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Posted by Isaac Blum at 15 March 2010

Category: Hyper-V, Microsoft

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http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/HVRemote

http://blogs.technet.com/jhoward/archive/2008/11/14/configure-hyper-v-remote-management-in-seconds.aspx

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Posted by Isaac Blum at 19 February 2010

Category: Business, Conference's, For The Greater Good, Free Help, Microsoft, Windows 7

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http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7d2f6ad7-656b-4313-a005-4e344e43997d&displaylang=en

To install the Administration Tools pack by using the Windows interface
  1. Download the Administration Tools package from the Microsoft Web site (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=137379).
  2. 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.
  3. Complete all the steps that are required by the wizard, and then click Finish to exit the wizard when installation is completed.
  4. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Programs.
  5. 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.

  6. In the Windows Features dialog box, expand Remote Server Administration Tools.
  7. Select the remote management tools that you want to install, and then click OK.
  8. 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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Thank sean.

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$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:

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

Example of use:

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Get-DominoMailbox mary@contoso.com -SourceCredential $notesid
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Posted by Isaac Blum at 17 February 2010

Category: Business, For The Greater Good, Microsoft

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This has been out for a while now. I really hadn’t needed to use this, however I used it a handful of times this week, and i do love it!!

http://blogs.msdn.com/webplatform/

http://www.microsoft.com/Web/

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This is an example of a very simple multi thread script. All it does is output 2 user names per function.
But you can only imagine the power.

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#Create a function, or in this example create/split up a large job into multiple functions.
 
#Step 1 : Create threading.ps1
#Step 2 : Create function and add it to threading.ps1
 
#(Sample Function)
 
function one{
	$users1 = "CORP1\Bollasr1", "CORP2\aardeje1"
		foreach ($u in $users1){
			Write-Output "$u"
		}
}
one | out-File C:\lnl\oneresults.txt
 
 
#Step 3 : Wrap the function inside a function with (Write-Output ' ')  around each line. 
#(Sample Wrapped Function)
 
function createone{
Write-Output 'function one{'
Write-Output '	$users1 = "CORP1\Bollasr1", "CORP2\aardeje1"'
Write-Output '		foreach ($u in $users1){'
Write-Output '			Write-Output "$u"'
Write-Output '		}'
Write-Output '}'
Write-Output 'one | out-File C:\lnl\oneresults.txt'
}
 
 
#Now I will show an example of 5 threads. This file is called threading.ps1
 
##Create Multi Thread Script
function createone{
Write-Output 'function one{'
Write-Output '	$users1 = "CORP1\Bollasr1", "CORP2\aardeje1"'
Write-Output '		foreach ($u in $users1){'
Write-Output '			Write-Output "$u"'
Write-Output '		}'
Write-Output '}'
Write-Output 'one | out-File C:\lnl\oneresults.txt'
}
 
 
function createtwo{
Write-Output 'function two{'
Write-Output '	$users2 = "CORP1\dudlesu1", "CORP2\duerrma1"'
Write-Output '		foreach ($u in $users2){'
Write-Output '			Write-Output "$u"'
Write-Output '		}'
Write-Output '}'
Write-Output 'two | out-File C:\lnl\tworesults.txt'
}
 
 
function createthree{
Write-Output 'function three{'
Write-Output '	$users3 = "CORP1\khattpa2", "CORP1\khattsa1"'
Write-Output '		foreach ($u in $users3){'
Write-Output '			Write-Output "$u"'
Write-Output '		}'
Write-Output '}'
Write-Output 'three | out-File C:\lnl\threeresults.txt'
}
 
 
function createfour{
Write-Output 'function four{'
Write-Output '	$users4 = "CORP1\pellath1", "CORP2\pellian5"'
Write-Output '		foreach ($u in $users4){'
Write-Output '			Write-Output "$u"'
Write-Output '		}'
Write-Output '}'
Write-Output 'four | out-File C:\lnl\fourresults.txt'
}
 
 
function createfive{
Write-Output 'function five{'
Write-Output '	$users5 = "CORP1\trancu1", "CORP2\tranth8"'
Write-Output '		foreach ($u in $users5){'
Write-Output '			Write-Output "$u"'
Write-Output '		}'
Write-Output '}'
Write-Output 'five | out-File C:\lnl\fiveresults.txt'
}
 
