Search with CMD for a file

dir /s \. |find "text"

 

Find computerdetails on LAN from PowerShell

Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -Filter IPEnabled=TRUE -ComputerName HP380

Find responsetimes from websites:

"127.0.0.1","localhost","research.microsoft.com" | ForEach-Object -Process {Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_PingStatus -Filter ("Address='" + $_ + "'") -ComputerName .} | Select-Object -Property Address,ResponseTime,StatusCode

Find drives attached:

GET-PSDrive

Get-PSDrive | Format-List

Recently we had to move our Mediazone website, which is build with Blogengine, from SQL 2008 Web Edition to a machine with SQL 2005 Express edition. Since it is not possible to do a backup in SQL 2008 and then import the backup file in SQL 2005, we had to find another solution. To accomplish this task, we did a SQL export using the DTS Wizard utility that is supplied with SQL 2008 Web Edition. We exported from our local database to a SQL 2005 database on our local network. After this step, we made a backup and imported this backup in the SQL 2005 machine. After this, everything worked as planned. There were a few permissions that were not right, but these errors could be corrected easily by allowing null values to be inserted in several columns in the Blogengine database.

The steps:

Start dtswizard. you can use run or cmd to start the application

The SQL Import and Export Wizard starts:

Select the source for the the transfer. Select the database on the 2008 server:

Select the destination for the data. In our case it is a SQL 2005 Express database on our local network:

 

After this step, you can select all the tables you wish to transfer from the SQL 2008 to the SQL 2005 database. In our case we select all tables:

 

Please note that the SQL user account that connects to the SQL 2005 database needs full permissions (we give this user temporary database owner priviledges):

Also turn Windows Firewall temporary off:

 

After these steps it is time to do the export from SQL 2005 to SQL 2008:

If everything goes as planned, you will see the following screen:

 

Now turn on the firewall again and remove the 'owner' priviledges from the user that connects to the database. You now migrated a SQL 2008 database to a SQL 2005 database.

Imagine you have hundreds om images in a folder that are all in hi-resolution and you want these images to be saved for the Internet. In Photoshop you use the "safe for web" feature that enables you to get the smallest size of an image in combination with the highest image quality. To process multiple images you need to execute a script. The source for this script was available in the Adobe Exchange forum, but somehow Adobe decided to remove this important post (or it is very difficult to find). So that is why you can download this handy 'save for web' script here:

saveforweb.jsx (2,49 kb)

You can execute the script in Photoshop by selecting: File - Scripts - Browse: Enjoy

Liefwinkel.nl is a webshop developed by us in 2007. This webshop with more then 2000 products was completely customized to the needs of Lief! This means Lief! is capable of running this webshop with only 2 full time employees. Now, almost 3 year later, this webshop is competing for the dutch award of the year: Thuiswinkel Award.

To nominate for liefwinkel.nl go to this page and klik on the button in the category "Baby & Kindermode": http://thuiswinkelawards.nl/stemmen/

 

When installing Exchange 2010 from my Technet subscription to find out all new and exciting features in this release, there are some things you have to take care of before the installer installs the software. I Installed the software on a Server 2008 R2 64 bit that is also a DC (Domain Controller)/ Active Directory server. I tried to install it on a a vitual machine that is not a DC, but this did not work, I had to install Active Directory. Futhermore IIS needs to be installed with IIS 6.0 features. You have to add the IIS 6.0 compatibility features to your server with server manager.

Here are some of the errors I had during install since not all prerequired features were met in my server 2008 installation:

^{Client Access Role Prerequisites
Failed
Error:
Unable to read data from the Metabase. Ensure that Microsoft Internet Information Services is installed.
Recommended Action: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=30939&l=en&v=ExBPA.4&id=a4a4d339-4009-4fb7-b842-ca2ba79f13f0
Error:
Unable to access the 'Default Web Site' on this computer.
Recommended Action: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=30939&l=en&v=ExBPA.4&id=aadc8176-1c47-49b7-83a0-9493a1093af1
Elapsed Time: 00:00:04
Mailbox Role Prerequisites
Failed
Error:
Unable to read data from the Metabase. Ensure that Microsoft Internet Information Services is installed.
Recommended Action: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=30939&l=en&v=ExBPA.4&id=a4a4d339-4009-4fb7-b842-ca2ba79f13f0
Elapsed Time: 00:00:04}

If you experiece the following error during install:

The start mode for the Net. TCP Port Sharing service must be set to Automatic before Setup can continue

you need torun the following command in Windows Powershell (thx to http://exchangeblogger.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/the-start-mode-for-the-net-tcp-port-sharing-service-must-be-set-to-automatic-before-setup-can-continue/)

Set-Service NetTcpPortSharing -StartupType Automatic

 

 

Hyper-V Server contains only the Windows Hypervisor, Windows Server driver model and virtualization components. It is therefore that it is quite a job to get Hyper-V core to work without errors since the firewall options that you are able to configure in hyper-v core are not enough to allow remote management of your Hyper-V virtual machines. I had this problem when I was running the Hyper-V core not under Active Directory but as a Workgroup. Some of my sites are now running in this vitual testlandscape, and they are running very good.

