One of my users got an annoying message when starting MS Paint (mspaint.exe):
Onvoldoende geheugen of bronnen om de bewerking te voltooien. Sluit enkele programma's af en probeer het opnieuw.
Which means:
Insufficient memory to complete operation. Close some programs and try again
Other resources suggested that the file opened… Read more
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After switching my network to a more strict proxy server recently, I found that Windows 7 machines were reporting they weren't connected to the internet anymore. While this is partly true, unauthenticated users can no longer just access http, users don't need to get this message.
The probing software is… Read more
If you can login to the computer over VNC or RDP, you can use wmic to find the service tag:
start > run > cmd
On the command line, enter:
wmic bios get serialnumber
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Software that is not reachable, can't be hacked. Easy as that. So if you have an cloud-based anti-spam/anti-virus filter, you can block your smtp server for badguys.
In my situation, I'm using a Windows 2008 SBS server with Exchange 2007.
Disable:
bcdedit /set {default} bootstatuspolicy ignoreallfailures
Re-enable:
bcdedit /set {default} bootstatuspolicy displayallfailures
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On my SBS 2003 server, I wanted to know when a user was created. This info is extracted with ldifde
ldifde <span style="color: #66cc66;">-</span>d OU=SBSUsers,OU=Users,OU=MyBusiness,DC=xxx,DC=yyy <span style="color: #66cc66;">-</span>l whencreated <span style="color: #66cc66;">-</span>r <span style="color: #ff0000;">"(ObjectCategory=user)"</span> <span style="color: #66cc66;">-</span>f usercreationdate.txt
A file usercreationdate.txt is now created with the requested report.
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Some idiotic german 'invented' a way to 'save trees'. By converting your attachments to .wwf format - a special .pdf format that blocks printing. While this may be a great feature to block printing of contracts etcetera if you're running a malicious company, most people simply don't… Read more
I recently discovered that one of my most annoying users has found another way to frustrate the WSUS update process: First, she simply didn't shutdown the computer when she went home. Now I've installed a psshutdown script on the SBS Server that forces a shutdown every evening, she found out… Read more
