Liberkey – a portable application platform

I tried a few portable application platforms, but since i use Liberkey, i don’t use any of the other ones.

Main advantages of Liberkey:

  • Automatic updates (for the platform and the installed applications)
  • (Temporarily) usage of file associations for the portable applications you’ve installed.
  • A lot of pre-packaged portable freeware applications
  • Easy adding and removing of applications
  • Easy adding and removing for you own portable applications
  • Choice between a pre-configured suite or start of with your own empty Liberkey.

URL: http://www.liberkey.com

Free Partition Manager for Virtual Machines

Need a free partition manager for usage on your virtual machines, try: http://www.paragon-software.com/business/pm-vm/? Haven’t tried it yet but will test it shortly!

For non-commercial use only!

WSUS Offline Update – Update Microsoft Windows and Office without an Internet connection

If you frequently update computers like i do, you don’t want to wait for windows update to check which updates are available for the computer, choose which ones you want to install. Finally Windows Update has to download them and then after a long wait they are finally installed.

Now you can use WSUS Offline Update, for downloading all the updates for the platforms/languages you select and put them on a USB key/DVD/CD, so you can use it on all the computers you have to patch. Just run it again if you want to update your directories/ISO’s and it updates them with all the new updates and you’re good to go with the latest patches on your USB key/DVD/CD.

Ninite – Easily install software after OS installation

Need to reinstall your computer and don’t want to create your own batch for installing all those apps silently. Take a look at http://ninite.com/

This site creates an installer for you with the apps you specify.

The easiest way to get apps.

1. Pick your favorite software.
2. Start your customized installer.
3. You’re done!

Ninite installs software fast with default settings and
says “no” to browser toolbars and other junk.

Ninite checks your PC’s language and 64-bit support
to install the latest, best version of each program.

Ninite runs on Windows XP/Vista/7 and works in the
background unattended and 100% hands-free.

All Ninite does is automatically download and install
the apps you select. Not even Ninite is installed.

Lights-out WHS Add-in 1.0.0

Check out the latest version of the lights-out WHS Add-in, which now has the possibility to check for CPU load and Network Activity. With the lights-out client utility it is possible to automatically wake the WHS when you need it, so it isn’t turned on all of the time.

By forwarding UDP port 9 to your WHS on your router it is even possible to wake the server automatically remotely!

Forum: http://forum.wegotserved.com/index.php?/forum/89-lightsout/
More Info: http://addins.home-server-blog.de/verwaltung/lightsout/#en

Wyse V10L not connecting to Citrix PS 4.5 Hotfix Rollup Pack 4

There seems to be a problem connecting to Citrix PS 4.5 after applying Hotfix Rollup Pack 4 for Wyse V10L clients (and probably 1200LE & S10) : http://forums.citrix.com/thread.jspa?threadID=244712&tstart=0

While updating a Citrix PS 4.5 HRP4 i ran into this problem.

Problem: connection reset by peer error when trying to connect to Citrix server with Hotfix Rollup Pack 4 by a Wyse V10L client.

Workaround: Revert to HRP3.

Solution: Install Wyse Firmware Version 6.3.0_27.0

Ver 6.3.0_27.01 – Download
Wyse Thin OS Software
***Hotfix***
Ver 6.3.0_27.01 for V10L and S10
(Release Date – 5/29/2009)

“Failed to connect to host” while deploying template

Today while re-assigning the ip addresses for an ESX environment I ran into the problem that I couldn’t deploy machines from templates because it stopped at failed to connect to host while cloning the template to a virtual machine.

Solution:
- Put host in maintenance mode
- Disconnect host
- Remove host from cluster
- Remove /etc/opt/vmware/vpxa/vpxa.conf
- Add host back to cluster

MCITP: Enterprise Administrator / Happy Holidays!

Today i passed the 70-647 and now i can call myself an MCITP: Enterprise Administrator!!! Next: MCTS: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 - Configuration.

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Happy holidays!
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Hotfixr

image Annoyed by having to call microsoft to get a hotfix that is not available via the website. Now there's hotfixr. Here you give the KB you want to have the download for and you're e-mail address and within a day the hotfix will be mailed to you!

5-7-2009: Currently Hotfixes can be ordered directly from the Microsoft website, so this hotfixr is no longer needed to do this

Newsflash: MCITP / New job

Today i passed the microsoft exam 70-649 for upgrading my MCSE 2003 certification to MSTS 3x certifications (Active directory configuration, Applications Infrastructure and Networking infrastructure configuration). Next one up is 70-620 )Configuration Windows Vista Client), followed by 70-647 (Windows Server 2008 Enterprise administration), which makes me an MCITP: Enterprise administrator. After this certification i'll be focussing on Citrix and further Vmware certification.

I also have a new job starting 1 October 2008. I'll be joining Valid ICT from Eindhoven (Maastricht and Utrecht) as a Senior Network administrator. This means an new challenge for me and gives me the opportunity to specialize in SBC and Virtualisation.