while your setting environment variables, add 'prompt $T$_$P$G' , adds time to the path at the prompt, VERY useful for troubleshooting
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Sam Cayze <sca...@gmail.com> wrote: > I got sick of always doing this during DR Test restores, so I set it at the > GPO level on all my systems. > > Done and done for good. > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Lum [mailto:david....@nwea.org] > Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 12:12 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Neat tip of the week > > Ok so this is an oooold tip, but I just recently had a need for it. > > Ever have a VM that when you assigned it an IP address it complained that > (and I am paraphrasing) "a hidden network device also has this IP address > and if it becomes active there will be a conflict" but when you go to > device > manager and have it show hidden devices there's only one NIC listed? I see > this usually when I P2V a machine, but also moving a VM from one > environment > to another (just copying the VHD's and using the copy to create a new VM) > will generate this as well. In any case, here's how you can remedy that > little issue: > > Add in your system environment variables the variable > DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES set it's value to: 1 reboot your machine > goto your device manager show all hidden devices > > Works for 2003 Server and later Windows OS's. Sweet! > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
