Install ESXi 5.x from a bootable USB drive

1. Download the ESXi ISO.
2. Download UNetbootin.
3. Insert a blank USB thumb drive & format it using FAT32.
4. Run UNetBootin.
5. Select Diskimage.
6. Select ISO from the dropdown.
7. Click the ellipse button & browse to the ESXi ISO.
8. By Type select USB Drive.
9. By Drive select the letter for the USB thumb drive.
10. Click OK.

11. If you get a message saying E:\menu.c32 already exists click Yes to All.

12. When it is finished click Exit.

13. Insert the USB drive into the host & boot from USB.
14. From the boot menu select the ESXi installation option & press Enter

15. Finish the installation just like any other ESXi install

Boot from USB drive in VMware Workstation

In VMware Workstation booting from a USB drive is not a built-in feature. However there is a handy boot manager program called Plop Boot Manager that will make this possible. You can grab it from this link.

Download the latest version & extract the ZIP file.

Now from the Virtual Machine Settings dialog box in the VM modify the settings of the CD/DVD to use the plpbt.iso file in the extracted folder. Boot the VM & you will see a screen that lets you pick USB as a boot option.

Dell Driver FTP Download Page

http://ftp.dell.com/Pages/index.html

VMware Training Videos

These aren’t bad.

http://vmwarelearning.com

iTunes Activation Only Mode

To run iTunes in activation only mode open a command prompt & run the following command:

“C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunes.exe” /setPrefInt StoreActivationMode 1

Now open iTunes & activate the iPhone. When finished turn off activation only mode:

“C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunes.exe” /setPrefInt StoreActivationMode 0

Don’t Do This To Your Production Router

See which distribution list has a specific alias

In this example, find any distribution group that has the word contact in an alias.

Get-DistributionGroup | where {$_.EmailAddresses -match "contact"} | select Name, EmailAddresses | fl

Internet Explorer 10

Direct download for Internet Explorer 10. Get it now. And while you’re at it, uninstall that stupid google chrome browser.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/downloads/ie-10/worldwide-languages

Remove All Network Printers from Windows 7 or 2008 R2

From a command prompt run the following command:

wmic printer where Local=FALSE delete

Error when an ESXi Host boots

Description – When an ESXi host boots the screen changes from yellow & gray to purple. You receive an error that says, “The system has found a problem on your machine and cannot continue. Could not populate the filesystem: Admission check failed for memory resources.”

Cause – Not enough RAM in the ESXi host. The minimum requirement for RAM in an ESXi host is 2GB.
Solution – Add more RAM.