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Howto: Block Windows 2003 SP2 from Automatic Updates

Starting June 12, 2007, Windows 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) will be automatically installed on Windows 2003 servers that have Automatic Update (AU) setup to download and install critical updates without...

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eDirectory 8.8 / 8.8.1 and nw65sp6

According to the readme file included with Netware 6.5 Service Pack 6 (Last modified: 06Nov2006), “If you have eDirectory 8.8 installed on the server, copy the dhost.nlm (dated 18Sep2006 09:36AM) to...

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Howto: Deploy the Groupwise Client 7 using Zenworks

Beginning with Groupwise 6 SP1 I deployed the Groupwise client using the .aot files included with the client setup program . Starting with Groupwise 7 you’ll need to deploy the client via Zenworks...

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Howto: Patch an OES Linux server after a new installation using the Red...

Before you do anything else, if you’re running an OES version prior to SP2, make sure you prepare the OES server for patching. A Cool Tool is available to make this process easier. If you are running...

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MSTview.exe – A free, portable .MST viewer

MSTview.exe is a free, portable transform (.mst) viewer that is found in the Office 2003 Editions Resource Kit, as well as the Office XP Resource Kit. Rather than install the entire Resource Kit just...

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Howto: Uninstall Adobe Flash Player from the command line

It seems like Adobe is releasing new Flash Players on a regular basis to deal with security issues.  It’s important to remove old versions of Flash Player prior to installing the new version....

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McAfee consumer products uninstaller tool

McAfee has an uninstaller tool, MCPR.exe, that it recommends running after removing one of their Windows products through Add/Remove programs.  This tool runs on Windows 2000, XP, and Vista.  See...

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Workaround for Dell OpenManage Server Administrator installation fails...

When trying to install Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) on a PowerEdge R610 server running Windows Server 2003 R2,  I received the following error from the prerequisite checker:  ”This is...

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Howto automatically change the CD-ROM drive letter after running sysprep

I’m finalizing a Windows 2003 R2 build that will become our gold image, which will be the source of all new server deployments within our organization.  One challenge I had to overcome was getting the...

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Howto: Disable a NIC when running Sysprep

Disabling a network card when running sysprepping a Windows machine is easy.  Two things need to happen:  1.  Add the following command to the [GuiRunOnce] section of your sysprep.inf file...

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