I’ve been playing around with Hyper-V. I found that I can convert my existing ghost images into Hyper-v disks by doing the following with Ghost 12. This will convert an existing ghost image to a new hyper-v disk image. ghost64.exe -clone,mode=restore,src=J:\ghostimg.gho,dst=e:\HYPERV\hyperv.vhd...
Installation of Oracle 12c Client Software Download the Oracle Client from oracle.com Launch the installation by running the .\winx64_12102_client\client after extracting the zip file Choose Administrator and click Next. Choose English and click Next. Choose Use Windows Built-in Account and click Next. Set the Oracle Base to...
Similarly to the 7-zip silent install script, I also use the following script on my servers during their original build and patching: pushd "\\epmfileserver\share\utilities" npp.6.6.9.Installer.exe /S popd I’m not sure if any of you have ever used pushd and popd, but...
I’m just sharing a little script I use to install 7zip in silent mode. pushd "\\epmfileserver.mydomain.com\share\utilities" 7z920-x64.msi /q INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\7-Zip" popd I’m not sure if any of you have ever used pushd and popd, but they are pretty handy. The pushd...
I cloned my Dell XPS laptop’s 500GB hard drive to a 240GB SSD. The clone took over 5 hours to complete successfully. After rebooting, I received the following: Windows failed to start. A Recent hardware or software change might be the...
WE have been troubleshooting issues with DRM, and had a need to view the event logs. We found that our event logs were overwriting themselves every hour, which didn’t help us when we needed to identify an issue that happened 4...
We recently (last week) came across an issue with Essbase where the applications and databases would crash and go offline if a user drilled down to level 0. I started happening once or twice, then it got to the point where...
I had to join several Windows 7 machines to a Samba 3.6 domain on CentOS 6. In order to join, you must make the following registry changes: HKLM\System\CCS\Services\LanmanWorkstation\Parameters DWORD DomainCompatibilityMode = 1 DWORD DNSNameResolutionRequired = 0 If you haven’t created a...
I have a few applications that like disappearing after I have disconnected my monitors from my laptop. To find them, press the [windowkey] + [shift] + [left OR right arrow] after clicking on the program on the taskbar. [ad#ad-post]...
I was searching around a few days ago for an opensource or freeware software virtualization tool like Vmware’s ThinApp. I stumbled across Cameyo (http://www.cameyo.com/). This is a pretty nice tool. You start the installation monitoring/listening tool, and it records all of the changes made to...
