Monday, October 12, 2009

(Freeware) ADModify.NET - modify multiple user accounts in Active Directory

ADModify.NET is a tool primarily utilized by Exchange and Active Directory administrators to facilitate bulk user attribute modifications

http://admodify.codeplex.com/

hMailServer is a free e-mail server for Microsoft Windows

hMailServer is a free e-mail server for Microsoft Windows. It's used by Internet service providers, companies, governments, schools and enthusiasts in all parts of the world.

It supports the common e-mail protocols (IMAP, SMTP and POP3) and can easily be integrated with many existing web mail systems. It has flexible score-based spam protection and can attach to your virus scanner to scan all incoming and outgoing email.

http://www.hmailserver.com/?page=frontpage

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMailServer

http://www.iis-aid.com/articles/how_to_guides/setting_up_your_own_email_server_with_hmailserver?page=0%2C0

Windows add the Free SSL Cert - StartCom to root certificates

Security and encryption is getting ever more important in today's computer networks, being it SSL secured web sites, encryption of data or mail, secure logon to mention just a few. But security is expensive, right? Not anymore....

StartCom, the vendor and distributor of StartCom Linux Operating Systems, also operates MediaHost™, a hosting company, which offered its clients, SSL secured web sites with certificates signed by StartCom for many years. That's where the idea originated: Free SSL certificates!

http://cert.startcom.org/

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Eventcreate - Enables an administrator to create a custom event in a specified event log.

Eventcreate

Enables an administrator to create a custom event in a specified event log.

Syntax

eventcreate [/s Computer [/u Domain\User [/p Password]] {[/l {APPLICATION|SYSTEM}]|[/so SrcName]} /t {ERROR|WARNING|INFORMATION|SUCCESSAUDIT|FAILUREAUDIT} /id EventID /d Description

Parameters

/s Computer : Specifies the name or IP address of a remote computer (do not use backslashes). The default is the local computer.

/u Domain \ User : Runs the command with the account permissions of the user specified by User or Domain\User. The default is the permissions of the current logged on user on the computer issuing the command.

/p Password : Specifies the password of the user account that is specified in the /u parameter.

/l { APPLICATION | SYSTEM } : Specifies the name of the event log where the event will be created. The valid log names are APPLICATION and SYSTEM.

/so SrcName : Specifies the source to use for the event. A valid source can be any string and should represent the application or component that is generating the event.

/t { ERROR | WARNING | INFORMATION | SUCCESSAUDIT | FAILUREAUDIT } : Specifies the type of event to create. The valid types are ERROR, WARNING, INFORMATION, SUCCESSAUDIT, and FAILUREAUDIT.

/id EventID : Specifies the event ID for the event. A valid ID is any number from 1 to 65535.

/d Description : Specifies the description to use for the newly created event.

/? : Displays help at the command prompt.

Remarks

Custom events cannot be written to the security log.

Examples

The following examples show how you can use the eventcreate command:

eventcreate /t error /id 100 /l application /d "Create event in application log"
eventcreate /t information /id 1000 /so winmgmt /d "Create event in WinMgmt source"
eventcreate /t error /id 2001 /so winword /l application /d "new src Winword in application log"
eventcreate /s server /t error /id 100 /l application /d "Remote machine without user credentials"
eventcreate /s server /u user /p password /id 100 /t error /l application /d "Remote machine with user credentials"
eventcreate /s server1 /s server2 /u user /p password /id 100 /t error /so winmgmt /d "Creating events on Multiple remote machines"
eventcreate /s server /u user /id 100 /t warning /so winmgmt /d "Remote machine with partial user credentials"

Formatting legend

Format	Meaning
Italic	Information that the user must supply
Bold	Elements that the user must type exactly as shown
Ellipsis (...)	Parameter that can be repeated several times in a command line
Between brackets ([])	Optional items
Between braces ({}); choices separated by pipe (\|). Example: {even\|odd}	Set of choices from which the user must choose only one
Courier font	Code or program output

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490899.aspx

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324145

vAlarm - Free Desktop Tool for Monitoring vCenter Alarms

vAlarm is a Windows® based application which monitors alarms generated by VMware® vCenter.

