MS: Download Multiples Hotfixes for Unattended Installs

I found Windows Updates Downloader an amazing tool to download multiples hotfixes and create an ISO file for unattended installs

MS: Enable and Disable Windows 2008 R2 Firewall from Command Line

Disable Windows 2008 R2 Firewall from Command Line:

Domain Profile:
Netsh advfirewall set domainprofile state off

Private Profile:
Netsh advfirewall set privateprofile state off

Public Profile:
Netsh advfirewall set publicprofile state off

To enable the firewall replace the OFF at the end of the sentence for ON.

CTX: Inactive vDisk on Target Device in Citrix Provisioning Server

When you try to copy the content of the target device in Citrix Provisioning Server (PVS) 5.x, the PVS icon show Inactive vDisk status on Target Device.

If you are using DHCP to assign the IP address to devices, you need to configure DHCP options 66 and 67:

1.- Stop Citrix PVS PXE Service on PVS Server.
2.- Open the DHCP Server Management Console and select DHCP server.
3.- In the Toolbar, click Action and select Set Predefined Options from the menu.
4.- Click Add to add the DHCP options.
5.- The Option Type window appears.
6.- Enter the Name:

For option 66, enter Boot Server Host Name (for example: ctxpvs01 or 192.168.100.102 - I prefer using the IP address)
For option 67, enter Bootfile Name (ARDBP32.BIN)

7.- Click OK.
8.- Start Citrix PVS PXE Service on PVS Server.

MS: Install SQL Server 2008 on Windows 2008 R2

Install .NET Framework 3.5.1 on Windows 2008 R2 (Features)

Install SQL Server 2008 with SP1. You must slipstream SP1 on SQL Server 2008 RTM image.

Check How to update or slipstream an installation of SQL Server 2008
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955392

MS: Always ask before opening this type of file

When you open a link or URL for a file in Internet Explorer (IE) or any browser like FireFox, you will receive this dialog:


File Download

Do you want to open or save this file?

Three buttons: Open - Save - Cancel

And one checkbox Always ask before opening this type of file

The solution is add (or modify existing) registry key to the machine (you can use a GPO to update several machines)

Microsoft Word 2003 (.doc):

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8]
@="Microsoft Word Document"
"EditFlags"=dword:00010000
"BrowserFlags"=dword:00000008

Microsoft Word 2007 (.doc):

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8]
@="Microsoft Office Word 97-2003 Document"
"EditFlags"=dword:00010000
"BrowserFlags"=dword:00000008

Word 2007/2010 (.docx):

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.12]
@="Microsoft Office Word Document"
"EditFlags"=dword:00010000
"BrowserFlags"=dword:00000008

Microsoft Excel 2003 (.xls):

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Excel.Sheet.8]
@="Microsoft Excel Worksheet"
"EditFlags"=dword:00010000
"BrowserFlags"=dword:00000008

Microsoft Excel 2007 (.xls):

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Excel.Sheet.8]
@="Microsoft Office Excel 97-2003 Worksheet"
"EditFlags"=dword:00010000
"BrowserFlags"=dword:00000008

Excel 2007/2010 (.xlsx):

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Excel.Sheet.12]
@="Microsoft Office Excel Worksheet"
"EditFlags"=dword:00010000
"BrowserFlags"=dword:00000008

Adobe Acrobat 7.0

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AcroExch.Document]
"BrowseInPlace"="1"
"EditFlags"=dword:00010000
@="Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Document"
"BrowserFlags"=dword:00000008

Adobe Acrobat 9.0

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AcroExch.Document]
"BrowseInPlace"="1"
"EditFlags"=dword:00010000
@="Adobe Acrobat Document"
"BrowserFlags"=dword:00000008

MS: Open File - Security Warning Dialog

When you have a script or .exe file trying to load .exe file, probably you saw this dialog:

Open File - Security Warning Dialog

The published could not be verified. Are you sure you want to run this software?

You can uncheck the Always ask before opening this file check box, if you have issues on one machine, but if you need to run a new application you can't uncheck 200 citrix servers right?

MS: Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 are RTM!