 
#Step 4 : Create .ps1 scripts out of the functions.
#Take note that ..\..\ alows for a releative path.
 
createone | out-File ..\..\Threadone.ps1
createtwo | out-File ..\..\Threadtwo.ps1
createthree | out-File ..\..\Threadthree.ps1
createfour | out-File ..\..\Threadfour.ps1
createfive | out-File ..\..\Threadfive.ps1
 
 
#Step 5 : Launch threading script.
 
start-job -filepath ..\..\Threadone.ps1
start-job -filepath ..\..\Threadtwo.ps1
start-job -filepath ..\..\Threadthree.ps1
start-job -filepath ..\..\Threadfour.ps1
start-job -filepath ..\..\Threadfive.ps1
 
#Step 6 : Check Status of Jobs
#The Wait-Job cmdlet waits for Windows PowerShell background jobs to complete before it displays the command prompt.
 
get-job | wait-job
 
#Step 7 : Stop any Job that may be hung.
#The Stop-Job cmdlet stops Windows PowerShell background jobs that are in progress.
 
get-job | stop-job
 
#full Script called threading.ps1
##Create Multi Thread Script
 
function createone{
Write-Output 'function one{'
Write-Output '	$users1 = "CORP1\Bollasr1", "CORP2\aardeje1"'
Write-Output '		foreach ($u in $users1){'
Write-Output '			Write-Output "$u"'
Write-Output '		}'
Write-Output '}'
Write-Output 'one | out-File C:\lnl\oneresults.txt'
}
 
 
function createtwo{
Write-Output 'function two{'
Write-Output '	$users2 = "CORP1\dudlesu1", "CORP2\duerrma1"'
Write-Output '		foreach ($u in $users2){'
Write-Output '			Write-Output "$u"'
Write-Output '		}'
Write-Output '}'
Write-Output 'two | out-File C:\lnl\tworesults.txt'
}
 
 
function createthree{
Write-Output 'function three{'
Write-Output '	$users3 = "CORP1\khattpa2", "CORP1\khattsa1"'
Write-Output '		foreach ($u in $users3){'
Write-Output '			Write-Output "$u"'
Write-Output '		}'
Write-Output '}'
Write-Output 'three | out-File C:\lnl\threeresults.txt'
}
 
 
function createfour{
Write-Output 'function four{'
Write-Output '	$users4 = "CORP1\pellath1", "CORP2\pellian5"'
Write-Output '		foreach ($u in $users4){'
Write-Output '			Write-Output "$u"'
Write-Output '		}'
Write-Output '}'
Write-Output 'four | out-File C:\lnl\fourresults.txt'
}
 
 
function createfive{
Write-Output 'function five{'
Write-Output '	$users5 = "CORP1\trancu1", "CORP2\tranth8"'
Write-Output '		foreach ($u in $users5){'
Write-Output '			Write-Output "$u"'
Write-Output '		}'
Write-Output '}'
Write-Output 'five | out-File C:\lnl\fiveresults.txt'
}
 
createone | out-File ..\..\Threadone.ps1
createtwo | out-File ..\..\Threadtwo.ps1
createthree | out-File ..\..\Threadthree.ps1
createfour | out-File ..\..\Threadfour.ps1
createfive | out-File ..\..\Threadfive.ps1
 
start-job -filepath ..\..\Threadone.ps1
start-job -filepath ..\..\Threadtwo.ps1
start-job -filepath ..\..\Threadthree.ps1
start-job -filepath ..\..\Threadfour.ps1
start-job -filepath ..\..\Threadfive.ps1
 
get-job | wait-job
 
get-job | stop-job
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Posted by Isaac Blum at 22 December 2009

Category: Business, For The Greater Good, Microsoft, SharePoint, WSS 3.0

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Thanks to http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2007/03/02/be-wary-when-removing-or-replacing-the-my-site-link.aspx and http://suguk.org/forums/thread/6898.aspx.

