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Importing Virtual Machine Templates: vCenter

Note: In most cases, only system administrators can import virtual machines from vCenter To import a virtual machine template from vCenter In the left pane, select VM Templates. Click Import VM Template. Type a name. (Optional) Type a description. Select vCenter and select a virtual machine that is not managed by Lab Manager. Click Next. […]

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The Case of the Mysterious Reboots

Mark Russinovich over on technet.com posted a new article on killing malware using Sysinternal Suite Tools. I felt it was necessary to share. The Case of the Mysterious Reboots – Mark’s Blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs

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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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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 […]

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Disabling Windows Error Recovery

  While doing some testing with Windows 7 ThinPC  I noticed that when locking the system state to revert to the base image each restart would show the Windows Error Recovery.  This is shown regardless of shutdown type; clean, dirty… So to avoid seeing this, I have used the following command to set changed this […]

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VMware Lab Manager Client Issue: Case #1

A recent error experienced by one of my end users is whenever she attempts to open lab manager she receives the following error that states “C:Program Files (x86)Internet Explorerpluginsvmware-remotemks.exe: this executable should not be invoked directly. This happens because the lab manager website is attempting to open web content using a program on the computer […]