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Sometimes, you don’t ever expect to ever see a particular error message ever again. It’s been over 5 years since the last time I saw this error, quite possibly on a Windows NT4 system in 2002. The problem was reported to me as the "FooBat" application does not start when the user launches [...] You take all your computer accounts in Active Directory, filter out the old records (I use a cut-off of 30 days), and then compare it to your SMS or SCCM database. (I showed you how to export the LastLogin date from Active Directory here). An aside: I love Active Directory, as you can use [...] Use the LastLogonTimeStamp or the LastLogin Active Directory attribute. If you are on a Windows 2003 Functional Domain or later, use LastLogonTimeStamp. If you are on a Windows 2000 Functional Domain, you’re stuck with LastLogon (and a bit more work). LastLogonTimeStamp. This is how I got the LastLogonTimeStamp for all the computers in my [...] I first read about MacPatchCacheSize, and how to use it to save space in Virtual Machines, over at Jeremy Jameson’s blog. From the Microsoft MSDN Library entry for MaxPatchCacheSize: "The value of the MaxPatchCacheSize policy is the maximum percentage of disk space that the installer can use for the cache of old files. For [...] Have you moved off them yet? Windows 2000 End-of-Support Solution Center I’m currently creating a Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) boot disk, for our desktop technicians. The brief was: need to able to use Symantec Ghost, to image Windows PCs. need to be able to open Truecrypt folders. I’ve pretty much got it sorted now, but I did had a problem with the TCP Registry [...] This is straight from the Microsoft Technet July 2005 CD set. I’ve not seen it elsewhere, and since I’ve found it so useful, I’m going to repost it here. WMIC is the command line interface to WMI. Using the WMIC alias makes it easier to return computer information, all from a command line. The following table contains example text of common queries using WMIC Aliases. To run one of the queries, cut the entire contents of a cell in the Example Text column, paste at the WMIC command prompt, edit the variables as appropriate, and press the ENTER key. (Click here to continue reading WMI and WMIC example text for common queries) If you’ve been using laptops for a while, you might have heard about the dangers of laptops burning your thighs. If you have, you’ve probably also heard about the Swedish guy who suffered burns to his penis. When I reviewed my employers’ recent draft “computer use” policy, I noticed the laptop section was [...] I rebuild my work PC every 3 –> 4 weeks. The main reason I do this is build testing. Aka “Dog fooding”. Oh, and that the current PC image is so darn good, that it makes reinstalling Windows very easy. But I need to add about 4 hours of effort to install all [...] Back in April, I wrote two posts about fixing a broken WMI. There was some thought that deleting the WMI Repository WAS A BAD THING. Well maybe not… Across 600+ computers, I learnt the following: Not deleting the WMI Repository fixed about half of the computers. In the computers which were fixed, the SMS [...] |
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