I needed a way of adding a link back to the portal site, when in my MySite. I went to “Personalization site links”. Added a link but every time it would add the http://%yoururl%/default.aspx?MySiteView=1 . Made me crazy. Anyway thanks to the folks that bloged about it first.

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Posted by Isaac Blum at 18 November 2009

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

http://us2.office2010beta.microsoft.com/product.aspx?sku=10199914&culture=en-US

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Thanks goes to the following people/sites: http://blogs.msdn.com/dansellers/archive/2005/11/09/491152.aspx & http://windowsitpro.com/Web/article/articleid/9738/extending-the-user-class-in-the-ad-schema.html 

Enable Password Question and Password Reset:

When these attributes are set to true in the web config file as seen below, the user is required to provide an answer to a Password Question when the password is first created.  When the user resets their password, they will also be required to provider the answer they supplied to the Password Question when the password was first created. 

<membership defaultProvider=”ADAMProvider”>
  <providers>
    <add
      connectionStringName=”ADCnString”
      connectionUsername=”CN=ADAdmin,OU=Users,O=ADAuth”
      connectionPassword=Pass@word1
      connectionProtection=”None”
      requiresQuestionAndAnswer=”true”
      enablePasswordReset=”true” …

Mapping Password Question and Answer Attributes:

Both the Password Question and the Answer will be saved in the SQL Server, Active Directory, or the Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) depending upon the provider you are using. However, if you are using the Active Directory Provider you will be required to modify the schema of either the Active Directory or ADAM to store the Password Question and Password Answer.  Then in the web config file you will need map the Password Question and Answer’s attributes to the modified schema as shown below:

<membership defaultProvider=”ADAMProvider”>
   <providers>
      <add
         connectionStringName=”ADCnString”
         connectionUsername=”CN=ADAdmin,OU=Users,O=ADAuth”
         connectionPassword=Pass@word1
         connectionProtection=”None”
         requiresQuestionAndAnswer=”true”
         enablePasswordReset=”true”
         attributeMapPasswordQuestion=”PwdQuestion”
         attributeMapPasswordAnswer=”PwdAnswer” …
 

Example Schema Modification:

Creating the PwdQuestion and PwdAnswer attribute as defined above is not difficult in the ADAM ADSI Edit tool under the Schema configuration, but initially it takes a while to figure out what values required by the attribute schema wizard.  Below is an example of the values that you can use in your Active Directory or ADAM directory.

    cn:  PwdQuestion
    OMSyntax: 64 (for Unicode string)
    lDAPDisplayName: PwdQuestion
    isSingleValued: TRUE
    AttributeSyntax: 2.5.5.12 (Active Directory syntax type of Unicode)
    AttributeID: 1.2.840.113556.1.6.1.1.6221 (Unique Object Identifiers (OIDs))

    cn:  PwdAnswer
    OMSyntax: 64 (for Unicode string)
    lDAPDisplayName: PwdAnswer
    isSingleValued: TRUE
    AttributeSyntax: 2.5.5.12
    AttributeID: 1.2.840.113556.1.6.1.1.6222

Schema modifications:
Creating the Failed Password Count, Failed Password Answer Time and Failed Password Locked Out Time attributes–as defined below–is not difficult in the ADAM ADSI Edit tool under the Schema configuration, but initially it takes a while to figure out what values are required by the attribute schema wizard. Below is an example of the values that you can use in your Active Directory or ADAM directory.

cn: FailedPwdCount
OMSyntax: 2 (for type integer)
lDAPDisplayName: FailedPwdCount
isSingleValued: TRUE
AttributeSyntax: 2.5.5.9 (Active Directory syntax type of Unicode)
AttributeID: 1.2.840.113556.1.6.1.1.6223 (Unique Object Identifiers (OIDs))

cn: FailedPwdAnswerTime
OMSyntax: 65 (for Large integer/Interval)
lDAPDisplayName: FailedPwdAnswerTime
isSingleValued: TRUE
AttributeSyntax: 2.5.5.16
AttributeID: 1.2.840.113556.1.6.1.1.6224

cn: FailedPwdLockOutTime
OMSyntax: 65 (for Large integer/Interval)
lDAPDisplayName: FailedPwdLockOutTime
isSingleValued: TRUE
AttributeSyntax: 2.5.5.16
AttributeID: 1.2.840.113556.1.6.1.1.6225

Modify Web Config File:
When using the Active Directory Provider you will be required to modify the Web config to map the Failed Password Answer Count, Failed Password Answer Time and Failed Password Answer Lockout Time attributes to the appropriate User’s properties (as created above) in either your Active Directory or ADAM.

