Well it’s been a long time since I posted here and I really don’t have anything to say, apart from that I’ve moved from a shared server to one of my own dedicated servers now. It’s really boring, but I’ve moved from a Linux-based host across to a Windows 2008, IIS 7 server. Anyways, it was really ridiculously easy; the only problem I had was with pretty URLs. Big thanks to the learn.iis.net team for this link: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/466/enabling-pretty-permalinks-in-wordpress/
One really annoying thing about the VMware Tools installation is that it reverts the video mode back to 640×480 for Windows Server Core installations; barely enough space for the command prompt. This can be fixed very quickly. Run regedit (one of the few GUI tools in Server Core) and find the keys DefaultSettings.XResolution and DefaultSettings.YResolution. Hint: they’ll be in a subkey of HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\. Change these values from 640 and 480 respectively (another hint: change the value from hex to decimal!), reboot and you’re good to go.
I’ve found myself using Windows Server 2008 Core quite a lot recently, and apart from using the GUI CoreConfigurator I’ve realised that I’m often completely forgetting a whole bunch of commands related to Server Core setup. Now nine times out of ten I’m working from a prepared Sysprep image with Group Policies setting everything I need; but every so often I forget or am setting up a test lab and need these commands. Anyways, here’s a list of codes that I use very often.
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Well, it’s been a while since I posted anything here, mainly due to the stresses of work and also not really having anything interesting to say. Anyways, as part of a project here I’ve had to work with Linux over the last week or so – so here’s how I went about installing SuSE Enterprise Linux on Hyper-V.
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Well, with Windows Server 2008 actually being released today I thought I’d put down in writing how I configured a server for one of our branch offices here. I decided that for a small office we’d need DHCP, DNS and a domain controller. However, this being a branch office with no IT function within it, this gave me the perfect opportunity to play with the Windows Server 2008 Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC) role within a Windows Server 2008 Core installation.
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If you’re managing a large number of users, you might sometimes have to create Outlook signatures for these users. Doing this manually can be a right pain in the arse, so I decided to write a quick script which, when executed (HINT: set it to run at logon in Group Policy), will automatically create a signature called ‘Default’ for Outlook 2003 and up to use. Disclaimer: I’ve only tested it on Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007 running on a domain so if it doesn’t work, sorry…
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For the last few days I’ve been trying to get some mp4 files, which Microsoft say are supported in the latest update for the Xbox 360, with little success. However, this morning, I’ve finally managed to get it to work – here’s what I did for those struggling with this too.
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Reference for myself (and anyone else that’s interested) – here’s my unattend.xml file for installing Windows XP SP2 completely unattended. Using this in conjunction with a sysprep.inf file, you can achieve a completely unattended XP install using Windows Deployment Services.
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