• Failed to download the VirtualBox Guest Additions CD image from..

    by  • October 28, 2011 • 5 Comments

    After installing VirtualBox on Ubuntu 11.10 I was unable to get the Guest Additions CD image from the programmed location:- http://dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net/virtualbox/4.1.2_Ubuntu/VBoxGuestAdditions_4.1.2_Ubuntu.iso To fix the issue I had to run sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-additions-iso and mount the ISO in virtualbox before running the VM.  The ISO should be located in /usr/share/virtualbox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso.    

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    Powershell Resources

    by  • September 8, 2011 • 0 Comments

    A few resources Ive found useful while knocking together a couple of Powershell scripts to monitor software deployment. Introduction to PowerShell’s WMI Techniques Windows PowerShell Survival Guide PowerShell Functions and Filters – The basics How to Create a PowerShell’s Function Using the Get-Service Cmdlet Get Windows Last Reboot Timestamp? Using Test-Path to Verify the...

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    SCCM Troubleshooting

    by  • September 8, 2011 • 0 Comments

    As of late Ive been troubleshooting various issues with System Center Configuration Manager 2007.  This is a summary of the most useful articles I found. Verification Checklist: Software Updates Synchronization SMS_SoftwareUpdate Server WMI Class Troubleshooting the PXE Service Point and WDS in Configuration Manager 2007 Troubleshooting Windows Deployment Services SCCM 2007 R3 native mode...

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    Windows Server 2008 Domain Controllers

    by  • May 18, 2011 • 0 Comments

    The Windows Server 2008 operating system must be installed. AD DS can only be installed on the following Windows Server 2008 editions: Windows Server 2008, Standard Edition Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Edition Windows Server 2008, Datacenter Edition AD DS can be installed on both the 64-bit and 32-bit editions, and on the Server Core...

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    Clustering

    by  • February 21, 2011 • 0 Comments

    Clustering is a way of providing high-availability solution; it minimizes downtime instead of eliminating it.  The advantages of clustering include, disk sharing and hardware fail over.  One thing clustering doesn’t give you is load balancing.  Windows Server 2008 Enterprise and Data center allows up to 8 nodes in a cluster.

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    IPv6

    by  • February 21, 2011 • 0 Comments

    Why a New IP? For billions of new devices, cell phones, PDAs, appliances, cars. For billions of new users, in China, India. For “always-on” access technologies,xDSL, cable, ethernet-to-the-home IPv6 has been around since 1998 Installed by default in Windows Server 2008.  However it was an optional  install for Windows Server 2000 onwards. IPv6 is...

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    More Window Server 2008 Notes

    by  • February 21, 2011 • 0 Comments

    Windows Server 2008 R2 comes in the below versions. Standard (Standard includes 1 virtual machine license) Enterprise (Includes 4 virtual machine license) Datacenter  (Unlimited virtual machine license although you can only run up to 380 VMs on a server, Datacenter also support Hot Add Hardware) Web Edition (You would only tend to use this internally as no clustering...

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    Resetting an out-of-range resolution Ubuntu 10.04

    by  • September 25, 2010 • 0 Comments

    This week I decided to check the screen resolutions in Ubuntu and noticed I wasnt using the highest value.  I selected this and it resulted in a blank screen. You can reset it by running rm ~/.config/monitors.xml from a terminal. To access the terminal when the screen is blank press Ctrl Alt and F2...

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    How to kill Terminal Service server sessions in command prompt?

    by  • September 20, 2010 • 0 Comments

    At work we often use remote desktop to access PCs and servers but quite often we just close the session which still leaves the terminal server connection alive.  As a result you get the pop-up Terminal Services Warning “The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections.” To kill the connection you...

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    Tweaking Windows 7 for speed

    by  • August 26, 2010 • 0 Comments

    I have decided to do a comprehensive post on tweaking Windows 7 for speed.  I decided to do this as I often travel with my lightweight netbook which lacks in processor speed (Atom z520 1.33Ghz). Theres a lot of information on the Internet about tweaking Windows 7 but I wanted to do this post...

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    Some useful articles on How-To-Geek

    by  • August 6, 2010 • 0 Comments

    CCleaner Enhancer Adds 270 New Rules to CCleaner Microsoft Money Plus is Now Available for Free Checklist Guide for Reinstalling Windows Crack Wi-Fi Passwords in the Cloud in Mere Minutes 10 Tips To Make iTunes for Windows Run Faster Make Sure Microsoft Security Essentials Has Updated Definition Files How to Resize a Microsoft Virtual...

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