Microsoft today announced the release to manufacturing (RTM) of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows 7 will be generally available to customers around the world on October 22, and Windows Server 2008 R2 will be generally available on or before that date.
Current customers of the Microsoft Volume Licensing program, MSDN subscribers and TechNet subscribers will be among the first to get customer access to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 in August 6th.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/default.aspx

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/R2.aspx

CTX: Best Practices for Citrix XenApp Hotfix Rollup Pack Installation and Deployment

Best Practices for Citrix XenApp Hotfix Rollup Pack Installation and Deployment

This article introduces and discusses some of the best practices for installing and deploying a Hotfix Rollup Pack for XenApp 5.0 for Windows Server 2003 and Presentation Server 4.5.

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX120842

MS: Could not reconnect all network drives

To fix the Balloon error on Taskbar: Could not reconnect all network drives:

Start > Run > type Regedit

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2

Check the Network Drive(s) and then delete registry key(s)

CtxAdmTools: List HotFix v2.0 Updated!

List HotFix v2.0 - Release Date: June 16, 2009 - This FREE tool list all Citrix and Microsoft Hot Fixes installed in your Citrix farm or local and remote Windows servers

Last week I was on a call with Citrix technical support and they ask me: Do you have MS hotfix KBXXXXXX installed on the server with issues? Do you have Citrix patch PSE450R01W2K3XXX installed? I don’t know.

Few hours later I was writing List HotFix v2.0, a new tool to search for this info. List HotFix was developed from scratch. The old List HotFix show only citrix hotfixes in the entire Citrix farm.
This version show the Citrix/MS hotfixes list from a Citrix servers on a farm, Active Directory computers, text files, etc.

With the FREE List HotFix v2.0, you can list all Citrix and Microsoft Hot Fixes / Patches / Updates installed on your Citrix farm or local and remote Windows/Citrix servers, search for a specific HotFix and export the results to Excel files.

List HotFix v2.0 requires .NET Framework v2.0 or later.

Download List HotFix v2.0 from http://ctxadmtools.musumeci.com.ar/


Search for an specific HotFix:

Export results to Excel Files:

CtxAdmTools: AD Show User Groups v1.0 Released!

AD Show User Groups is a FREE tool inspired by these typical calls from Support Engineers or Technical Analyst: can you send me a list of Active Directory groups for this user?

AD Show User Groups show Group Membership of a specific AD User and export results to a text file.

Download AD Show User Groups from http://ctxadmtools.musumeci.com.ar/

MS: IPSEC error: The system cannot find the file specified

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7023
Description:
The IPSEC Services service terminated with the following error:
The system cannot find the file specified.

Solution:
Click Start, click Run, type regsvr32 polstore.dll

CTX: How detect if an application is running through Citrix?

To detect if an application is running through Citrix or Terminal Server use the .NET code below in your application.

System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation.TerminalServerSession
True = running on TS or Citrix

To check inside on your VB6 application:

Private Declare Function GetSystemMetrics Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long
Const SM_REMOTESESSION = &H1000

if GetSystemMetrics(SM_REMOTESESSION)<>0 then MsgBox "Running on Citrix/Terminal Server"

MS: Microsoft releases Windows Server 2008 and Vista Service Pack 2

Microsoft has released a Five Language Standalone Installer for Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows Vista SP2 today. Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 can be installed on based systems with any of the following language versions: English, French, German, Japanese, or Spanish.

Download: Vista SP2/Server 2008 SP2 x86
Download: Vista SP2/Server 2008 SP2 x64

MS: GPRESULT Access Denied Error

Open Command Prompt and paste following commands:

cd /d %windir%\system32
regsvr32 /n /I userenv.dll
cd wbem
mofcomp scersop.mof
gpupdate /force
gpresult

or create a .cmd file and copy the script below

cd /d %windir%\system32
start /wait regsvr32 /n /I userenv.dll
cd wbem
start /wait mofcomp scersop.mof
gpupdate /force
gpresult

CtxAdmTools: Detect Remote ICA Client v1.0 Released!

Detect Remote ICA Client v1.0: This FREE tool show the Version of the Citrix ICA Client installed on a remote machine(s) and generate a report file.

Download at http://ctxadmtools.musumeci.com.ar

CtxAdmTools: CTX User Counter v1.0 Released!

CTX User Counter v1.0: This FREE tool show the amount of unique users on a Citrix Farm.

Show the amount of unique users (no sessions) on the farm. Useful to calculate amount of Citrix licenses required.

