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Download the Administration Tools package from the Microsoft Web site (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=137379).
Open the folder into which the package downloaded, double-click the package to unpack the files, and then start the Remote Server Administration Tools Setup Wizard.

Note

You must accept the License Terms and Limited Warranty to install Administration Tools.
Complete all the steps that are required by the wizard, and then click Finish to exit the wizard when installation is completed.
Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Programs.
In the Programs and Features area, click Turn Windows features on or off.
If you are prompted by User Account Control to allow the Windows Features dialog box to open, click Continue.
In the Windows Features dialog box, expand Remote Server Administration Tools.
Select the remote management tools that you want to install, and then click OK.
Configure the Start menu to display the Administration Tools shortcut, if it is not already there.
1. Right-click Start, and then click Properties.
2. On the Start Menu tab, click Customize.
3. In the Customize Start Menu dialog box, scroll down to System Administrative Tools, and then select Display on the All Programs menu and the Start menu. Click OK.
  Shortcuts for snap-ins installed by Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 are added to the Administrative Tools list on the Start menu.

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To get and store the credential for the current user

Posted by Isaac Blum at 18 February 2010

Category: Business, For The Greater Good, Free Help, Microsoft, PowerShell

Tags: -AsSecureString, ConvertTo-SecureString, get-content, new-object, PowerShell

Thank sean.

1 2	$notespw = Read-Host "Enter the password for the Notes ID file" -AsSecureString $notespw \| ConvertFrom-SecureString \| Set-Content $pwfile -force

To retrieve the password and create the PSCredential object:

1 2	$notespw = get-content $pwfile \| ConvertTo-SecureString $notesid = new-object -typename system.management.automation.pscredential -argumentlist "-default-",$notespw

Example of use:

1	Get-DominoMailbox mary@contoso.com -SourceCredential $notesid

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Ec2 Links

Posted by Isaac Blum at 18 February 2010

Category: Amazon, Business, Ec2, For The Greater Good, Free Help

Tags: Amazon, AMI, Ec2

You will used this for help in setting up and using the api tools for windows. P.S. in no particular order.

http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/2007-08-29/GettingStartedGuide/setting-up-your-tools.html

http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=1767

http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=351

http://serktools.com/2009/05/19/setting-up-ec2-command-line-tools-on-windows/

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Powershell Version of CMD SET

Posted by Isaac Blum at 18 February 2010

Category: Business, For The Greater Good, Free Help, PowerShell

Thank you wes

If you are like me and are just so used to typing set to list and set environment variables then you might find this script useful.

if (test-path alias:set) { remove-item alias:set > $null }
function set
{
	[string]$var = $args
	if ($var -eq "")
	{
		get-childitem env: | sort-object name
	}
	else
	{
		if ($var -match "^(\S*?)\s*=\s*(.*)$")
		{
			set-item -force -path "env:$($matches[1])" -value $matches[2];		
		}
		else
		{
			write-error "ERROR Usage: VAR=VALUE"
		}
	}	
}