Policy commands

There are times when you want to update the policy, and then don’t want to wait for the policy to take affect on the computer. Also sometimes you are not sure what policy is being applied to the computer or user. These two commands will help you save a lot of time. gpupdate – This will refresh the policy on the current computer. I usually use it with a /force /sync switch. It will...

Build your own san or nas for free

Openfiler is a free open source san built on linux, with a web management interface. If you ever wanted to share storage between systems in the past you would need to buy a EMC type device and spend at least $50,000 – $100,000.  Now you don’t with openfiler (www.openfiler.com), all you need is some hard drives, a decent cpu, and some memory and that’s it. You can build your own...

Delaying a batch file command

The below command will allow you batch file to sleep, or be delayed for so many seconds. There are other sleep utilities out there, but if you don’t want to load another piece of software, or just need something quick to delay a command this will work. The below is a 5 second pause. ping 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 5000...

How to pst a exchange 2007 mailbox

In this article I’ll show you how to pst a exchange 2007 mailbox for backup purposes. First there are a couple of things you need to understand. PST mailboxes is very time consuming, but this is a great way for small organizations to get a brick level backup. I use symantec for my backups, but I always feel like I need another level of protection for the “just in case” of...

Connect to two exchange servers at the same time

In this article I show you how to connect to two different exchange servers at the same time. We all know the trick create on profile for one exchange server you need to connect to, and then create another profile for the other exchange server you need to connect to. However the problem is you can’t run the two profiles at the same time. Which is a big problem I had because I had a home...

Max users on a Blackberry Enterprise Server

How many users can you put on a blackberry server? I wasn’t sure either, but below are the numbers I got from tech support at RIM. This is for a blackberry server connected to exchange. Let us know if you’re able to get more on with no issues. BES with MSDE: 200-250 users BES with SQL (sql on a different machine): 2000-2500...

Moving BES from an MSDE database to SQL

So how do you move from MSDE to SQL on you BES server? If you didn’t know already MSDE can only handle about 200-250 users with Blackberry Server Enterprise. Though officially from Microsoft on paper it says 500, but according to blackberry support personnel it’s only 200-250 before you start expercining delays with email from you blackberry server or handheld. So what’s the...

Printers missing in citrix?

Are you getting calls from users saying their printers are missing in citrix? It’s probably a problem with a or a few print drivers interacting with citrix.  First off you can’t blame citrix as I was initially doing. It’s really not a citrix problem (I’ll prove that below showing that the print server has no citrix software on it), it’s more related to the print...

Show clients ip through citrix or terminal services

So how can you get the ip address of the client instead of the citrix server? There are times, actually many times that IT gets called when something is wrong with a persons computer. However navigating a user through finding their computer’s ip is a difficult process sometimes. Some companies have labels on the computer or monitor, but if you are one of those companies who doesn’t,...

Push VNC to client machines

Got hundreds of machines to deploy vnc onto, do it in one simple batch file? Most network admins use VNC for client machines. It’s easy to access, but not so secure, but inside a network it’s a okay option to use. However the problem is how to install VNC on machine on the network without touching the machine itself. I know you can do installation through AD and through different...