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Microsoft Windows |Windows server 2008 R2 enable icmp request without Filesharing

Today I had to figure out how to enable ICMP request from a server without enabling file sharing. to do this you have to open the command prompt. (administrative mode) Enter the following command: netsh firewall set icmpsetting 8 now filesharing is not enabled but you are able to ping the server.

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Netgear Readynas 2120 | Shutdown and restart option ( Software version 6.0 )

When you bought a readynas 2120 with the new software version 6.0. And your looking seriously for the option to shutdown or reboot the ReadyNas. The solution is on the first page you can find. ( It’s the default over view page you get to see when you login for the first time to the

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Cisco IOS Router | Enable configuration for KPN Customer Fiber Internet (KPN Glasvezel Particulier)

Few days ago. Me and my colleague were struggling with a configuration to enable internet access to a Fiber internet connection of KPN (it wasn’t a business line but a home user internet connection) To enable this configuration. You can do the following: On the internet interface (we used a HWIC-4ESW) the following commands. (With

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Windows server 2008 R2 | Install Cleanmgr.exe (Disk Cleanup) without enabling Desktop Experience.

How to use cleanmgr.exe on a Windows server 2008 R2. To do this you need to to the following. Go to a server where you have enabled Desktop Experience ( for example Terminal Server (RDS)) Locate the following files. cleanmgr.exe and cleanmgr.exe.mui Cleanmgr.exe you can find in the following folder C:\Windows\system32 Cleanmgr.exe.mui you can find

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HP Procurve Switch | Recover boot sequence after removing boot.ini in the Monitor ROM Console.

If you have HP Procurve 2910al switches in the serial number range Than you will face the issue that you aren’t able to upgrade to Firmware version 15.x Via the HP support my collegue got the following commands to try to solve this issue. In boot monitor mode : 0. Monitor ROM Console 1. Primary

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Cisco | SMB Switch SF 302-8P Configuration for wireless APs and Guest-LAN

Few days ago I configured a SF-302-8P cisco switch for usage of WiFi and a guest-LAN. To relize this solution i had to configure a few VLANs. A tip before you start upgrade to the last version of this Switch because than you have the most commond CLI commands in this switch. If you have

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SBS2011 | Install vmware tools during setup

How to install vmware tools during setup of vmware. Incase you used. the VMXNET3 network driver and the Paravirtual SCSI. For the installation of the paravirtual driver you need to load a floppy drive image. You can find these floppy drive image on the ESX data store folder / vmimages/floppies Select : pvscsi-windows2008.flp select Load

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Windows Small Business server 2011 | Can't find any network interface during setup

Today I received during installation of a Small Business server 2011 an error that the network interface couldn’t be found. I was installing SBS 2011 on a HP Proliant ML 350 G8. Unfortunately I haven’t a print screen of the error. How ever below the solution when you get it. First of all there isn’t

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Windows 8 & Windows Server 2012 | Changing user interface language

If you having Windows 8 or Windows server 2012 installed and you think you have the wrong language or you want to have a different language than you can change this. You should go to your configuration screen. ( Currently my Windows is running a Dutch version) Go to the option Language. (The word Taal

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