<membership defaultProvider=”ADAMProvider”>
   <providers>
      <add

connectionStringName=”ADCnString”
connectionUsername=”CN=ADAdmin,OU=Users,O=ADAuth”
connectionPassword=Pass@word1
connectionProtection=”None”
requiresQuestionAndAnswer=”true”
enablePasswordReset=”true”
attributeMapPasswordQuestion=”PwdQuestion”
attributeMapPasswordAnswer=”PwdAnswer”
attributeMapFailedPasswordAnswerCount=”FailedPwdCount” attributeMapFailedPasswordAnswerTime=”FailedPwdAnswerTime”
attributeMapFailedPasswordAnswerLockoutTime=”FailedPwdLockOutTime”

(Adding the attributes to the user clasee)

From the Schema Console, click the Class folder. Scroll down to the User class, right-click it, and select Properties. On the user Properties dialog box, click the Attributes tab, which Figure 7 shows. Click Add, then choose the Gender attribute. Click OK twice, and you’ve successfully added the Gender attribute to the User class.

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Here are the commands I used:

stsadm -o addcontentdb -url http://moss:1000 -databasename SharePoint_AdminContent_moss
stsadm -o enumsites -url http://moss:1000 > output.txt
stsadm -o mergecontentdbs -url http://moss:1000 -operation 2 -sourcedatabasename SharePoint_AdminContent_f58aa288-57e9-49ff-b953-9b4d53d50bfc -destinationdatabasename SharePoint_AdminContent_moss -filename output.txt
iisreset
stsadm -o deletecontentdb -url http://moss -databasename SharePoint_AdminContent_f58aa288-57e9-49ff-b953-9b4d53d50bfc
check with stsadm -o enumcontentdbs -url http://moss:1000

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Posted by Isaac Blum at 29 October 2009

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

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Automatically complete e-mail addresses

You can copy the names in AutoComplete from your old computer to your new one.

 

Copy the names in AutoComplete to another computer

Important  You must exit Outlook before starting the following procedure. The names will be included in AutoComplete when you restart Outlook.

 

  1. On the computer with the saved AutoComplete names, go to drive:\Documents and Settings\user name\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook.Note  Depending on your file settings, this folder might be hidden. To view the files in this folder, do one of the following:

     

    HideMicrosoft Windows XP

     

    1. Click Start, and then click My Computer.
    2. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.
    3. Click the View tab, and then, under Advanced settings, under Hidden files and folders, click Show hidden files and folders.

    HideMicrosoft Windows 2000

     

    1. Double-click My Computer on your desktop.
    2. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.
    3. Click the View tab, and then click Show hidden files and folders.
  2. Right-click profile name.nk2, and then click Copy.Tip  You can copy the file to removable media, such as a floppy disk or a CD, and then copy the file to the correct location on the other computer. Or you can attach the file to an e-mail message and send the message to yourself. On the new computer, open the attachment in Outlook, and then save it to the correct location.

     

     

  3. On the computer where you want to populate the AutoComplete feature, copy the file to drive:\Documents and Settings\user name\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook.
  4. If the Outlook user profile name is different on the computer where you are moving the .nk2 file, you must rename the file with the same Outlook user profile name after you copy it to the correct folder. For example, if you move Kim Akers.nk2 from the original computer with an Outlook user profile name of Kim Akers, and you copy the Kim Akers.nk2 file to the new computer, you must rename it with the Outlook profile name being used on the new computer.
  5. When prompted about replacing the existing file, click Yes.
  6. Open Outlook to view changes.
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