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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]