Feb
12
2008

Setting Up Server 2008 Core

Configuring IPv4 on the Local network interface:
http://www.petri.co.il/configure_tcp_ip_from_cmd.htm -and-
http://www.markwilson.co.uk/blog/2005/10/using-netsh-to-set-multiple-dns-server.htm

To set your IP address:
netsh interface ip set address name=”Local Area Connection” static <ip address> <netmask> <default gateway>
(Note:  If you are using netsh on a platform earlier than Server 2008 (i.e. Server 2003) you may nned to provide more explicit parameters such as:
netsh interface ip set address name”Local Area [...]

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Feb
12
2008

Making "PostReflect.exe" functional

Vista Service Pack 1 is here, and with it a few new tricks that need to be learned.  The first shocker for me is that you cannot apply Vista SP1 to an offline image… bummer!  I had understood from earlier MS brags about Vista that the "componentized" (sic) OS could always be maintained offline.  Adding [...]

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Feb
11
2008

stsadm -o export fails with “Guid should contain 32 digits…” error

While trying to use stsadm to export/import a site (part of my usual site repair process), I encountered an error in exporting “field” objects. The error stated “FatalError: Guid should contain 32 digits with 4 dashes (xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx).”.
Some digging revealed this forum post:
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2003817&SiteID=1
It is suggeted here that the file “Fields.xml” in the directory “C:\Program Files\Common [...]

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Feb
06
2008

Windows DS woes… and the cure

The people in the computer depot clinic reported a vexing problem with Windows DS deployment today… one of the techs reported a 0×80070020 error in a WDS deployment session.  The text was “Windows cannot install required files”.  There is no mention of which files, which is quite irritating.  The error comes up after 20-25 minutes [...]

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Feb
05
2008

Recursively adding drivers in a distribution share to a WinPE image with “FOR” and “peimg”

Microsoft has provided a handy tool for adding additional drivers into Windows Vista and WinPE 2.0 WIM files.  This tool is called “PEIMG”, and it is included in the Windows AIK, available from www.microsoft.com/downloads.  Unfortunately, PEIMG does not have a recursive function, so if you want to add all of the drivers in a complex [...]

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