Hash rules are rules created in group policy that analyze software. It considers the “footprint” of software to recognize it. This means that if the program is renamed, it will still be recognized. Renaming the software is an old trick used by people who write viruses. these hash rules in Group Policy can be used [...]

FOG servers come with a mobile interface. they allow some of the FOG server function to be used by a smart phone or tablet attached to the network. This is a video about how to deploy an image to your windows 7 machine from the FOG server. The client machine must be PXE boot compliant. [...]

This is a video about how to deploy an image to your windows 7 machine from the FOG server. The client machine must be PXE boot compliant. This allows you to create a copy of windows and back it up. Then it may be restored to the one or many machines. FOG Project (http://fogproject.org) is [...]

This is a video about how to upload an image from your windows 7 machine to the fog server. The client machine must be PXE boot compliant. This allows you to create a copy of windows and back it up. Then it may be restored to the one or many machines. FOG Project is a [...]

This is a video about how to register computer (hardware) with the FOG server. It remembers the MAC address and associates an image with the computer. It also allows for the server to store tag numbers, hardware information, and associated users. FOG Project (http://fogproject.org) is a free imaging solution. To make a disk image for [...]

FOG Project is a free imaging solution. To make a disk image for a computer is to copy it’s hard drive while it is in a working state. Then if the computer should fail, you can always restore the operating system to a previously working version. If the hardware fails, this does not help! This [...]

This is a video on the DHCP console for Windows Server 2008. There are many settings to be configured in the console that are complex and hard to understand. DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. It is the service that leases IP addresses to clients. You can choose what cards to bind the DHCP [...]

A Media Access Control (MAC) address is burned into every network card made. With Windows Server 2008, it is possible to allow or deny a computer or client from getting an IP Address based on a list of MAC Addresses. This is controlled by the DHCP server and is a new feature in Windows Server [...]

When a computer receives an IP Address from the DHCP server, it often receives extra information such as listings for DNS server, Default gateway, BootP server, etc. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol is a way of assigning IP Addresses to clients on a network, but networking is often useless without this extra information.

DHCP reservations are used similar to static IP Addresses. The DHCP server is programmed that when a certain MAC address shows up, that MAC address is always assigned the same IP Address. The client is configured for DHCP configuration. This video is made using Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7. DHCP is a networking [...]

DHCP (dynamic host configuration protocol) is a service that gives IP Addresses to clients. To have that service you need a DHCP server. Here I build a DHCP scope. A scope is the term used for the range of addresses given to the DHCP server. Windows Server 2008 uses server manager to manage these roles.

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a protocol used to transfer files in a client/server model. The most common use for it is to transfer a made webpage into a server for a website. FTP is an old protocol that predates TCP/IP. It runs on TCP ports 20 and 21. 21 is the port that handles [...]