Category : Daily Links
Category : Daily Links
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Category : Daily Links
VbsToExe is a command line application that converts VBScript files into executables.
The created program executes the VBScript-code from memory using Ms-ScriptControl.
It hides the content of the VBScript-file and optionally protects them with a password.
Usage:
VbsToExe [ -c | -e ] { -p "password" } [ VBScript | Script-Exe ]
-c – [convert the VBScript file into an executable]
-e – [extract the source]
-h – [print help]
-p – [protect the program with a password]
-v – [print version]
More information http://www.f2ko.de/English/v2e/index.php
Category : Post from around the Net, microsoft, technology
Thank you so much Jorge and the activedir.org mailing list. I’ve been trying to figure out how to get a junior admin access to restart the print spooler on a windows 2003 SP1 box for over a month.
Delegating permissions to manage services on servers is not the easiest thing to do. You can do it from the command line or through a GPO in the “System Services” node. Either way you MUST take the current configured permissions into account, otherwise you might/will experience issues!
I do not like to use a GPO to do this and prefer to use command line tools in scripts. I’m not going to post a script, but I’m going to provide the information for the delegation of the permissions required and how to achieve that. For the scripting part, what you need to do is retrieve the current SDDL, add what you want to add and write the complete new SDDL back.
Jorge ‘s Quest For Knowledge! : Delegating Monitoring/Stopping/Starting services on Servers
Category : Post from around the Net, technology, vmware
I’ve only used items 1 and 2, looks like I have some tools to download. First I have to finish upgrading the other 3 esx servers to 3.5
3rd party tools are a great way to make up for missing functionality in the vendor supplied management software. Administrators, developers and vendors are usually quick to write their own scripts, add-on’s and applications to help automate tedious or difficult administration tasks that often exist. This list covers 10 of the many free tools that are available that every VI3 administrator should have to help make their job easier. Many of these tools are provided by independent users who freely contribute their own time and skills to benefit the whole VMware community. This is by no means a complete list of the great tools and scripts that are available for use, there are many others and it was difficult to only choose 10. So if you have not used some of the ones on this list I encourage you to download them and check them out.
1. Putty and SSH Plug In
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ / http://akutz.googlecode.com/files/ConsoleClientSetup-0.1.5.msi
SSH clients for remotely connecting to the ESX service console. Putty runs as a standalone application and the SSH Plug-in is a VI client plug-in that integrates an SSH console directly into the client.
Virtual Strategy Magazine – Top 10 Free Tools That Should Be In Every VMware Administrator’s Toolkit
Technorati Tags: vmware
If Delprof.exe doesn’t float your boat, here’s a script that will do the same. The author claims it works better. I haven’t tested it yet. Let me know if you do.
The Shonk Project – Delete Profiles Script
jb
Category : Post from around the Net, technology
you should setup this script as a scheduled job to run after hours.
I’m going to start sharing some useful scripts that I use to automate many processes. Most of the ones I will share, I have gathered from the Internet and edited. Who knows just what I will share, but I can guarantee they can help you out with many system admin tasks!
The first one I will share is a Defragment script I have implemented to run every day on many of the XP workstations I manage. Defragmentation is a big problem if not taken care of every once in a while.
What is defragmentation? When a file is saved to the hard drive, it tries to keep everything in the same location (or cluster) Over the course of time files will be deleted, leaving blank areas between files. If you install another large program, the hard drive tries to fill the holes, thus breaking up the program storage block. This effects your system performance by as much as 200% since programs have to access more areas of the hard drive, just to run.
The script I will show below is based on a threshold of fragmentation. A drive will be defragmented only if it’s fragmentation percentage is determined to be equal to or greater than the FragThreshold value. You can edit to whatever you want.
REQUIREMENTS: The script has to be executed locally on only XP or Server 2003 systems and under account with permissions to defragment local fixed drives.
Source: Windows Admin Script: Defrag Drives Based on Threshold
Originally published on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 00:05:08 GMT by bcarderma
Category : News
I added a small script to the site that will allow me to add tags to each post just be including them as keywords in MT. I’m using two scripts to do this.
TechnoratiTags – Plugin for Moveable Type
and
Well is if technorati indexes the site.
Next I’d like to play with FOAF, but since I only have a few friends with websites. I don’t know how usefull it would be.
It’s a nice day out I should be outside, I mowed the lawn earlier today and I need to be doing something if I’m outside. I don’t enjoy just sitting outside.
later,jb
“The Visio Viewer 2003 allows anyone to view Visio drawings and diagrams (created with Visio 5, 2000, 2002, or 2003) inside their Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.0 or later Web browser.”… Visio Viewer 2003” href=”http://channels.lockergnome.com/news/archives/008277.phtml”>[Lockergnome's Bits and Bytes]
“Registry Corruption in Windows 2000 can prevent your system from booting. The Windows 2000 Registry Repair Utility is a tool that can help to recover a Windows 2000 system from registry corruption. This utility can be downloaded on to floppy disks and then run on the system with the corrupted registry. Six floppy disks are required for downloading this utility. The utility will attempt to repair the corrupted registry and allow your machine to boot again. Note Depending on the type of registry corruption that has occurred, running this utility could result in some data loss from the registry. Also, this utility may be unable to repair some types of registry corruptions. Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Service Pack 2, Windows 2000 Service Pack 3″… Windows 2000 Registry Repair Utility” href=”http://channels.lockergnome.com/news/archives/008278.phtml”>[Lockergnome's Bits and Bytes]
I am just the messenger. I repeat, I am just the messenger! This entry does not reflect my opinion as I don’t want /. on my behind. Welcome to the home of the Quit Slashdot.org
movement. (Well, it’s a small movement.) Anyway, here’s my humble list of materials to help you quit Slashdot. Top Nine Reasons to Quit Slashdot, Alternatives to reading Slashdot, Sites just as bad as Slashdot, The "Quit Slashdot Today!" web page button, and Frequently asked questions. [Lockergnome's Bits and Bytes]
SYSTEM: Tweakomatic v1.0
- [257K]
- WinXP
- FREE
{Trying to outdo TweakUI} Even if you don’t need this program (it’s mostly for administrators), reading the long documentation is a hoot. Seriously! A Microsoft team with a sense of humor. Here’s a taste: “The problem we faced, though, was this: how can we outdo a piece of software as slick and as useful as TweakUI? How can we find a way to provide even more of what customers need and desire? How can we justify playing Age of Mythology all day when we’re supposed to be working? We pondered this dilemma long and hard when suddenly it hit us. There’s only one way to outdo a great piece of software like TweakUI: the Tweakomatic. That, of course, left a hole big enough to drive a Tweakomatic through. The Tweakomatic is a nifty new utility that writes scripts that allow you to retrieve and/or configure Windows and Internet Explorer settings.” It requires IE 6.0 and MS Word to run. We were unable to test Tweakomatic because we don’t have the required setup to do so, but admins might find it useful. [Meryl]