The product is designed to be installed on an administrators PC, and provides automated monitoring of vCenter alarms without needing to be logged into a full VI Client console.

The software automatically communicates with a vCenter server on a user configurable schedule, and notifies any active alarms via a popup information bubble in the notification area of a users desktop.

The option to show details of all active alarms displays an information dialogue which lists individual alarms with detailed descriptions.

The software supports VMware vCenter 2.5 & 4.0.

http://xtravirt.com/xd10130

Physical to Virtual Conversion – Disk2Vhd

Disk2vhd is a utility that creates VHD (Virtual Hard Disk - Microsoft’s Virtual Machine disk format) versions of physical disks for use in Microsoft Virtual PC or Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs). The difference between Disk2vhd and other physical-to-virtual tools is that you can run Disk2vhd on a system that’s online. Disk2vhd uses Windows’ Volume Snapshot capability, introduced in Windows XP, to create consistent point-in-time snapshots of the volumes you want to include in a conversion. You can even have Disk2vhd create the VHDs on local volumes, even ones being converted (though performance is better when the VHD is on a disk different than ones being converted).

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/ee656415.aspx

Grant root privilege to user account in RHEL

1. create the user account call "normaluser"

# useradd -d /home/user normaluser

2. then as root run:

# su -

# visudo

3. in the file you will see

root ALL=(ALL) ALL

4. add a line below that line that has

normaluser ALL=(ALL) ALL

* replace "normaluser" with the username you want.

then when you want to do some admin level work you would just use "sudo" before the command.

e.g. sudo /sbin/shutdown -r now

Configuring the Boot Loader to boot the old kernel

Configuring the Boot Loader

Now that you have recompiled your kernel, you must configure the boot loader to boot the new kernel. This is a crucial step. If you do not perform this step or if you perform it incorrectly, you will not be able to boot your system. If this happens, boot your system with the boot diskette you created earlier and try configuring the boot loader again. If your boot diskette does not work, refer to Chapter 3 for more information about rescue mode.

In order to provide a redundant boot source to protect from a possible error in a new kernel, you should keep the original kernel available. During the installation of Red Hat Linux 7.3, you had the option to choose either GRUB or LILO as your boot loader. Refer to the appropriate section that follows.

GRUB

If you selected GRUB as your boot loader, modify /boot/grub/grub.conf. The default GRUB configuration file looks similar to the following:

# NOTICE:  You have a /boot partition.  This means that
#          all kernel paths are relative to /boot/
default=0
timeout=30
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-0.12)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-0.12 ro root=/dev/hda3
        initrd /initrd-2.4.18-0.12.img

If you created a separate /boot partition, the paths to the kernel and initrd image are relative to the /boot partition.

To add your new kernel to GRUB, copy the existing title section to a new one and modify it to boot your new kernel image (and initrd image if you have any SCSI devices and have created an initrd image). Be sure the title of the new section is different from the title of the section to boot the old kernel. By default, Red Hat Linux uses Red Hat Linux and the kernel version in parentheses to differentiate between different kernels for GRUB to boot. In our example, the new /boot/grub/grub.conf file would look like the following:

# NOTICE:  You have a /boot partition.  This means that
#          all kernel paths are relative to /boot/
default=0
timeout=30
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-0.12-jul2001)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-0.12-jul2001 ro root=/dev/hda3
        initrd /initrd-2.4.18-0.12-jul2001.img

title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-0.12)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-0.12 ro root=/dev/hda3
        initrd /initrd-2.4.18-0.12.img

The default boot entry is set to number 0. To make your new kernel the default, either place its section first or change the default entry number to the appropriate number (remember that it starts counting with 0). For GRUB, you do not need to run any commands after modifying the configuration file.

From now on, when the system boots you will see the following GRUB boot options:

Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-0.12-jul2001)
Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-0.12)

To boot the default kernel, press [Enter] or wait for it to time out. If you want to boot the old kernel, select it and press [Enter].

You can begin testing your new kernel by rebooting your computer and watching the messages to ensure that your hardware is detected properly.

LILO

To configure LILO to boot the new kernel, you need to update the /etc/lilo.conf file and run the command /sbin/lilo -v.

