Custom Search Guy recommends: Free SolarWinds VM Console A free desktop tool that monitors, or restarts, your VMware virtual machines. Download your free VM Console Guy’s Best Practice & Litmus Tests Ezine #15 – Group Polices Contents for ezine #15 Introduction to Group Policies Getting started – Creating a policy …
Scripting with PowerShell’s – Win32_PingStatus There are occasions when it’s useful to know whether a computer is online, or whether it’s unavailable. Ping is the classic command to test the status of a ComputerName or IP address. WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) provides a class called Win32_PingStatus, which we are going …
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Ezine 195 Simple Router Security Because I don’t install a virus checker I feel like a high-wire acrobat with no safety net, thus I take extra care where I plant my mouse. While people who have virus checkers believe they are immune from attack, I realize that I am vulnerable …
Custom Search Guy recommends: Free SolarWinds VM Console A free desktop tool that monitors, or restarts, your VMware virtual machines. Download your free VM Console Ezine 128 – Windows Update Service This week’s ezine has three strands; each is joined by the common thread – Windows Update Service. Firstly a …
Custom Search Guy recommends: Free SolarWinds VM Console A free desktop tool that monitors, or restarts, your VMware virtual machines. Download your free VM Console WinFS – Back on Track WinFS (Windows Future Storage) is having a roller-coaster ride. It was with a heavy heart that I wrote back in …
Guy’s Tool Kit Here is a selection of useful tools for Windows Server in general, and VBScripting in particular. Contents of Guy’s VBScript Tool Kit ADSI – Check LDAP properties Cacls – Set permissions CDVDE – Bulk import / export accounts CMDHere Free WMI Monitor LDIFDE – Bulk import / …
Guy’s Ezine – Housekeeping Here are two actions that I encourage you to take in order to improve your newsletter experience: 1) Set the format preference, you choose HTML or Plain Text. 2) If necessary, update your email address. This is how to access the link, and then change your …
Ezine 170 – QAD PowerShell Script to Change Passwords This is the time of year when many organizations have a new tranche of joiners and leavers. Thus administrators are looking for a script to set passwords in bulk. Here is PowerShell’s equivalent of a VBScript to control passwords. Topics for …
Ezine 174 – Scripting WMI with PowerShell WMI This week we are going to see how easily Microsoft PowerShell can script Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) objects. For at least twenty years WMI has been the unsung hero for reporting hidden information about the operating system. Many companies have made their …