Nov 04 2011

How To – Hack Citrix License Server Console

Category: Technology,Tutorials — admin @ 6:58 pm

Older versions of Citrix license server:

  • Open the file C:\Program Files\Citrix\licensing\LMC\Tomcat\conf\tomcat-users.xml
  • Find the line that goes something like this: <user username=”DOMAIN\USERNAME” password=”” fullName=”User Name” roles=”lmc-access-role,lmc-current-usage-role,lmc-historical-usage-role,lmc-configuration-role,lmc-user-admin-role”/>
  • Copy this line and add your own username
  • Save the file
  • Log in to the Citrix license server console

Newer versions of Citrix license server:

  • Open the file C:\Program Files\Citrix\Licensing\LS\conf\server.xml
  • Find the line that goes something like this: <user firstName=”System” id=”admin” lastName=”Administrator” password=”(ENC-01)E4kR4LnUN14dUSdkZS5eTsvkB+CD8Q65nEePr+4FQZjCkNjf” passwordExpired=”false” privileges=”admin” />
  • Change the password value to a temporary password and change the passwordExpired value to “true”. You’re line should look something like this: <user firstName=”System” id=”admin” lastName=”Administrator” password=”password” passwordExpired=”true” privileges=”admin” />
  • Save the file
  • Restart the Citrix licensing service
  • Log in to the Citrix license server console with username “admin” and use your temporary password. You will be prompted to change the password and you’re in.

Sep 20 2011

How To – Change Windows 8 Welcome Screen (Metro Screen)

Category: Tutorials — admin @ 2:49 pm

http://tldrtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/windows8-screenshot-metro-ui-440x247.jpgTutorial: How to get started with customizing the Metro Start Screen | Panda X

  1. Download a hex editor. I chose HxD (http://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/)
  2. Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\
  3. In the Ribbon click File > Open Command Prompt > Open Command Promt as Administrator
  4. Type the following in CMD;
    takeown /f uxtheme.dll
    icacls uxtheme.dll /grant Administrators:F
  5. Copy uxtheme.dll to the deskop.
  6. Open your hex editor and open uxtheme.dll
  7. Go to the hex location as shown in ‘Metro Customization – Hex Table.txt’ by hitting Ctrl+G (Might be different in your program)
  8. Make sure your hex editor is set to OVERWRITE and NOT insert.
  9. Replace the colors as shown in ‘Metro Customization – Hex Table.txt’ with your own. The format is Red, Green, Blue, Alpha (RGBA). For a solid/opaque image leave the last byte as FF (example: FF0000FF would be solid red)
  10. Save.
  11. In system32 rename uxtheme.dll to uxtheme.dll.old
  12. Place copy the uxtheme.dll from your desktop to system32.
  13. Reboot.

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Sep 15 2011

How To – Install Windows 8 with a USB Memory Stick

Category: Tutorials — admin @ 11:10 pm

The days of installing Windows from CD/DVD are now passed, most of the people now use third party apps to install Windows via USB. Yesterday Microsoft released the first Windows 8 Developer preview free. We are posting guide on how to install Windows 8 using USB.

This tutorial is thanks to technobolt.com

Prerequisite:

  • Download Windows 8 ISO [Developer Preview]
  • Download Windows 7 USB/DVD [Official Microsoft tool for creating bootable DVD or USB device of Windows 8.]

Step 1: Install Window 7 USB/DVD tool and open it, Browse the Windows 8 ISO which you downloaded earlier and click next.

Step 2: In the second step select USB in creating bootable image.

Step 3: Plug in USB and browse the USB as shown in picture below to create bootable Windows 8 drive, now click begin copying:

You have to backup your USB before proceeding with this step because copying windows 8 files will delete all your data from USB.

Step 4: That’s it Windows 8 files will now be copy to usb in the form of bootable image.

Step 5: Now simply restart your computer and boot the computer via USB drive to begin installation of Windows 8.

Aug 25 2011

How To – Manually Migrate from BPOS to Office365

Category: Tutorials — admin @ 11:53 pm

What should someone do who is eager to move from BPOS to Office 365?

  1. Ensure all of your computers meet the Office 365 system requirements.
  2. Sign up for an Office 365 account. Do NOT add any other domains at this point
  3. Run the Office 365 online desktop setup tool on all desktop PCs.
  4. Back up all of your users’ mail to .pst files using Outlook.
  5. Remove all vanity domain information from BPOS.
  1. Remove all production domain e-mail addresses from any accounts using them. Here’s an example. Your production domain is contoso.com. You have a user, Joe, with the e-mail addresses Joe@contoso.microsoftonline.com and Joe@contoso.com. Remove the Joe@contoso.com e-mail address, as well as any other e-mail addresses in the system that end with contoso.com.
  2. Remove your production domain from BPOS.
  • Contact BPOS Support, and
    1. Tell them you wish to have your production domain removed from FOPE.
    2. Ask them to check in the Office 365 environment to see if Microsoft has already copied your domain(s) and users to a pre-transition tenant. If this has happened, your domain(s) will need to be removed from Office 365 as well
  • Wait 1 day for Support to remove your domains. You will receive no inbound email for this period.
  • Sign in to your Office 365 admin account and add your production domain to Office 365.
  • Add your users to Office 365.
  • Import the .pst files you made in step 3 into the appropriate user mailboxes using Outlook.

