Just a short note to self here, as the process is fully documented at Microsoft’s website (local archive here). The command to use is: C:\windows\system32> redircmp ou=mycomputers,DC=contoso,dc=com Of course you have to customize the location to fit your domain.
I was recently debugging a case where a customer’s installation was hanging due to a database lock. The issue turned out to be that the database was not set to a default transaction level of READ COMMITTED SNAPSHOT, which the product expects. Regardless, while troubleshooting the issue, I stumbled upon a very useful SQL query […]
Cygwin stopped being compatible with Windows XP in 2016. Following this post on stackoverflow, you can find the setup files and a (very slow) mirror that’s compatible. I made my own, considerably faster, mirror of the last Windows XP compatible Cygwin release, at http://cygwinxp.cathedral-networks.org/ The mirror date is 2016-08-30, the 30th of August 2016 AD. […]
Repurposing an old developer machine to run some light VM’s, I was tasked with getting Hyper-V Server running on the Asus Maximus V GENE motherboard. Simple enough. Download Hyper-V for free from Microsoft, format a USB stick with FAT32, put all the files from the .ISO on the stick, install. Diskpart Cheat Sheet 1) Open […]
This is basically the same procedure as installing Windows XP on the Fujitsu Siemens Esprimo u9200, in that it needs custom SATA drivers to find the harddisk during install, as well as a bunch of other ones. For this install, I decided to actually create a driver disk, and use a real floppy drive. I […]
I keep having to look these up, especially the “Upgrade Key” at the bottom. So I stored them here. Windows Server 2022 Operating system edition KMS Client Setup Key Windows Server 2022 Datacenter WX4NM-KYWYW-QJJR4-XV3QB-6VM33 Windows Server 2022 Standard VDYBN-27WPP-V4HQT-9VMD4-VMK7H Windows Server 2019 Operating system edition KMS Client Setup Key Windows Server 2019 Datacenter WMDGN-G9PQG-XVVXX-R3X43-63DFG Windows […]
I recently picked up a brand new vintage 2009 business targeted netbook, sealed in box – the Fujitsu Siemens Esprimo u9200 (fact sheet) (review => archive). At just short of 2KG (4.37 pounds) it’s rather bulky compared to today’s netbooks, but as a rather disposable piece of equipment for travel, which I’d be perfectly fine […]
Reinstalling Windows XP on an ancient (well, vintage 2009) laptop recently, I suddenly remembered how much I hated the “Favorites” button that’s stuck on the favorites bar and shows you your favorites when you click it, just as the bar already does. This thing: While the rest of the crap, such as the favorites, the […]
These are apparently slowly disappearing from the intertubes. This is my attempt at archiving them. -> DOWNLOAD HERE <- Included PowerToys: Alt-Tab Replacement Task Switcher replaces the simpler Alt-Tab switcher with a more visual one which shows live window previews. CD Slide Show Generator generates a slideshow from photos burned to a CD. ClearType Tuner […]
Sometimes, you just want things brutally simple and stupid. I was searching for how to do this, and stumbled upon this post on SQL Server Central. Turns out the query listed there doesn’t handle databases with weird names, containing version numbers with “.” in them, for instance. Thus, I modified it slightly, adding brackets and […]