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Jan 31, 2009 By Jared Heinrichs Leave a Comment

Getting started on Windows 2008

Installation

Starting off I plan to use Windows 2008 core on my Asus p5B computer turned server. On Windows 2008 core I plan on installing a bunch of different OS’s to test and learn about the “new” OS. I plan on using these links as a starting point.

http://www.netometer.com/video/tutorials/hyper-v-core-install/

http://www.petri.co.il/understanding-windows-server-2008-core.htm

http://www.petri.co.il/configuring-windows-server-2008-networking-settings.htm

I also want to see how good this Windows 2008 server core gui tool is.

Side Note – If you are doing a test setup and both the Server and Client are opperating in WorkGroup mode you might want to check out these links.

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/HVRemote/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=2084

http://blogs.technet.com/jhoward/archive/2008/11/14/configure-hyper-v-remote-management-in-seconds.aspx

http://blogs.technet.com/jhoward/archive/2008/03/28/part-1-hyper-v-remote-management-you-do-not-have-the-requested-permission-to-complete-this-task-contact-the-administrator-of-the-authorization-policy-for-the-computer-computername.aspx

Post Installation

When you log into server core for the first time you will be asked to log in. Type in “Administrator” for user and hit enter. The server will ask you to create a password. Enter the new password twice and hit enter. *NOTE* – Very much like a server in Windows 2003 domain you must make sure that the password has a secure password. Entering 12345 does not work.

Post Login

To enable the Hyper-V role on the server you must type in this command (case sensitive):

start /w ocsetup.exe Microsoft-Hyper-V

If that doesn’t work please use the video link on how to install Hyper-V. You obviously are using the RTM of Windows Server before it had Hyper-V included. After you run that command you will be asked to reboot the server. Click yes.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950050

This is an update to Hyper-V Download and install it on Windows 2008 Server Core.  To install a .msu in Windows 2008 from the command line all you need to do is to type the full name of the file unlike .msi files. The machine will reboot a few times.

Filed Under: Windows 2008

Jan 30, 2009 By Jared Heinrichs 1 Comment

How to reset Group Policy after a virus

How To Reset A System’s Local Group Machine Policies to "Fresh Out Of The Box"

Group policies are the way to control a 2000, XP or 2003 system. But they have something of a black box-ish feel to them in that they’re hard to troubleshoot despite the XP and 2003 "resultant set of policy" (RSOP) tools. But even then, RSOP tools are most useful in an Active Directory-based domain with centralized group policies, and not everyone has an AD.

Sometimes I want to take a system and wipe it clean of any domain or local group machine policies, to essentially reset its state to "just installed." As policies live in several places, that’s not as easy as it sounds. Here’s what I’ve found useful.

There is no one single place where policies live. When you fire up gpedit.msc or Local Security Policy (secpol.msc), then you’re directly tweaking items in many parts of the Registry, as well creating or modifying data in \windows\system32\GroupPolicy. (It’s a hidden directory, so set Folder Options to show hidden files and folders if you want to look in it. And if you’re running Windows 2000, then the directory is \winnt\system32\GroupPolicy.)

Most of the changes to machine policies seem to live in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft, as well as a file named Registry.pol in \windows\system32\GroupPolicy\Machine. Here are the basic steps that I’ve found allow me to reset a system to almost new:

  • Reset HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft to an out-of-the-box state by restoring a copy taken from a freshly-installed system.
  • Delete \windows\system32\GroupPolicy\Machine\Registry.pol, if it exists.
  • Run the Setup Security template.

Here’s more detail on the rollback steps.

Every XP, 2003 and 2000 system includes a security settings template at \windows\security\templates\setup security.inf. (Again, 2000 systems will use \winnt, not \windows.) Apply the template from the command line like so:

secedit /configure /db junk /cfg "c:\windows\security\templates\setup security.inf" /overwrite /quiet

In that command — which should be typed as all one line — you’re telling secedit to use a template named "c:\windows\security\templates\setup security.inf" to create a security database called "junk" and to overwrite any existing security databases called "junk." We’re only doing this because secedit can’t directly apply a security template; it must first create the security database, and then it applies the security database.