The default /etc/lilo.conf file looks similar to the following:

boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
message=/boot/message
linear
default=linux

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-0.12
	label=linux
        initrd=initrd-2.4.18-0.12.img
	read-only
	root=/dev/hda5

To add your new kernel to LILO, copy the existing image section to a new one and modify it to boot your new kernel image (and initrd image if you have any SCSI devices and have created an initrd image). Also, rename the label of the old kernel to something such as linux-old. Your /etc/lilo.conf should look similar to the following:

boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
message=/boot/message
linear
default=linux

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-0.12-jul2001
label=linux
initrd=initrd-2.4.18-0.12-jul2001.img
read-only
root=/dev/hda5

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-0.12
label=linux-old
initrd=initrd-2.4.18-0.12.img
read-only
root=/dev/hda5

To activate your changes, run the command /sbin/lilo -v. If all goes well, you will see output similar to the following:

LILO version 21.4-4, Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger
'lba32' extensions Copyright (C) 1999,2000 John Coffman

Reading boot sector from /dev/hda
Merging with /boot/boot.b
Mapping message file /boot/message
Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-0.12
Added linux *
Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-0.12-jul2001
Added linux-old
Writing boot sector.

Be sure the messages contains Writing boot sector. The * after linux means that the section labeled linux is the default kernel that LILO will boot.

From now on, when the system boots you will see linux and linux-old as LILO boot options.

To boot the new kernel (linux) simply press [Enter], or wait for LILO to time out. If you want to boot the old kernel (linux-old), select linux-old and press [Enter].

You can begin testing your new kernel by rebooting your computer and watching the messages to ensure your hardware is detected properly.

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.3-Manual/custom-guide/s1-custom-kernel-bootloader.html

Searching, Downloading, and Installing Updates via VBS

Set updateSession = CreateObject("Microsoft.Update.Session")

Set updateSearcher = updateSession.CreateupdateSearcher()

WScript.Echo "Searching for updates..." & vbCRLF

Set searchResult = _

updateSearcher.Search("IsInstalled=0 and Type='Software'")

WScript.Echo "List of applicable items on the machine:"

For I = 0 To searchResult.Updates.Count-1

Set update = searchResult.Updates.Item(I)

WScript.Echo I + 1 & "> " & update.Title

If searchResult.Updates.Count = 0 Then

WScript.Echo "There are no applicable updates."

WScript.Quit

End If

WScript.Echo vbCRLF & "Creating collection of updates to download:"

Set updatesToDownload = CreateObject("Microsoft.Update.UpdateColl")

For I = 0 to searchResult.Updates.Count-1

Set update = searchResult.Updates.Item(I)

WScript.Echo I + 1 & "> adding: " & update.Title

updatesToDownload.Add(update)

WScript.Echo vbCRLF & "Downloading updates..."

Set downloader = updateSession.CreateUpdateDownloader()

downloader.Updates = updatesToDownload

downloader.Download()

WScript.Echo vbCRLF & "List of downloaded updates:"

For I = 0 To searchResult.Updates.Count-1

Set update = searchResult.Updates.Item(I)

If update.IsDownloaded Then

WScript.Echo I + 1 & "> " & update.Title

End If

Set updatesToInstall = CreateObject("Microsoft.Update.UpdateColl")

WScript.Echo vbCRLF & _

"Creating collection of downloaded updates to install:"

For I = 0 To searchResult.Updates.Count-1

set update = searchResult.Updates.Item(I)

If update.IsDownloaded = true Then

WScript.Echo I + 1 & "> adding: " & update.Title

updatesToInstall.Add(update)

End If

WScript.Echo vbCRLF & "Would you like to install updates now? (Y/N)"

strInput = WScript.StdIn.Readline

WScript.Echo

If (strInput = "N" or strInput = "n") Then

WScript.Quit

ElseIf (strInput = "Y" or strInput = "y") Then

WScript.Echo "Installing updates..."

