Comments for People, Technology, Connected http://www.davidbolton.com A discourse on technology by David Bolton Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:25:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on RDCman – Great New Addition To The Sysadmin’s Toolbox by David http://www.davidbolton.com/?p=89&cpage=1#comment-58 David Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:25:18 +0000 http://www.davidbolton.com/?p=89#comment-58 You can do this. After you create a group of servers as a connection group, open properties and go to the "Connection Settings" tab. You can un-check the Inherit from Parent checkbox and specify your specific port. You can do this. After you create a group of servers as a connection group, open properties and go to the “Connection Settings” tab. You can un-check the Inherit from Parent checkbox and specify your specific port.

]]> Comment on RDCman – Great New Addition To The Sysadmin’s Toolbox by Tech Tidbits http://www.davidbolton.com/?p=89&cpage=1#comment-57 Tech Tidbits Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:30:36 +0000 http://www.davidbolton.com/?p=89#comment-57 <strong>RDCManager...</strong> Another nice little MS internal utility that went public.  RDP Connection Manager adds easy management/overview of all your systems.   Thanks to David Bolton for the post/heads-up. Download it from MS....... RDCManager…

Another nice little MS internal utility that went public.  RDP Connection Manager adds easy management/overview of all your systems.   Thanks to David Bolton for the post/heads-up. Download it from MS…….

]]> Comment on RDCman – Great New Addition To The Sysadmin’s Toolbox by Mathiau http://www.davidbolton.com/?p=89&cpage=1#comment-55 Mathiau Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:54:49 +0000 http://www.davidbolton.com/?p=89#comment-55 Nice program very useful, do you know though if it can handle connections not using port 3389? i dont use the default RDC ports for our servers, but seems when adding in the address if you add :1234 it wont work Nice program very useful, do you know though if it can handle connections not using port 3389? i dont use the default RDC ports for our servers, but seems when adding in the address if you add :1234 it wont work

]]> Comment on How to: Create a Windows Deployment Services Discover Image and CD by Thommck http://www.davidbolton.com/?p=24&cpage=1#comment-54 Thommck Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:48:23 +0000 http://www.davidbolton.com/blog/?p=24#comment-54 I got it to work by following the help file in the WDS console (attached below) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To create a discover image In the Windows Deployment Services MMC snap-in, click the Boot images node. From the right pane, right-click the image you want to use as a discover image. Click Create Discover Image. On the first screen of the wizard, under Location and file name, type C:\boot.wim. Click Next, and when the operation is complete, click Finish. Note You can also perform this procedure at a command prompt by running WDSUTIL /New-DiscoverImage /Image: /Architecture:{x86|x64|ia64} /DestinationImage /FilePath:. To specify which server the discover image connects to, append /WDSServer:. To create media that contains the discover image Download and install the Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=139642). Click Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft Windows AIK, and then click Deployment Tools Command Prompt. To create a Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) build environment, type: CopyPE C:\Winpe To copy the discover image that you created to the environment, type: Copy /y c:\boot.wim c:\Winpe\ISO\Sources To change back to the PETools folder, type: Cd C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools To create the bootable .iso image, type: Oscdimg -n -bc:\winpe\ISO\boot\etfsboot.com c:\winpe\ISO c:\.iso Use a utility that can create a CD or DVD to transfer the .iso image to the media. Note Using the Windows copy command to copy the image to media will not create a bootable disk. Boot the client computer to the media. You may need to change the boot order in the client BIOS to do this. When the client boots to the media, your experience will be the same as if you had booted to the network. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I got it to work by following the help file in the WDS console (attached below)

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To create a discover image

In the Windows Deployment Services MMC snap-in, click the Boot images node.

From the right pane, right-click the image you want to use as a discover image.

Click Create Discover Image.

On the first screen of the wizard, under Location and file name, type C:\boot.wim.

Click Next, and when the operation is complete, click Finish.

Note
You can also perform this procedure at a command prompt by running WDSUTIL /New-DiscoverImage /Image: /Architecture:{x86|x64|ia64} /DestinationImage /FilePath:. To specify which server the discover image connects to, append /WDSServer:.

To create media that contains the discover image

Download and install the Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=139642).

Click Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft Windows AIK, and then click Deployment Tools Command Prompt.

To create a Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) build environment, type:

CopyPE C:\Winpe

To copy the discover image that you created to the environment, type:

Copy /y c:\boot.wim c:\Winpe\ISO\Sources

To change back to the PETools folder, type:

Cd C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools

To create the bootable .iso image, type:

Oscdimg -n -bc:\winpe\ISO\boot\etfsboot.com c:\winpe\ISO c:\.iso

Use a utility that can create a CD or DVD to transfer the .iso image to the media.

