Aug 12, 2012
Windows 7 Firewall error code 0x80070424c
Recently came across a Windows 7 PC with McAfee firewall had stopped running and would stop immediately after trying to restart. When attempting to start the firewall server I received an error 0x80070424c. Uninstalled McAfee and tried a re-install with the same results. So after uninstalling again I found Windows firewall service and the Base Filtering Engine were missing as well. What I has found was... read more
Aug 8, 2012
Displaying Logical Drives with PowerShell
PowerShell is a powerful scripting language and can do many things. One task that can be used over and over is to get the logical drives off a system. One you have this information you can then perform tasks like searching for files, directories, reporting usage etc.. In this post I will be simply showing how to create a variable and retrieve the data for the logical drives using WMI object... read more
Aug 8, 2012
Creating Virtualbox Screenshots with VBoxManage
As a system admin by day I am always documenting how something was done so that others can do it themselves and also as a blogger as well. Text is wonderful but sometimes pictures are much better at explaining. With Windows and Linux there are many point and click solutions like Snipping Tool (Windows 7), KSnapshot (KDE) and many others, but sometimes the command line is better and can be scripted. One... read more
Aug 6, 2012
How to Install DB2 Connect 7.2 on Windows 2008 R2
There are still corporations running older versions of DB2 from the mainframe in which newer OS’s are connecting to. Since the agents are not being upgraded it is getting harder and harder to connect to the older databases. This was the case I ran into when connecting a Windows 2008 R2 server connecting to DB2 7.2 running on a Mainframe. This assumes you have the agent as currently there is no... read more
Aug 3, 2012
How to Backup System State with PowerShell
As tweaker’s there is always changes needed to the system to make it run to our liking and there is always the risk that those changes will break and possible have major repercussions. That’s where restore points come into play. With PowerShell there is a way to use system restore points to backup and restore if an issue does arise. This process assumes that system restore points are enabled... read more
