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Software Deployment: Windows XP East Asian languages

The following script will help you to silently install the East Asian languages for Windows XP. This checkbox can be easy set during the winnt.sif installation or when the image is syspreped. What happens if you did not set this option and you need to change this on more than 500+ Windows XP clients.

When checking the “Regional and Language Options” in Control Panel the checkbox is not set.

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Create file c:\temp\east_asian.txt

[RegionalSettings]
LanguageGroup="7","8","9","10"

Create file c:\temp\east_asian.cmd

reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\ /v SourcePath /d \\server\share\windows_xp\ /f
%windir%\System32\rundll32.exe shell32,Control_RunDLL intl.cpl,/s:\\server\share\windows_xp\i386",/f:"C:\temp\east_asian.txt

Make sure you have the Windows XP source files on the network as the installation will need them. In 5 minutes the East Asian language files were installed.

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Windows: Microsoft Security Essentials free virusscanner

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 malicious software.

Microsoft Security Essentials is a free* download from Microsoft that is simple to install, easy to use, and always kept up to date so you can be assured your PC is protected by the latest technology. It’s easy to tell if your PC is secure — when you’re green, you’re good. It’s that simple.

Microsoft Security Essentials runs quietly and efficiently in the background so that you are free to use your Windows-based PC the way you want—without interruptions or long computer wait times.

Windows Security Essentials

Click here to download your copy.

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Cisco: How to reset password of a switch?

Did you ever needed to login into 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 or whatever; you just want to login and do your job to make the network configuration working.

Some months ago I had same problem with a network segment with a failing network configuration  and I needed to act quickly in this production area. I found a spare switch but was not able to login.

See the screenshots below and instruction how to reset the password while keeping the VLAN and switch configuration.

Power on the switch; connect a console cable to it and follow the steps below:

Cisco Switch 2940 Password Reset Step1

CRTL-C to stop the process. You are now at “switch:”

Cisco Switch 2940 Password Reset Step2

Type flash_init + enter; type load_helper + enter to load the basic IOS.

Cisco Switch 2940 Password Reset Step3

Type rename flash:config.text flash:config.backup to rename current configuration file to backup. Type boot to reload the switch.

Cisco Switch 2940 Password Reset Step4

Choose no for the initial configuration.

Cisco Switch 2940 Password Reset Step5

Rename flash:config.backup config.text and copy flash:config.text system:running-config

You are done now and can add or change the usernames or enable secret.

Thanks to this I will able to quickly act and in 15 minutes make the spare switch working.

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