Tag Archives: Windows

Windows – Creating a Sysprep answer file

Posted on April 19, 2018 by

Sysprep allows you to image a customized windows installation and “clone” that to other similar systems.  It is described in detail by Microsoft at: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/sysprep–system-preparation–overview I have always used sysprep answer files when using sysprep. The process to create these … Continue reading →

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Windows – Self-extracting installer with auto-install

Posted on April 8, 2016 by

With the application WinRar from: http://www.rarlab.com/ Select files, right click and select Add to Archive Use Browse.. to create the archive in the folder above Change Archive Format to Zip Enable Create Archive Format Select Advanced tab Select SFX Options … Continue reading →

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Mac – Un-mount Windows partition from Startup Items

Posted on January 25, 2016 by

See: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14231-how-to-unmount-windows-partition-on-startup/

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Windows – Google Chrome Forcing Home Page

Posted on October 22, 2015 by

Even if you use the Chrome GPO for settings, you need to set this for the home page of choice … There is a registry setting in : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome\RestoreOnStartupURLs See: https://www.devtxt.com/blog/working-around-group-policy-settings-for-chrome-passwords-and-start-pages

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k2000 – Update Drivers

Posted on May 8, 2014 by

There are several places where you can “update” drivers in the Windows K2000 deployment server.  In “Library’ — “Driver Feed”  –  search for then click on a model and there is a drivers ‘download and install’ function which may be … Continue reading →

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Windows – Change computer decsription from command line

Posted on December 20, 2013 by

Sometimes it’s useful to use the computer description field to store information like the the image version.  I typically do this in automated post imaging tasks, however, it is sometime necessary to manually reset this description field. The command line … Continue reading →

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Software – VectorWorks nethasp.ini network license file locations

Posted on August 26, 2013 by

For VectorWorks we use a “dongle” attached to a network license server.  To configure this on the clients use the “nethasp.ini” file pointed to our license server. That file needs to live in /etc on Macs and in the program … Continue reading →

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