How to Install Windows Server 2008 Step by Step

1. Insert the appropriate Windows Server 2008 installation media into your DVD drive. If you don't have an installation DVD for Windows Server 2008, you can download one for free from Microsoft's Windows 2008 Server Trial website.
2. Reboot the computer.


3. When prompted for an installation language and other regional options, make your selection and press Next.

4. Next, press Install Now to begin the installation process.

5. Product activation is now also identical with that found in Windows Vista. Enter your Product ID in the next window, and if you want to automatically activate Windows the moment the installation finishes, click Next.

If you do not have the Product ID available right now, you can leave the box empty, and click Next. You will need to provide the Product ID later, after the server installation is over. Press No.

6. Because you did not provide the correct ID, the installation process cannot determine what kind of Windows Server 2008 license you own, and therefore you will be prompted to select your correct version in the next screen, assuming you are telling the truth and will provide the correct ID to prove your selection later on.

7. If you did provide the right Product ID, select the Full version of the right Windows version you're prompted, and click Next.

8. Read and accept the license terms by clicking to select the checkbox and pressing Next.

9. In the "Which type of installation do you want?" window, click the only available option – Custom (Advanced).

10. In the "Where do you want to install Windows?", if you're installing the server on a regular IDE hard disk, click to select the first disk, usually Disk 0, and click Next.

If you're installing on a hard disk that's connected to a SCSI controller, click Load Driver and insert the media provided by the controller's manufacturer.

If you must, you can also click Drive Options and manually create a partition on the destination hard disk.
11. The installation now begins, and you can go and have lunch. Copying the setup files from the DVD to the hard drive only takes about one minute. However, extracting and uncompressing the files takes a good deal longer. After 20 minutes, the operating system is installed. The exact time it takes to install server core depends upon your hardware specifications. Faster disks will perform much faster installs… Windows Server 2008 takes up approximately 10 GB of hard drive space.

The installation process will reboot your computer, so, if in step #10 you inserted a floppy disk (either real or virtual), make sure you remove it before going to lunch, as you'll find the server hanged without the ability to boot (you can bypass this by configuring the server to boot from a CD/DVD and then from the hard disk in the booting order on the server's BIOS)
12. Then the server reboots you'll be prompted with the new Windows Server 2008 type of login screen. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to log in.

13. Click on Other User.

14. The default Administrator is blank, so just type Administrator and press Enter.

15. You will be prompted to change the user's password. You have no choice but to press Ok.

16. In the password changing dialog box, leave the default password blank (duh, read step #15…), and enter a new, complex, at-least-7-characters-long new password twice. A password like "topsecret" is not valid (it's not complex), but one like "T0pSecreT!" sure is. Make sure you remember it.

17. Someone thought it would be cool to nag you once more, so now you'll be prompted to accept the fact that the password had been changed. Press Ok.


18. Finally, the desktop appears and that's it, you're logged on and can begin working. You will be greeted by an assistant for the initial server configuration, and after performing some initial configuration tasks, you will be able to start working.

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How to Lock any Drive ( Hard Disk & CD Drive )

STEPS TO LOCK DRIVE IN WINDOWS:

1. Go to Start menu and then to RUN  and type "gpedit.msc" (without quotes) and Press Enter.

2. Now you will see a new dialog window , where you will see two things "Computer Configuration" and "User Configuration". Now click on "User Configuration".

3. There you will see three items. Now you have to Click on "Administrative Templates". Then go to "Windows Components".

4. There you will see a lot of Windows Components. Now Click on " Windows Explorer". 

5. Now you will find something like this "Prevent Access To Drives From My Computers" , double click on it . It will open its properties. Now to lock a drive or drives click on "Enabled"radio button. Now from the drop down menu select the dri ve that you want to lock or block.

6. After that click on apply and restart your system. Now anyone will not been able to access the particular drive.

7. To unlock the drive again follow the similar procedure and just click on "Not configured" and apply the settings and restart your system.

Courtesy : abkantharaja.blogspot.in

HOW TO ADD RUN COMMAND TO THE START MENU IN WINDOWS 7

To add the Run command to the Start menu

1. Open Taskbar and Start Menu Properties by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, and then clicking Taskbar and Start Menu.
2. Click the Start Menu tab, and then click Customize.
3. In the list of Start menu options, select the Run command check box, and then click OK. The Run command will be displayed on the right side of the Start menu.

Tool for registering DLL files

Whenever Meghdoot patches are installed, we need to register the DLL files replaced. Here is a tool created from the coding provided by Mr. Nordin Rahman. The original coding is not known.

All OCX,DLL,TLB files in a directory can be registered/unregistered.

Courtesy : http://srfix.blogspot.in/

How To Fix Virtual Memory Too Low Error

This is a very common error message and before showing how to resolve the low virtual memory error we should maybe explain what it is an what causes it.

What is virtual memory?

You computer has RAM which distributes data from the hard drive to the processor and the other way around. When the RAM memory is running out of space it calls for backup in the form of virtual memory. Virtual memory is just that “Virtual” as it taps into space on the hard drive to give your RAM a bit of backup.

