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Few days ago, I’ve received 50 new servers without any OS preinstalled. The servers came without floppy drive and CD/DVD. I tried to connect an external CD (USB) or Disk on Key, but servers didn’t start. So, I decided to run PXE Boot. If you don't know what PXE is, here’s what is written in Wikipedia:

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The Universal TCP/IP Network Bootdisk is a DOS bootdisk that provides TCP/IP networking support. It's designed for use in Microsoft networking environments, on either peer-to-peer or domain based LANs. Currently 92 different network card drivers all included, all on the single 1.44MB disk!

Note: Take a look at Microsoft Article ID : 811497 to resolve a problems logging on to a Windows 2000-based server or a Windows 2003-based server

This DVD ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on August 14th, 2007. The image does not contain security updates for other Microsoft products. This DVD5 ISO image is intended for administrators that need to download multiple individual language versions of each security update and that do not use an automated solution such as Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). You can use this ISO image to download multiple updates in all languages at the same time.

Important   Be sure to check the individual security bulletins at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security

 If you need to send key to the any application, you can use a VBScript, like following example:

set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
   WshShell.Run "calc"
   WScript.Sleep 100
   WshShell.AppActivate "Calculator"
   WScript.Sleep 100
   WshShell.SendKeys "1{+}"
   WScript.Sleep 500
   WshShell.SendKeys "2"
   WScript.Sleep 500
   WshShell.SendKeys "~"
   WScript.Sleep 500
   WshShell.SendKeys "*3"
   WScript.Sleep 500
   WshShell.SendKeys "~"
   WScript.Sleep 2500

But, if you want to use a batch script, use a LaunchKey. LaunchKey is a freeware command-line utility that runs an application and sends keypresses to it.

If you want to know the local time of the any country, do following:

In the Google Search box write down:-local time (and followed by this write the country's name) and hit the Enter key you will get the local time of that country instantly.