Archive for the ‘Hardware’ Category

2 Jul
2011

Funny: Change the HP Laserjet ‘ready’ message

To change the 'ready' message of a HP Laserjet, you can use the following script.

<span style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;">#!/usr/bin/perl</span>
<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">use</span> strict<span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">use</span> warnings<span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #b1b100;">unless</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #339933;">@</span><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">ARGV</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span> <span style="color: #000066;">print</span> <span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;usage: $0</span>

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11 Jun
2011

Review: Belkin KVM Omniview 5216K

A few months ago I got myself quite an expensive new device: a Belkin Omniview 5216K, model no F1DP216G. With this device, I'm supposed to be able to access the KVM of up to 16 servers. I can install them servers remotely (over PXE or virtual media), configure… Read more

28 May
2011

Find the Dell Service Tag Remotely

Windows with VNC/RDP

If you can login to the computer over VNC or RDP, you can use wmic to find the service tag:
start > run > cmd
On the command line, enter:
wmic bios get serialnumber

Windows without VNC/RDP

If you cannot login to the computer over… Read more

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