sharing experiences…
Today, my SCOM server noticed me something was wrong with my DNS servers. On both DNS servers I got the following error:
Alert: DNS 2003 Server External Addresses Resolution Alert
Source: %
Path: %
Alert description: DNS Server % cannot resolve external address .
Alert view link: %
In a large network with many identical computer systems, you may want to consider a automatic silent BIOS update.
As I was asked to upgrade 50 DELL E6400 ATG laptops with a new BIOS, I created an advertisement in SCCM (System Center Configuration Manager) which installs the new BIOS version without asking to continue/confirm.
If you have a KMS server running, newly installed servers will automatically activate. However, you can also manually activate your server by entering the command slmgr.vbs /ato
In my case, I recently installed a Windows 2008 SP2 server, but couldn’t get the machine activated. Everytime I ran the command slmgr.vbs /ato, the following error returned:
In Windows 7, the Remote Registry service is stopped by default. The startup type is Manual. This setting leads to the following error when you try to connect to the registry from another computer on the network:
In Windows 7, your Run… item is removed from your start menu. I think this is basically done because you can use your Search field to execute all your programs. However, some people are still addicted to the Windows XP look and feel and want to use the Run box. Well, here’s how to add it. I’ve put the instructions in a video, since that seems to be cool in the WEB 2.0 age :)