Create a VMWare Coldboot disk! Say hi to MOA!
Its easy and free! I found this as i had some... "fun" ... machines to convert.
It uses bartpe (a "free" counterpart to win pe) as a base and expands on it.
Some has it even running on vistaPE.
So visit them here and make sure to donate some money if you like their work. i know i do 
Generally they have good info on VM's and how to configure them or rescue them.
Add search on your site, in Internet Explorer search bar
Simply go to HERE and put in your site url in the yellow box where TEST is the term in the URL that your searching for.
An example:
http://www.hviidnet.com/?s=TEST
Choose a name for your search. In this example use "hviidnet.com"
Now press install, and you're ready to go!. This can be quite practical if you want a way to fast search your internal WIKI site.
How to enable missing SIP function in Windows Messenger
The diffrent settings in windows messenger is controlled in the regestry. You can simply save the following file to a text file named enablesip.reg
---------------------Do not include this line -------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MessengerService\ServiceProviders\{83D4679F-B6D7-11D2-BF36-00C04FB90A03}]
"Enabled"=dword:00000001
"Primary"=dword:00000001---------------------Do not include this line -------------------
as an alternative you can download a premade file here
Now restart messenger and it would show up as intended.
How to get Gallery type DVD library in Vista Media Center
Follow this guide and when youre done your did collection will look like this:
To get the magic working simply:
1. Press "win + r" and you will get the run box.
2. Write regedit and press enter.
3. Go to the key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Settings\DvdSettings
4. Find the "ShowGallery" setting and change the value to "Gallery".
5. Open mediacenter and you will now have a new option under TV + Movies called dvd libary
Now you can rip dvd movies to .vob files and let mediacenter search for the files. It will list all the movies as above.
To get auto loading info for your movies consider installing mymovies from http://www.mymovies.dk/. This program also includes DVD covers and the like. Comes highly recommended from here.
Brian really did some good work on this program, so if you like it he would appriciate a little donation.
Whats next? Well, go rip all your movies to your harddrive. 
How to manually install VMware Converter
I have made a self extracting .exe file with a .cmd installer for vmware converter free for download here
For those interested in doing it manually please read on.
To install vmware converter with a messed up msi installer (or just manually install the agent as a script) just follow this guide
1. Get the following programs: instsrv.exe and drv_ctl.exe from here and vmware converter software from their website (free to download)
2. Install vmware converter on some machine (does not matter what) and copy the files from c:\program files\vmware\* to a location where you can access it from the new server.
3. extract the files to the server the service will be installed to. (same directory please)
4. install the windows service with the following: instsrv.exe "ufad-p2v" "C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Converter\vmware-ufad.exe"
5. copy this info into a file called something.reg and run it:
----------------------Do not include this line------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ufad-p2v]
"Type"=dword:00000010
"Start"=dword:00000002
"ErrorControl"=dword:00000001
"ImagePath"=hex(2):22,00,43,00,3a,00,5c,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,\
6d,00,20,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,5c,00,56,00,4d,00,77,00,61,00,72,\
00,65,00,5c,00,56,00,4d,00,77,00,61,00,72,00,65,00,20,00,43,00,6f,00,6e,00,\
76,00,65,00,72,00,74,00,65,00,72,00,5c,00,76,00,6d,00,77,00,61,00,72,00,65,\
00,2d,00,75,00,66,00,61,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,22,00,20,00,2d,00,\
64,00,20,00,22,00,43,00,3a,00,5c,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,\
00,20,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,5c,00,56,00,4d,00,77,00,61,00,72,00,\
65,00,5c,00,56,00,4d,00,77,00,61,00,72,00,65,00,20,00,43,00,6f,00,6e,00,76,\
00,65,00,72,00,74,00,65,00,72,00,5c,00,5c,00,22,00,20,00,2d,00,73,00,20,00,\
75,00,66,00,61,00,64,00,2d,00,70,00,32,00,76,00,2e,00,78,00,6d,00,6c,00,00,\
00
"DisplayName"="VMware Converter Service"
"DependOnService"=hex(7):00,00
"DependOnGroup"=hex(7):4e,00,65,00,74,00,77,00,6f,00,72,00,6b,00,50,00,72,00,\
6f,00,76,00,69,00,64,00,65,00,72,00,00,00,54,00,44,00,49,00,00,00,00,00
"ObjectName"="LocalSystem"
"Description"="VMware Converter Service"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ufad-p2v\Security]
"Security"=hex:01,00,14,80,90,00,00,00,9c,00,00,00,14,00,00,00,30,00,00,00,02,\
00,1c,00,01,00,00,00,02,80,14,00,ff,01,0f,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,\
00,00,02,00,60,00,04,00,00,00,00,00,14,00,fd,01,02,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,\
05,12,00,00,00,00,00,18,00,ff,01,0f,00,01,02,00,00,00,00,00,05,20,00,00,00,\
20,02,00,00,00,00,14,00,8d,01,02,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,05,0b,00,00,00,00,\
00,18,00,fd,01,02,00,01,02,00,00,00,00,00,05,20,00,00,00,23,02,00,00,01,01,\
00,00,00,00,00,05,12,00,00,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,05,12,00,00,00[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ufad-p2v\Enum]
"0"="Root\\LEGACY_UFAD-P2V\\0000"
"Count"=dword:00000001
"NextInstance"=dword:00000001----------------------Do not include this line------------------------
6. start the service
7. run drv_ctl --inst-nostart vstor2-p2v30 "c:\program files\VMware\VMware Converter\vstor2-p2v30.sys"
8. start the service and you're done
If you want you can run vmware converter directly from the local machine by just running converter.exe from the installation directory.
Good luck!