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Windows: Microsoft Security Essentials free virusscanner

Posted by Ivan
/ October 24, 2009 / Leave a comment

Well this is something to consider if you don’t have any virus protection so far. You should and Microsoft offers it now for free. I will install it on my Windows 7 systems. Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other...

Posted in Uncategorized
Sharepoint 2007: Office SharePoint Server Search service missing??

Posted by Ivan
/ October 23, 2009 / 2 Comments

For last couple of hours I am struggling with installing the SSP provider for Sharepoint 2007 server. During the creation of a new SSP provider a Indexer is required; well I can’t select any because it is empty. Searched on google and found out that I need to start “Office...

Posted in Sharepoint 2007
WordPress: Flickr Manager for WP 2.8

Posted by Ivan
/ July 14, 2009 / 1 Comment

Since upgrade to WordPress 2.8 “Flickr Manager” plugin stopped to work. I was able to upload my files to Flickr but failed to insert the picture into my posts or pages. As Flickr Pro member and WordPress fan I love this extension into WordPress. Today a found solution on my...

Posted in Wordpress
Cisco: How to reset password of a switch?

Posted by Ivan
/ July 14, 2009 / 4 Comments

Did you ever needed to login on a Cisco Switch and change the configuration? The responsible person is on vacation or out of the office; you forgot the password of the switch and you want to login, and do your job to make the configuration working. Some months ago I...

Posted in Cisco
WordPress: latest and greatest release of 2.8

Posted by Ivan
/ July 4, 2009 / Leave a comment

For three weeks I planned to install the latest release of WordPress 2.8. The list of improvements and enhancements is endless! Highlights New drag-and-drop widgets admin interface and new widgets API Syntax highlighting and function lookup built into plugin and theme editors Browse the theme directory and install themes from...

Posted in Wordpress
Windows Wallpaper: How to disable branded wallpaper?

Posted by Ivan
/ June 26, 2009 / Leave a comment

If you using a OEM Windows installation often there will be a wallpaper set when you login from the console or with Remote Desktop services. For me this is annoying when using RDP session as it is slow to render the wallpaper bitmaps over the internet connection or WAN. I...

Posted in Microsoft
Windows 7 RC: Add virtual disk (.vhd) with Disk Management”

Posted by Ivan
/ May 19, 2009 / 4 Comments

My wow experience as IT Professional. Windows 7 RC introduced VHD file mounting into the operating system. Create new Virtual Hard Disk and attach it as your local drive. The virtual hard disk is attached now. Initiate the disk and assign letter & format. I can now encrypt it...

Posted in Windows 7
Networknet.nl Logo: May 2009

Posted by Ivan
/ May 14, 2009 / Leave a comment

Announcing new Networknet.nl Blog logo. This new logo first perfect with the new WordPress theme I currently found. Free Laptops For Students

Posted in General
Windows 2003: Shadow Copy volume service failure

Posted by Ivan
/ April 23, 2009 / Leave a comment

I am managing couple of windows file servers and since our last folder migration the Shadow Copy functionality stopped working automatically. Before the migration he server was running as domain controller and file server. The domain controller role was removed and the server become a file server again. When researching Previous Versions issue...

Posted in Windows Server 2003
VMWare: how to set static MAC address ESX?

Posted by Ivan
/ April 21, 2009 / 20 Comments

Last week I planned to migrate some virtual machines running on a VMWare Server 1.x Windows host to aVMWare ESX 3.5i host. One of the vm’s is running as license server and the registration key was registered by using the MAC of the network interface. I had to keep the...

Posted in VMWare