Hello World, I’m talking a lot about UI customization lately. But hey, that’s what people are asking for. To have a customizable GUI and make it look better or nicer that the default theme proposed.Continue reading
Install ESX 3.5 From CDROM with kickstart script on a web server
Hello World, If you have a kickstart script ready to be used and that your customer has the ESX 3.x cdrom and a web server, you might be able to automate your installation. You simplyContinue reading
How to customize you Logonscreen background in Vista, Windows 2008 and later versions
ello World, When involved in Deployment projects (Vista, Windows 7), I like to provide the customer a “corporate” look n’ Feel on their new workstations. The default Windows Vista Logon background screen (see screenshot below)Continue reading
Windows 2008 R2 -ServerManagerCMD vs Powershell Command
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
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