This command make take a bit of time to run; run Task Manager and you’ll see secedit.exe in the list of running processes while it’s working. (Or leave off the /quiet and it’ll yammer at you while it’s working.)

Applying that template will reset many security settings, but not, unfortunately, all. For example, software restriction policies will not be rolled back, and IPSec filters won’t be restored to their initial state just by running "setup security.inf." To roll those back, we’ll restore a Registry key, HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft. That’s the key where most of the policy information lives. The easiest way to roll back most of policies, then, is to restore this key to its pristine state. And the easiest way to do that is to grab a HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft key from a newly-installed system, or for that matter one that hasn’t had any policy work done on it. (But before you do all this work, check your system — if you never messed with IPSec or software restriction policies then simply applying the template might have done the "policy reset" trick for you.)

The easiest way to do that is to open up Regedit on your newly-installed system and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies, where you’ll see a folder icon labeled "Microsoft." Right-click it and choose Export, then point Regedit at someplace to put the file. For my example, I’ll call it policies.reg, but you can put it anywhere you like — just remember wherever you put it. I then copy the policies.reg file to the computer that I want to reset policies on; for the sake of example, let’s say that I store it in c:\oldreg.

Now, I don’t want to just apply that Registry file to my system, as .reg files really only merge information into the Registry — I want to reset that part of the Registry altogether. So before I apply policies.reg to my system’s Registry, I’ll first delete the current HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft key in the Registry. (As always, PLEASE be careful when messing with the Registry!) You can either do that by opening up Regedit, navigating to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies, clicking on the Microsoft folder and pressing Del, or you can do it from the command line:

reg delete hklm\software\policies\microsoft /f

Now I’m ready to apply the Registry fixes either by double-clicking on policies.reg, or from the command line like so:

regedit /s c:\oldreg\policies.reg

Finally, zap \windows\system32\GroupPolicy\Machine\Registry.pol either from Explorer or from the command line. Restart and the policies are gone! Let’s wrap that up into a step-by-step:

First, export the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft key from a "virgin" system; call the file policies.reg and store it on the system that you want to reset in a directory named c:\oldreg.

Second, create a batch file with the following lines in it, or just copy the lines from this document. Save the file, calling it resetpol.cmd. Store it and policies.reg on a floppy somewhere so they can be easily transported to any other system that might need its policies reset. If your system is a Windows 2000 system, then type "\winnt" where you see "\windows" below.

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Filed Under: Windows 2003 Server, Windows 2008, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Jan 23, 2009 By Jared Heinrichs Leave a Comment

How to get into your BIOS

Bios Suppliers

 

Keyboard Commands

ALR Advanced Logic Research, Inc. ® PC / PCI F2
ALR PC non / PCI CTRL+ALT+ESC
AMD® (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.) BIOS F1
AMI (American Megatrends, Inc.) BIOS DEL
Award™ BIOS CTRL+ALT+ESC
Award BIOS DEL
DTK® (Datatech Enterprises Co.) BIOS ESC
Phoenix™ BIOS CTRL+ALT+ESC
Phoenix BIOS CTRL+ALT+S
Phoenix BIOS CTRL+ALT+INS

