirm if the SRP now has a greater percentage of free space. If so, the drive letter can be removed at this point.
  9. Right-click the System Reserved Partition.
  10. Select Change Drive Letter and Paths.
  11. Choose the Y:
  12. Select Remove.
  13. Click OK.

 
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The Greatest Gift I Ever Received
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Tomorrow is my birthday and as I do with every birthday, I take a look around my world and think about what makes my life amazing, what inspires me and what a blessing it is to be another year older.

My 4th Birthday

This year I’m thinking about the greatest gift I have ever received. The first birthday I can remember was my fourth birthday when I received a rake, hoe and shovel set from my paternal grandmother. I spent hours digging up our yard – which I’m sure my parents loved. On my twelfth birthday I got a Trek mountain bike which I used for my newspaper route and did several TOSRV bike tours with my father.

 

The Birth of my First Son

My two greatest gifts however weren’t really birthday gifts, though one was around my birthday. The first I received almost eleven years ago and the second I received almost two years later; my two boys.

I had no experience with children at all before I had them, but always knew I wanted kids. I had never so much as changed a diaper prior to my first son. By the time my second son rolled in the door, I asked myself what I was so stressed about with the first. Then came the amazing little moments, such as the one below where my youngest son made “alphabet soup” for the family.

 

I can’t remember how many times I went into my children’s room to hear them having “little conversations” about stuffed animals, dinosaurs and Legos. Conversations so innocent they are the purest form of communication. Love so unfiltered and honest that it is touched directly from Heaven. There is a purity in their statements “I love you, daddy.”, even now, that drives deeper into me than anyone else has ever done.

There may be an unspoken “civic responsibility” about having children, the idea that you are replacing your generation with a new one, but being a parent is so much more than that. Seeing their minds grow from only recognizing a human face, to playing with danging toys, to splashing in the tub, to drawing, to telling stories and now my children are creating their worlds with their writings and their stories. They are slowly becoming self-functioning members of society.

They are the greatest, most amazing gifts I have ever received and the most breathtaking experience I have ever had. I may be a writer, an IT professional, a voiceover artist, and an artist, but the one thing I am the proudest of – is being a father.

 

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