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Creating fully patched Windows 7 SP1 image by Slipstreaming in with Convience Rollup and Quality Rollup

Post author:admin
Post published:December 21, 2017
Post category:IT Tools WSUS

Something botched my Windows 7 VM on my lab while testing the December 2017 updates. 2017-12 Security Monthly Rollup update failed. I tried to troubleshoot for couple of days but…

Creating bootable ISO media from DVD containing Windows Server 2012 R2 setup files and folder

Post author:admin
Post published:January 3, 2017
Post category:IT Microsoft Tools Windows Server 2012

I received a DVD containing Windows Server 2012 R2 setup files and folder. Instead of burning ISO directly, they burnt the setup files which makes no sense. I needed a…

Copy files to VM from Outside on isolated environement

Post author:admin
Post published:November 16, 2016
Post category:IT Tools Uncategorized vCenter VMware

I have created a test environment where my vSwitch is not connected to any NIC adapters. I need to be able to copy files and folders to the VM to…

SlipStream Adobe Reader with Powershell to be deployed using SCCM or psexec

Post author:admin
Post published:March 25, 2016
Post category:IT Microsoft PowerShell Tools Windows Server

Deploying Adobe quarterly patch and the security update is pain specially when you have environment with no internet connection. Note: You need to remove the older version of Adobe Reader…

A Free Self-Service AD password Change Utility

Post author:admin
Post published:June 19, 2015
Post category:IT Microsoft Tools Windows Server

I have been looking for a free self-service AD password Change Utility for a while. There are users who are using AD service accounts for their applications. Users are logging…

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