Thursday, February 19, 2009

Folder share names and permissions

How to delete the share of a folder which share name is "test share" from command line:
net share "test share" /delete
How to share a folder named "test share" with the shared name "test":
net share "test"="C:\test share"
How to make a folder named test with the shared name "test" and give everyone full access:
net share "test"="C:\test" /GRANT:everyone,FULL
Display all open shared files on a server:
net file

Friday, February 13, 2009

Customizable web error messages

With Web Page Error Toolkit, you can create pages that contain customized error messages to help users find the information they need. In fact, this toolkit is a customizable asp application that replaces the default error page on the IIS server.
See here a good review:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.02.utilityspotlight.aspx

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Free inventory tool

Hi,

I want to present the Microsoft Assesment and Planning Toolkit, a powerfull free tool which seems to be very useful in an organization.
The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit performs three key functions: hardware inventory, compatibility analysis, and reporting. It collects and organizes system resources and device information from a single networked computer and does not require users to deploy software agents on the computers that must be inventoried. MAP uses technologies already available in the IT environment to perform inventory and assessments, like: Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), the Remote Registry Service, SNMP, Active Directory Domain Services, and the Computer Browser service.
Assessments can be completed on the following Windows platforms:
Windows Vista
Windows XP Professional
Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2003 R2
Windows 2000 Professional or Windows 2000 Server
Windows Server 2008
The reports generated are very friendly, with a lot of excels and comprehensive graphics. It will report you, for example, how many of your Windows 2003 Server are ready, from hardware point of view, for deploying Windows 2008 on them or how many computers in your organization have Office 2003 or Office 2007 installed.
For more information, see this link from Microsoft:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb977556.aspx?ca=NOT&su=WINSVR&sa=MAP&ct=NWSLR&cn=%20TNETFLASH&au=ITPRO&go=MAPTN&dt=02112009
and also read the Technet blog for this tool:
http://blogs.technet.com/mapblog/

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Adfind (from joeware) - part1


Export Sites from AD sites and services:
adfind -config -f "(objectClass=site)" -dn
Export sites and associated subnets:
adfind -config -f "(objectClass=subnet)" distinguishedname siteobject
Show user which have certificates:
adfind -tdc -default -f "(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(userCertificate=*))" -dsq
Show users whch don't have certificates:
adfind -tdc -default -f "(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(!userCertificate=*))" -dsq Show useful informations about users:
adfind -tdc -default -f "(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user))"
The output of the command above is shown in the above picture.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Fix it for me

Microsoft has created a team that works to improve the time needed to resolve any issues that we have with their products. So, if now KB articles provide us with a list of steps that can be followed to resolve our problem, since now we can click a button and have the issue resolved.
For example, see here what i mean:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963547
Also, read here their blog:http://blogs.technet.com/fixit4me/default.aspx