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A handful of servers return 0 updates available after a scan. These servers are in an OU/Sec Group targeted by WSUS policy. (When to download etc) All 2008 R2. All but a few are working great. The problem machines haven't installed updates since May. No errors are reported in the Windows...

I'd like to get some help with using powershell to get some info from AD Specifically: Machine Name, OS, and not in one specific OU. I've messed around with DS query, get-adobject etc etc, but run into a bit of an issue. Our environment has around 25-30k objects and the script either takes...

Can anyone recommend a solution for allowing users to update their own Phone, Address, etc info in AD? Along the lines of a website they visit, sign into, and then add their changes.

I setup my desktop, a VM on my ESXi machine and my laptop to all fold. I placed in my name Shambler, passkey and Team 33. When I check the Folding at Home site for my name, it shows I'm folding for a different team. http://fah-web2.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=userpage&username=Shambler...

LAN - 10.0.0.0 /24 Gateway 10.0.0.1 (Comcast box) DHCP setup on this to hand out 2 - 100 ESXi management - 10.0.0.101 1 NIC 1 vSwitch All VM's on e1000 NIC's All of my virtual machines work great when either obtaining an IP from DHCP or setting a static IP within the 2-100 range. If they are...

I'm setting up AD Sites and Services for a new domain. We have 3 subnets at one physical site. LAN, WIFI, Voice Should I or should I not add the Voice subnet to the AD site for that physical location? Unless I'm mistaken, since there will only be phones on that subnet, there is no need to add...

The breakdown: Forest A - Domain A - User A Forest B - Domain B - Group B Forest B trusts Forest A Group B is a Universal Group (99% sure this needs to be changed to Domain Local) In order to add User A to Group B need toI: Open up AD in Domain A. Find User A and hit the membership tab...

I'm looking for a utility to export all IE settings. Not just favorites. Not just IE Zone settings. But everything. Talkin, proxy info, Advanced Tab settings, pop up blocker, home page, zone info, blah blah blah

There is a DL based on AD group membership. I'd like to add someone to this DL who is not a part of our company. A contact object has already been created for this user. I've added them to the appropriate group in AD. They aren't showing up in that DL within O365 though. I'm thinking that...

Over the past few weeks I've consolidated my VM's on to two HDD's. Down from 5. And this weekend moved those VM's from my two remaining HDD"s to SSD's. I for see a quieter, cooler office in my future. And best yet, I've noticed quite the speed increase. Both in spinning up VM's and working...

I no longer have a drop down option when hovering over folders and documents in Sharepoint. How can I get that back?

Afternoon all, I'm looking to get a bit more familiar with GPO's. Specifically WMI filtering. So, is there an app/util I can use to run WMI queries on my machine? Ya know, to make sure I've got my queries right and all that. I've tried WMI Tools CIM Studio and... well... its really quirky...

Note: I'm at a new job. Logon script (CMD file called via GPO): Deletes the S drive if it detects one and maps what we want. Simple enough. New requirement: Run an executable. Simple enough. Mapdrive text blah blah blah Start \\Server\Share\Executable /q The Exe /q works great when run...

The following Where statement is basically listed twice with one variable changing. Specifically, DecisionStatusName is first listed as Approved and last listed as Rejected. Can this Where statement be written without having to list almost everything twice? If so, does it matter? WHERE...

I've recently switched jobs and at this new company, there is no standard or management policy for local admin passwords. I'm trying to change that and wanted to get some ideas from [H]. So, Networking & Security crew, how do you management Local Admin passwords?

Just trying to wrap my head around how traffic is routed in a config like below Remote Site A --- VPN-A ------- Parent Company ------- VPN-B ------ Remote Site B If I am at the Parent Company, and I ping a machine in Remote Site A, what makes that ping request use the correct VPN tunnel? Is...

Forest A and Forest B - The networks are connected and traffic can route between the two. What is needed for a machine in Forest A to resolve the name of a machine in Forest B? I assume a conditional forwarder or stub zone for Forest B will need to be setup in Forest A. But what needs to be...

Link: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755994(v=ws.10).aspx Specific part of said article: "One domain controller in each site is selected as the Intersite Topology Generator (ISTG). To enable replication across site links, the ISTG automatically designates one or more servers to...

Long story short: Read an article regarding technical interviews. The following scenario was posted. Machine A - Signed with User A credentials. (Typical user account) List as much information as you can about the network the machine is connected to. Typical user/office software...