If the amount of Virtual memory available to the operating system is too low you will start to get the virtual memory too low messages. The most common reason for getting this message is a recent memory upgrade or setting change. Luckily there is a way to ensure you have enough virtual memory by simply changing a few settings in the virtual memory settings.

How to change the amount of virtual memory in Windows 7 and Vista

Go to your start button at the bottom left of your screen and then go to computer and right click on it.

You will now see the system information screen. To access the virtual memory settings page click the advanced settings text link on the left hand side of the page.

You will now have a new window pop up with a number of tabs along the top. It should default to the advanced tab but if not select the advanced tab and then under performance select settings to get to the virtual memory settings. Another new windows will open, select the advanced tab again. Finally click on the change button under Virtual memory and this will be the page we resolve the problem.

You will now be in the virtual memory settings screen and your virtual memory settings may look different from the screenshot below.

For most people setting the virtual memory to be automatically managed by the operating system should be more than adequate for most people.

If you can’t or don’t want to use the automatic option you can set it manually.

Custom Size – Sets the minimum and maximum Paging file. If you are going to set manually the usual recommended figure for maximum is 1.5 times your amount of RAM. For example if you have 4GB of RAM then the recommended maximum is 6GB of virtual memory but if you are still getting the error it may be worth playing about with the maximum.

System Managed - Means that the memory is managed by the system but again if you are getting virtual memory too low warnings you may be best playing around with custom size.

No paging File – Not recommended. This means you will have no virtual memory backup should you run low on memory.

Once you have set simply OK through the open screens. You may be prompted to restart your computer.

Hopefully that should resolve your virtual memory too low warning messages.

Courtesy : http://bnjho.blogspot.in

About DoP and Finacle

Introduction about Finacle

Finacle is a core banking software package developed by Indian technology corporation Infosys.

It is used by multiple banks across several countries, it can handle multi-currency transactions. Several major customers of Finacle include Nadra Bank of Ukraine, ICICI Bank of India and Al Hilal Bank of the United Arab Emirates

Following Banks are using Finacle , The list is large but we brought you some of leading Banks using this Platform.

1. ALEXBANK
2. ANZ BANK, 
3. ARAB NATIONAL BANK,
4. BANK DHOFAR, 
5. CO-OPERATIVE FINANCIAL SERVICES, 
6. CREDIT SUISSE, 
7. DBS BANK, 
8. EMIRATES BANK, 
9. FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA,
10. HATTON NATIONAL BANK, 
11. ICICI BANK, 
12. NATIONAL AUSTRALIA GROUP EUROPE, 
13. NYKREDIT, 
14. POSTBANK UGANDA LTD,
15. RAIFFEISSENBANK, 
16. SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE
17. ZURICH FINANCIAL SERVICES.
18. ABN AMRO 
19. NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK OF SAUDI ARABIA 
20. MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK
21. FEDERAL BANK
22. BANK OF INDIA
23. BANK OF BARODA
24. ANDHRA BANK
25. PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK
26. UNION BANK OF INDIA
27. IDBI BANK
28. INDUSIND BANK
29. SBI INTERNATIONAL OPERATION
30. VIJAYA BANK
31. UCO BANK
32. ING Vysya Bank Ltd
33. Oriental Bank of Commerce

Department of Posts also added in this List. Now we are Using Finacle Banking software in our CBS Offices

About DoP and Finacle 

For more than 150 years, the Department of Posts (DoP) has been the backbone of the country’s communication and has played a crucial role in the country's socio-economic development. It touches the lives of Indian citizens in many ways: delivering mails, accepting deposits under Small Savings Schemes, providing life insurance cover under Postal Life Insurance (PLI) and Rural Postal Life Insurance (RPLI) and providing retail services like bill collection, sale of forms, etc. The DoP also acts as an agent for Government of India in discharging other services for citizens such as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) wage disbursement and old age pension payments. With 1, 55,015 Post Offices, the DoP has the most widely distributed postal network in the world.

New Delhi, India - August 9, 2012: Infosys, a global leader in consulting and technology, today announced that it has been selected by the Department of Post, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India for a mission-critical program that will enhance India Post's financial services across 150,000 post offices in the country. This is part of the 'India Post 2012' modernization program that aims at bringing transparency, agility, flexibility and scalability to India Post's operations.

Under the agreement, Infosys and India Post will embark on a transformational initiative, which encompasses Financial Services System Integration. This project, estimated at INR 700 crores, aims to transform India Post into a technology-enabled and autonomous market leader, by revolutionizing its financial operations and end-user services.

As Financial Services System Integrator, Infosys will implement and manage its flagship Finacle™ Core Banking and McCamish™ Insurance products to help India Post transform its banking and insurance operations - covering more than 200 million banking customers across urban and rural India; including a large base of insurance customers. Infosys will be installing 1,000 ATMs for India Post as part of this program to increase the effectiveness of its delivery channel and will also implement an electronic Content Management system to manage millions of documents generated as part of India Post's financial operations.

For the project, Infosys will support India Post in the following areas:

Complete System Integration including designing, building, supplying, installing and commissioning hardware and software

Data migration and deployment of the platforms and solutions across all identified post offices

Supporting multi-year managed services, application support and infrastructure operations

Training more than 35,000 India Post employees across the country on the usage and deployment of the new platform and solutions

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