The ramblings of a computer geek
Tristan Self To see if your partitions are aligned correctly, hit the Start menu and type in msinfo32. Enter Msinfo32 and go to Components > Storage > Disks. Look for your disk on the list and find the “Partition Starting Offset” item. If this number is divisible by 4096 (that is, if dividing it by 4096 equals … Read more
If you are thinking about using VMware with Windows 2008 R2 server, you are going to want to eliminate the 100 MB System Reserved Partition at installation. If you are not using BitLocker on your servers, it will only give you headaches. Below are the quick and easy steps to head off a potential headache. … Read more
To setup the NTP settings for the storage domain, you need to open Navisphere, then click on “file”, then click on “Set up Domain…” Then from this menu, select “NTP”, within this dialog, configure your organisation’s NTP server(s). I set a sync time of 1 hour. Once this is done, apply the settings and wait. … Read more
Settings this normally through the User Configuration => Policies => Windows Settings => Internet Exploirer Maintenance => Security => Security Zones and Content Rating “Applying the trusted sites through these settings, can give the error “You have chosen to import settings that are compatible with computers that don’t have the Internet Explorer Enchanced Security Configuration … Read more
Error 1935: An Error occourred during the installation of assembly ‘Microsoft.VC80.CRT,type=”win32″,version”8.0.50727.42″,publickeyToken=”1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b”,processorArchitecture=”x86″. Please refer to help and support for more infor……. This appears to be caused by a failure of the .net framework not being installed or is corrupted. Only things I could find say to reinstall or install it. So started with .net 2.0. Download … Read more
Firstly you create an image of a disk using dd. Say in this example you have a second harddisk on your comuter called: /dev/sdb you want to make a dd image of it and then verify it is identical to the source disk. Step 1 Create the MD5 hash of the source disk as it … Read more
Had this rather annoying issue with a Dell Latitude E5420 and trying to image it with Microsoft Windows XP SP3 Professional using Microsoft WDS and MDT 2010 Update 1. Basically using the Dell driver pack the machine would image okay, but then on the mini-setup the computer would freeze saying “please wait…”, even leaving it … Read more
I’ve been with plus.net for my ADSL broadband for a few years, I was working at home more and was finding my current broadband speeds were giving me problems with some of the work I was trying to do. I was getting about 6.5Mbps download and a 0.3Mbps upload. Not too bad but I really … Read more
If you are lucky enough to get a software manufacturer to use MSIs for their software your life should be easier when it comes to packaging and installing software, however sometimes you end up with just an .exe installer here’s some switches i’ve found for silent or quiet installers. setup.exe /s setup.exe /silent setup.exe /sms … Read more
So to find any failed logon requests for a user you can use one of the two following XML queries, the first just shows all successes and failures for that user. The second shows just the failures only for that user. 1. Open the event viewer, and click on the “Security” log on the left … Read more