Thursday, August 21, 2008
Flexup.vbs error when logging off. Permission denied.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Outlook: "Empty the Deleted Items Folder Upon Exiting"
Checked - dword:00000001
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Preferences]
"EmptyTrash"=dword:00000000
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Network Timeout bug in Windows PE 2.1 causes MDT 2008 Lite Touch to fail
Network Timeout bug in Windows PE 2.1 causes MDT 2008 Lite Touch to fail.
Symptoms:
You get the following error message in MDT 2008 Lite Touch Deployment even though you have the correct nic drivers in Windows PE and the correct bootstrap.ini settings. "A connection to the deployment share \\Server\Distribution$ could not be made. The Deployment will not proceed"
Cause:
A network initializion timeout issue in wpeinit.exe in Windows PE 2.1 causes MDT 2008 Lite Touch Deployments to fail.
Workaround:
Give WIndows PE 2.1 a few more seconds by editing startnet.cmd on your LiteTouch_x86.wim (or iso) to look like below
startnet.cmd
wpeutil InitializeNetwork
ping localhost
wpeinit
If you want the Deployment Workbench to include the updated startnet.cmd every time you update the Deployment Point just follow the below steps
Configure MDT to use the updated startnet.cmd
- Create a folder named D:\ExtraFiles\Windows\System32 and copy the updated startnet.cmd to it.
- In the Deployment Workbench, right-click the Deployment Point and select Properties.
- In the Windows PE Tab, in the Extra directory to add textbox, type in D:\ExtraFiles
- Click OK
Monday, June 2, 2008
HP Network Configuration Utility - Unable to create team
Also, HP Network Configuration Utility (NCU) does not appear as an uninstallable option in Add/Remove Programs.
Cause: Generally a corruption in cpqnic.xml
1. Rename "C:\Program Files\HP\NCU" to "C:\Program Files\HP\NCU.old"
2. Re-run the Proliant Support Pack (PSP) setup.exe
3. HP Smart Update Manager will advise "Installation Not Needed" for NCU
4. Locate NCU in the list, and select "Installation Options"
5. Select "Force Install"
6. Follow prompts and restart server.
7. Recreate the team as required.
VBScript: Error : An invalid dn syntax has been specified
Reserved character | Description | Hex value |
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space or # character at the beginning of a string | ||
space character at the end of a string | ||
, | comma | 0x2C |
+ | plus sign | 0x2B |
" | double quote | 0x22 |
\ | backslash | 0x5C |
< | left angle bracket | 0x3C |
> | right angle bracket | 0x3E |
; | semicolon | 0x3B |
LF | line feed | 0x0A |
CR | carriage return | 0x0D |
= | equals sign | 0x3D |
/ | forwards slash | 0x2F |
Working with AD accounts and groups with reserved characters
For most reserved characters, you can use them in binding strings simply by placing a backslash (\) in front of the characters. This script will successfully bind to the !TestGroup group and report back the user’s CN:
Set objGroup = GetObject("LDAP://CN=\!TestGroup,OU=Accounting,DC=fabrikam,DC=com")
Wscript.Echo objGroup.CN
Related articles
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/nov04/hey1105.mspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366101(VS.85).aspx
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Disable Screen Saver
ScreenSaveActive REG_SZ 1
ScreenSaverIsSecure REG_DWORD 00000001
ScreenSaveTimeOut REG_SZ 1800
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Vista / Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008: Disable hibernation
1. | Click Start, and then type cmd in the Start Search box. |
2. | In the search results list, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as Administrator. |
3. | When you are prompted by User Account Control, click Continue. |
4. | At the command prompt, type powercfg.exe /hibernate off, and then press ENTER. |
5. | Type exit, and then press ENTER. |
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Blackberry: Pearl 'Numlock'
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Vista: Setup Configuration Passes
Pass 1 windowsPE
Windows PE is a minimal version of Windows that is designed to prep a system for installing Windows on it, and you can use Windows PE to boot a system that has no operating system, partition and format its drives, copy disk images to the system’s drives, and launch Setup from a network share.This really means two things: the windowsPE pass is equivalent to the first phase of Windows Setup, but it’s also something standalone by itself.
Pass 2 offlineServicing
Settings for this configuration pass can be used to do things like add additional drivers, security updates, hotfixes, language packs, and other packages to your Windows Image (WIM) file. Note that you can’t add boot-critical drivers during this pass—these must be added during the windowsPE pass described above.From the perspective of running Windows Setup, the offlineServicing pass happens during the second phase of Setup after the .wim file has been copied to the system’s hard disk. This is because the image has to be applied to the hard drive before it can be serviced by Package Manager, the built-in tool in Vista that is used for applying updates, fixes and packages to the image
Pass 3 specialize
This pass is used to configure system-specific settings such as network settings, internationalization, domain membership, and so on.
Pass 4 generalize
This pass is closely tied to using the sysprep /generalize command. Sysprep , the System Preparation Tool, is used mainly to prepare an image for deployment onto multiple destination computers.
Pass 5 auditSystem
This pass happens only when Setup is running in audit mode using the sysprep /audit command. Audit mode is used in certain deployment scenarios for adding various customizations to a Windows image and bypasses the final Windows Welcome phase of Setup. Whatever takes place during the auditSystem pass happens in the context of the Local System account and occurs before the user logs onto the computer.Pass 6 auditUser
This pass is similar to auditSystem (i.e. it only happens when Setup is running in audit mode) except that whatever happens during this pass occurs in the context of the user’s account and takes place after the user has logged on to his computer.Pass 7 oobeSystem
This final configuration pass corresponds to the beginning of the third and final phase of Setup and is used to configure happens during the Windows Welcome phase of Setup.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reference: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Deploying-Vista-Part3.html
Monday, April 28, 2008
Vista: Unattended Installation
To install Windows from the product DVD | |||||||||
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Windows XP: Mini-Setup wizard appears to stop responding for up to three minutes
The Windows XP Mini-Setup wizard appears to stop responding for up to three minutes
SYMPTOMS
When you start a computer for the first time after a new operating system is installed, the Mini-Setup wizard gathers any information that is required for the new operating system. When the wizard begins to configure network settings for a wireless LAN based computer, the computer may appear to stop responding for one to three minutes.Note This behavior only occurs during the network configuration phase of the Mini-Setup wizard on some computers. The behavior does not occur again and does not affect typical operation of the computer after the Mini-Setup wizard has completed.
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Refer: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/835362
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Windows XP: Slow login / Offline Files
2. Log on as local Administrator
3. Click Start, and then click My Computer.
4. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.
5. Click the Offline Files tab.
6. Select the Enable Offline Files check box, and then click OK.
7. Log on as user
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Vista / XP: Add items to "Send To" menu
2. In the new windows, add shortcut to your applications.
Policy: Enable Internet Explorer tabs
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel]
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Policy: Enable Display tabs
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"NoDispAppearancePage"=dword:00000000
"NoDispScrSavPage"=dword:00000000
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Vista: Disable UAC
2. Local Policies > Security Options
3. User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators in Admin Approval Mode > Change to Elevate without prompting
Vista: Install GPMC
1. Download RSAT Tools (Windows6.0-KB941314-x86.msu)
Tip: Google KB941314
2. Control Panel > Programs and Features > Turn Windows features on or off
3. Expand Remote Server Administration Tools > Feature Administration Tools > Check Group Policy Management Tools > OK
4. Done. Group Policy Management Console appears in Administrative Tools