Xenserver guest wont shutdown

Got a Xenserver guest that wont shutdown? give this ago 1 – “xe vm-list” to get the uuid of the VM that is hung 2 – “list_domains” to list the domain uuid’s so you can determine the domain # of the VM above by matching the uuids from this output with the uuid for your […]

Xenserver Issues

Some times things go a bit astray like the local hard dive fills up with log files. Once you clean them out you might still not beable to get access to the server via Xencenter Try going to the local shell of the server and type [root@xenserver2 ~]# xe-toolstack-restart Stopping xapi: Lost connection to the server. . […]

How to Enable or Disable Quick Launch Bar Toolbar in Windows 7

Quick Launch Bar has been almost deprecated in Windows 7 as the whole Taskbar been replaced with greatly enhanced Superbar, which now allows shortcut icons to be placed on it directly. For users who miss Quick Launch bar so much to want it back in Windows 7, Microsofthas not yet completely removed the Quick Launch Bar yet, instead the […]

Linksys / Cisco Dial Plans

Just a quick post. Put in a SRP527W for a customer that is using the AT for cordless phones. To make the phone dial quicker i changed  the dial plan to (*xxS0|000S0|<:03>[4689]xxxxxxxS0|13[1-9]xxx S0|1300xxxxxxS0|1800xxxxxxS0|0[2478]xxxxxxxxS0|0011xxxxxx.|09xxxxxxS0) It also add’s a 03 for local numbers. (For the SIP providers that need it)

Easy way to add DNS server to Centos 6

The minimal install of Centos 6.2 is exactly that. Very minimal while this is good for appliances if you dont know your way around linux and vi it could be a bit hard to get a network connection going. Here are a few tips i have picked up. Setup a IP address on a nic ifconfig eth0 […]

Add printer with vbscript and enable snmp on tcp port

I like using VB Script to automate tasks and use them on logon scripts. strComputer = “.” Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject(“WScript.Shell”) Set objWMIService = GetObject(“winmgmts:” _ & “{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\” & strComputer & “rootcimv2″) ‘Install TCP/IP Port : Set objNewPort = objWMIService.Get(“Win32_TCPIPPrinterPort”).SpawnInstance_ objNewPort.Name = “IP_192.168.1.10” ‘Change to TCP/IP port name you want created. objNewPort.Protocol = 2 objNewPort.HostAddress […]

How to Change TeamViewer ID after cloning

If you’ve cloned a machine that already has team viewer installed, the clone will have the same ID as the source machine.  Each machine needs it’s own unique ID.  To get the clone to pick up a new ID by deleting 2 registry keys, ClientIC and ClientID. for 64 bit Windows 7 I found the […]