by skufel | Mar 22, 2013 | Infrastructure, Scripting, SysAdmin, Windows
In order to assign static IPv4 address to Windows Server 2012 Core using power shell use: New-NetIPAddress -IPAddress 172.16.48.11 -InterfaceAlias "Ethernet" -DefaultGateway 172.16.48.5 -AddressFamily IPv4 -PrefixLength...
by skufel | Mar 17, 2013 | Hardware, Infrastructure, Windows
Recently I came up with idea to upgrade operating system on my HP TouchSmart tm2t to Windows 8. In general there was no major issues except one. As this computer has two graphics adapters (Intel for low performance when operate on battery, AMD/ATI for better...
by skufel | Mar 15, 2013 | Infrastructure, Network, Scripting, Windows
If you want to use Windows Server 2012 Datacenter on workstation/laptop (sometimes it is handy to have mobile workstation with server operating system) you might experience issues with wireless networking. Even if driver for wireless network adapter is installed you...
by skufel | Jan 3, 2013 | Hardware, Scripting, Windows
When upgrading drivers on HP TouchSmart tm2 tablet important is to keep in mind that HP Quick Launch Buttons package might disable screen auto-rotation. In order to restore that functionality remove HP Quick Launch Buttons and install older version of that package...
by skufel | Jan 2, 2013 | Automation, Scripting, Windows
From script repository I did use in the past, VBscript which allows to clear EvenLog on Windows machine. I did use that on computers with Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. however, this script will work also on Windows 7 and Windows server 2008. By default script...
by skufel | Dec 23, 2012 | Automation, Databases, Development, Infrastructure, Scripting, SysAdmin, Windows
When browsing repository of all scripts I did use in past, I found one which might be interesting. What this script does is: Backups database to disk (name of database stored in @dbname, patch for backup stored in @archive_path, name of backup fine stored in @fname)...