These are my notes on how to configure some aspects of VMWare ESXi when operating it on a standalone server with the free license.
ESXi's SSH server must first be enabled via the host client (web interface).
Actually, on ESXi, it is a Purple Screen of Death (PSOD)
Control.exe intl.cpl — sets up region information
Control.exe timedate.cpl — sets up date & time
Regedit — registry editor
Notepad — hmm.. what would that be?
Msinfo32.exe — displays comprehensive system information
Taskmgr.exe — can also be executed via ctrl-alt-del
Hyper-V Server does not include much in the way of graphical tools, but third-party alternatives can be installed.
I found a disturbing lack of basic instructions for using Hyper-V Server 2019, so it is my hope that this guide is useful to somebody.
Before starting this guide, enable Remote Desktop support in Hyper-V Server using the built-in configuration menu. If you connect to the Hyper-V Server with Remote Desktop, it will make it easy to copy and paste text (and later, files) from a normal Windows desktop machine.
I prefer to bond multiple network interfaces for redundancy, however viewing and configuring the bond interface can be a bit tricky.
Multiple network links can be bonded using "active-backup" mode so that if one NIC goes down, another will take its place. This mode does not require a managed switch, however it has trouble prioritizing one interface over another. For example if you have a 1 Gbps NIC and a 10 Gbps NIC, unRAID is not smart enough to prefer the 10 Gbps NIC.
View overall bond status: cat /proc/net/bonding/bond0
The procedure to set up automatic sign-in is easy:
Run control userpasswords2 or netplwiz to open a special "User Accounts" dialog. Find the option "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer". Uncheck this, then click OK and you will be prompted to enter credentials.
Default IP: 192.168.1.99
To modify the configuration of a Lambda Nu NetDAQ ND-100, access the device at http://192.168.1.99/1234
IP and configuration information is from an Amazon.com review
To install Windows 7's Photo Viewer app in Windows 10, install the Restore_Windows_Photo_Viewer_ALL_USERS_with_Sort_order_fix.reg file and then in Settings > Default apps, configure it as the default photo viewer. This option does cause Windows Photo Viewer to be listed twice in Open with -> Choose an app. I choose the version with the pretty icon.
SOURCED FROM https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/14312-restore-windows-photo-viewer-windows-10-a.html#option2
To add a Windows context menu item "Edit With GIMP", download RegEditWithGimp.reg, edit the version number in the exe path to match your actual GIMP exe, and then double-click the reg file to install it into the registry.
