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Exchange 2010: Installation screenshots

Posted by Ivan Versluis
/ July 5, 2010 / 1 Comment

The following screenshots explain the GUI steps needed to install Exchange 2010 server on a Windows Server 2008 R2 virtual machine. Before you can install Exchange 2010 IIS and features needs to be installed and enabled first. The following steps will perform these: Start Windows Powershell Import-Module ServerManager Add-WindowsFeature NET-Framework,RSAT-ADDS,Web-Server,Web-Basic-Auth,Web-Windows-Auth,Web-Metabase,Web-Net-Ext,Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console,WAS-Process-Model,RSAT-Web-Server,Web-ISAPI-Ext,Web-Digest-Auth,Web-Dyn-Compression,NET-HTTP-Activation,RPC-Over-HTTP-Proxy Reboot After reboot start Windows PowerShell again and run Set-Service NetTcpPortSharing -StartupType Automatic Run Setup
Windows 7: Use Bitlocker to Go as replacement for TrueCrypt

Posted by Ivan Versluis
/ July 5, 2010 / 5 Comments

For several years I used TrueCrypt based encryption to secure my data. Since the release of Windows 7 and enhancements in the disk management I now see the possibility to replace TrueCrypt. Why should I replace TrueCrypt? The reason is simple. I am working with a managed Windows 7 client and I don’t want to load non standard software on my client. There are certain “Computer Use Policy” in place...
Tools: Why use file integrity MD5 checksum?

Posted by Ivan Versluis
/ June 28, 2010 / Leave a comment

Last night I copied aWindows Server 2008 R2 server image to my central site. The copy of 3 GB took almost 5 hours over the network. I exported my Windows Server 2008 R2 virtual machine as OVF template. Due the image size of the virtual machine I used 7z tool to slit the image into 50MB files. I copied the directory to the storage server and started the extraction! ...
Software Deployment: how to re-arm Office 2010 installation?

Posted by Ivan Versluis
/ June 21, 2010 / 1 Comment

If you are working on a Office 2010 deployment and no KMS server has been setup you may run out of the grace period. Office 2010 now requires product activation similar to Windows Vista/7. The following Microsoft Office Activation Wizard may appear. As I don’t want to activate the installation at this moment I will use the Office 2010 rearm feature available. Start a elevated command prompt (cmd.exe). Go to...
Internet Browser: Safari 5

Posted by Ivan Versluis
/ June 10, 2010 / Leave a comment

Some days ago I read a tweet or a post somewhere and today the update of Safari 5 is available on my MacOS. Refinance Home Loan This update contains new features including: Safari Reader: Click on the new Reader icon to view articles on the web in a single, clutter-free page. Improved Performance: Safari 5 executes JavaScript up to 25% faster than Safari 4. Better page caching and DNS prefetching...
App-V: Sequencing Microsoft Project 2010

Posted by Ivan Versluis
/ May 26, 2010 / 2 Comments

If you are using Microsoft App-V technology and planning to sequence Office 2010, Visio 2010 or Project 2010 please make sure you install the Microsoft Office 2010 Deployment Kit for App-V binaries. Today with a co-worker we were working on sequencing Project 2010 and at some point during the installation we’ve got the following error message: Pediatrician Rockwall Error 1920. Service Office Software Protection Platform (osppsvc) failed to start. Verify that you have...
Windows Virtual PC : Attach a floppy drive (VFD)

Posted by Ivan Versluis
/ March 13, 2010 / 5 Comments

Out of the box Windows Virtual PC default does not support adding a Virtual Floppy drive. This feature has been removed from the GUI and hidden for general public. Windows Virtual PC still allows you to attach and work with VFD files. You will need to complete some steps from Command Prompt before your can work with them. Example of the my “Windows XP Mode” virtual machine settings. There is no...
Windows 7: Create a directory symbolic link to a network share

Posted by Ivan Versluis
/ March 13, 2010 / 1 Comment

Mklink allows you to create a symbolic link to a directory or a file. This was a long-waited feature for Windows and available on unix/linux based systems. Windows Vista introduced this new feature and with Windows 7 we can utilize this now in more depth with the libraries. Make sure you started a evaluated command prompt otherwise you will get the following message: You do not have sufficient privilege to...
Windows XP: Change default Keyboard layout during Log on to Windows

Posted by Ivan Versluis
/ March 13, 2010 / 2 Comments

I have created a virtual machine which was installed within a German OU in Active Directory. This OU has special configuration for location and keyboard layout. I want to change the default keyboard layout from German to English when I login on the system. My keyboard layout is English (QWERTY) and the German uses QWERTZ with different characters. Windows XP logo with DE keyboard flag To do that, login as...
Server Deployment: Autounattend.xml Windows Server 2008 R2

Posted by Ivan Versluis
/ March 13, 2010 / 1 Comment

Windows Setup allows you to provide an answer file for a unattended install. Windows 2000/Windows XP had the winnt.sif but Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 allow you to provide a Autounattend.xml file. If you follow the right steps with SIM (Windows System Image Manager) and add the components the setup needs you can build a file which perform a automatic installation without any input during the setup...