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Capturing with tcpdump

Capturing with tcpdump There are occasions when you want to capture packets using tcpdump rather than wireshark, especially when you want to do a remote capture. Please note that the default tcpdump parameters result in a capture file where each packet is truncated, because most versions of tcpdump, will, by default, only capture the first […]

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Problem Steps Recorder

A quick pffffft: The Problem Step Recorder (PSR) is a little known feature of Windows 7 which allows you to record your desktop along with applications and activities so you can later show someone such as a tech support person or even give a demo on how to use something in Windows.  This is very […]

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Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3

The Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 provides storage (disks) over a TCP/IP network. It turns a computer running Windows Server into a storage device which provides shared block storage. You can use Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 to perform a variety of storage-related tasks, including the following: Provide shared storage for Hyper-V to enable high […]

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VHD! Booting Windows 8

Why wipe your system clean to preview Windows 8 developer preview when you can simply use the good old VHD to boot it up on your system. Here is the quickest method to do this.  <Warning — This is GEEK / not GREEK > Boot from the Win8dev DVD or USB When in setup the […]

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Windows 8

The folks at Microsoft made available a developer preview edition of Windows 8, which permits us to get a good hands on the new windows to operating system.    After some testing and attempts to get this to install on VMware products such as ESX and VMware Workstation 7 / Player I was able to test […]

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Install Updates on an EWF-Protected Image | Windows Thin PC

To update a run-time image that is protected by EWF RAM mode Use EWF Manager to disable the overlay by typing the following command:ewfmgr c: -disable Restart the system. Install the application or update. Wait for the install to complete and restart the computer if required. Re-enable the EWF overlay by using the following command:ewfmgr […]