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Hyper-V error when installing integration components id 61658
If you installed wrong version of Hyper-V RC1 you may get the error below. I have experienced this with the binaries which I have download from MSDN subscriber website. After you insert the integration components additions of Hyper-V the installations stops with this error. An error has occurred: One of the update processes returned error code 61658. The error has to do with the certificates being used by the setup... -
Microsoft MCSA 2003 certified
Yesterday I successfully passed the 70-292 Microsoft exam. Somewhere in 2004 I finished all requirements for MCSA 2000 and in 2005 I passed my last exam for MCSE. It was three years ago I did my last one for Microsoft and before 31 of March 2008 I will need to pass 70-292 & 70-296 to upgrade my current MCSA/MCSE 2000 certificates. After 31st of March both of the upgrade exams will retire.... -
Lenovo ThinkVantage Fingerprint Software
In this screencast I am going though the installation process of the Lenovo Finger print software. The fingerprint reader was included on our new global Lenovo T61p model at work and I am the first one who is performing the hands on this technology. It’s amazing how this has been evolved in the last couple of years and playing with the reader for one week I personally would implement this... -
Install Windows Server 2003 DHCP Server Service with Script
Running the VMNet8 NAT network in VMWare Workstation does not provide me the granular control how the DHCP server should deal with different DHCP clients and options I want to see in my lab environment. As sysadmin I like to script things and re-use the code next time I will need to it. How to install the DHCP service from script? Create new file named c:\dhcp_server.txt DHCPServer =1 Save... -
Cisco: how to publish Windows 2003 PPTP VPN Server on PIX?
I installed a Windows 2003 PPTP/L2TP VPN server. After the server installation I started testing the communication by creating a VPN connection. The first error I got while connecting was “Disconnected. Error 721: The remote computer did not respond“. The Windows XP client is running as a VMWare virtual machine and the VPN server is published behind a Cisco PIX 501 firewall. I checked the VPN server and there I... -
DPM 2007 Protection Group creation and error id 31008
After you deploy the DPM agent on a Windows Server 2003 and you try to create new protection group the wizard may come back with the following error message. Make sure you read the following Knowledge Base article 940349 and install the VSS patch. -
Cisco: How to configure switchport for trunking Hyper-V?
In the following example I installed my Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V server and connected the network uplink connection to the default 1 vlan switchport. I have a separated vlan 2200 for my lab environment. I wanted to test the new feature of enabling the VLAN ID on the new Microsoft’s hypervisor. How to configure the Cisco switch port to allow trunking for my Hyper-V server? Login into the Cisco Switch,... -
Exchange 2007 and AntiSp@m Agents
My outlook 2007 client is filtering my email, but most of the SPAM messages are arriving in my mailbox and when using OWA I still need to manually filter the messages. Networknet.nl domain is running now for 7 years on the internet and many SPAMMERS added the email addresses to their lists. On daily basis I receive 25-30 SPAM messages. I am listen to 24 hours of Exchange 2007 podcasts in my... -
Exchange 2007: Autodiscover and SSL certificate warning Outlook
I import my Active Directory Public SSL certificate on my Samsung I600 mobile to security sync my Exchange mailbox. After I import the SSL certificate in IIS my Outlook 2007 client started complaining with a Security Alert below: Each time I opened Outlook this message was shown twice. I found a post on MsExchange team blog and they forwarded me to here. Copy the following steps and modify your new FQDN and server identity. Start the Exchange Management Shell... -
Cisco: How to enable ICMP packets for a Cisco PIX 501?
Cisco PIX 501 is one of my favorite hardware firewalls to work with. I have couple of them and I am still using these (2011). Most of the time ICMP is disabled on these devices. To enable the ICMP please logon on the console or use SSH connection and run the following commands. pixfirewall# conf t pixfirewall(config)# access-list ping_acl permit icmp any any pixfirewall(config)# access-group ping_acl in interface outside pixfirewall(config)#...
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