A small sample of my work and shared notes
Part 1 – Prep the VMware VM Uninstall VM Tools and VMware Converter Agent from within the OS Turn off the VM Make sure it’s checked as Independent in VMware by right clicking the machine name, then choose “Edit Settings”. Continue reading How to Convert VMWare 5.5 to Windows 2012 HyperV
Lets say you have a couple hundred servers to look over and after a “patch Tuesday” you know your WSUS server has already sent out the updates and each computer has installed it. Now you need to know who has Continue reading How to Find Windows Computers or Servers With a Reboot Pending
I have recently updated a Windows 2003 32bit Trend Micro server to 64bit Windows 2008 and had to uninstall Trend OfficeScan from approximately 200 servers. Rather than go through each one individually, I created the following batch file to remove Continue reading Automate a Selent Trend Micro OfficeScan Uninstall Batch File
I keep running into an issue where VMTools will display a status of “not running” after rebooting some machines too fast, say after a Windows Update or just because they feel like it. One fix is to simply reboot Continue reading Restart VMware Tools on Window’s Virtual Machines
Control Scan AKA “PCI ASSURE” is a PCI Scanner used by many Ecommerce Sites. Unfortunately, their scanner can see if it’s a 2003 server; however it’s unable to actually test for these vulnerabilities. That said, here is a common Continue reading Beating Control Scan – Fixing PCI Vulnerabilities