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		<title>A silly hotfix</title>
		<link>http://www.lackofpants.com/blog/2011/04/29/a-silly-hotfix/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For various reasons up at work I have configured a deployment setup for the training room. It is a rather decent setup combining the Microsoft Development Toolkit(MDT), Windows AIK, and the Windows Deployment Services(WDS). It was working fine with deploying Windows XP, attaching to the domain, installing all sorts of software. Well, we got new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Software updates</title>
		<link>http://www.lackofpants.com/blog/2011/02/17/software-updates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 23:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have this nagging issue with the way updates are done on Windows. I think that Microsoft should have APIs and other ways to tie into their update software so companies like Adobe (Acrobat, etc.) and Oracle (Java) can just have it check for updates. That way it would be one piece of software doing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enabling SSH on ESXi Servers</title>
		<link>http://www.lackofpants.com/blog/2010/04/09/enabling-ssh-on-esxi-servers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For 3.5 follow these instructions. You must be at the console of the server for this. Hold down ALT and push F1. Just type in the word &#8216;unsupported&#8217;, without the quotations of course, and hit enter. You may see a warning about it being unsupported. type in the root password that was set up when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SSH and Public Key authentication</title>
		<link>http://www.lackofpants.com/blog/2010/01/04/ssh-and-public-key-authentication/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lackofpants.com/?p=361</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was toying around with this for a way to automate a backup but do it over a secure connection. Here is the basic instructions that I have for at least setting up the key authentication. Also, WordPress mangles apostrophes so if you copy the commands from here and paste them into a shell it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Calendar has become useful</title>
		<link>http://www.lackofpants.com/blog/2009/12/23/google-calendar-has-become-useful/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lackofpants.com/?p=353</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am generally the type that only uses Google for searching. I have a Google email account, that I do not use, and have been playing with Wave a bit but never really wanted to branch out past that. At home I tend to use Outlook for my calendar. It works great but is not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Microsoft Event in Houston</title>
		<link>http://www.lackofpants.com/blog/2009/11/10/2009-microsoft-event-in-houston/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lackofpants.com/?p=334</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some months back I signed up for the event and have been waiting on it as they were promising they were giving out a copy of Windows 7 Professional to each attendee. The event was yesterday and I got there around 7:30a or so. The interesting part was that it took place in the AMC [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VMware ESXi Server on the IBM</title>
		<link>http://www.lackofpants.com/blog/2009/11/06/vmware-esxi-server-on-the-ibm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, so far getting ESXi installed on my IBM was rather easy once I got a CD drive hooked up to install it on the server. I am thinking there was maybe a compatibility problem with the SATA controller and the Dell. It could have been a voltage incompatibility because it started having issues when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bout time</title>
		<link>http://www.lackofpants.com/blog/2009/10/27/bout-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Original configuration Originally I had a desktop computer running Windows 2003 Server as a DC. I ran it in &#8217;2000-Mixed mode&#8217; for Samba&#8217;s sake as I was told it was important to do so. I eventually used the VMware Converter to make the DC a VM to run on my IBM as a guest. Samba [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alas poor ESXi, it was not meant to be</title>
		<link>http://www.lackofpants.com/blog/2009/10/20/alas-poor-esxi-it-was-not-meant-to-be/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lackofpants.com/?p=317</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems that I will be moving my VMware related VMs and all that to my IBM once I have things migrated to my Dell. I wanted ESXi to work on the Dell properly but the limits of SATA driver support and the underlying PITA it is to dig up logs to find out what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ESXi and RDM</title>
		<link>http://www.lackofpants.com/blog/2009/10/16/esxi-and-rdm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lackofpants.com/blog/2009/10/16/esxi-and-rdm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think I have finally made some headway on my ESXi experiment. I have all the VMs and ESXi running on my RAID5 array. It all works great and the speed is not too bad but there is not enough space for data storage. I figured I could put a couple of 500GB drives and [...]]]></description>
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