now .... this is my weekend project ....... clone a 80 Hdd to 300Hdd , running windows 8 preview and using Macrium Reflect

now .... this is my weekend project ....... clone a 80 Hdd to 300Hdd , running windows 8 preview and using Macrium Reflect.....

clone a windows 8 disk

or image it to another hard drive

well .... as you know I tried to use the storagecraft shadow protect IT key, but they don't support w8 or server 2012. yeah ... their policy is support those new OS after 3 months

phew ......... its time to find another one and better still a free one

Macrium Reflect v5 is free for personal use ...

I download it, install it in my windows 8 preview

I created the w8 drive image to an external usb drive, 60 GB took about 37 minutes, not bad

then create a rescue disc ... this involves downloading windows waik kit (1.6GB), and customized it...

don't worry, Macrium Reflect handled all this for you....

the rescue disc is only 200MB

ok, ... now I put the 300GB drive in the notebook, start the notebook from CD, restore the image to the 300GB hard drive, this took about 60 minutes.... again not bad....

the fist boot worked straight away ...

I am so impressed by Macrium Reflect

no hassels at all in the process ........

Macrium Reflect

http://www.macrium.com/default.aspx



 

I found out a difference between XP and windows 2003 shutdown cmd

I found out a difference between XP and windows 2003 shutdown cmd ....

the shutdown for xp can do shutdown -s -t 1500

while windows 2003 can only do shutdown -s -t 600

heh..........

system internals psshutdown comes to the rescue......

trying to install linksys wireless G USB adatpor on windows 2003 CN is nitemare

trying to install linksys wireless G USB adatpor on windows 2003 CN is nitemare....

wasting my two days over the weekend ,........, still failed to get it working

mum dad want to watch streaming network TV,

I want to use my old windows 2003 CN for them , its an asus P4B533 mainboard , very expensive at the time, pity its USB 1.0; I never got it working on the USB 2.0 port..

blush ... blush ....

I install the xp driver on the PC for the v4 of Linksys wireless G usb dongle .... whatever you call it...

the server sometimes crash (no screen), sometimes ok ...

sometimes lost connection, sometimes asking for a reboot.....

ah ...... well ..... too much trouble ......

forget it ,,, use another w-xp pc to try....

Linksys wireless G usb  ........... is actually RALINK

working friday hell ....... remote access service wont start

working friday hell ....... remote access service wont start

I am shocked and surprised that .........

I just supplied a brand name w7 x64 notebook, joined to the domain ,
...

when I am just about to go ... the hell broke out ,

saddenly after a restart, there is a message like the remote access manager service failed to start ...

and as a result pptp dial-up wont work because device missing...

I tried to see what's in the log, but I couldn't open eventvwr, it gave me an error ...

at least I can still start services.msc

manually started eventvwr

ah...... shucks............

luckiy google point me to a link (sorry forgot the exact URL) ....

basically give local server and network service to logs folder under windows\system32 ... or something like that

after that, need do a restart of the PC/Notebook, thank good , I am closer to Friday night
 

pptp not working , setup SSL-VPN using sonicwall TZ200

https://www.fuzeqna.com/sonicwallkb/consumer/kbdetail.asp?kbid=6461

if your TZ 200 mgmt. port is 777

then the remote user login port will be https://your-public-ip:777

 

Windows 8 File History

http://www.petri.co.il/windows-8-file-history.htm


Windows 8 File History
 

SBS 2011 user limit is 75 users

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well .... its not the 50 user limit as I perceived previously