Resetting IP stack in Vista / Windows 2008

Recently, I had some strange problem with a network interface inside Windows 2008. I managed to solve my problem only by reset the whole network IP stack in Windows 2008 (Those steps work in Windows Vista and Windows 7 as well). Here are steps:

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Windows 7 / 2008 SYSPREP ERROR

As many of you know, I'm doing a lot of projects related to system deployments. Sometimes it is servers, sometimes it's a workstations, sometimes it's both :).

Right now I've been working on a project where we are going to deploy Windows 2008 Servers in about 200 sites across Canada. As you can guess, this project also contains workstations and there are going to be Windows 7 Professional.

Since Microsoft released Windows Vista, the only supported way to "clone" windows systems become SYSPREP. Personally, I've been using sysprep since Windows NT 4, but there were other solutions that many professionals used to use.

So, as I said, I've been involved in a new deployment project :)...When we finished installing and customizing our Windows 7 system, I've executed a following command:

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StarWind is in Xen Server HCL

I just wanted to let everyone know, StarWind is in Xen Server HCL. You can see that now by following this link:
http://hcl.xensource.com/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductType=Storage&ProductName=iSCSI+SAN+Software+5.3.5

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Windows 2008 Clustering - The Cluster Log

Recently, during Windows 2008 Cluster implementation I was asked the question about Cluster Log. Equally question was, Misha, why we don't see the Cluster log in %systemroot%\system32\LogFiles\Cluster folder, like it was in a previous version of a cluster.

This simple and short answer is its no longer there...

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Introducing Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan) 2.2

Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan) manages multiple remote desktop connections. It is useful for managing server labs where you need regular access to each machine such as automated checkin systems and data centers. It is similar to the built-in MMC Remote Desktops snap-in, but more flexible.

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Windows Server 2008 and 2008R2 Failover Cluster Startup Switches

On Microsoft Enterprise Support Windows Server Core Team blog published very useful article about Failover Cluster Startup Switches. If you are working with a Microsoft Cluster (as I do :) ), take a look on this post and you will get more information about troubleshooting switches used to start a Windows 2008 and 2008 R2 Failover Cluster...

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Hyper-V R2: Building a Hyper-V R2 Cluster

This video walk through the configuration of a Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V cluster, configuring networking, servers, and the SAN integration.

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Microsoft Tech-Ed 2010 Starts

Hello everybody, from New Orleans, where Microsoft has a Tech-Ed 2010.

I just arrived at the New Orleans and registered myself at Tech-Ed 2010 :).Continue at CURUIT.COM

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