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Software Deployment: PDFCreator from pdfforge.org

Posted by Ivan
/ March 21, 2011 / 2 Comments

Solution Definition PDFCreator is a free tool to create PDF files from nearly every application. To distrbute this PDF Creator I used the following script recipe. Before I started I used the SAVEINF command line parameter to record my setup options. Requirements Download http://www.pdfforge.org/download Script PDFCreator-1_2_0_setup.inf – the setup file...

Posted in Software Deployment
Software Deployment: how to deploy Adobe Flash Player?

Posted by Ivan
/ March 21, 2011 / Leave a comment

The following recipe helped me to create a enterprise deployment script to distribute Adobe Flash Player. I will be using this script as task sequence with SCCM server. Basically you could use these command lines to run from any software deployment solution. The deployment will target Windows 7 Enterprise clients....

Posted in Software Deployment
PowerShell: clear windows eventviewer logs

Posted by Ivan
/ March 16, 2011 / Leave a comment

Solution Definition How to clear Windows Eventlogs from Powershell? That question I had solved with my previous post but now I have ported the script into Powershell. During my Windows 7 development of a WIM image I wanted to clear the logs after the image was restored. I am using...

Posted in PowerShell
Windows 7 recipe: clear windows eventviewer logs

Posted by Ivan
/ March 14, 2011 / 6 Comments

Solution Definition The following Windows 7 recipe will help you while imaging (with imagex.exe into a WIM file) the client operating system for deployment. The script can be run from PowerShell or CMD file. I have integrated the following script just after Sysprep.exe has run to make sure all events...

Posted in Windows 7
MacOS: How to import PST file with Outlook for Mac?

Posted by Ivan
/ February 18, 2011 / 6 Comments

Outlook 2011 for Mac and the import feature Most of the time I am using my Apple iMac sitting in the living room at home. I switched for year and a half to Mac OSX; now and than I need to work with my windows machines because I am missing...

Posted in Apple, MacOS
Networknet.nl Blogging 2010

Posted by Ivan
/ January 9, 2011 / Leave a comment

One week after we closed 2010, it’s time for me to reflect on the past year of Networknet.nl blogging. It has been a busy year for me and I’ve had many personal and business initiatives. As much as I wanted to publish my ideas, solutions or problems that I solve...

Posted in General
Cisco Router 851W: Configuring wireless LAN

Posted by Ivan
/ October 23, 2010 / Leave a comment

While preparing a Cisco Router 851w for a SOHO implementation I run into couple of issues. I tried to configure the router from the http interface but soon I figured out this is not the right way. I configured many switches, routers and access points but never a integrated one...

Posted in Cisco
VMWare: how to upgrade from ESXi 4.0 to 4.1?

Posted by Ivan
/ October 15, 2010 / 4 Comments

I am running several VMWare ESXi4 servers and I wanted to upgrade them to the latest release of ESXi4.1. The following steps I used to achieve this job in less than 5 minutes. Please make sure you installed vSpere CLI and download the upgrade package on you system before you...

Posted in VMWare
MacOS: Screencapture Snagit for Mac (beta)

Posted by Ivan
/ October 5, 2010 / 1 Comment

Techsmith released their version of Snagit tool for MacOS. I have been using Snagit before on my windows systems and I was really missing this cool feature on the Mac. Yes! there are several ways to use screen capture options with Mac but none of them are really convenient for...

Posted in MacOS
MacOS: MarsEdit blog editor for Mac

Posted by Ivan
/ September 14, 2010 / 1 Comment

While reading a post from Webdesigner Depot named How to Blog Effectively I learned some new things. On my pc’s I often use Windows Live Writer or WordPress Admin to write and publish my blog posts. I searched for a while a stable and easy to use desktop blog editing tool...

Posted in MacOS