Available at http://ctxadmtools.musumeci.com.ar

CtxAdmTools: Permissions to Run MFCOM Applications

If you try to run any CtxAdmTools application or MFCOM script on a Citrix server and you receive an error like "You must be a Citrix admin to run this script" following this procedure:

Run the DCOMCNFG tool at a command line prompt.

Click in Component Services, Computers, My Computer

Right-click My Computer .

Click the Default Properties tab.

Verify that Enable Distributed COM on this computer is selected.

Verify that Impersonate is selected in the Default Impersonation Level drop-down list.

Click OK .

SCRIPT: Setup Memory Dump

The following script will create a directory and set Full Memory Dump, save the memory dump file in this directory.

md C:\Dump
wmic recoveros set DebugInfoType = 1
wmic recoveros set DebugFilePath = C:\Dump\Mem.dmp
wmic recoveros set OverwriteExistingDebugFile = 1

CTX: WSH/WMI Error on Citrix - Part 2

How to Fix WSH and WMI Error on Citrix Presentation / Citrix XenApp Servers Part 2

Steps to troubleshot WMI Errors:

1) Verify PATH Variable and check for %systemroot%, %systemroot%\system32, and %systemroot%\system32\wbem entries.

System Properties, Advanced, Environment Variables and edit PATH varible.

2) Recompile MOF files

To recompile all Citrix .MOF files enter the following commands in a command prompt:
C:
CD "C:\Program Files\Citrix\System32\Citrix\WMI"
for %i in (*.mof, *.mfl) do Mofcomp %i

3) The DCOM Default Impersonation is NOT set to 'Identify'.

From the command line, the DCOM configuration can be corrected with the following command:REG.EXE Add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole /v LegacyImpersonationLevel /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f

4) Check permissions on the WMI Citrix namespace–Root\Citrix.

Run the Computer Management snap-in.
Right-click My Computer and select Manage.
Expand Services and Applications, right-click WMI Control and select Properties.
Go to the Security tab, expand Root and highlight the Citrix folder.
Click Security.
Add the Local Service and Network Service accounts.
Ensure that both accounts get Execute Methods, Provider Write, and Enable Account.
Restart the Citrix WMI Service

5) Reinstall Citrix WMI Service

Disable the Windows Management Instrumentation Service.
Stop the Windows Management Instrumentation Service.
Delete the C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\Repository directory.
Re-enable the Windows Management Instrumentation Service.
Start the Windows Management Instrumentation Service.
Re-install Citrix WMI Providers by going into Add or Remove Programs > Citrix Presentation Server > Change.
Restart the server after the installation completes.
Open C:\Program Files\Citrix\System32\Citrix\WMI and edit all *.mof files in this folder. Edit with notepad.exe and add the following tag at the end of the files:
#pragma autorecover
Recompile the mof files using procedure #2 (Recompile MOF files)

6) Re-register WMI DLL

regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\scecli.dll
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\userenv.dll
cd %systemroot%\system32\wbem
for /f %%s in ('dir /b /s *.dll') do regsvr32 /s %%s

7) Verify DCOM permissions

Click Start > Programs > Administrative Tools, and click Computer Management to open the Computer Management console.
In the left pane, expand Local Users and Groups, and click the Groups folder.
In the right pane, right-click the Users group and click Properties.
Click Add.
In the Select Users or Groups dialog box, locate Look in drop-down box and choose the local computer.
Select Authenticated Users and INTERACTIVE and click Add.
Click OK, click Apply, and click Close to close the properties for the Users group.

8) Verify WMI Services Startup Type

Check following services are set to Startup Type: Automatic

Windows Management Instrumentation
WMI Performance Adapter
Windows Management Instrumentation Driver Extensions

Check this script to repair WMI errors

CTX: WSH/WMI Error on Citrix - Part 1

How to Fix WSH and WMI Error on Citrix Presentation / Citrix XenApp Servers Part 1

You found same of following errors on Event Viewer:

Event Type: ErrorEvent
Source: WSH
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1
User: N/A
Computer: USCTXSRV01
Description:
Citrix Monitoring Script Event 2
Citrix MetaFrame Session In Down State:
WMI error retrieving session object:
Received error: 0x8004100e: Invalid namespace [WBEM_E_INVALID_NAMESPACE]

Or/And

Citrix Monitoring Script Event 2
Citrix MetaFrame Session Idle Too Long:
WMI error retrieving session object:
Received error: 0x8004100e: Invalid namespace [WBEM_E_INVALID_NAMESPACE]

And/Or

Citrix Monitoring Script Event 2
Citrix MetaFrame Compute Event Rate:
WMI error connecting to Citrix WMI provider:
Received error: 0x8004100e: Invalid namespace [WBEM_E_INVALID_NAMESPACE]

To start troubleshooting process, we must run WBEMTEST:

Click Start, click Run, and then type wbemtest.exe.
In the Namespace box, type root\Citrix and click in Connect button.

