I got a question from Murali: “Suppose if I have a 100+ work group machines in the same network how can I run a script remotely against them? I would like to enter a range of IP address for my selection” This is a tough one since Workgroup computers (Systems not joined to a domain) […]
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We just released Remote Control 5.1. One of the toughest to build (for us), but most interesting additions to this version is the ability to jump into a remote desktop session. What does this mean? Lets say you have a user that is logged into your terminal server, and you need to help them with […]
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Microsoft has released a public beta of Windows Server 8. You can get a free copy from here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/windows-server/v8-default.aspx It can’t run in most virtual environments, so if you are going to try it out…you will probably need a physical machine. The first thing I noticed – There is no start menu: While digging around […]
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Got a question from Matthew this week: “I was wondering if you guys have a script that could determine what OU a user is a member of…sort of an if then else clause, If a member of “Said Group” then do this, Else End If…” Good question Matthew. This turns out to be more difficult […]
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Recently a flaw has been found in Remote Desktop (Otherwise known as Terminal Services). It allows an attacker to execute code on your computer by just sending a specialized packet to the RDP service. If you have any machines with RDP turned on, you should get your systems patched right away. More details can be […]
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I have an old laptop that I always take with me on trips. I finally decided to get a new one – it was just getting too slow. Last weekend I was going to my brother’s place up north. The problem was, he was out of town and I really wanted to use his wireless […]
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This week we got a question from Mark: “Hi Steve, I just inherited a network of about 50 computers. I noticed that many of them have all kinds of shared folders. I am trying to do some cleanup and lock-down. Wondering if you have a nice script to remove all shares, except the administrative shares […]
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Last week I told you about a free utility to empty your recycle bin from the command line. In the comments, a kind person told us about CCleaner. Now normally, I hear a name like CCleaner, and I think of those scam registry cleaners that really don’t do much for you. I took the time […]
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Anglelika had a question a few weeks back: “Mr Steve. I need to clear the recycle bin when users log out. Is there any way I can put a command in their logout script to do this? PS. Don’t ask why…just something the boss wants : ()” This is an interesting one. I thought a […]
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Got a question from Mary this week: “Once in a while we need to let users know we are going to take a server down, or need to do maintenance on the network. In the old days we would use ‘net send’. But it seems now with Vista, and Windows 7 things have gotten a […]
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