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The Automatic Updates Client Utility (wuauclt.exe) supports a few command line parameters. Some of them are documented, others not. Here are the ones I have found: Parameter Explanation /detectnow Run a detection cycle /a /resetauthorization Resets the WSUS cookie. (If used together with /detectnow; /resetauthorization must be entered before /detectnow.) /r /ReportNow Sends all queued …
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You should format you shared disks with NTFS before you form you cluster. If not the disks will not be eligible as witness disks. (NTFS is a requirement for a disk witness.) Do not assign a drive letter or mount point to your witness disk. (Disks used e.g. for a clustered file server needs a …
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It has always irritated me that I cannot export data from the disk management snap-in in Windows. Take this example from an Exchange server: It would be very nice to be able to export this data to a CSV to create a quick storage report. Unfortunately you can’t. But with PowerShell you can! This command …
As with Windows Server 2008, Windows Search is included as part of the OS and can be installed through Server Manager or PowerShell. Unfortunately it is located in a not quite intuitive place… To enable Windows Search on Windows Server 2008 R2 you must start the Add Roles wizard and then select File Services Role, …
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WMI filters are useful to further filter Group Policy Objects (GPOs), beyond what is possible/convenient with groups. Distinguish between x86 and x64 computers: x86 Select AddressWidth from Win32_Processor where (AddressWidth=”32″) x64 Select AddressWidth from Win32_Processor where (AddressWidth=”64″) Determine Windows version: Use this filter to determine the Windows version and role: select * from Win32_OperatingSystem where …
Press the DEL key to enter the VM BIOS If you can’t install the Virtual PC Integration Components on Windows XP and you get a 1603 error in the log file; delete the c:windowssystem32driverswdf01000.sys and retry the install. Press SHIFT+ESC while the VM is starting to view the console instead of just the progress bar. …
Event IDs related to Mailbox moves The Event source for Mailbox moves is Exchange Migration, and the events are logged in the Application log on the server where an administrator started the move. Meaning; where the admin was logged on and used the EMC or EMS to start the mailbox move. It would be nice …
I recently upgraded my home network to Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG), retiring my old ISA Server 2006 server. I exported my ISA configuration and imported it into TMG, but to be on the safe side I decided to keep a copy of the server as a virtual machine. I used the P2V wizard in …
Windows Deployment Services (WDS) has the ability to search Active Directory for pre-staged computer accounts to use when deploying images. There are several benefits to this, e.g. you can choose to service only known clients that you have created and ignore others, and you don’t have to provide or generate computer names since the image …
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In smaller deployments Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) is a good, free alternative for anti-malware. If you decide to use MSE in your images, you will discover that sysprep resets the Out Of Box Experience (OOBE) settings for MSE. In other words; every user that logs on to a machine deployed from your image will see …
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