A kid in my neighborhood, Tynan, has been fighting cancer since his 3rd birthday. Ups and downs to say the least. From a bone marrow transplant from his sister. Many trips for blood and platelets. Many trips for chemo. A neighborhood fund raiser in his honor. A make a wish to Disneyworld. Lots...

Break down of all this. Machine 1: Phenom (Asus mobo, Phenom II X6, 16 gigs o ram, onboard NIC) Machine 2: ESXi (Gigabit mobo, LLano quad, 16 gigs o ram, onboard NIC) Long story short, I swapped mobo's between the two boxes. (Proc and Mem stayed on mobo during transfer) Reinstalled Win7 on...

Scenario: ATI 4850 installed and functioning fine Added in a Zotac GT 520 PCI card to add on some extra monitors Powered down machine, dropped in card, booted up. No vid on GT520 connected monitir. ATI 4850 running fine. Attempted to install driver. Error This graphics driver could not find...

a.k.a. I have no idea what I'm doing and its great! General plan Learn about ESXi and its various components Continue working with Server 2003 and 2008 (Still have the 70-291 left to take) Install and configure SCCM for Software Deployment and Software updates Machines: X6 1055T - 12 gigs - 2...

So, OS subforum, Where do you peoples go for daily vulnerability updates? Whether they be Windows or third party app related.

Can someone explain what a Stub zone does? I've watched a video or two, read some articles, and I'm still... confused.

Case in question: NZXT Gamma http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146061&Tpk=nzxt%20gamma Intake: Front fan and two side fans Exhaust: Rear fan and two top fans I figure this will pull in air down low to sweep across all components and then exhaust as it heats and rises...

I've had an ATI 4850 for quite a while now. Card works well and plays what I need it to. However, the thing is heating up quite a bit! I'd rather not spend 50+ on a cooler when I can hopefully get a comparable or better card for around $100. I'm open to ATI/AMD or Nvidia.

Currently downloading Amnesia The Dark Descent from Amazon and I plan to play it tonight after work. Here are my plans 1. Close office door 2. Turn off the lights 3. Put on headphones 4. Adjust volume 5. Start up Amnesia 6. Adjust brightness/contrast settings as recommended 7. Tighten butt...

http://www.cocooninnovations.com/ Buy anything and get a free Grid4 with Coupon: GRID4 I've got the Gridit 4 and Gridit 5 and they are great. The Gridit4 stays at home handling data and charging cables like a champ. The Gridit5 comes with me to work keeping three flash drives, company badge...

http://www.cocooninnovations.com/ I love their Grid-It series. Currently have one for work and one for home. Great way to organize flash drives, a cable or two, and assorted items. "A portion of this weeks proceeds will go to the Japanese Red Cross."

The script pasted below finds and echo's the Description field within Win32_BIOS in WMI. I'm trying to find the significance of "objOS". Anyone have a quick and simple answer for me? strComputer = "." Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _ & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" &...

You guys recommend a good book for software packaging fundamentals or even product specific packaging info? Installshield and so on.

Server 2003 Service Pack 2 x64 HKey Local Machine\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\ as well as Hkey Local Machine\Software\Wow6432Node\ Both sections are missing a Windows Update folder. Ideas?

Step 1. Installed Linux Mint 10 Step 2. Had fun, don't know Linux, got lazy, got bored Step 3. Attempted to boot to Legit Windows 7 Ultimate 32 DVD Steps 4-9001: The machine skipped right over it and booted Mint 10. Tried that a few times. Double checked CD/DVD boot order in BIOS, tried again...

Just bought this, along with a few other items. http://shop.lego.com/Product/?p=852836 Check it out.

Starting to mess around with scripting and I need a bit of help. I would like to combine the following two scripts: http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/en-us/52974cee-5de4-451b-9a21-b178c04d9a0b and...

So, after a bit of digging I found a script which pings a list of IP's or Hostnames, within a text file, and pumps out the associated MAC address to another text file. Script below: @ECHO off if Exist MACResults.txt (DEL MACResults.txt) for /f "tokens=*" %%I in (MAClist.txt) do call...

Anyone know if quiet switches work on the WOW uninstall.exe? Anyone willing to try?

I have a P3, 384mb sitting in my closet doing nothing. Good enough candidate to rock Untangle or similar distib? Or would I be better off with a new, cheap, tower from a big name brand?

Notepad containing: Wscript.echo "My very first script." Saved as a .vbs file. I can run this from a command prompt without issue. However, when double clicking on that vbs, it opens and closes and does not kick out a box with "My very first script." How could I screw this up so early on? Ideas?