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Resize VMware VMDK File

Posted on May 20th, 2009 in ESX Server,VMware,Virtualization by Gil Kreslavsky

Resize a VMWare disk

You probably got end of free space on your virtual machine and looking how to increase your disk.

One of the ways to perform this task. is to use : VMware Converter.

Please make sure to have a good backup before you begin!!!

Turn off the virtual machine;
Start the VMWare Converter utility;
Open the wizard;
Select ‘standalone virtual machine’ as the source and destination system;
Choose ‘Select volumes and resize to save or add space’;
Enter a desired size and you are done.

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Find Windows , SQL or Office Product Key

Posted on May 20th, 2009 in Microsoft,Office 2007,Server 2003,Server 2008,Vista,Windows 7,Windows XP by Gil Kreslavsky

If you’re planning reinstall of your Windows Vista\XP\Server 2000\2003\2008 you’ll need to locate your copy of your product installation key.

An easy way is to use Product Key Viewer utility to find forgotten Windows Office or SQL Product Keys.

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Bypass Rapidshare Download Limits and Wait Times

Posted on May 20th, 2009 in Browsers,Vista,Windows 7,Windows XP by Gil Kreslavsky

Rapidshare and rest of the download sites are recognizing clients by IP address and cookie planted in your browser.
To avoid wait times follow the steps bellow:

Go to Start->Run and type in cmd Hit Enter.
Type ipconfig /flushdns and hit Enter.
Type ipconfig /release and hit Enter.
Type ipconfig /renew and press Enter: Now you will recieve new IP address.
Now open your browser and delete cookies.
Run download from Rapidshare or Megaupload again.

Note:The guide works only on computers with dynamic IP address, if you are behind Router it will not work

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Import Wireless Settings Profile on Windows XP or Vista

Posted on May 20th, 2009 in Microsoft,Vista,Windows XP by Gil Kreslavsky

To import wireless network profile you must have XML file with exported setting.
See Export Wireless Settings Profile

Open command prompt with Administrator privileges
Type netstat wlan show profile – you will see no profiles defined.
Type netsh wlan add profile filename="c:\profiles\WifiProfile.xml”
By default it will add to all user profiles, so everybody on this computer can see this new profile and use it.

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Export Wireless settings on Windows Vista

Posted on May 20th, 2009 in Microsoft,Vista,Windows XP by Gil Kreslavsky

Nice and easy way to Export and WiFi lan setting using netsh command on Vista

Launch a command prompt as administrator
Type “netsh wlan show profiles”
Chose profile you want to export.
Type Netsh wlan export profile name=”[ProfileName]” Folder=”[Folder Path]”

Example: netsh wlan export profile name=”home-network” folder=”g:\wireless-profile”

To import Wireless settings check out the import Wifi Network profile guide

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“The settings for this terminal server cannot be retrieved” error

Posted on May 13th, 2009 in Microsoft,Server 2008 by Gil Kreslavsky

When trying to access windows 2008 terminal server “Terminal Server Configuration” Snap-in you receive the error
“The settings for this terminal server cannot be retrieved”

To solve that issue:

Open Command prompt

Type winmgmt /salvagerepository
Performs a consistency check on the WMI repository, and if an inconsistency is detected, rebuilds the repository. The content of the inconsistent repository is merged into the rebuilt repository, if it can be read. The salvage operation always works with the repository that the WMI service is currently using. For more information about errors returned by this command, see the Remarks section.
Type winmgmt /resetrepository
The repository is reset to the initial state when the operating system is first installed. MOF files that contain the #pragma autorecover preprocessor statement are restored to the repository.
Reboot server