From the category archives:
I was digging around to find a way to get an email when someone logged on to our source control server. It is a pretty important server, so I want to make sure people are only logging into it when they are supposed to. When I first started working on this idea I was going […]
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We have gotten your emails, and fixed a few bugs with our Profile Generator beta. All of them were special side cases that prevented a generated profile from being used by outlook. What is profile generator? It is a command line application that you can drop into a logon script. Once it is there, users […]
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I found a free tool from Microsoft that lets you search for event log entries across your network. It was released quite some time ago, but still works with the newest versions of Windows. It is part of a download package called Security Guide Scripts Download. You can get it from here: Security Guide Scripts […]
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I have a group of log files that I need to upload every day to an archival server. For a long time I have been doing this by hand. I wanted a way to do this without using any extra software – just the default tools available in windows. I found a clean solution that […]
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Microsoft announced on Tuesday that a serious security hole was found in all versions of Internet Explorer. The flaw exploits the ActiveX plugin system in IE. If you use Internet Explorer, and are running flash – you are vulnerable. If you have any ActiveX control installed in IE you have a good chance of being […]
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Last week I wrote about a free tool from Microsoft for synchronizing files. I asked you if you had any tools that made your life easier – my inbox was filled with suggestions. One of the free tools that really caught my eye was Microsoft Network Monitor. I have been using Ethereal for a long […]
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I had lunch last week with my good friend Brett. We were talking about synchronizing, and backing up files. I went on a long rant about how much I liked robocopy. After I finished talking about robocopy, he told me about SyncToy from Microsoft. SyncToy? I had never heard of it. The one drawback with […]
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I recently received a question from a reader: Hi Steve, I recently read your article about changing the default save location for MS Outlook 2003 at http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/index.php/2007/09/set-default-folder-for-attachments-in-outlook-2003/ It is very informative; however, it was almost what I was looking for. I would like to change the default OPEN location, so I was wondering if you […]
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I distributed a test version of Remote Control 4.0 across our network last week, and since it was a special debug version, it created a large number of files named debuglog.dat. I wanted an easy way to find and delete these using a batch file. I researched and was able to take parts of other […]
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Note (07/16/2009): This was a limited offer…the eBook is no longer free. You can purchase a copy from here Microsoft has announced they are giving away the Windows 2008 Terminal Services book in PDF format. I downloaded it yesterday, and it is packed with information. A must-have if you are considering implementing, or have implemented […]
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