Set installer = updateSession.CreateUpdateInstaller()

installer.Updates = updatesToInstall

Set installationResult = installer.Install()

'Output results of install

WScript.Echo "Installation Result: " & _

installationResult.ResultCode

WScript.Echo "Reboot Required: " & _

installationResult.RebootRequired & vbCRLF

WScript.Echo "Listing of updates installed " & _

"and individual installation results:"

For I = 0 to updatesToInstall.Count - 1

WScript.Echo I + 1 & "> " & _

updatesToInstall.Item(i).Title & _

": " & installationResult.GetUpdateResult(i).ResultCode

End If

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa387102(VS.85).aspx

Windows Update checklist

Checklist for some of the most common problems with Windows Update issues

http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/updtcl.htm

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Free SSH server for Windows

MobaSSH allows you to run commands and transfer files on a remote Windows PC from any operating system (GNU/Linux, Unix, HP-UX, AIX, Windows, ...) through a fully secured and encrypted network connection. MobaSSH is 100% compatible with the Linux/Unix/HPUx/AIX SSH clients, but also with Putty or WinSCP on Windows.

MobaSSH key features :

Execute commands on a remote Windows computer

Transfer files through an encrypted channel

Retrieve information about the remote computer

Make backups of your computers over the network

Silently install software on remote Windows computers

Silently administer the remote Windows computer (the user can stay connected: the commands are run in background mode)

MobaSSH Home is very simple: after downloading the installer, you can configure and start SSH server on your Windows PC in a single click !

http://mobassh-en.mobatek.net/

Firewall Product Testing method

http://www.ixiacom.com/library/test_plans/display?skey=firewall

http://www.calsoftlabs.com/whitepapers/firewall-product-testing.html

http://www.breakingpointsystems.com/news/press-releases/breakingpoint-publishes-firewall-testing-methodology

FREE Stuff for Sharepoint 2007

Free MasterPage:

http://www.expertsharepointconsulting.com/Free-Standard-SharePoint-Master-Pages.aspx

Free WebParts:
http://www.amrein.com/apps/page.asp?Q=5728

http://www.sharepointjoel.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=0cd1a63d%2D183c%2D4fc2%2D8320%2Dba5369008acb&ID=234

http://www.sharepointhq.com/products/free_webparts.htm

http://www.codeplex.com/site/search?projectSearchText=webpart&sortBy=Relevance&licenses=|&refinedSearch=true&page=4

Comparison chart between Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1, and Windows XP SP3

This chart compares features of interest to IT professionals across three versions of the Windows client operating system: Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP1, and Windows 7.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=FA0177CC-7E82-4993-B0D6-FEC84216DD9C&displaylang=en

How to cancel a print job that hangs under Vista and XP

Method 1

First, you have to stop the Print Spooler Service for this go to Start, then Run and type in services.msc. Scroll down to the Print Spooler service, right-click on it and choose Stop then you have to delete all files under C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\PRINTERS. Once you’ve restarted the Spooler Service, you might have to press F5 in the print queue applet to make the hanging print job disappear

Method 2

1. Cancel the job (it then hangs at the ‘Deleting – Printing’ stage)

2. At the command prompt, enter: net stop spooler

3. Then enter: net start spooler

4. Bref F5 to refresh the status of the print queue

Source:

http://www.windowsreference.com/windows-vista/how-to-cancel-a-print-job-that-hangs-under-vista-and-xp/

How to manage multiple Exchange mailbox accounts in Outlook

Some users have multiple e-mail accounts on the same server that is running Microsoft Exchange Server. Although you can only have one service in your Exchange Server profile, it is possible to access all of your Microsoft Outlook accounts without having to log on separately to each account.

To log on to one e-mail account (account A) and to have access to the mailbox for a different e-mail account (account B), follow these steps, as appropriate for the version of Outlook that you are running.

Note These steps assume that both accounts are on the same Exchange server.

Microsoft Outlook 2002 and Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Users

Start Outlook with a profile that is configured for the Exchange Server mailbox for account B. You may have to log on to the network as the user of account B for proper validation.

On the Tools menu, click Options.

On the Delegates tab, click Add.

Type or select the name for the user of account A, click Add, and then click OK.

In all lists, in the Delegate Permissions dialog box, click to select Editor (can read, create, and modify items).

Click OK two times.

If the Folder list is not visible, click Folder List on the View menu.