This is an example of a server with WMI issues:

This server can load the root\citrix. Now click on Enum Classes button and then click OK, leaving Superclass Name blank to verify the server can load all Citrix Classes.

This is an example of a server with WMI errors:

This is an example of a server with WMI working fine:

CtxAdmTools: CTX Realtime Report v1.1 Released

CTX Realtime Report v1.1 Generate Realtime Reports of the Citrix Farm.

CTX Realtime Report show:
* Applications Sessions (Summary): Show the list of Applications and the Amount of Sessions per Application.
* Applications Sessions (Full): Show the list of Applications and the Amount of Sessions per Application with extra info.
* Applications and Users per Server: Show the list of Applications and Users per Citrix Server.

More reports are coming soon!

Applications Sessions (Summary): Show the list of Applications and the Amount of Sessions per Application.


Applications Sessions (Full): Show the list of Applications and the Amount of Sessions per Application with extra info.

Applications and Users per Server: Show the list of Applications and Users per Server (NEW)

Download Ctx Realtime Report v1.1 at http://ctxadmtools.musumeci.com.ar/

MS: PSEXEC "The specified network name is no longer available" Error

When you try to run a process on a remote machine using PSEXEC.EXE, you receive this error:

PsExec v1.94 - Execute processes remotely
Copyright (C) 2001-2008 Mark Russinovich
Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com

Couldn't access SERVER01: The specified network name is no longer available.

Usually this error appears when PSEXESVC service is installed on the remote machine and

Solution:

SC \\SERVER01 stop psexesvc
SC \\SERVER01 delete psexesvc

MS: Internet Explorer 8.0 released

Today Microsoft released RTM version of Internet Explorer v8.0

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer

Internet Explorer 8.0 is available for following Operating Systems:

Windows XP (x86 and x64)
Windows Vista (x86 and x64)
Windows 2003 (x86 and x64)
Windows 2008 (x86 and x64)

MS: Add Or Remove Programs Has Been Restricted.

We you try to install or remove programs from Control Panel, ypou got this error:

Add Or Remove Programs Has Been Restricted. Please check with your Administrator.

To fix this error:

Navigate to this registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Uninstall

Delete subKey NoAddRemovePrograms

CtxAdmTools: HP Proliant Support Pack v1.0 Released!

HP Proliant Support Pack Cleaner v1.0

This FREE tool remove the agents of HP Proliant Support Pack from HP/Compaq Virtualized Servers

NEW Version 1.5 available at http://musumeci.blogspot.com/2010/11/ctxadmtools-hp-proliant-support-pack.html

Download at http://ctxadmtools.musumeci.com.ar

CtxAdmTools: CTX Farm Inventory v1.0 Released!

This FREE tool show Hardware and Software of your Citrix Farm or Windows Servers and Export results to Excel File.

Download CTX Farm Inventory at http://ctxadmtools.musumeci.com.ar

CtxAdmTools: MOM Set Maintenance v1.0 Released!

MOM Set Maintenance v1.0
Release Date: February 19, 2009

This FREE tool Put or Remove Servers and/or Groups to MOM Maintenance Mode

Set one or multiple servers or groups of servers from my desktop with one click now is easy.


To run MOM Set Maintenance successfully you need to install MaintenanceModeUtility in your MOM Server.

This application is based on MOM Maintenance Mode Utility GUI

Download MOM Set Maintenance at http://ctxadmtools.musumeci.com.ar

CTX: The Citrix Management Console failed to remove the server. Error Code: 80000007

When you try to remove a dead citrix server from CMC, you receive this error:

"The Citrix Management Console failed to remove the server. Error Code: 80000007"

Solution:

dscheck /full servers /deletemf CTXSRV01

where CTXSRV01 is name of the Citrix server.

