Entries by Former PepperCrew

Windows Server 2012 on VMware Workstation

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If you install Windows Server 2012 in VMware Workstation 8 you may encounter a flikkering screen and the Virtual Machine might become unresponsive. For me the solution was to enable “Accelerate 3D Graphics”. This option is found in the Virtual Machine Settings screen After the option was set i could start the machine and start […]

Disk is offline because of a policy set by an administrator

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After P2V: disk error “the disk is offline because of a policy set by an Administrator” After a P2V from a Windows 2008 Enterprise server to a VM with Virtual Hardware 7, I get the following error in disk Management : the disk is offline because of a policy set by an Administrator. I’d look […]

Cluster disk not available

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If your cluster reports that one of your cluster disks is “online pending”, as seen in the printscreen below, then Windows is checking the disks for errors. This can take a while if it is a large disk. If you want to know how far the process is, check out this log file: C:\Windows\Cluster\Reports\ChkDsk_ResCluster Disk […]

Names of Mailbox Folders Appear in Different Languages

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Change Mailbox Language Problem: Your installation language is Dutch, and some of the Outlook folders are English. If the parameter “outlook.exe /resetfoldernames” is not working. (You probably created the mailbox on Exchange 2003 and moved this mailbox from exchange 2003 to exchange 2010) Solution: Former PepperCrewWas once an enthusiastic PepperByte employee but is now working […]

How to Shut down or Restart Windows 8

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I installed Windows 8 Customer Preview, after some time I was done clicking around, time to shut down! Then it hit me, no ‘start’ button also means no more Start > Shut down, oh noes! So.. how to shutdown or restart Windows 8? – Put your mouse pointer in the upper right corner of your […]

Home Button Delay iOS Devices

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Did you ever noticed a delay when pressing you home button on a iOS device? (iPhone/iPod/iPad). With the delay, I’m referring to that it takes a little time to close the running application. Your iOS device is designed to run smoothly en really snappy. But closing an application can sometimes take op to a bit […]

Unable to use the Office 2010 Ribbon Toolbar for Excel and Word with roaming profiles on Terminal Server Windows 2003.

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Problem: When a user wants to use the Ribbon Toolbar from Office 2010 on Terminal Server and he logs out, and logs back in, he loses his custom icons in this toolbar, but the toolbar is still visible with de default icons. Solution: When adjusting the toolbar, MS Office saves the file C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local […]

Is it possible to install Mac OSX in VMWare vSphere 5?

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A couple of days ago, the PepperCrew had his monthly meeting. There was a little discussion about the new vSphere 5 release from VMWare. In the release notes there is mentioned that it will support OSX installations. I’m not convinced that that would work. There is a big community in the world who wants to […]

Unattended Installation Impromptu Administrator 7.3

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I’m currently trying to install Impromptu Administrator. But on the net I can’t find any serious document/howto of a silent/unattended installation. So here’s my tutorial. 😉 Sorry for the Dutch screenshots 😉 First we do a manual installation. This will generate the response files. This isn’t documented here 😉 After the installation you have an […]

SFTP, FTPS SCP & FTP

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Verschillende protocollen om in essentie het zelfde te doen; bestandsoverdracht. Maar wat is dan het verschil tussen deze protocollen? Wanneer gebruik je SCP i.p.v. FTP? Wat is het verschil tussen FTPS en SFTP? Als eerste FTP. FTP is het File Transfer Protocol wat al decennia lang wordt gebruikt om bestanden tussen systemen over te dragen. […]