Blog on Networking

Installing NIC driver for Windows Server 2008 in VMWARE 7

2010-04-10T08:53:00.000-07:00

Easy task then the steps of my previous post on this topic. Just the do the following steps:
01. Load the windows.iso from the vmware directory in
C:\Program Files\VMWare\VMWare Workstation
02. Double click on the CD ROM drive and install the VMWare tools. Just follow the instruction and just next and next. If required then click on "install anyway" option.

That's it, your Network Interface Card (NIC) will be installed in the process.

Have a nice day.

VMWare Network driver (vmxnet) installation for windows server 2008

2009-08-22T23:51:00.000-07:00

PROBLEM:

After installing Windows Server 2008 in a virtual machine (i.e. as a ‘guest’ OS) under VMWare, user cannot access the internet because they don’t have a driver for VMWare’s virtual network card.

SOLUTION:

01. Windows.iso download direct from VMWare’s site: VMware ESX Server vmxnet Driver Update for Windows NT

02. This file contains basically an updated copy of Windows.iso. Load the iso in the virtual cdrom.

03. Run the cd and install the vmware tools. Choose "install anyway" for any warning.

04. Open the *.vmx file in text editor like notepad and write the following line:

Ethernet[n].virtualDev = “vmxnet”

where, n is the number of ethernet card i.e. Ethernet0.virtualDev = "vmxnet"

05. Save and Exit the file. Start the VMWare.

Have fun.

A Birthday Wish to a Friend

2009-04-25T11:16:00.000-07:00

The person whom i admire
For his joyfulness an smile
For his simplicity and love
that he bare.

It is not a guilt to say
to everyone around
never late to the dearest
how much one meant before one is away.

Feeling is in the heart
No one can touch
Stays there forever
as long as the bit of heart.

In the eve of the new
every year comes and
passes by leaving so many things
like that of a morning dew.

Withers away in the sun
like never it was there
but keeps the grasses green
and butterflies in fun.

Shine like the dew in the morning
flourish in everything
that joyful song in your birthday
I want to sing.

Shut Down or turn off your PC automatically

2009-02-05T04:13:00.000-08:00

Assalamu alikum (May peace and mercy of Allah be upon you)

PROBLEM:
You are downloading a file or copying/converting some file but you want to go outside of your home or want to go to sleep coz the other day you will go to office or school.

Then what you will do?

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Hoyto apni internet thakay kisu download korsen othoba big kiso copy/convert kortasen. Kinto aponar akhonoi kothao jaoya proyojon or ghumatay jaben.)

Taholay akhon ki korben?

}

SOLUTION:

01. Create a text file named "shutdown.txt" in the desktop The screenshoot of the file is below:

02. Open the file and write the following command without the quotes:
"shutdown -s -t 000"
N.B. Those are three zero s at the end.
03. Save the file and rename the file from "shutdown.txt" to "shutdown.bat". The screenshoot of the file is below:

Warning message pic
When you will rename the file there will be a warning dialog box like the following press "yes" and the file will be renamed.

Renamed file

04. Click "start" ----> "all programs" -----> 'accessories" ----> "systems tools" -----> "scheduled tasks" ----> in the scheduled task window double click on the "add scheduled tasks" a "welcome dialog box will appear click 'next" button.

05. Then choose the "bat" file by browsing the "browse" button.

06. Under "perform this task" choose "One time only" and click next button.

07. Set the program (shutdown.bat) a time to execute and click next button

08. give a user name and password and click next button and then click finish button.

There you go your PC will be automatically turned off at the time that you have previously set.

Thank You.

How do I remove a VISTA PC from a domain without losing the user settings?

2009-01-11T09:37:00.000-08:00

PROBLEM:

I have 2 PCs (Running Windows Vista) that used to be part of a windows 2003 Domain. The Domain is gone(the System it was on got formatted). I want to switch the PCs off of the domain, but I don't want to lose the user settings on the systems.

SOLUTION:

If u want to save user settings and files u can use two methods:

01. Using Windows Easy Transfer.

You can find the related information from the following link:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928634

02. using USMT user state migration tool.

You can download USMT to use in VISTA from the following link

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=799ab28c-691b-4b36-b7ad-6c604be4c595&DisplayLang=en

After taking the user settings and files (logging into the local PC or this PC) into a flash drive, u can remove the PC from domain by removing the DNS suffix and changing the membership to a workgroup by selecting the workgroup option.

N.B.: You have to properly and carefully type the username and password that you have used to join domain.

Friends are there for good

2008-11-18T19:49:00.000-08:00

Friends are there for good.
coz they make you laugh
when your time is tuff.

Friends are there for good.
coz they give you important suggestion
When you are in lots of quesiton.

Friends are there for good.
coz they give you word of consolidation.
when you are in total isolation.

Friends are there for good.
coz they irretate you to cool down
when you are in the lazy town.

So don't forget friends
coz they are for good
they think for your betterment.