DSCHECK is a very powerfull (and dangerous) tool, backup your datastore before use it.

CTX: DCOM Error 10016

Error:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10016
User: CTXSERVER\Ctx_SmaUser
Computer: CTXSERVER
Description: The machine-default permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID {49BD2028-1523-11D1-AD79-00C04FD8FDFF} to the user CTXSERVER\Ctx_SmaUser SID (S-1-5-21-3439742382-3352395512-2697211326-1010). This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool.

Easy Solution:

Run the script (see below) and restart the affected machine (or Citrix Print Manager Service and Citrix SMA Service services).

--- fix_dcom.vbs ---

on error resume next
strComputer = "."
Set objGroup = GetObject("WinNT://" & strComputer & "/Administrators")
Set objUser = GetObject("WinNT://Ctx_ConfigMgr")
objGroup.Add(objUser.ADsPath)
Set objGroup = GetObject("WinNT://" & strComputer & "/Administrators")
Set objUser = GetObject("WinNT://Ctx_SmaUser")
objGroup.Add(objUser.ADsPath)

--- fix_dcom.vbs ---

The following script add required permissions and restart citrix services in a remote server (This script don't affect logged users)

--- fix_dcom_remote.vbs ---
on error resume next

Dim objWMIService, objItem, objService
Dim colListOfServices, strComputer, strService, intSleep

strComputer = "abctxps202"
intSleep = 15000

WScript.Echo "Fixing DCOM Error on server " & strComputer

Set objGroup = GetObject("WinNT://" & strComputer & "/Administrators")
Set objUser = GetObject("WinNT://Ctx_ConfigMgr")
objGroup.Add(objUser.ADsPath)

Set objGroup = GetObject("WinNT://" & strComputer & "/Administrators")
Set objUser = GetObject("WinNT://Ctx_SmaUser")
objGroup.Add(objUser.ADsPath)

strService = "Citrix SMA Service"
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" _
& strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colListOfServices = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_Service Where Name ="_
& strService & " ")
For Each objService in colListOfServices
objService.StopService()
WSCript.Sleep intSleep
objService.StartService()
Next
WScript.Echo "Service " & strService & " has Restarted"

strService = "cpsvc"
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" _
& strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colListOfServices = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_Service Where Name ="_
& strService & " ")
For Each objService in colListOfServices
objService.StopService()
WSCript.Sleep intSleep
objService.StartService()
Next
WScript.Echo "Service "& strService & " has Restarted"
--- fix_dcom_remote.vbs ---

MS: Rebuild WMI

To rebuild WMI in a Windows Server 2003 run this script:

--- Rebuild_WMI.cmd ---

net stop winmgmt
cd %systemroot%\system32\wbem
rd /S /Q repository
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\scecli.dll
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\userenv.dll
mofcomp cimwin32.mof
mofcomp cimwin32.mfl
mofcomp rsop.mof
mofcomp rsop.mfl
for /f %%s in ('dir /b /s *.dll') do regsvr32 /s %%s
for /f %%s in ('dir /b *.mof') do mofcomp %%s
for /f %%s in ('dir /b *.mfl') do mofcomp %%s

--- Rebuild_WMI.cmd ---

To rebuild WMI in Citrix Servers:

Optional step: remove Citrix WMI

Remove Citrix WMI component using Add/Remove Program
Reboot server
Install Citrix WMI component using Add/Remove Program

Rebuild WMI:

cd %programfiles%\citrix\system32\citrix\wmi
for /f %s in ('dir /b *.mof *.mfl') do mofcomp %s

CtxAdmTools: Visual Core Configurator 2008 on Windows 2008 Core R2 (Beta)

How to setup Windows Server 2008 Core R2 (BETA) to run Visual Core Configurator 2008?

Run Start /w ocsetup ServerCore-WOW64
Restart server

VMware: Install VMware Tools on Windows 2008 Core R2

To install VMware Tools on Windows 2008 Core R2 you need to follow this procedure:

Run Start /w ocsetup ServerCore-WOW64

Restart server

Install VMware Tools from VM menu.

Change to the CD/DVD drive

Run msiexec /i "VMware Tools64.msi" /passive

BETA: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 Beta Released

Microsoft released today the first public beta of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft Windows 7.

