# Friday, 31 October 2008

Won't run from Control Panel in Vista (x64).  System has quiet UAC prompts via GPO/gpedit.

Solution is to "run as administrator"; or WinKey -> wercon -> Ctrl-Shift-Enter

 

Friday, 31 October 2008 08:27:53 (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  |  Trackback
# Thursday, 30 October 2008

In Vista x64 after a while crashes, then won't (ever) scan more than two pages without crashing.

Seems disabling OCR in the scan profile gets around this (or creating a new OCR-less profile).#

Thursday, 30 October 2008 19:27:39 (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  |  Trackback
# Wednesday, 29 October 2008
:: Fixes problem with client machines not showing up on the server due to imaging method

reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate /v AccountDomainSid /f
reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate /v PingID /f
reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate /v SusClientId /f
reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate /v SusClientIDValidation /f
cls
@echo Triggering detection after resetting WSUS client identity
net stop wuauserv
net start wuauserv
wuauclt /resetauthorization /detectnow

See: http://www.wsuswiki.com/ClientFAQ and http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B903262&x=13&y=11

(AccountDomainSid and PingID weren't listed) SusClientIDValidation is new to WSUS v3.

Wednesday, 29 October 2008 16:54:23 (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  |  Trackback

One or more of the following:

  1. In adapter's TCP/IP DNS properties untick "register in DNS"
  2. Stop DNS server listening on IP of adapter
  3. Add the following DWORD = 1

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\<Interface name>\DisableDynamicUpdate

 

2003 | 2008
Wednesday, 29 October 2008 15:29:19 (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  |  Trackback

At install service accounts (RTCSservice, RTCComponentService) are created.

After a few weeks address book synchronisation began failing and after a restart all OCS services refused to start.

Appears service accounts' passwords had expired by a GPO.  Simply setting password to never expire allowed the services to start.  Address book sync problems needed the LSGroupExpAppPool application pool to be manually started.

 

ocs
Wednesday, 29 October 2008 13:18:42 (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  |  Trackback
# Monday, 27 October 2008

Use launchapp

vista | 2008
Monday, 27 October 2008 18:38:46 (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  |  Trackback

Operating systems older than Vista:

SELECT Version FROM Win32_OperatingSystem WHERE Version < "6" 

Vista and 2008 only:

SELECT Version FROM Win32_OperatingSystem WHERE Version LIKE "6.0%" 

Only Win XP SP2:

SELECT Version FROM Win32_OperatingSystem WHERE Version = "5.1.2600"

W2K8, regardless of SP. (ie Not equal to workstation (1))

SELECT * FROM Win32_OperatingSystem WHERE Version LIKE “6.0.%” AND ProductType <> “1”

Only on Windows Server 2008 Core servers.  Here is a sample query (wrapped for readability, this should be done as a single line in the filter dialog):

SELECT OperatingSystemSKU FROM Win32_OperatingSystem WHERE OperatingSystemSKU = 12 OR OperatingSystemSKU = 39 OR OperatingSystemSKU= 14 OR OperatingSystemSKU = 41 OR OperatingSystemSKU = 13 OR OperatingSystemSKU = 40 OR OperatingSystemSKU = 29

These values map back to HEX values, which map back to:

PRODUCT_DATACENTER_SERVER_CORE
0x0000000C

PRODUCT_DATACENTER_SERVER_CORE_V
0x00000027

PRODUCT_ENTERPRISE_SERVER_CORE
0x0000000E

PRODUCT_ENTERPRISE_SERVER_CORE_V
0x00000029

PRODUCT_STANDARD_SERVER_CORE
0x0000000D

PRODUCT_STANDARD_SERVER_CORE_V
0x00000028

PRODUCT_WEB_SERVER_CORE
0x0000001D

Only on a certain day of the week:

To do this, your WQL queries (one filter per GPO that you wanted to set, remember) would be:

Select DayOfWeek from Win32_LocalTime where DayOfWeek = 1
Select DayOfWeek from Win32_LocalTime where DayOfWeek = 2
Select DayOfWeek from Win32_LocalTime where DayOfWeek = 3

One is Monday, two is Tuesday, etc.

Select only laptops (ie computers without sodimm memory:

Select * from Win32_PhysicalMemory where FormFactor != 12

Not a server:

SELECT ProductType FROM Win32_OperatingSystem WHERE ProductType = “1”

See: http://blogs.technet.com/askds/archive/2008/09/11/fun-with-wmi-filters-in-group-policy.aspx

 

win
Monday, 27 October 2008 18:20:09 (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  |  Trackback
# Thursday, 16 October 2008

Ensure the following keys are present:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
“RunOnceComplete”=dword:00000001
“RunOnceHasShown”=dword:00000001

Or

Group policy [User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Internet Explorer]
Prevent performance of First Run Customize settings - Enabled

 

ie | xp
Thursday, 16 October 2008 08:06:33 (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  |  Trackback

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify

Delete keys 'IconStreams' and 'PastIconsStream'.

Kill and restart explorer process.

Thursday, 16 October 2008 07:29:52 (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  |  Trackback