    • Aug 25 2011

    How To – Enable SSH Shell Access on ESXi 5.0

    Category: Tutorials,Virtualization — admin @ 6:42 pm

    Enabling ESXi Shell access with the vSphere Client

    Use the vSphere Client to enable local and remote access to the ESXi Shell:
    1. Log in to a vCenter Server system using the vSphere Client.
    2. Select the host in the inventory panel.
    3. Click the Configuration tab and click Security Profile.
    4. In the Services section, click Properties.
    5. Select ESXi Shell from this list:ESXi Shell
      SSH
      Direct Console UI
    6. Click Options and select Start and stop manually.Note: When you select Start and stop manually, the service does not start when you reboot the host. If you want the service to start when you reboot the host, select Start and stop with host.
    7. Select Start to enable the service.
    8. Click OK.

    Enabling ESXi Shell Access with the Direct Console User Interface

    Use the direct console user interface to enable the ESXi Shell:
    1. From the direct console user interface, press F2 to access the System Customization menu.
    2. Select Troubleshooting Options and press Enter.
    3. From this Troubleshooting Mode Options menu, select Enable ESXi Shell.Enable ESXi Shell
      Enable SSH
    4. Press Enter to enable the service.

    Configuring the timeout for the ESXi Shell

    By default, the timeout setting for the ESXi Shell is 0 (disabled). The timeout setting is the number of minutes that can elapse before you must log in after the ESXi Shell is enabled. After the timeout period, if you have not logged in, the shell is disabled.
    Note: If you are logged in when the timeout period elapses, your session persists. However, the ESXi Shell is disabled and it prevents other users from logging in.
    • To set the ESXi Shell timeout from the Direct Console User Interface:
      1. From the direct console user interface, press F2 to access the System Customization menu.
      2. Click Troubleshooting Mode Options.
      3. Select Modify ESXi Shell timeout and press Enter.
      4. Enter the timeout in minutes.
      5. Press Enter.
      6. Press Esc until you return to the main menu of the Direct Console User Interface
    • To set the ESXi Shell timeout from vSphere Client:
      1. Log in to a vCenter Server system using the vSphere Client.
      2. Select the host in the inventory panel and click Configuration tab.
      3. Under Software, select Advanced Settings.
      4. In the left panel, select UserVars.
      5. In the UserVars.ESXiShellTimeOut field, enter the timeout setting.
      6. Click OK.

    Accessing the local ESXi Shell

    1. If you have direct access to the host, press Alt+F2 to open the login page on the machine’s physical console..
    2. Provide credentials when prompted.

    Accessing the remote TSM

    1. Open an SSH client.
    2. Specify the IP address or domain name of the ESX host.Notes:
      • Directions may vary depending on what SSH client you are using. For more information, consult vendor documentation and support.
      • By default, SSH works on TCP port 22.
    3. Provide credentials when prompted.

     

    Here is the video:

    Aug 25 2011

    How To – Cannot change network to bridged: There are no un-bridged host network adaptors

    Category: Tutorials — admin @ 6:00 pm

    This tutorial is aimed at people that have had problems with their VMWare Workstation 7 setup.
    If you have recieved the message “Cannot change network to bridged: There are no un-bridged host network adaptors” then please follow these instructions to see if it fixes your problem.

    There is one method I tried that was quicker and it worked – here is what I did:

    1. Make sure vmware workstation is closed
    2. Search for vmware workstation in your start menu list and right click on it
    3. Click on launch as administrator
    4. Accept the prompt
    5. Once vmware workstation opens up, go to edit / virtual network editor and it should try and automatically sort out your network settings.
    6. This usually does the trick if you are on Windows Vista or Windows 7.
    7. If it didnt resolve the matter, then press on restore defaults.
    8. Fin

    Here is another method:

    Virtual Network Editor

    Error “Cannot change network to bridged: There are no un-bridged host network adaptors”

    Cannot change network to bridged: There are no un-bridged host network adaptors

    • First you need to check whether the VMware driver is installed on your network card. It needs to be ticked. If it is not there click install

    vmware driver

    • Open Service and click VMware Bridge Protocol to install

    vmware bridge protocol

    • If that does not work. Open the Virutal Network Editor and click Restore
    • WARNING: this will reset all network settings as shown in the network editor. BACKUP before doing this

    vmware network restore defaultvmware uninstalling network components

    Jul 26 2011

    How To – Reset Password for Asus EEEPC

    Category: Technology,Tutorials — admin @ 10:25 pm

    Reset your Asus Eee PC password

    Password persa sull'Eee PC?
    Sorry for the screenshot language, but I own an Italian Eee PC :(
    … and sorry for my poor English, too!