Windows Server 2008 R2 info and download:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/r2.aspx

Windows 7
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/

MS: Windows Update on Windows 2008 Core

Windows 2008 Core don't provide too many options to install Windows Updates. Server Core removes pretty much all of the user interface components. You can enable or disable Windows Update, set Automatic Updates or Turn Off Automatic Updates using scripting, but you can't choose to install specific updates or show availables updates.

Until I released Visual Core Configurator 2008 Beta 2 Refresh.

List all Windows Update available.

Select Windows Updates.

Install Windows Updates.

Download and Install all Windows Updates available.

Enable/Disable Windows Update, Set Automatic Updates

You can download Visual Core Configurator 2008 at http://ctxadmtools.musumeci.com.ar

CtxAdmTools: Visual Core Configurator v1.1 (Beta 2 REFRESH) Released!

Visual Core Configurator 2008 is a FREE tool to Setup and Configure Windows 2008 Core servers.

Today, January 6, 2009, I released the Beta 2 Refresh of Visual Core Configurator 2008.

Build 275 (Beta 2 Refresh) is available for download at http://ctxadmtools.musumeci.com.ar/

You can download the .EXE file package (include extra files) or .ISO file (Best Option for Virtual Machines).This Beta was tested on both versions of Microsoft Windows 2008 Core (x86 and x64) and physical servers, and VMware, Microsoft and XenServer virtual machines.

New Features of this Version: Windows Update

List of Features included in this Build:

Network menu
Network: Show Network Information: Show IP, DNS and NIC configuration
Network: Network Manager: View or change IP, DNS and WINS configuration
Network: Change Computer Name / Domain / Workgroup: Change Computer Name or Join Machine to a Domain or Workgroup

System menu
System: Control Panel: Customize the Operating System (Time and Keyboard)
System: Event Viewer: Display monitoring and troubleshooting messages from Windows
System: Services: Manage Windows Services
System: Screen Saver: Change Screen Saver Configuration
System: Remote Desktop: Configure Remote Desktop (formerly Terminal Server Administration Mode)
System: Video: Configure Screen Resolution
System: Windows Update: Install Windows Updates and HotFixes

Tools menu
Tools: Windows Explorer: Show Files and Folders
Tools: Notepad: Tool to Edit Files
Tools: Registry Editor: Tool to Edit the Registry
Tools: OS Information: Show Operating System Information

Help menu
Help: About: Show the Application Information

Exit menu
Exit: Close Visual Core: Close the Application
Exit: Shutdown: Log Off, Restart or Shutdown the Computer

CtxAdmTools: Visual Core Configurator v1.1 (Beta 2) Released!

Visual Core Configurator 2008 is a FREE tool to Setup and Configure Windows 2008 Core servers.

Today, January 2, 2009, I released the Beta 2 of Visual Core Configurator 2008.

Build 240 (Beta 2) is available for download at http://ctxadmtools.musumeci.com.ar/
You can download the .EXE file package (include extra files) or .ISO file (Best Option for Virtual Machines).

This Beta was tested on both versions of Microsoft Windows 2008 Core (x86 and x64) and physical servers, and VMware, Microsoft and XenServer virtual machines.

New Features of this Version: Event Viewer.

List of Features included in this Build:

Network menu
Network: Show Network Information: Show IP, DNS and NIC configuration
Network: Network Manager: View or change IP, DNS and WINS configuration
Network: Change Computer Name / Domain / Workgroup: Change Computer Name or Join Machine to a Domain or Workgroup

System menu
System: Event Viewer: Display monitoring and troubleshooting messages from Windows
System: Video: Configure Screen Resolution
System: Remote Desktop: Configure Remote Desktop (formerly Terminal Server Administration Mode)
System: Screen Saver: Change Screen Saver Configuration
System: Services: Manage Windows Services
System: Control Panel: Customize the Operating System (Time and Keyboard)
System: Shutdown: Log Off, Restart or Shutdown the Computer

Tools menu
Tools: Windows Explorer: Show Files and Folders
Tools: Notepad: Tool to Edit Files
Tools: Registry Editor: Tool to Edit the Registry
Tools: OS Information: Show Operating System Information

Notes about this build: I wrote the entire Event Viewer module (from scratch) in only 1 day (almost 700 lines of codes), but when I start testing the Save Log option on Windows 2008 core I discovered the Common Dialog never show up on Core, so I developed an entire Common Dialog interface.