Computer  Vendor

Keyboard Commands

Acer® F1, F2, CTRL+ALT+ESC
ARI® CTRL+ALT+ESC, CTRL+ALT+DEL
AST®  CTRL+ALT+ESC, CTRL+ALT+DEL
Compaq® 8700 F10
CompUSA® DEL
Cybermax®  ESC
Dell BIOS web site search links For models not listed below.
Dell® 400 F3, F1
Dell 4400 F12
Dell Dimension® F2 or DEL
Dell Inspiron® F2
Dell Latitude Fn+F1 (while booted)
Dell Latitude F2 (on boot)
Dell Optiplex DEL
Dell Optiplex F2
Dell Precision™ F2
eMachine® DEL , F 2
Fujutsu Manuals & BIOS Manuals & BIOS Download
Gateway® 2000 1440 F1
Gateway 2000 Solo™ F2
HP® (Hewlett-Packard) F1, F2 (Laptop, ESC)
IBM® F1
E-pro Laptop F2
IBM PS/2® CTRL+ALT+INS after CTRL+ALT+DEL
IBM Thinkpad® (newer) Windows: Programs-Thinkpad CFG.
Intel® Tangent DEL
Lenovo(formerly IBM) Lenovo BIOS Access page
Micron® F1, F2, or DEL
Packard Bell®  F1, F2, Del
Seanix DEL
Sony® VAIO F2
Sony VAIO F3
Tiger DEL
Toshiba® 335 CDS ESC
Toshiba Protege ESC
Toshiba Satellite 205 CDS F1
Toshiba Tecra ESC then F1 or F2
Toshiba Notebook [Newer models] 1. Turn on computer by Holding down power button while pressing the ESC key.
The machine will beep, then display:
Check System, then press [F1] key.
2. Release ESC key
3. Press F1 key

Filed Under: Computer Hardware

Jan 20, 2009 By Jared Heinrichs Leave a Comment

Microsoft and the recession

Why I think Microsoft is going to come out of the recession even stronger.

Microsoft as of late been thrilling me. With projects like Silverlight, Photosynth, Live Services, Azure Platform (think MobileMe on steroids and compatible with mobile devices outside the Microsoft World). Things like Azure show me how much Microsoft realizes they have to play nicely with competing devices and services. By doing so, people will realize they still have something to offer. Hyper-V, Microsoft’s virtualization server can play nice with VMware which is something a few years ago I would never have thought possible!

As we hear everyday we are in a recession. Computer sales are drastically slowing down due to people spending less. How does this help Microsoft? People seeing the prices of a PC and prices of a Mac, they are going to start buying more PC’s again. The Recession has really taken the jump out of apple. With Job’s health being what it is, I can’t see Apple getting very much funding over the next little while. Add to that, when Windows 7 is set to debut Dec 2009 I really think we are going to see Microsoft take the wind out of the sails of Mac OS X and Linux. People that are Mac heads that have tried Windows 7 have said things like I might switch back over.

Another area that I think Microsoft has really started doing much better in is search. When was the last time you tried Microsoft Live Search? I’ve actually found it to be more accurate then Google for some searches.

Other cool news from Microsoft is that they have put together an all-in-one webstore solution. It is in RC right now but it would really help small businesses with the hardest part of creating an online presence.

Microsoft has also made some head way with their Silverlight platform. It easily integrates with Visual Studio (The number one IDE). Silverlight for being such a new product, has already seen some pretty big uses online. It was used to stream all of the 2008 Summer Olympics and Barak’s anogeration.

2009 will be an interesting year.

Jared

Filed Under: News

Jan 19, 2009 By Jared Heinrichs Leave a Comment

EU Regulators need a good smack!

This post is based on this article.

http://techdirt.com/articles/20090118/0055003449.shtml

The EU Regulators need a smack. They try and convince Europians they are doing things in their best interest but they really are not. The original EU case was poor at best. Microsoft decides to payout and get things over with. Now they are coming back to sue for more money.

You know who EU needs to go after is Apple.

I’d like to see that Mac vs PC commercial after that happens. It might go something like this…

Hi I’m a Mac and I’m a PC…

Pc: Hi Mac! How come you look like you’ve a bounch of holes in you!

Mac: Yah… For some reason the UA regulators say that my “It’s my way or the highway mentally just doesn’t fly” over here in Europe. They made me remove key technology out of my OS X and now what was a great system now is buggy. The way I see it, it’s kind of what happened to you in the late 90’s and 00’s.

PC: I used to look like you but after all the sh*t that EU put me through I kind of let myself go.

Mac: You mean???

PC: Uh–hu…..

Mac: I’m going to get fat a bloated???

PC: uh–hu…..

Mac: Maybe If I can only get what Steve Jobs has and maybe I can stay thin.

End of Commercial.

Filed Under: Mac OS X

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