Monthly Archive: April 2014

April 30, 2014

Kaspersky Internet Security 10 suddenly blocking Windows Update

One of my Windows 7 VM experiences Windows Update Error with Error Code 80072F78, but the updates works fine after stopping Kaspersky Internet Security 10. On a closer look, the windows update will also...

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April 29, 2014

VMWare ESXi 5.1 Hot backup to NFS mounted USB Storage

I use the free tools xsibackup from sourceforge to do the hot backup. An USB external HD is pre-formatted in ext3 format. I plug this external USB HD to the NFS server, and then...

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April 29, 2014

Blank desktop after logon Windows 2008 R2 member server

As from a routine checking on a Win 2008 r2 domain member server, I found that a blank screen appears no matter I do console or remote desktop logon. I run ctrl-alt-del from console...

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April 15, 2014

Patch Vmware ESXi 5.1 without Update Manager

As I am using free version of VMWare ESXi, we cannot use the update manage for automatic updates of patches. To do the patch updates manually, download the patches from VMWare Patch Page. My...

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April 1, 2014

P2V by VMWare vCenter Converter Standalone

Here is my record of my test on conversion of an old physical Dell GX280 machine running Fedora 11 into an ESXI 5.1 guest VM. I will need VMWare vCenter Convertor Standalone and also...