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Hyper-V and my new Lenovo ThinkCentre M57 6072-A5G

Posted by Ivan
/ January 9, 2008 / 1 Comment

The Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V hypervisor from Microsoft has couple of important CPU requirements before you will be able to get the Hyper-V role installed. Hyper-v requires specific hardware. You will need the following: • An x64-based processor. Hyper-V will be available only in the x64-based versions of Windows Server 2008-specifically, the x64-based versions of Windows Server 2008 Standard, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise, and Windows Server 2008 Datacenter. • Hardware-assisted...
CentOS Cacti Appliance (CactiEZ) and snmp configuration

Posted by Ivan
/ January 8, 2008 / 1 Comment

I am running CactiEZ VMWare appliance for a while and couple of graphs I was looking for were not integrated in the SNMP configuration. CactiEZ is based on CentOS linux distribution. Verify SNMP Daemon is running Rename the default configuration file Create new file with your own SNMP configuration Reload the snmpd.conf file and verify the SNMP configuration with snmpread Open the Cacti Devices and choose to add new host....
Scheduled Backups of your important files with Acronis

Posted by Ivan
/ January 4, 2008 / Leave a comment

New year has started with a lot of interesting products to come out. Windows Server 2008 has been scheduled to be released at 28th of February 2008 and the VMWare ESX 3.5 just come out before Christmas last year. Before starting to evaluate and play around with the new products it’s good think back what you did last year. For me new year always starts with having a backup of...
Happy new year and best wishes for 2008

Posted by Ivan
/ December 31, 2007 / Leave a comment

I tried to catch up with my Photoshop skills and created a ecard for friends and family. From my side happy new year to all of you who visited my blog this year . De beste wensen en een gelukkig en gezond 2008. Op naar het Nieuwjaarsnacht feest Erasmus Rotterdam vanavond.
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 (KB110806) failed

Posted by Ivan
/ December 27, 2007 / 70 Comments

Microsoft released their Service Pack 1 for Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (KB110806) which was available for install through Automatic Updates. For some reason the Service Pack 1 did not install on my Windows 2003 Server. The update generated several error messages in the system event log. In my specific case the SP1 update failed and the Windows Update Agent (Automatic updates) tried to reinstall the update over and over. The...
Windows Live Writer: image upload not supported WordPress

Posted by Ivan
/ December 19, 2007 / Leave a comment

While working with Windows Live Writer I got the following error when publishing a post. I have no idea why image I included in Windows Live Writer is not working and process stops with “Image Upload Not Supported by Weblog” error message. I did some reseach on google and found the following post http://wordpress.org/support/topic/102352 where the problem was discussed. For me this was not really satisfying to change any PHP...
Xbox 360 and steaming my video files divx/xvid with Nero 8!

Posted by Ivan
/ December 19, 2007 / Leave a comment

I am so existed this evening that I will take couple of minutes and write down my 1 hour experience with Xbox360 and Nero 8 suite. Beginning of april 2006 I was proud owner of the new Microsoft’s gaming console. I had bad experience with all my pc-games and hundreds of those never played; my decision was to stick with only one game. I bought Perfect Zero fps and since...
Microsoft Assessment and Planning Beta 1- Now Available!

Posted by Ivan
/ December 17, 2007 / Leave a comment

The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Solution Accelerator is an integrated platform with tools and guidance that make it easier for you to assess your current IT infrastructure and determine the right Microsoft technologies for your IT needs. It offers easy inventory, powerful assessment and actionable recommendations for Windows Server 2008, Windows Server Virtualization, Terminal Services, SoftGrid, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Windows Vista, and 2007 Microsoft Office. The popular...
My wallpaper dec 2007

Posted by Ivan
/ December 16, 2007 / Leave a comment

I was reading though the posts of the creator of the Journalist theme I am using for networknet and I saw couple of pictures of the wallpaper site. Check the site yourself here!
Mozilla Firefox 3 beta 1 SVS package download

Posted by Ivan
/ December 15, 2007 / Leave a comment

Mozilla Firefox 3 Beta 1 is released and available from links below I copied from juice website. Download: Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Beta 1 English.zip Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Beta 1 German.zip Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Beta 1 Dutch.zip Pasted from <http://juice.altiris.com/headsup/2467/test-drive-the-next-version-of-firefox> Firefox 3.0 Beta 1 release notes are available here I download the English package and import the VSA file into my SVS Admin console. Active the layer and accept the license...