Note
Using the Windows copy command to copy the image to media will not create a bootable disk.

Boot the client computer to the media. You may need to change the boot order in the client BIOS to do this. When the client boots to the media, your experience will be the same as if you had booted to the network.
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]]> Comment on About Me… by Justin http://www.davidbolton.com/?page_id=53&cpage=1#comment-47 Justin Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:14:09 +0000 http://www.davidbolton.com/blog/?page_id=2#comment-47 RDCman looks good. However, give this a shot. http://mremote.org/wiki/Downloads.ashx Multiple supported protocols (RDP, VNC, ICA, SSH, Telnet, RAW, Rlogin and HTTP/S) RDCman looks good. However, give this a shot.

http://mremote.org/wiki/Downloads.ashx

Multiple supported protocols (RDP, VNC, ICA, SSH, Telnet, RAW, Rlogin and HTTP/S)

]]> Comment on How to: Create a Windows Deployment Services Discover Image and CD by Jerther http://www.davidbolton.com/?p=24&cpage=1#comment-36 Jerther Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:44:16 +0000 http://www.davidbolton.com/blog/?p=24#comment-36 This won't work. I end up with a message saying it cannot start networking, even if the lan card is detected, installed and ip is obtained. However, I got it to run after a whole morning, using Deatheye tip, which is: "Create a discover image on the WDS. It basicly does the steps described here till step 5. You then go on with step 6 till the end. Everywhere the it says somtehing like “bootpe.wim file (from step 5)” you just use the WIM you created on the WDS server." Thank you very much :) This won’t work. I end up with a message saying it cannot start networking, even if the lan card is detected, installed and ip is obtained.

However, I got it to run after a whole morning, using Deatheye tip, which is:

“Create a discover image on the WDS.
It basicly does the steps described here till step 5. You then go on with step 6 till the end.
Everywhere the it says somtehing like “bootpe.wim file (from step 5)” you just use the WIM you created on the WDS server.”

Thank you very much :)

]]> Comment on How to: Install Private Root CA into ADManager Plus by David Chaleston http://www.davidbolton.com/?p=74&cpage=1#comment-35 David Chaleston Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:09:22 +0000 http://www.davidbolton.com/?p=74#comment-35 Thanks for your article, was very helpful Thanks for your article, was very helpful

]]> Comment on How to: Create a Windows Deployment Services Discover Image and CD by Using WDS to deploy to a Mac (or any PC without PXE) - Zlaxfish Network http://www.davidbolton.com/?p=24&cpage=1#comment-34 Using WDS to deploy to a Mac (or any PC without PXE) - Zlaxfish Network Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:44:23 +0000 http://www.davidbolton.com/blog/?p=24#comment-34 [...] Thanks to David Bolton’s blog: http://www.davidbolton.com/?p=24 [...] [...] Thanks to David Bolton’s blog: http://www.davidbolton.com/?p=24 [...]

]]> Comment on How to: Create a Windows Deployment Services Discover Image and CD by Adding drivers to WDS Images with Windows 7 AIK - Zlaxfish Network http://www.davidbolton.com/?p=24&cpage=1#comment-33 Adding drivers to WDS Images with Windows 7 AIK - Zlaxfish Network Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:35:00 +0000 http://www.davidbolton.com/blog/?p=24#comment-33 [...] a WDS boot CD (which is not as easy as Microsoft’s directions) using the directions here: http://www.davidbolton.com/?p=24 [...] [...] a WDS boot CD (which is not as easy as Microsoft’s directions) using the directions here: http://www.davidbolton.com/?p=24 [...]

]]> Comment on Add Patches to WIM Images by Jason http://www.davidbolton.com/?p=18&cpage=1#comment-32 Jason Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:22 +0000 http://www.davidbolton.com/blog/?p=18#comment-32 Has anyone had luck with this? I just put in a bunch of Windows Updates and Security Patches and now the computer i image is in a constant reboot I have tried with Windows updates and Security Patches and I have tried with just the Security Updates? I have tried to apply the kb mentioned in the above article but it has already been applied before sysprep. Any Ideas Has anyone had luck with this? I just put in a bunch of Windows Updates and Security Patches and now the computer i image is in a constant reboot
I have tried with Windows updates and Security Patches and I have tried with just the Security Updates? I have tried to apply the kb mentioned in the above article but it has already been applied before sysprep.
Any Ideas

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