One of the problems that did take some time to figure out, was the Windows Firewall running on the Hyper-V box. You have to take notice that configuring Hyper-V Firewall through the normal Hyper-V core is not enough. You have to connect to the hyper-v core remotely and then use MMC on the computer you are connecting from. In MMC you add a snap-in for Windows Firewall. Instead of managing the local firewall, you can also manage remote firewall's. Now open a connection to the hyper-V server and add the firewall of that server to your local MMC. Now you are able to configure the firewall of the Hyper-V core.

To solve the problem with the "RPC server unavailable" I had to open network discovery in Windows Firewall. After setting these options, I was able to connect to remote Hyper-V virtual machines without any problem. If you have this error too, try shutting down the firewall in the Hyper-V server core completely (CMD in hyper-v core: netsh firewall set opmode disable“). Then try to connect remotely to this Hyper-V core. Are you able to connect, then you know you have to tweak the firewall settings in Windows Firewall of the Hyper-V core machine that hosts your virtual machines.

The problem I faced when trying to connect to a hyper-v core in my network:


Turning of the firewall in the Hyper-V core solved the problem. So I needed to tweak the firewall settings of this core server remotely.


Start MMC on your local compu:


Loading the remore Windows Firewall of the Hyper-V core in your local running MMC:


The solution is to tweak the Windows Firewall (enable network directory as in the picture) of the Hyper-V core:


After these steps, you will be able to access your Hyper-V core remotely.

 

Today I got a newsletter from Microsoft with a great offer (28% discount on a Technet Plus subscrption) that put a smile on my face. Unfortunatelly this smile dit not last long since the offer was only available in the USA!

a New TechNet Plus Subscription and Save 28% 

With a TechNet Plus Subscription, you can evaluate over 70 full-version Microsoft software titles like Windows 7 without time or feature limits. Use promo code TNITE13. (This offer is for new orders only and valid only in the U.S. until March 31, 2010.)

 

 

Yesterday I got an e-mail from Zaneta from Boys Essentials. Zaneta is very active on social media sites like Facebook. It would be nice if Facebook would be integrated in here website. Currently I am looking into the possibilities. One possibility is that she takes a look at Microsoft Livewriter:

http://www.microsoft.com/netherlands/windowslive/Views/productdetail.aspx?product=Writer

This software is capable of posting at once to social media sites likte Twitter and Facebook with the xPollinate plugin. Furthermore, - and this is a big advantage of Windows Live Writer -, it supports posting to blogengine.net (the customized blog that will run on here website in the near future).

http://xpollinate.codeplex.com

xPollinate is a Windows Live Writer plugin that enables you to cross post your blog entries to other blogs, as well as social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook via Ping.FM. Use it to reach more audiences, or even to create backups of your blog posts.

With xPollinate, you can cross post full or summarized versions of your entries to any other blogs you have configured in Live Writer. You can also use it to post announcements and full or summarized blog posts to your favorite social networking services such as Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, etc via Ping.FM.

I also looked at Adobe Contribute 4. This software is designed basically around the mac.com account and misses therefore the possibility to integrate with Facebook and blogengine.net like Windows Live Writer does.

Het hart van iedere webshop is een database. In de database staan alle gegevens, denk aan productgegevens, klantgegevens en ordergegevens. Het is van enorm belang dat de database goed opgezet wordt. Mediazone is gecertificeerd in SQL, de database die aan onze webshops hangt. Mediazone kent deze database door en door. Een webshop bouwen kan tegenwoordig iedereen. Een veilige webshop bouwen is echter een ander verhaal. Alleen een professioneel ingerichte SQL database biedt een veilig stabiel hackersvrij platform voor een webshop. Alleen als je SQL door en door kent en met de bedreigingen op het internet proactief rekening houdt, kun je een platform opzetten dat jaren lang stabiel zal draaien en dat ook niet direct omvalt als je even geen tijd hebt om de laatste updates of onderhoud door te voeren.

Als gecertificeerd Microsoft SQL Database Professional zetten wij graag de schouders onder de meest complexe SQL Server database toepassingen. Database migratie, replicatie, optimalisatie en bijvoorbeeld mirroring, niets gaat ons te ver.

We think SQL

Referenties: Merck Sharp & Dohme, AT&T Unisource, Mastervolt.