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Who Is Logged In?

A few months back one of my customers was trying use RDP to connect to a large number of desktop computers to manually install some security updates. If the computer was being used the admin had to wait until the person using the computer logged out and Read More...
Posted Sunday, August 09, 2009 9:57 PM by MuadDib | 1 Comments
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Using a Logon Script to Install the SMS Advanced Client

One of my customers has an extensive lab environment with multiple forests, domains and workgroup computers. SMS 2003 was deployed to help manage the configuration of all these different systems. Between the locked down security settings (no C$, ADMIN$ Read More...
Posted Sunday, October 19, 2008 9:16 AM by MuadDib | 0 Comments
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Configuring SMS to Work on Workgroup Computers and Computers in Other Domains (LMHOSTS)

As described in the previous post the lab environment includes multiple forests, domains and workgroup computers. One of the nice things about SMS 2003 is the fact that once the SMS Client has been installed on a system, you "own" that system and can Read More...
Posted Sunday, October 19, 2008 9:09 AM by MuadDib | 0 Comments

Who's in the Local Administrators Group?

I was organizing files this weekend and ran across a script I created for a customer recently. They we trying to determine the membership of the local Administrators group on each computer on their network. The had determined that non-admin users were Read More...
Posted Sunday, October 12, 2008 9:40 AM by MuadDib | 13 Comments
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Modifying Security on Active Directory Objects using a script

I was working with a customer this week and we found some user objects in Active Directory had incorrect security settings. I put together a list of commands for the customer to use. I thought a few of the FOR command examples below were useful so here Read More...
Posted Friday, December 14, 2007 2:17 PM by MuadDib | 1 Comments

Controlling Virtual Machines with a Script

I discovered how easy it is to control virtual machines with a script this weekend. I have one server that I use to run virtual machines that I keep running all the time. When I patch this server, I need to shut down all VMs before it is restarted and Read More...
Posted Monday, April 16, 2007 7:25 AM by MuadDib | 0 Comments
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Useful Scripts

I like to write scripts. I really enjoy automating some boring task and then walking away from it. Who knows, maybe deep down I secretly desire to be a programmer... Over the years I have written a number of scripts for customers from simple batch files Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 02, 2007 2:50 PM by MuadDib | 1 Comments
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Enable Remote Desktop

Remote Desktop is one of the greatest features added to the Windows operating system. It enables you to perform remote administration of servers from your desk or fix one of your kids computers from the couch. Of course it's only great if it is enabled Read More...
Posted Friday, December 01, 2006 7:10 AM by MuadDib | 1 Comments
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Active Directory LDAP Searches

A nice feature in Windows Server 2003 Active Directory is the ability for an administrator to create saved queries in their admin console. The queries you can create through the GUI are pretty basic so to get the real benefit you need to create a "Custom Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 24, 2006 9:10 PM by MuadDib | 2 Comments

Automate Network Adapter Configuration using NETSH

So I'm kind of lazy. Not in the "sleep late and don't go to work" slacker way, I just don't like doing dull r epetitive tasks if they can be automated in some way. As a rule if I have to do the same task more than a couple of times I'm writing a script Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 24, 2006 11:04 AM by MuadDib | 11 Comments
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Remote Desktop Connection (akaTerminal Server) Keyboard Shortcuts

I use Remote Desktop all day at work. It is especillay helpful when writing documentation. One of the problems I always run into is trying to remember which keyboard short you can use to capture a screen-shot in a TS session. Since I had to dig these Read More...
Posted Friday, October 13, 2006 11:05 AM by MuadDib | 0 Comments
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Windows Live Favorites

So I am an information junkie. When I surf the web I am constantly bookmarking things I'll use in the future ( OK sometimes). One of the biggest problems with bookmarks is having more than one computer. If you have more than one computer keeping your Read More...
Posted Sunday, October 01, 2006 12:24 AM by MuadDib | 2 Comments
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