Thank You for your time

Group Scopes Under Security Group in Windows Server 2003

2008-08-13T00:16:00.000-07:00

LOCAL GROUP SCOPE

Local group scope in workstation environment

DOMAIN LOCAL GROUP SCOPE:

Explanation of the Figure: In the figure there is a share folder named “ImpS” which is located on Abc.Mydomain.local child domain. And sales group has got full control or whatever permission applicable for it. According to the definition of “Domain Local Group” “sales” group can have members form “mydomain.local” and “xyz.mydomain.local” also. But “sales” group can be assigned for permission to any share resources in that local domain meaning “abc.mydomain.local. If you try to give any permission using sales group in the other domain like “mydomain.local” or “xyx.mydoamin.loca” you will not going to find the “sales “ group in those domain because the group local for that “abc.mydomain.local” child domain.

N.B.: I wellcome any comments or suggestion on the above. Thank You.

Solution for Annoying WSCRIPT pop-up dialog box.

2008-07-04T21:28:00.000-07:00

Hi and Assalamu Alikum (May peace and mercy of Allah be upon you),
There is an annoying problem everybody is suffering from:
When they log on to a user a pop-up dialog box of “wscript” appears which is very annoying.
Here is the solution,
Go to the

My Computer\HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1078081533-1960408961-164449137-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountP

You will find under:

"wscript.exe VirusRemoval.vbs"
By double clicking the "Default" you will remover the string "wscript.exe VirusRemoval.vbs"
And where ever you find the string "wscript.exe VirusRemoval.vbs" remove it from the registry. OR
You can use the find option of the registry editor.
There is a snapshoot of that:

Besides this you have to go to:
"My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon"
in the registry
Edit the "Userinit" and remove the "wscript.exe" part.
And you are good to go.
Down goes the screenshoot:

Virus infected Hidden setting removal process

2008-02-26T03:45:00.000-08:00

You have to do the following settings in the registry editor by issuing the

regedit

command in the run dialog box.

01. Click "Start Menu" then "Run"

02. In "Run" dialog box write the following command

Regedit

03. Then press "OK" button or press "enter" key form keyboard.

04. Opens the Windows "Registry Editor" Window.

05. Go the the following location:

"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Micorsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Floder\Hidden\NOHIDDEN"
06. Select the "NOHIDDEN" folder and in the right hand all the different key will be shown. You have the change the following: (See the picture)

(a) Double click on the "CheckedValue" and changed it to "2" (Without Quotes) Under the "value data" box

(b) Double click on the "DefaultValue" and changed it to "2" (Without Quotes) Under the "value data" box

06. Go the immediate folder called "SHOWALL" and click to select "SHOWALL" folder, in the right hand all the different key will be shown. You have the change the following: (See the picture)

(a) Double click on the "CheckedValue" and changed it to "1" (Without Quotes) Under the "value data" box.

(b) Double click on the "DefaultValue" and changed it to "2" (Without Quotes) Under the "value data" box.

There You Go. You can now enjoy viewing the hidden files and folders.

Thank You.

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How to delete the hidden virus file.

2008-01-27T10:30:00.000-08:00

Assalamu Alaikum (May peace and blessings of almighty be upon all of you) to everybody,

In the first blog I discussed about "How you can remove the virus coded Autorun.inf".
In fact it will prevent you from only not running the virus programme which is hidden under each Drive (Like C:, D:, E: and so on).

So you need to delete the main virus files that are hidden in your drives.

STEP 01. You can first of all see the hidden files by the following command:

dir /A:H

STEP 02. You can see the attributes of the files by the following command:

attrib

STEP 03. You will see that the hidden virus files has got 3 attributes (ReadOnly, System, Hidden as SHR ). And this is why you will normally not be able to delete the files.

First of all you have to remove the attributes by the following commands to altimately delete the files:

attrib -R -H -S
this command will remove the attributes form the files.

STEP 04. To delete the files you have to put the following command:

del

The screen shoot of the deletion and other commands are the following for your convenient:

Autorun.inf virus solution

2008-01-06T20:07:00.000-08:00

Hi everybody,
It is very much irritating to see everytime the "autorun.inf" causing so much viral problem.
Recently I had a problem with this and wanted to delete the hidden "autorun.inf" file from my flash from command prompt.
But couldn't do so as the file was "read-only".

After a few days of searching on that I found the following solution and want to share with everybody.

To find a hidden file form command prompt:
write : dir /A:H
hidden file will be displayed.

Now how can we create a simple "blank autorun.inf"
01. Right click on the desktop choose "new" and "New Textdocument".
02. Give the file the name "autorun.inf"

Now we will replace the "autorun.inf with viral code" by the "blank autorun.inf that we have created:
01. Open command prompt by writing "cmd" in "start" ---> "run"
02. In the command prompt write the following command to replace the "viral autorun.inf":
xcopy "address of our blank autorun.inf" "address of the viral autorun.inf" /R

Example:
xcopy C:\Documents and Settings\S\Desktop\autorun.inf I:\autorun.inf /R

03. A warning will appear that "Do you want to replace the file or not?" (yes/no)

Your answer is obviously "yes" and Press enter key.

The file will be replaced. And now you can open your flash drive and HDD drive and delete other hidden and virus file.

Thank you for your time. If this does any good to your computer please send me feedback.