Old Post – Republished for Migration reasons Hello World !! I have performed a standard installation of Windows 2008 R2 (Release Candidate) on my test lab. I wanted to use the ServerManagerCmd command line utilityContinue reading
Author: Griffon
IT consultant with 10 years of experience in Wintel infrastructure. Design and implemtation of IT projects covering windows, virtualization, messaging, migration
Installing ESX 4.0 From a USB stick
Hello World, If you want to perform your ESX 4.0 installation from a USB Drive, you have to know that’s possible. In my previous post, i described how to do this for ESX 3.x version. Continue reading
Installing ESX3.5 from a USB Drive
********************************************************************************************************* Updated Info : There is apparently a bug that does not allow to install ESX 3.5 from a USB stick. The tips still works for previous versions but not for ESX 3.5. See hereContinue reading
Domain admin users & nested groups
Hello world !! Working on migration project, the customer came to me and ask me if it was possible to quickly get information about nested groups and group membership. The problem was that they wereContinue reading
PowerShell & AD : Modify OU properties
In the last post, we have described how to create a OU within the Active Directory. Now, let see how to get and modify some of their properties I. Get OU properties To get theContinue reading
Powershell & AD – Create OU
Hello world !! I. Get Powershell running Everybody has heard about the new command shell called PowerShell from Microsoft. The Powershell allow system administrator to manage their system from a powerfull command line. To beContinue reading
Tools to check Hardware-Assisted Virtualization feature of a computer
Hello World, This is also a quite frequent question we are receiving. Is there an easy way to check if a computer support 64-bit operating system and if virtualization technology can be used ? Luckily,Continue reading
My Preferred GUI For Fine Graine Password Policy
Hello World, Lately, i had to work a little bit with the fine graine policy feature of Windows 2008. Windows 2008 provide the ability to create multiple password policies within a domain. You coud forContinue reading
How to make Bootable USB Stick or Disk
Hello World, This is a quite common request i’m getting ! So, this time i’ll provide the information about that. Nowadays, servers and workstations provide the ability to boot from a USB device. In manyContinue reading
Virtualization Software Overview
1. Introduction Hello World !! Today, i would like to provide an overview of the Virtualization market. The virtualization will probably transform the way organizations will manage their IT infrastructure. This might also change theContinue reading