Month: February 2010

disable hibernation on windows 7

The hibernation file is called hiberfil.sys and it’s under the root of the system drive. It’s the file that system writes the contents of physical memory to when you put the computer to hibernation. The size is uaually the size of your physical memory.

If you use the power options in Control Panel, you can turn off hibernation. However, the hibernation file remains. To disable hibernation and delete the hibernation file, you have to use powercfg command line tool. Follow these steps.

  1. Open up an elevated command prompt.
  2. Type this command.
    powercfg -h off

That’s it. If you ever want to turn it back on. Just type powercfg -h on .

70-643 exam

Passed today the 70-643 exam with 907 points. It was a fairly difficult exam with a lot of questions about terminal services and IIS. If you are taking this exam pay alot of attention to these points. If you know your stuff the exam is possible to pass.

Just one more exam to becoming a MCITP Enterprise Administrator.

Keep you posted !!!

Greetz

McAfee DAT Update: EOL for V1 DAT Files Mar 31, 2010

March 31, 2010 will be the last day V1 DATs will be transmitted.

On April 1, 2010, McAfee Labs will no longer produce or ship V1 DATs. THIS MEANS THAT ANY V1 ENABLED PRODUCT WILL FAIL TO UPDATE DAT FILES.

Product Versions Affected and Reaching EOL on Mar 31, 2010
– McAfee Email & Web Security Virtual Appliance, Ver. 5.0
– McAfee PortalShield, Ver. 1.0.1
– McAfee SecurityShield, Ver. 1.0
– McAfee Email Gateway, Ver. 6.7.1 HF6
– McAfee Email Edge Gateway, Ver. 2.7.0
– McAfee WebShield SMTP, Ver. 4.5MR3

McAfee recommends moving to the latest supported product version. Please refer to the following McAfee information for more details:

KB60992 (List of which products and versions use V1 vs. V2 DAT files; products with custom support through Dec 31, 2010)

KB60404 (Basic information on V1 & V2 DAT files (Names.dat, Scan.dat, Clean.dat)) 

McAfee Product End of Life (EOL) List and EOL Policy

ePO 4.5 backup and restore procedure

If you ever are in the situation that your ePO 4.5 server crashed and you need to reinstall it check it this procedure for getting it started and running again:

http://www.jackcobben.nl/?page_id=233 

NOTE: If you don’t follow these steps then you arein trouble. Make sure you have the same server name and same database instance name (EPOSERVER). Otherwise you can reinstall SQL again to get it working !!!!!

70-646

// Update 10-02-2010 //

I’ve passed today the 70-646 exam. And from now on i’m a certified Server Administrator for Windows Server 2008. Now i will go on studing for the Enterprise Administrator for Windows Server 2008. This means i need to pass 2 more exams (70-643 and 70-747). So the next exam is: 70-643…

// end update //

Hi guys,

Wednesday (february the 10th) is d-day. I’ve planned my exam. If this goes right i’m a MCITP SA by then.

For studying i used the Microsoft Press Training Kit and the CBT Nugget for the preparation of this exam.

I’m confident that i’ll pass this one also.

I’ll keep you informed wednesday.

Greetz,
Jack

Migration from WXP to W7

For a closer look at migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7 using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010, check out this two part series:

• Windows XP to Windows 7 Migration Using MDT 2010 – Part 1: Building the Deployment Environment
• Windows XP to Windows 7 Migration Using MDT 2010 – Part 2: Initiating the Install and Migrating the PC

 

  Customizing and Automating Deployment

If you haven’t checked out the IT professional community hub at Talking About Windows yet, visit today and get recommendations for valuable tools and resources you can use to easily customize your deployment projects from Mike Lewis, Principal Group Program Manager with the Solution Accelerators team at Microsoft.

RC Windows 7 stops functioning march 1st

On February 15th, people still running the Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) will receive a notification reminding them that starting March 1st, 2010, their PC will begin experiencing bi-hourly shutdowns. These shutdowns will continue through June 1st, 2010. On June 1st, 2010, a non-genuine experience is triggered where your wallpaper is removed and “This copy of Windows is not genuine” will be displayed in the lower right corner above the taskbar. This means your PC will no longer be able to obtain optional updates or downloads that require genuine Windows validation. To avoid any data loss, I suggest making plans to move to a released version of Windows 7 before the automatic shutdowns start. During these shutdowns, your work will not be saved. Remember, pre-release versions of Windows are unsupported. For more information on the expiration of the Windows 7 RC, see this KB article. To move to a released version of Windows 7, you’ll need to do a custom (clean) install to replace the installation of the Windows 7 RC. I suggest install, reinstall, uninstall Windows page on Windows.com which covers all kinds of installation scenarios. Do you need more time to test your application and hardware compatibility in Windows 7? If so, the Windows 7 Enterprise 90-day Trial provides a great opportunity for IT Pros to finish critical testing with a full version of Windows 7 Enterprise. If you’re an IT Pro ready to move to Windows 7, I suggest visiting the Springboard Series on TechNet which provides the latest tools, whitepapers, walkthroughs and tips and tricks to help you with your Windows 7 Deployment. On the Springboard Series on TechNet, you’ll find resources such as Deploying Windows 7 from A to Z and Installing Windows 7 on an Existing XP PC. You can visit the Window 7 TechNet Forum for more information as well!

Patch tuesday february

Today we released February bulletin information through our Advance Notification Service (ANS). This month, we will be releasing 13 bulletins – five rated Critical, seven rated Important, and one rated Moderate – addressing 26 vulnerabilities. Eleven of the bulletins affect Windows and the remaining two affect Office. Continue reading “Patch tuesday february”