VirtualBox NIC for WinXP, Win7, and WinPE

May 11, 2012 in How-To, VirtualBox by Nick Moseley

I’ve been using VirtualBox lately for doing some lightweight virtualization to test various deployments.  Most recently, I was using it to test USMT hardlink migration in going from WinXP to Win7.  So after a quick setup of a WinXP test VM and installing the VM additions, I found that the network drivers were not present in WinPE.  So I [...]

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Creating And Managing Shadow Groups

May 8, 2012 in Active Directory, How-To by Jase T. Wolfe

  I've always thought of the Active Directory (AD DS) as a box of Legos: give any two kids an identical set and they will come up with something completely different.  Good from a design [...]

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How to Win a Project Proposal

March 19, 2012 in How-To, Training and Education by BDNA

  To achieve in business you have to identify those who possess the drive and authority to propel your projects and support your career. Managers, obviously, fall under this category. Even though it is very [...]

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Migration Strategy for WSUS to SCCM & Software Updates

March 8, 2012 in How-To, Software Updates, WSUS by Nick Moseley

The key to protecting an environment from incidental patching during a transition from using WSUS to using SCCM with Software Updates is to reconfigure three group policies which have an impact on SCCM software updates. Specify intranet Microsoft update service location: the SCCM client sets this as a local GPO pointing to the SCCM\WSUS server.  (Note: It could be [...]

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Migration Strategy for WSUS to SCCM & Software Updates

March 8, 2012 in How-To, Software Updates, WSUS by Nick Moseley

The key to protecting an environment from incidental patching during a transition from using WSUS to using SCCM with Software Updates is to reconfigure three group policies which have an impact on SCCM software updates. Specify intranet Microsoft update service location: the SCCM client sets this as a local GPO pointing to the SCCM\WSUS server.  (Note: It could be [...]

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Infographic: How to Google

March 5, 2012 in How-To by Rod Trent

  Meant for students, this could be a great graphic to link to in community posts or even something to send to family members. Created by: HackCollege

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SCCM Distribution Points on Windows Server Core

February 20, 2012 in How-To, SWD by Nick Moseley

I recently scoured the Internet for information and success/trials of using Windows Server 2008 R2 Core as an SCCM distribution point.  Much to my surprise, I found very little information and had to piece together and test it out for myself.  According to the Prerequisites for Installing Configuration Manager, a BITS-enabled DP needs IIS, BITS, [...]

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SCCM Distribution Points on Windows Server Core

February 20, 2012 in How-To, SWD by Nick Moseley

I recently scoured the Internet for information and success/trials of using Windows Server 2008 R2 Core as an SCCM distribution point.  Much to my surprise, I found very little information and had to piece together and test it out for myself.  According to the Prerequisites for Installing Configuration Manager, a BITS-enabled DP needs IIS, BITS, [...]

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Offline WIM patching with DISM: a more automated method

January 31, 2012 in Batch, ConfigMgr 2007, How-To, System Center Configuration Manager by Chad Till

  This is a request that I get fairly often, and one that I’ve been working on for a while.  If you have an existing WIM and just need to update it with the latest [...]

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Taking your Remote Desktops MMC to Task

January 30, 2012 in How-To, Virtualization by Jeff Gilbert

  OK, on to the third part of creating a remote desktops MMC console to manage small Windows Virtual PC labs. I’ve already covered the loopback adapter, creating the basic Remote Desktops MMC console for [...]

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