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Here is a guide on how to remove LPMXP popup

Actions to take :-

1. Stop rundll32 process

2. Uninstall lpmxp (Publisher is JDi Backup Ltd)

3. in the root of C:\ delete the END file

4. in C:\program files\ delete lpmxp

5. go to regedit HKEY_Current_USER > Software > Microsoft > Internet Explorer > Main > and change the start page from www.lpmxpXXXX.com

6. Open Chrome and go to settings > Appearance and on the home "Show Home Button" click "Change"

7. in the "Open this page" section and delete

Wednesday, 21 May 2014

Windows Remote Assistance

Our company has just started to introduce field users to the business, and at the moment there are no remote tools. So I have started to use Windows Remote Assistance to see if it can hold up other paid alternatives.

Ask the user to Run “Windows Remote assistance”

A new box will appear, ask the user to select “Invite someone you trust to help you”

Then ask the user to select “Use e-mail to send an invitation”

This will then bring up an email, ask the user to type your email address and click send.

Once the user has sent the email a box with a code will appear, you will need this to connect to the user’s PC:-

You should receive an email with an invitation, open the emails

Click on the attachment

Ask the user for the code and click “ok”

The user will be prompted to accept your connection, advice the user to click on “Yes”

To control the mouse and keyboard, click on request control

The user will be prompted to take control of the laptop ask them to click “yes”

You will now have full control

I have only just started to use this at work, I have used Team View and Landesk so I will let you know how I find using this.

Wednesday, 7 May 2014

Terminal Service Configuration

Here is a test box which I configured for Terminal Services and had a couple of users running on, I found it a little hard to find step by step instructions so here are mine:-

Open the Server Manager and right-click on roles, select Add Roles from the context menu

Click next on the Before You Being page to bring up a list of Roles that can be installed, select Remote Desktop Services and click next

On the Introduction to Remote Desktop Services page click next, this will bring you to the Role Services page, select the Remote Desktop Session Host as well as the Remote Desktop Licensing Service and then click next.

When you get to the application compatibility page it tells you that you should install the Session Host Role before you install your applications, just click next as we have not yet installed our applications.

You are then asked if you want to require NLA, this will only allow Windows clients to connect to the Remote Desktop Session Host Server, in addition they must be running a Remote Desktop Client that support Network Level Authentication. I will go ahead and require NLA and then click next.

We are using a Per User CAL

At the “Select User Group Allowed Access”, We have added the “TEST RDP” group into the user group who will have access to this Terminal Server:-

Because at the point of building the server and writing this document, we are not sure how the user will be using the server, we have enabled everything:-

Because the server is configured with Windows 2008 R2 we don’t need to configure a discovery scope, click “Next”:-

Confirm the installation and click “Install”:-

Installation will begin.

You will probably need to reboot the server:-

Once the reboot has completed click “close”

Once the install is complete you will need to activate the server, goto:-

Start > Administrative Tools > Remote Desktop Services > Remote Desktop Licensing Manager

Right click on the Server name and select “Activate Server”

Click Next on the Welcome to the Active Server Wizard

Take the defaults and click “next” on the “Connection Method” Page

Enter the details and click “Next” on the next 2 pages

Click ok on the next page and this will launch “Welcome to the Install Licenses Wizard” … Click “Next”

There is also the following available from Amazon :-

Sunday, 21 July 2013

vShpere 5 - Creating a Schedule task

This is something I have been using a fair bit over the last month to help stop having to dial in late at night.

In your vSphere Client connect to your vCentre server and go to:-

Home > Management > Scheduled Tasks

Click on the "new" button and select the task you would like to preform:-

In this example I have picked "Create a snapshot of a virtual machine" I have select the virtual machine I would like to snapshot.

Enter name that will appear manager

This name will appear in the "Scheduled Tasks", and fill in when you would like it to run:-

If you want it to email you once it has complete fill this section in with an email address (SMTP will need to be configured to do this):-

Click finish to complete:-

When the job has completed you will see the "last run" section is populated.

Thanks

Mark

Sunday, 14 July 2013

P2V - Post migration issue with NIC cards

Hello,

I have done quite a few Physical to Virtual (P2V) migrations over the years and one of the first "gotchya" was around P2V'ing a physical machine with a static IP address.

Once the physical machine had finished migrating, when starting the new VM (Virtual Machine) the original physical NIC still exists on the VM, with the IP assigned to it. If you try and add the same static IP to the new VMNic you will get a IP conflict message.

To delete the original hidden physical NIC (ghost NIC) follow the below:-

1. From the command prompt type: - set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices = 1

2. Start the search. Type: - start devmgmt.msc

3. From the Device Manager list the devices: Select: - View > Show hidden devices.

4. De-install the listed devices: - Select the device and uninstall it from the Device Manager.

I hope this has helped.
Mark