Right-click Mailbox – user name, and then click Properties for ‘Mailbox – user name on the shortcut menu.

On the Permissions tab, click Add.

Type or select the name for the user of account A, click Add, and then click OK.

In the Name box, click the newly added entry for account A.

In the Roles box, click Owner, and then click OK.

Repeat steps 8 through 12 for all the other folders in the mailbox.

On the File menu, click Exit and Log Off.

Restart Microsoft Windows, and then log on as the user of account A.

Start Outlook with a profile that is configured for the Exchange Server mailbox for account A.

On the Tools menu, click E-mail Accounts.

Click View or change existing e-mail accounts.

Click to select Microsoft Exchange Server, and then click Change.

Click the More Settings button.

Click the Advanced tab.

Click Add.

Type the name for the user of account B, and then click OK three times.

The mailbox for account B appears in your Folder List.

Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Users

Start Outlook with a profile that is configured for the Exchange Server mailbox for account B. You may have to log on to the network as the user of account B for proper validation.

On the Tools menu, click Options.

On the Delegates tab, click Add.

Type or select the name for the user of account A, click Add, and then click OK.

In all lists, click to select Editor (can read, create, and modify items) in the Delegate Permissions dialog box.

Click OK two times.

If the Folder list is not visible, click Folder List on the View menu.

Right-click Mailbox – user name, and then click Properties for ‘Mailbox – user name on the shortcut menu.

On the Permissions tab, click Add.

Type or select the name for the user of account A, click Add, and then click OK.

In the Name box, click the newly added entry for account A.

In the Permission Level box, click Owner, and then click OK.

Repeat steps 8 through 12 for all the other folders in the mailbox.

On the File menu, click Exit and Log Off.

Restart Windows, and then log on as the user of account A.

Start Outlook with a profile that is configured for the Exchange Server mailbox for account A.

On the Tools menu, click Account Settings.

On the E-mail tab, click the name of the account, and then click the Change icon.

Click the More Settings button.

Click the Advanced tab.

Click Add.

Type the name for the user of account B, and then click OK three times.

Click Next, click Finish, and then click Close.

The mailbox for account B appears in your Folder List.

The user for account A can send messages and meeting requests on behalf of the user of account B by entering the name of the user for account B in the From Field. These messages contain the names of the users for both account A and account B.

Source from here

Deploying Group Policy Preferences

Group Policy preferences do not require you to install any services on servers. Windows Server 2008 includes Group Policy preferences by default as part of the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC). Administrators will also be able to configure and deploy Group Policy preferences in a Windows Server 2003 environment by installing the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) on a computer running Windows Vista with SP1. Both RSAT and Windows Vista SP1 will be available in the first quarter of 2008.

Although you don’t have to install any services to create GPOs that contain Group Policy preferences, you must deploy the Group Policy preferences client-side extension (CSE) to any client computer to which you want to deploy preferences. The CSE will be available as a separate download from Microsoft. It supports the following Windows versions:

· Windows XP with SP2

· Windows Vista

· Windows Server 2003 with SP1

Windows Server 2008 already includes the CSE.

source

http://thesystemadministrator.com/the_system_administrator/windows_server_2008/group_policy_preferences_in_windows_server_2008/

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Cannot install a Bluetooth device after you install Windows XP Service Pack 2

Method 1: Rename the Bth.inf file

Rename the %WINDIR%\inf\Bth.inf file to Bth.bak before you install or reinstall the third-party device or stack. When you rename the file, you prevent Windows Plug and Play PNP from using that INF file to install the Bluetooth driver that is included with Windows XP SP2. To rename the file, follow these steps:

Click Start, click Run, type %windir%\inf in the Open box, and then click OK.

Right-click Bth.inf, and then click Rename.

Rename Bth.inf to Bth.bak, and then press ENTER.

Install the third-party Bluetooth driver.

Method 2: Update the Bluetooth driver in Device Manager

To replace the Windows XP SP2 installation of the Bluetooth stack, update the driver in Device Manager. When you do this, specify your third-party driver. To update the driver in Device Manager, follow these steps:

Click Start, click Run, type devmgmt.msc in the Open box, and then click OK.

Locate the device.

