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Aug 15 2008   1:15PM GMT

Diskeeper Helps Customers Get Virtual with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Virtualization



Posted by: Michael Khanin
app-v, Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V, vmware, Win 2008 Core

Diskeeper announced that its flagship Diskeeper 2008 automatic defragmenter achieved Certified for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V status from Microsoft. Diskeeper 2008 is one of the first three applications, out of 175 applications currently certified for Windows Server 2008, to earn the Hyper V designation.

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Jul 22 2008   9:34PM GMT

Script for Changing the Screen Resolution in Windows Server 2008 Server Core



Posted by: Michael Khanin
Win 2008 Core, Windows Server 2008

I just finished with a script video_res.bat :). This scripts helps change the screen resolution in Windows Server 2008 Server Core. You can do this manually, but simple use Regedit, but you should know exactly what video driver is working right now in your system, my script does it for you, you just need to select the resolution and that it! Here is a content of video_res.bat:

@ECHO OFF
Rem ****************************************************************
Rem *                                                              *
Rem * Script to change display resolution in Windows 2008 Core     *
Rem *                                                              *
Rem * http://thesystemadministrator.com -  http://www.admininfo.ca *
Rem *                                                              *
Rem ****************************************************************

FOR /F “TOKENS=2 delims={}” %%a in (’”REG QUERY HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video /s /f VolatileSettings”‘) do set VIDEOCARD=%%a

@echo Please select display resolution:

@echo 1 - 640×480
@echo 2 - 800×600
@echo 3 - 1024×768
@echo 4 - 1280×720
@echo 5 - 1280×800
@echo 6 - 1280×1024
@echo 7 - 1440×900
@echo 8 - 1600×1200

SET /P VRES=To set display resolution to 1024×768 type 1 :

IF /i %VRES%==1 REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{%VIDEOCARD%}000 /v DefaultSettings.XResolution /t REG_DWORD /d 640 /f&REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{%VIDEOCARD%}000 /v DefaultSettings.YResolution /t REG_DWORD /d 480 /f&goto :EOF
IF /i %VRES%==2 REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{%VIDEOCARD%}000 /v DefaultSettings.XResolution /t REG_DWORD /d 800 /f&REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{%VIDEOCARD%}000 /v DefaultSettings.YResolution /t REG_DWORD /d 600 /f&goto :EOF
IF /i %VRES%==3 REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{%VIDEOCARD%}000 /v DefaultSettings.XResolution /t REG_DWORD /d 1024 /f&REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{%VIDEOCARD%}000 /v DefaultSettings.YResolution /t REG_DWORD /d 768 /f&goto :EOF
IF /i %VRES%==4 REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{%VIDEOCARD%}000 /v DefaultSettings.XResolution /t REG_DWORD /d 1280 /f&REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{%VIDEOCARD%}000 /v DefaultSettings.YResolution /t REG_DWORD /d 720 /f&goto :EOF
IF /i %VRES%==5 REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{%VIDEOCARD%}000 /v DefaultSettings.XResolution /t REG_DWORD /d 1280 /f&REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{%VIDEOCARD%}000 /v DefaultSettings.YResolution /t REG_DWORD /d 800 /f&goto :EOF
IF /i %VRES%==6 REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{%VIDEOCARD%}000 /v DefaultSettings.XResolution /t REG_DWORD /d 1280 /f&REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{%VIDEOCARD%}000 /v DefaultSettings.YResolution /t REG_DWORD /d 1024 /f&goto :EOF
IF /i %VRES%==7 REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{%VIDEOCARD%}000 /v DefaultSettings.XResolution /t REG_DWORD /d 1440 /f&REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{%VIDEOCARD%}000 /v DefaultSettings.YResolution /t REG_DWORD /d 900 /f&goto :EOF
IF /i %VRES%==8 REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{%VIDEOCARD%}000 /v DefaultSettings.XResolution /t REG_DWORD /d 1600 /f&REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{%VIDEOCARD%}000 /v DefaultSettings.YResolution /t REG_DWORD /d 1200 /f&goto :EOF

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