    Don’t worry: you can reset the password, setting a new one without resetting your Eee PC with the built-in “Restore Factory Settings“… and without losing your precious data! ;)

    Removing the login password request

    To remove the password request (in order to be able to do the login again) you have to delete a configuration file… so, you’ll need to access the file system. You can do this entering the single user mode.

    Entering boot loader (Grub) of the Eee PC

    Turn on your Eee PC; as soon as the first screen appears (the one with the “Press F2 to run setup” request)…

    Schermata di boot dell'Asus Eee PC

    … press and keep pressed the F9 key, until the Grub main screen will appear. Now, you have 3 options:

    1. Normal Boot;
    2. Perform Disk Scan;
    3. Restore Factory Setting.

    Grub Eee PC - schermata principale

    Booting Single User Mode

    Select (using the arrow keys) Perform Disk Scan and press the “e” key, to edit the line. Now select the second line (the one that begins with “kernel”), and press “e” again.

    Modificare Perform disk scan

    The cursor will blink at the end of the line. To enter the single user mode you have to replace the string XANDROSSCAN=y with XANDROSBOOTDEBUG=y

    inserire XANDROSBOOTDEBUG

    Press enter, then press the “b” key to boot single user mode.

    Removing the configuration file with BusyBox

    Now you’ll enter BusyBox, a small Linux-based system, with an ash shell. With this shell, you’ll delete the configuration file /home/user/.AsusLauncher/requireLogin: this way, you’ll remove the login password request!

    Execute the following commands:

    1. for the Eee PC 701 or Eee PC 904 HD:
      1. mount /dev/sda2 /mnt-user/
      2. cd /mnt-user/home/user/
      3. rm .AsusLauncher/requireLogin
      4. exit
    2. for the Eee PC 900:
      1. mknod /dev/sdb b 8 16
      2. mknod /dev/sdb1 b 8 17
      3. mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt-user/
      4. rm /mnt-user/user/.AsusLauncher/requireLogin
      5. exit

    Rimuovere la Richiesta password dell'Eee PC
    (click on the photo to zoom it, to be able to check the commands)

    Press return to reboot and to enter your Eee PC without the login request! ;)

    Resetting the old password and setting a new one

    Now you’re able to read and edit your files, but you can’t administrate your Eee PC: you have to set a new password.

    Open the terminal (with CTRL+ALT+T). To set a new user password type:

    sudo passwd user

    Press enter and type the new password.

    Do the same for the root password, typing

    sudo passwd

    exit and restart the laptop

    Source: TechnoBurger.net

    Jul 07 2011

    How To – Unlock Mac OSX With Your iPhone (Bluetooth)

    Category: iPhone / iTouch / iPad,Tutorials — admin @ 12:15 am

    mech14 has put two scripts together to use proximity to lock and unlock your Mac.

    The scripts also can be used to play and pause music when there’s a Bluetooth connection.

    The method is very easy and you don’t need to jailbreak your iPhone to do so.
    STEP 1: Download the required file which contains the two scripts for your Mac then open it and move all the files to a new folder on your desktop.
    STEP 2: Now open the file which have a Bluetooth icon then it will be installed in your menu bar.
    STEP 3: Click on the icon then hit Preferences and select your options as shown:

    STEP 4: At last, you’ll need to add the Apple Scripts. In the Out of Range Script field, hit Change and select the Apple Script you have already downloaded ‘outrange’. Then repeat the same step for In Range script.

    Now try turning your iPhone’s Bluetooth on and your Mac will surely respond.

    Jun 11 2011

    How To – Enable Multitask on iPad iOS 5 Beta 1

    Category: iPhone / iTouch / iPad,Tutorials — admin @ 7:57 pm

    1. Download iOS 5 beta 1 for iPad 1and install it using iTunes 10.5 beta
    2. Jailbreak iOS 5 beta 1 on iPad 1 using Redsn0w 0.9.8b1 for Mac. No Windows version out yet, please wait for it.
    3. Either get iFile from Cydia or SSH into your device to edit the K848AP.plist file. Mac users can also use the TextWrangler.
    4. Go to the following directory in the filesystem: /System/Library/CoreServices/Springboard.app, open the K848AP.plist file from there and add this: multitasking-gestures
    5. Save the file.

    Jun 11 2011

    How To – Upgrade to iOS 5 Beta 1 Without Developer Verification

    Category: iPhone / iTouch / iPad,Tutorials — admin @ 7:55 pm

    http://www.crispytech.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Mystery_iOS5.pngA lot of people have been asking for this, so I though I would post how its done.

    1. Download the iOS 5 IPSW
    2. Update via iTunes. Click using the Option key or Shift key while clicking Update. Select the file you downloaded.
    3. Once it upgrades, a new activation screen will appear.
    4. Triple click the home button. This activates the VoiceOver.
    5. Triple click the home button. Emergency Call will appear.
    6. Click on emergency call, and while it is switching, swipe with three fingers down.
    7. Notification Center will appear.
    8. Click on the Weather Widget and it will load.
    9. Click on the home button. The iOS device will exit the springboard.

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