Right-click the device, and then click Update Driver.

Follow the steps that appear on the screen in the Hardware Update Wizard to specify your third-party driver for the Bluetooth device.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;840635

USBDeview v1.43 - View all installed/connected USB devices on your system

USBDeview is a small utility that lists all USB devices that currently connected to your computer, as well as all USB devices that you previously used.
For each USB device, exteneded information is displayed: Device name/description, device type, serial number (for mass storage devices), the date/time that device was added, VendorID, ProductID, and more...
USBDeview also allows you to uninstall USB devices that you previously used, and disconnect USB devices that are currently connected to your computer.
You can also use USBDeview on a remote computer, as long as you login to that computer with admin user.

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html

(Freeware) Microsoft USBView - USB Connection Viewer

USBView is a free utility from Microsoft that displays the USB connection tree and shows the USB devices that are connected to it together with their configuration data. This is very useful for debugging USB enumeration errors. USBView runs under Windows 98, ME, 2000 and XP.

USBView is available for download as a .zip file by clicking here.

Administration and operation reference

Best Practice Guide for Securing Active Directory Installations

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2eaa45c7-d936-413e-9586-a8bb6ff739d9&DisplayLang=en

Administering Group Policy with Group Policy Management Console

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=D8291B79-922A-439C-88E9-54041A2953DD&displaylang=en

Active Directory Domain Services Operations Guide

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=291BDDB7-EDC6-4E6D-9852-A9A14991D67C&displaylang=en

Domain Name System (DNS) Service Product Operations Guide

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4ED7B8C2-4D8C-49B0-936D-F74775E69C52&displaylang=en

Print Service Product Operations Guide

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=95e38686-4764-438e-8ab6-3d3c4a071774

WINS Service Product Operations Guide

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0E738084-D8E1-4ECA-9C3F-E3F6A61F69E1&displaylang=en

File Service Product Operations Guide

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4D38F848-4828-4D6D-A012-EE66CEE9B71F&displaylang=en

DHCP Service Product Operations Guide

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=8fd563e1-af1e-49b2-a926-967147ab153d

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Copy Autocomplete name list to another computer (outlook.nk2)

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA011394511033.aspx

iLO "Remote Console is unavailable. It is already in use by a different client"

When you try to access the ILO Remote Console on some servers you sometimes get the message "Remote Console is unavailable. It is already in use by a different client". But there is no other client connected to the ILO on that server. How can you "reset" the Remote Console connection (from remote) to access the server through the ILO again?

Solve the problen by simply going to "Network setting -> Apply" (no changes to settings and just applying the current configuration)

It disconnect all connections, you may able to connect the remote console now.

Configure HP Integrated Lights Out (ILO) IP address

During the POST by pressing F8 when prompted.

The menu is straightforward and self explanatory. Use the arrow keys to navigate. Select Enter while the Set Defaults option is highlighted to revert back to factory settings.

First, access the Network menu, disable DHCP and change the DNS name

Then configure your static ip settings

Extract from http://808techblog.com/2009/08/configure-hp-integrated-lights.html

For more information of iLO Configuration, please visit http://808techblog.com/2009/08/configure-hp-integrated-lights.html

Friday, October 2, 2009

User last logon info on a domain

Joe Richards' GetUserInfo:

http://www.joeware.net/freetools/tools/getuserinfo/index.htm

To see more info in ADUC properties (not for mass reporting, but useful anyway)

http://www.petri.co.il/view_additional_user_information_in_aduc.htm

Usrstat.exe (Windows 2000 Resource Kit)

This command-line tool displays the user name, full name, and last logon date and time for each user in a given domain.

Microsoft IAS RADIUS for wireless authentication

Windows Server 2003 comes bundled with a very capable RADIUS (also known as AAA) server that's extremely stable, secure, and robust. When you search on Internet security databases for Microsoft IAS vulnerabilities, you won't find any. The IAS service just runs for years without the need to patch IAS. If your Windows Server 2003 box is hardened to only accept IAS requests with host-based firewall restrictions on all other ports and you install no other services on a Windows 2003 box, you can literally keep an IAS RADIUS server up for years of zero downtime or reboots.

http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-6148579.html