How to change the order of items in the SharePoint Quick Launch area.

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I am very new to SharePoint Administration so something such as ordering an item in Sites in the Quick Launch pane may be simple to those with more experience, but it was a bit of a challenge for me to figure it out. 

After adding new items to Sites and refreshing my page I noticed that the two items I had added were not put in alphabetical order but rather inserted at the bottom of the list. 

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Can't assign IP to NIC after a P to V conversion.

“IP address already assigned to another adapter” error message received after performing a P to V with VMware Converter.

This error occurs due to a hidden NIC that does not appear in Network Connections panel already having the static IP assigned to it that you wish to assign to a NIC that is visible. After entering your desired IP you get this error message:

Open Device Manager. Go to View and select Show hidden devices. Look for the NIC/Adapter in question. In my example it is Broadcom…..(NDIS VBD Client). Right click on the NIC/Adapter in question and click Uninstall.

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How to change size of a Drive or Partition during P to V using VMware vCenter Converter

Problem:

Server 2003 Physical machine has an oversize or undersized drive that you want to change during conversion. In my example the physical was partitioned with a very small C:\ and a very large E:\ drive. After my first run at P2V of this machine I attempted to use GParted to re-size the drives to no avail. 

Solution:

I have omitted many of the steps in configuring the Conversion wizard and will focus on the HDD aspects of it. 

• When on the Options page under the Source volumes tab  of the Wizard select or deselect the HDD in question. In my example I did NOT want to convert the E:\, which was actually a partition that was carved out of the physical C:\. This in turn improperly sized the C:\ at only 50GB. Not nearly enough space for a Server 2003 machine. 

• Now select Destination layout tab on the Options page. In my example I want to re-size the C:\ from 50GB to 65GB. In the Size/Capacity column drop down list select <Type size in GB> and type in the size that you desire. When you boot up the machine the C:\ will be at it's new 65GB size. 

• In my example the easiest way for me to deal with the E:\ drive of the physical machine was to create a new drive in vCenter then move the data over from P to V across the network as it was not a large amount of data. 

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