Brian Desmond's Blog : Windows 2008

Update on the MCSE Upgrade

Brian Desmond's Blog — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:32:15 GMT

I was complaining (more or less) several weeks ago about the amount of work it was going to take to upgrade my MCSE to the latest version. The good news is I went and did the Windows end of things and now I'm apparently an "MCITP: Enterprise...(read more)

Upgrading my MCSE

Brian Desmond's Blog — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:38:00 GMT

So I have an MCSE: Messaging 2003. Took something like 7 or 8 tests to get that way back when and it's still good. Being the good consultant that I am I decided I'd figure out what I need to do to get whatever the new equivelants are on Windows...(read more)

Loading VMWare 6 Tools on 2008 Server Core

Brian Desmond's Blog — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:37:00 GMT

Normally in VMWare when you go "VM>Install VMWare Tools..." with a Windows guest, autorun kicks right in and the installer launches. On server core this isn't the case. You need to launch the MSI by hand. To do this, swich to your CD...(read more)

How to Sysprep in Windows 2008

Brian Desmond's Blog — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 03:43:00 GMT

I thought I'd document how to setup the new sysprep process equivalent on Windows 2008 since the old setupmgr file for making sysprep.inf's doesn't exist anymore (and neither does sysprep.inf). The first step is acquiring the Windows Automated...(read more)

Windows 2008 - Windows System Image Manager Error

Brian Desmond's Blog — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:04:11 GMT

I'm working on adding Windows 2008 to my lab and the first step of this for me anyway is making templates. The whole sysprep process in Vista and Windows 2008 has been completely re-engineered so I'm learning on the go here. Turns out you need...(read more)