Create Custom Tab for Jabber for Windows

You can create custom tab for Jabber for Windows to show HTML contents, just like a browser within Jabber for Windows client.  To do so, you can follow the below steps:


1. Access the following directory, assuming you are using a Windows 7 machine
C:\Users\%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Cisco\Unified Communications\Jabber\CSF\Config

2. Copy the file jabber-config.xml to the same folder and rename it to jabber-config-user.xml
3. Edit the jabber-config-user.xml file, below is an example to access this blog within Jabber for Windows client.

4. Save the file and restart Jabber

Good luck!

Cisco Jabber for Windows with UDS

User Data Interface is the new application interface that allows Cisco Jabber for Windows to search UCM user database and make user contacts available to Jabber for Windows user, you can search and add the contact to Jabber for Windows buddy list.  Not necessary UCM local user, you can synchronize AD users to UCM, then make it available to Jabber via UDS.  This is what I am doing in my lab.

To enable UDS, you need to create a new xml file namely jabber-config.xml.  The following example xml file enables UDS as well as using presence credential for phone services.

Remember to save this file in UTF-8 encoding.  Upload this file to UCM via UCM OS administration, to its root folder.  Then restart TFTP service on UCM and try to login via Jabber for Windows, then you can search and add contacts from UCM user contacts.

My environment:  UCM 8.6.2 + CUP 8.6.2 + Jabber for Windows 9.0.2

Downgrade to IE 6

I have an application that can only run on IE 6, and I have downgraded my machines with IE 7 and IE 8 back to IE 6.  Here is how I did it on my old XP boxes:

1. Run %windir%\ie7\spuninst\spuninst.exe
2. Reboot your machine
3. Then launch your IE 6 with the command iexplore.exe

Good luck!

Time Synchronization between Windows Domain controller and domain clients

net time \\1.2.3.4 /set /yes

If you are in a Citrix XenDesktop 4 environment, you need the time sync otherwise the hosted VM can't register to the DDC

Failed to Install IPv6 on Windows XP

I have tried to install IPv6 on my Windows XP laptop using the command line “ipv6 install” and it failed with the error message “Failed to complete action, Error 0x800704b8”.  When I tried to do it via GUI and it showed an error dialog box “An extended error has occured”.  After some googling, I solve my problem with the following command:

esentutl /p %windir%\security\Database\secedit.sdb

Try to run the ipv6 install again and it works like a charm!

Configuring Windows 2003 Server DNS in IPv6 environment

My environment: Windows 2003 Server Enterprise edition

You can configure your Windows 2K3 server to listen over IPv6, what you need to do is to enable it through command prompt:

dnscmd /config /EnableIPv6 1

Then restart your DNS service.

To add an IPv6 host record, you’ll need to add an “AAAA” record instead of an “A” host record like you did in IPv4.

Right click on your domain name in the forward lookup zones, choose “Other New Records”

Add a new AAAA record:

To check if it is working, you can either using nslookup on Windows or dig on Linux:

dig -6 ad-v6.ucdemo.com @c0:a8:a::c8 AAAA

nslookup –q=AAAA ad-v6.ucdemo.com

Configuring Static ipv6 address and default route on Windows 2003 Server

My environment: Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition

There is no GUI for ipv6 static address configuration, you can configure it through the netsh CLI:

netsh interface ipv6 set privacy disabled

netsh interface ipv6 add address interface="Local Area Connection" address=2001:1:1::200 store=persistent

netsh interface ipv6 add route ::/0 interface="Local Area Connection" 2001:1:1::1 store=persistent

To verify:

ipconfig /all

ping 2001:1:1::1

netstat -rn

Shared Folder in VMWare

When using a virtual machine, you will find inevitable for the guest OS accessing the host OS, mostly for file sharing. VMWare provides a great way to do.

My environment: VMWare Workstation 6.0.2
Guest OS: Windows XP SP2 32-bit
Host OS: Windows Vista SP1 64-bit

1. On your VMWare Workstation console, choose VM > Settings > Options > Shared Folders

2. Pick "Always Enabled" if you want to make your shared folder always on your guest OS, and add the folder you want to share.

3. Install VMWare tools on your host OS by choosing VM > Install VMWare Tools on your VMWare Workstation.

4. Then you can access your host OS shared folder by:
\\.host\Shared Folders

Linksys WUSB54G v4 driver on 64-bit Vista

It takes me some time to find it on net, eventually got it from the Linksys forum.

http://forums.linksys.com/linksys/board/message?board.id=Wireless_Adapters&message.id=2371

You can download the driver directly from here.

Still figuring out how to get it working on my RH FC8 partition, tried the rt2570 driver but seems can't get it working yet. If anybody tried it before, feel free to leave a message here :)