Windows

Even though the wizard warned me about placing WDS "RemoteInstall" folder on the System Volume, I went ahead and did it anyways. How hard can it be to change location? After Getting WDS working I needed some space to install some more images. I created a 100GB SCSI VHDX volume and added it to my WDS server as Volume E. wdsutil /Uninitialize-Server wdsutil /Initialize-Server /REMINST:"E:\RemoteInstall" So next time I disobey the wizard, my quick reminder of the steps to move the remote install folder to a new volume: ...

I can’t keep up with all the passwords! There are too many passwords for me to manage, I used to find myself unable to access systems. Passwords are especially annoying on mobile devices with the tiny keyboard. I wanted a solution that works on both the Desktop and Mobile devices. Lastpass is a password management option that I have used in the past. They have a free service but you have to pay to use there mobile apps which is not bad however I never liked the user interface on their Android App. ...

Network Booting my WinPe image with pxelinux has been an illusive goal of mine. I got it working :-). Get iPXE I downloaded iPXE into my home folder: git clone git://git.ipxe.org/ipxe.git cd ipxe/src make cp bin/undionly.kpxe /tftproot/ PXE Chainloading I have configured my network to chainload iPXE using the “undionly.kpxe” image. I configured my dhcp server (dd-wrt) to point to my tftp server which runs on my NAS. I placed “undionly.kpxe” in the tftp root folder. ...

I have been demystifying Hyper-V in my Lab environment. I have configured a few VMs in an isolated network and I wanted to play with the remote management features from my main system and avoid RDP where possible. The process to get this working was far from simple and Microsoft really needs to remedy this as my last visit was way more fun that this. Luckily google came to my aid and led me to “hvremote”. It took me awhile to get this working but eventually I noticed the “10 second guide” and I realized I had missed the step to “allow Anonymous logon remote dcom access”. ...

I am in the process of learning Microsoft Windows Server 2012. I’m a hands on learner for the most part and working with a lab environment always speeds up my learning exponentially. I have been looking for the most practical Lab options. I’m looking for flexibility, I want to be able to practice in an isolated environment at home and at work. I am amazed at the amount of Lab options that are available these days. Way back when I was pursuing Microsoft Certified System Engineer certification on Windows 2000 my lab consisted of two broken down computers. I recall that these systems even though they were less than stellar, ran Windows 2000 with Active Directory very well. These systems were AMD K6-2 (remember those?) with 64 MB of memory. ...

I have this web server that I manage and from time to time I need to do a system restart. A powershell script might be a quicker way to restart the system. First however I must configure the system for powershell remote management. I went ahead and installed WinRM 2.0 and Powershell 2.0 on the web server. On the Target 2003 Server: 1. Install WinRM 2.0 and Windows PowerShell 2.0 2. Enable-psRemoting ...

I have been using Growl for Windows for a few months and I think it is a very cool application. I use it mostly at home with Sickbeard and Couchpotato. In Sickbeard, when a show is snatched, that is the show has been submitted to your download manager (Transmission in my case) a notification will be sent to growl. When the the download has been completed, a notification will be sent to growl. This is especially useful when I am waiting a particular show to finish downloading. ...