SHIFT-WIKI - Sjoerd Hooft's InFormation Technology
This WIKI is my personal documentation blog. Please enjoy it and feel free to reach out through blue sky if you have a question, remark, improvement or observation. See below for the latest additions, or use the search or tags to browse for content.
Windows Server 2008
Summary: The azure application proxy ….
Date: Around 2008
Refactor: 31 December 2024: Checked links and formatting.
Windows PowerPlan in Virtual Machines
Summary: How to get and set the Windows Powerplan for best performance in Virtual Machines.
Date: Around 2011
Refactor: 1 May 2025: Checked links and formatting.
The windows powerplan is set to balanced by default in Windows Server 2008/R2, but that could seriously impact performance. And, because idle CPUs in virtual environments don't use much power anyway, especially in virtual environments, it could be better to change this setting to High Performance:
- Go to the Control Panel → Hardware → Choose a power plan
- Click on “Change settings that are currently unavailable”
- Set to “High Performance”
Windows NFS Shares
Summary: How to setup an NFS share on Windows to share data with a linux box.
Date: Around 2014
Refactor: 1 May 2025: Checked links and formatting.
To be able to mount a share from Windows to a Linux box we found that NFS services for Windows were by far the easiest way to go.
- Windows is a Windows Server 2008 R2 edition.
- Linux is a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 edition.
Note: I already did that a long time ago on Windows Server 2003 and AIX. Click here for more info about that.
This is how to install and configure the services:
Install Windows 10 from an USB Drive
Summary: This small tutorial will show you how to install Windows 10 on a computer from a USB flash drive.
Date: Around 2012
Refactor: 1 May 2025: Checked links and formatting.