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Software Deployment: Options for Dell Data Protection Access

Posted by Ivan
/ November 21, 2012 / Leave a comment

Dell Data Protection Access installation is a straightforward activity. The challenge comes when you need to configure the application with specific settings that are needed for a deployment. Dell Data Protection Access is one of the additional system tools that are available for the high end models from Dell. These tools can be installed to add additional features to support security and authentication. Installation can be done in a silent/unattended...
SCCM: how to review log files on the client on AD published site?

Posted by Ivan
/ November 18, 2012 / Leave a comment

If you have published your SCCM site to Active Directory (AD DS) a client will search for that information during the CCMSetup.exe process when no parameters have been defined. There are couple of log files to look for, verify that SCCM client has been successfully assigned and communicates to the connected site. %WinDir%\System32\CCM\Logs\ClientIDManagerStartup.log Open this file with “SMS Trace” and search for “Site Assignment”. This log entry will tell you...
Exchange: Active Sync mailbox as domain admin windows users

Posted by Ivan
/ November 18, 2012 / 1 Comment

Exchange 2013 server is available for download. Last week I download the installation files and gave it try. I struggled with my first try due to my previous Exchange 2010 setup and I soon decided to start a new Active Directory domain. Having a fresh Windows domain and new installation of Exchange 2013 worked out. I needed the learn and read some articles as the Management Console for Exchange disappeared and management...
1 million (1000000) visits since 17 Jan 2008 on Networknet.nl

Posted by Ivan
/ September 10, 2012 / 1 Comment

When I started my personal blog I could never imagine it would reach 1.000.000 visitors. Last week it did. Over the years my Networknet.nl blog become popular, and on many searches my blog is displayed as first hit on the list. This helped me to generate the traffic and visits. I am happy to see many of you leave comments, more people keep coming to my blog and links are...
SCCM: Wacom Bamboo Tablet Drivers Unattended install

Posted by Ivan
/ September 9, 2012 / Leave a comment

Since years I am a huge fan of using tablet and pen. I was doing some Photoshop training and realized I needed to abandon my mouse. At work I introduced the tablet and currently we have various users working with it. I wouldn’t miss it anymore and every time I reinstall my computer I need to load the drivers again. I figured how to create a automated unattended installation with...
CertUtil: how to import a certificate(.cer) from command line?

Posted by Ivan
/ August 6, 2012 / 4 Comments

Importing certificates can be achieved in many different ways using the Windows Operating system. There is “Certificates” Snap-in for MMC console, Internet Explorer allows you to import a certificate or by using the command line tool certutil.exe. Certutil.exe allows you to manage digital certificates on your computer from command line. In most cases the graphical tools are enough but for others you will need to command line tool. Certutil.exe is important...
SQL Server 2008 R2: installation error code 0x84B20001

Posted by Ivan
/ June 16, 2012 / 4 Comments

Performing an in-place upgrade I try avoid as much as I can. I prefer to start from scratch when doing OS or other application installs. For a while I wanted to upgrade my development SQL Server 2005. The server is running for 3 years now on a Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64bit virtual machine. I performed SQL Server 2008 R2 installation and for most parts it was successful. SQL Server...
Windows 7: Remote Desktop error in the licensing protocol

Posted by Ivan
/ April 3, 2012 / 18 Comments

Windows 7 is running Remote Desktop Protocol version 7 (RDP 7). Since we are using Windows 7 we run into following problem. There was little valuable information on the Internet to solve this problem. To fix this problem a client was reinstalled. In the end there was a simple solution fix this problem to connect to remote systems. The problem was not on the remote desktop or terminal server but...
AppV: how to migrate content share for OSD and ICON file references?

Posted by Ivan
/ March 30, 2012 / Leave a comment

When engineering information systems it is important to take right decisions and be sure they are sustainable for the upcoming years. Two years ago I implemented a full App-V infrastructure model architecture with a central management server and branch office streaming servers. The system was ready and fully functional for the upcoming Windows 7 migration. During the installation I run into a network issue (RTSP protocol inspection) and decided the...
SCCM: how to install Windows Server 2008 R2 prerequisites for SCCM 2007?

Posted by Ivan
/ February 10, 2012 / 3 Comments

SCCM 2007 server has certain prerequisites before you can start the installation. I am installing SCCM 2007 SP2 server on a Windows Server 2008 R2 virtual machine. This is my second SCCM 2007 server which I am installing for my lab environment. My next installation is final and I want to automate these prerequisites which I will install from a script later. For Windows Server 2008 R2 you can use...