WinRM, or Windows Remote Management, is an HTTP based remote management and shell protocol for Windows. The Windows Remote Management Service is responsible for this functionality. If WinRM is not configured for remote access, but the service is started, it listens for local requests on TCP port 47001. If you create listener it will still …
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Upgrading to a higher edition (SKU) of Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2 using DISM
The Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) tool is a new tool included with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. DISM enumerates, installs, uninstalls, configures, and updates features in Windows images, in either WIM or VHD format. DISM can also work against online (running) instances. Of special interest for this post are the editions …
Trusting self-signed certificates
If you import a self-signed certificate into the Trusted Root Certificate Authorities store you will not get certificate warnings for that certificate. Nice to know when you are working with servers that generate self-signed certificates.
Morgan’s collection of Windows keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard shortcut Does what Works on Notes Win+P Brings up the dual-monitor settings. Windows 7 Win+X Launches Windows Mobility Center Windows Vista, Windows 7 Win+L Locks computer Windows XP and above F2 Rename file/folder Windows In Windows Explorer More to come… Link to a KB article that lists a lot of shortcuts: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/126449
Getting WHOIS information on Windows
WHOIS is a query/response protocol that is widely used for querying databases in order to determine the registrant or assignee of Internet resources, such as a domain name, an IP address block, or an autonomous system number. Usually WHOIS queries are performed with a command line client and such a client is almost always a …
Playing with Windows XP Mode RTM
The Windows XP Mode Base VHD file (Windows XP Mode base.vhd) is stored in C:\Program Files\Windows XP Mode. The Differencing disk is stored, by default, in C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Virtual PC\Virtual Machines.
Viewing the result of boot time chkdsk runs
Whenever chkdsk.exe runs during boot time it is often difficult to see the result before Windows reboots again (which is the default behavior). The whole of chkdsk’s output is saved in the Application log as an Information event, with source Winint and an event ID of 1001.
Not something you generally want to see…
“General failure”, that’s helpful. My on-board Atheros L1 Gigabit NIC sucks. There is really no other way to put it. Every Atheros chip, be it wireless or cable, I have had the misfortune to come across has been worthless. You should think that Ethernet and Wi-Fi should be pretty well understood concepts by now. Not …
Windows 7: Netdom anyone?
The other day I was joining a Windows 7 RC machine to a domain and I figured I would use my old friend netdom.exe. Netdom has been around since NT and is a command line utility for joining a machine to a domain. It provides some nice extras over the GUI, most notably the ability …
Want to see the contents of the system partition on Windows 7?
On Windows 7 the system partition, the partition the computer boots from (I know, I know, the names are messed up.), is hidden from the user. It isn’t really hidden, it just isn’t mounted to a drive letter or directory. Windows really doesn’t need drive letters or mount points. It is just as happy to …
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