January
4
January
4
VMware VM – ‘I moved it’ vs ‘I copied it’
What changes when you click ‘I moved it’
The “uuid.location” value is changed. The “uuid.bios” and the MAC address for the network adapter remain unchanged.
What changes when you click ‘I copied it’
The “uuid.location” and the “uuid.bios” are changed. The MAC address for the network adapter is changed.
Choose “I copied it” and it will always avoid hardware conflicts, however, this may create licensing conflicts within the VM. Some software uses mac address to license.
Choose “I moved it” it avoids software licensing conflicts within the VM, but this may create hardware conflicts. A duplicate MAC address might exists in the same network.
January
3
Vmware: Easy Ways to Move a VM to Another Host
December
19
Host Based Printer Not working in Remote Desktop Session
“Host based” printers don’t work with Microsoft’s Easy Print Remote Desktop driver. (For example HP Laserjet p1102w)
The work around is to install the driver on the Remote Desktop server and then change group policy so the Easy Print driver is not used first in a Remote Desktop session.
Go to Computer Config -> Admin Templates -> Windows Components -> Remote Desktop Services -> RD Session Host -> Printer Redirection -> Use Remote Desktop Easy Print printer driver first –> disabled.
December
17
A fatal error occurred while trying to Sysprep the machine
When running sysprep too many times on a machine, this error will occur.
- Change HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\Status\SysprepStatus\GeneralizationState to 7
- From an administrative command prompt, run the following
msdtc -uninstall
msdtc -install - Change HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SoftwareProtectionPlatform\SkipRearm to 1
December
11
Enable SonicWall SOHO Router Bandwidth Control
For detailed information, please go to this link
1 Enable Bandwidth Management
2 Enable Bandwidth management in WAN interface
Type in the upload and download speed of your isp in kbps
3 Create Bandwidth Object
4 Create access rule with bandwidth management
1) Navigate to Firewall -> Access Rule
2) Select the type of view in the View Style section and go to LAN to WAN access rules.
3) Click Add a new entry and create the rule by entering the following into the fields:
Pleases note: To control the traffic, you will need to create an object (for example, address object-192.168.33.3 for a computer or a service object VOIP, etc). You need to fill this General tab accordingly base on the service or object your created.
The access rule will have the bandwidth icon in it with status information
November
30
SonicWall Disable Zone Interface Trust
By default the LAN Zone has Interface Trust enabled, which means all interfaces within the same Zone trust each other (pass traffic). Go to Network, Zones, and Edit the Zone in question (LAN) and remove the checkmark from Allow Interface Trust. This will remove the auto-added LAN<->LAN Allow ANY/ANY/ANY rule.
By default traffic between Zones is only allowed from “more trusted” to “less trusted” (but not the other way. Eg. from LAN to DMZ but not DMZ to LAN).
November
21
Windows Missing Shortcut Arrow
Desktop shortcut icons showing up as 
missing images
Download the icon file, and create a folder c:\icons\, place the icon file there.
- Click Start, type regedit.exe and press ENTER
- Navigate to the following branch:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Shell Icons
- In the right pane, create a new String value (REG_SZ) named 29
- Double-click 29 and set its Value data as C:\Icons\blank.ico
- Close Regedit.exe and restart Windows
November
3
Remove “Get Internet Ready” Internet Explorer First Run Welcome Screen
It is annoying. “Install free antivirus from Microsoft and enable recommended settings” appears every time when running I.E.
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
- click on the right pane and select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value.
- Enter DisableFirstRunCustomize.
- Right-click on the new entry it and choose “Modify”.
- Modify DWORD (32-bit) Value to 1 (without the quotes) and click OK.
October
21
