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ISO image to flash drive

This operation assumes your machine can boot from a USB enabled device. Check your BIOS to make sure. You also MUST have a DVD copy of Vista to install the source files from the DVD to a USB flash drive:
1. Insert your USB flash drive and enter the following commands:
(please note this list assumes that your USB flash drive will be seen as disk 1. To confirm that it is type “list disk” after you’ve entered the DISKPART command) Otherwise you may wipe a different drive (such as your hard disk drive!)
2. Type:

diskpart
select disk 1
clean
create partition primary
select partition 1
active
format fs=fat32
assign
exit
At this point your USB drive is formatted. DO NOT format the drive from within Windows. You MUST have a DVD copy of Vista to copy the source files from.

The final preparation step is to copy the installation files to your flash drive, this can be done by running the following command:
(Please note D: is the drive letter for the source files and E: is the drive letter for your flash drive, if they are different on your system you need to change them accordingly).
Exit DISKPART. Type:

xcopy d:\*.* /s/e/f e:\

That’s it, configure usb device as primary boot device in your bios and select it as your boot device!

Enjoy.

iTunes

How to change itunes account brithdate

Post author By Vivi The Mage
Post date August 18, 2011
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I ran into an issue where a game decided I was only 18, and then wanted to verify that I did put in the right brithdate. I basically found a method to change my birth date for my iTunes account, which should prove helpful for some.

1) In a browser of your choice, go to : appleid.apple.com

2) Select Manage your account, which prompts you to log in.

[zp src=”itunes-manage.jpg” album=”blog/itunes-brithdate/” width=”600″]

3) Once signed in, select “Password and Security” option on the left.

[zp src=”itunes-passwordsecurity.jpg” album=”blog/itunes-brithdate/” width=”600″]

4) Then use the drop downs to change your brith day, month, and year if needed and hit save.

[zp src=”itunes-birthdate.jpg” album=”blog/itunes-brithdate/” width=”600″]

Voila! Hopefully someone finds this useful.

regular

To those of you who are submitting pictures with 1 person in them…

Post author By Vivi The Mage
Post date August 5, 2011
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Computer Hardware Laptop

Lenovo x220 i7 ssd PCMark Benchmarks

Post author By Vivi The Mage
Post date August 3, 2011
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I benchmarked my X220 with PCMark Vantage Professional 64bit 1.0.2.0. I got : PCMark Vantage Professional 64bit 1.0.2.0 score : 13760

Also a screencap :

[zp src=”bench-x220.jpg” album=”blog/x220/” width=”600″]

video

Ben Schwartz and Zooey Deschanel singing.

Post author By Vivi The Mage
Post date July 15, 2011
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Operating Systems Uncategorized

Error 1720 with Microsoft Windows Installer

Post author By Vivi The Mage
Post date June 30, 2011
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I had noticed this error a few times when trying to remove programs. I specifically used this for Windows XP.

Install/Download this : http://uploadland.com/?d=4E0C98EC1

If that does not fix it, try and run a driver cleaner, like these :

http://uploadland.com/?d=4E0C98ED1
http://uploadland.com/?d=4E0C98EE1

All you need to do with the cleaners is remove the bad install, and you should be good. You can also try the latest installer here :

http://uploadland.com/?d=4E0C99521

I haven’t had to deal with this in a few months, so it’s a little fuzzy, but if anyone needs specifics, ask…i’ll try to replicate the issue and get more details.

Landesk Operating System Deployment

Make Service Tag the Computer Name in Landesk OSD

Post author By Vivi The Mage
Post date June 30, 2011
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We use service tags as our computer reference, and how we join our computers to the domain. I needed to have Landesk automate this for me, so I wanted to have ot pluck the information from BIOS. This is what I added to the script.

When you’re creating/editing your deployment script you need to make sure the $MAC is in the SysPrep options -> Naming convention :

[zp src=”osd-sysprep.png” album=”blog/Landesk/” width=”600″]

Once the deployment script is created, right click advanced edit (This works for XP and Windows 7 scripts, be sure to use corresponding line though)

[zp src=”osd-servicetag.jpg” album=”blog/Landesk/” width=”600″]

You will then replace the line REMEXEC34 with the following :

Windows 7:
REMEXEC34=ldrun tokreplw C:\unattend.xml COMPUTERNAME=%Computer – System – Serial Number%

Windows XP:
REMEXEC34=ldrun tokreplw C:\sysprep\sysprep.inf COMPUTERNAME=%Computer – System – Serial Number%

Copy over the new script into your PXE, and you should be good to go. This will automatically put in the service tag into the computer name.

Landesk Operating System Deployment

Windows XP – Remove 30 second time with Landesk OSD

Post author By Vivi The Mage
Post date June 30, 2011
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I kept running into an issue where Windows XP would add a 30 second boot time, and I disliked have to manually go in and change it after the computer was done imaging. So with Landesk OSD this is what I did to fix it in the script.

Browse out to: \\landeskcoreserver\ldmain\landesk\files
edit the file *.inf example file name : XPDeploy-ACCOUNTING.inf
add this line: Command6=”bootcfg /timeout 0″
you’ll need to change the Command6 number accordingly to how many commands precede already. I added mine to Command6