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Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 was released about a week ago.  This update includes lots of fixes and some features – you can see the list   here .  The only problem with the update is that Microsoft does not offer an offline installer.  If you are installing this on your own PC or for one person, you may not have a need for one.  But…  if your entire team needs to install this (or you just want to have it for later for a PC rebuild, you can download all 1.8 GB and have an offline installer for you or your team to share.  Here’s how: Get the update from Microsoft  here . (updated with Update 4 link) Save the file to a folder. open the folder Pro tip – Shift + right-click the background of the folder and choose ‘Open command window here’ in the command window type  VS2013.4.exe /Layout (or VS2013.1.exe /Layout or VS2013.2.exe /Layout depending on your update) It will then ask you w...

Oracle made a huge changes in the networking stack with Solaris 11. The use of many network related files have been deprecated in Solaris 11. Below are some of the files which are not used in Solaris 11 for persistent network configuration : /etc/defaultdomain /etc/dhcp.* /etc/hostname.* /etc/hostname.ip*.tun* /etc/nodename /etc/nsswitch.conf Network Configuration Profile Solaris 11 uses profile-based network configuration. It has 2 configuration modes : 1. Automatic   – Uses DHCP to obtain network configuration (IP address, router and DNS) from any of the connected ethernet interfaces. Do not support hot swapping of interfaces and IPMP. 2. Manual (DefaultFixed NCP)   – interfaces needs to be manually configured using dladm and ipadm commands. Also called as DefaultFixed NCP. Supports hot swapping of interfaces and IPMP. Configuring the IP address Step 1 : Set the NCP We would set the NCP to DefaultFixed profile in order to configure the IP address...

A while back I put together a very detailed ten step process to create a simple two-node RAC on VMware Workstation using Red Hat Linux 5.5. There were already many blog posts on creating RAC systems, including some using VMware, but partly because I felt that none of them were detailed for someone not already an expert in Linux, and partly because I wanted to learn for myself, I created my own. The  Oracle 11gR2 2-node RAC on VMware Workstation  has consistently been one of my most popular posts, and so I decided to see how it would work using Windows instead of Linux. Windows is a very popular operating system and the backbone of many IT departments. Although it is often criticized by those who prefer UNIX or Linux, Windows has many powerful features, and in departments where it is already needed to run Exchange or SharePoint, there can be many solid reasons for wanting to use Windows to support Oracle instead of another choice. This ten...

Introduction Use this command to determine who is logged into a computer of an already known IP address or Computer name. Works for Windows 7. (others unknown, probably good for win8 and vista) Steps  (2 total) 1 Step 1 Open the Required Rule in Windows Firewall You will need to open the Inbound port for "Remote Administration (RPC)" AND\OR "Remote Service Management (RPC)". Alternatively you can open a elevated command prompt and run "Netsh Firewall set service type = RemoteAdmin mode = Enable" (or you can use disable). The netsh command will open the firewall rules for "Remote Administration (NP-in)" "Remote Administration(RPC)" and "Remote Administration(RPC-EPMAP)"  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738900(v=ws.10).aspx If working in a domain environment be sure to enable these firewall rules for the domain inbound rules. If home environment adjust accordingly. 2 Open Command Prompt a...

Network shell  ( Netsh ) is a tool an administrator can use to configure and monitor network devices on  Windows  based computers at a command prompt. A common use of  Netsh , is to reset the  TCP/IP  stack back to default settings. But not only will  Netsh  reset the TCP/IP stack, but it can also completely reset your network adapter(s). It will also reset the  Windows Firewall  in  Windows 7 too. USING NETSH IN WINDOWS 7 To use  Netsh , you will need to open a  Command Prmpt  as an  administrator . There are two ways to do this: Click the  Start  button, then  All Programs , then  Accessories , then  right-click Command Prompt , and then click  Run as administrator . If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. or Click the  Start  button. In the...

INTRODUCTION Microsoft has released the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool to help you remove specific, prevalent malicious software from a computer.  Skip the details and download the tool For more information about how to download the tool, go to the following Microsoft webpage: http://www.microsoft.com/security/pc-security/malware-removal.aspx The information that is contained in this article is specific to the enterprise deployment of the tool. We highly recommend that you review the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article. It contains general information about the tool and about the download locations.  The tool is primarily intended for noncorporate users who do not have an existing, up-to-date antivirus product installed on their computers. However, the tool can also be deployed in an enterprise environment to enhance existing protection and as part of a defense-in-depth strategy. To deploy the tool in an enterprise environmen...