The “Contact linking field” isn’t always displayed by default in Outlook:
To display the “contacts” selection box for an “event” in Outlook 2007
Tools > Options > Contact Options > "Show Contact Activity Information on All Forms" |
Simple script to show host name of the local machine in a popup window add code to “ShowHost.vbs”
Dim Shell
Dim CompName
Set Shell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
CompName = Shell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%COMPUTERNAME%")
Msgbox "Your Computer name is " & CompName |
This set of commands will create a new powersaving mode in XP with the name “CustomPowerSave” and set it as default. This has not been tested in Windows 7. You can drop this code below into a “CustomPowerSave.bat” file and run. This will also need some tweaking and testing to get working correctly.
POWERCFG /CREATE CustomPowerSave
POWERCFG /CHANGE CustomPowerSave /monitor-timeout-ac 5
POWERCFG /CHANGE CustomPowerSave /disk-timeout-ac 10
POWERCFG /CHANGE CustomPowerSave /standby-timeout-ac 20
POWERCFG /CHANGE CustomPowerSave /hibernate-timeout-ac 0
POWERCFG /GLOBALPOWERFLAG off /OPTION RESUMEPASSWORD
POWERCFG /SETACTIVE CustomPowerSave
Get switch options using:
cmd -> powercfg /?
Everytime you try to connect to the domain (from workgroup) it would say “The RPC server is unavailable”
First thoughts directly point to DNS… which was some of the problem. The Router was dishing out DHCP rather than Windows Server 2003 SBS.
Why?? I asked?? Was there any advantage of this? not really… If this is setup within a small company then people will be server based users anyway so probably unable to operate without it, even if the web/DHCP was available on the router.
The client tries to resolve the internal domain.local using the router on the external DNS. That’s not going to work! not unless you bodge it and manually add the SBS Servers DNS into the DHCP the router dishes out so the clients can resolve it. Not the best fix, but it works.
Better still add DHCP on the SBS2003!
Getting this one fixed I could now do the following:
But I was still experiencing the annoying “The RPC server is unavailable” why was this??
Finally finding the problem!! “NORTON INTERNET SECURITY” those three words made into a dirty acronym “NIS”
Disabling the firewall and BAMM! The client could be connected to the domain and fully working.
If you can’t find the prompt to add a windows XP product key using the following run command, this will display the product information wizard:
Run -> "C:\windows\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a"
Detectnow Option
Because waiting for detection to start can be a time-consuming process, an option has been added to allow you to initiate detection right away. On one of the computers with the new Automatic Update client installed, run this at command prompt:
wuauclt.exe /detectnow |
Resetauthorization Option
WSUS uses a cookie on client computers to store various types of information, including computer group membership when client-side targeting is used. By default this cookie expires an hour after WSUS creates it. If you are using client-side targeting and change
group membership, use this option in combination with detectnow to expire the cookie, initiate detection, and have WSUS update computer group membership.
Note that when combining parameters, you can use them only in the order specified as follows:
wuauclt.exe /resetauthorization /detectnow |
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) Support Tools:
CLI for WUAUCLT:
Source: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc708617(WS.10).aspx
“Active Desktop Recovery”
“An error has occurred in a script on this page”
Not 100% sure why this error occurs, however if you bung this information into a VBS file and run “hey-presto” the error is gone and the background is back to normal. I have only seen this when there is a GP in place that sets the background and doesn’t allow it to be changed by the user, I think this could be why it can’t just be changed back!
Most other fixes I’ve tried mean you have to reset the computer or uninstall/reinstall Internet Explorer (IE), I must have wasted hours on this problem until I found this script!
Option Explicit
' Create the Shell object
Dim objShell
Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
'Change values that mess up IE 7 from decimal 272 to 0
objShell.RegWrite "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Desktop\SafeMode\Components\DeskHtmlVersion", "0",
"REG_DWORD"
objShell.AppActivate "Program Manager"
objShell.SendKeys "{F5}"
WScript.Quit |
To access the folder holding the toolbar, VBA, send & receive settings, and nickname files, copy and paste:
To see the message store files, copy and paste:
Many computers come with Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) versions of XP where the manufacturer has altered or totally removed options from the original menus. This brings up the activation screen to change the product key in XP.
Run -> “oobe/msoobe /a”
Microsoft RDP ActiveX Control is disabled when you install Windows XP Service Pack 3 or Windows Small Business Server 2003 SP1.
Use the Manage Add-ons dialog in Internet Explorer to enable the Terminal Services ActiveX Control, if the ActiveX control is not listed in Manage Add-ons dialog deleting the following registry keys:
Option1:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Settings\{7390f3d8-0439-4c05-91e3-cf5cb290c3d0}
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Settings\{4eb89ff4-7f78-4a0f-8b8d-2bf02e94e4b2}
Option2:
run -> cmd.exe /C “cscript %systemroot%\Installer\TSClientMsiTrans\tscuinst.vbs”
Once you delete these keys, the activeX control should be enabled.
Simply put this into the Start -> Run bar and hit enter! to get a print out of users & email addresses within the domain.
How to check that .Net Framework is installed, folders inside represent the Framework versions:
Start -> Run -> "Microsoft.Net"
OK, this option is simple to deal with:
If you don’t want this option to keep coming up just change the following Group Policy setting:
Source: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555098
When you successfully log on to a wireless network that uses Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP) authentication, your credentials are automatically stored in the computer for reuse.
Registry Editor Version 5.00
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\EAPOL\UserEapInfo]
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Regedit:
HKLMSystemCurentcontrolsetServicesNetlogonParametersRequiresignorseal = 0