Scripting

A change to the fields in the Netlogon.log file from Windows 2012 and above

December 13, 2013

If you collate and report on the Netlogon.log files from Domain Controllers, you’ll notice that many existing scripts may fail to correctly split the lines when processing the logs from Windows 2012 Domain Controllers; unless of course you’ve already noticed and made an allowance for it.

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Enabling the Active Directory JET Database Performance Monitor Counters

June 20, 2013

When monitoring the performance of Domain Controllers there are certain counters over and above the default ones that will provide you with advanced information to ensure that they are sized and performing correctly. These are the JET Database Performance Counters.

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Script to set the Adobe Print As Image option

September 12, 2012

Having deployed a new printing solution in a large University environment, we were faced with all sorts of printing errors, slow printing, and out of memory errors on the printers themselves; specifically when printing PDFs. This is related to how the PDFs are processed, which becomes a challenge in a higher education environment where the […]

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PaperCut Client Launch or Logon Script for Windows

September 11, 2012

Having deployed PaperCut print management software in a large University environment, we were faced with the challenge of how to ensure that the client (pc-client-local-cache.exe) launched successfully and consistently at every logon to meet all the use cases. We also had to consider how we were going to specify the different types of command line parameters. […]

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An improved and enhanced version of the famous LaunchApp.wsf

September 3, 2012

Have you ever wondered why your logon script fails to map network drives when an Administrative user logs onto a computer with User Account Control (UAC) enabled; even though the drive mapping process completes successfully? To understand this you need to read the section from “Group Policy Scripts can fail due to User Account Control” […]

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Finding Orphaned Group Policy Objects

September 3, 2012

Group Policy Objects (GPOs) are stored in two parts: GPC (Group Policy Container). The GPC is where the GPO stores all the AD-related configuration under the CN=Policies,CN=System,DC=… container, which is replicated via AD replication. GPT (Group Policy Templates). The GPT is where the GPO stores the actual settings located within SYSVOL area under the Policies folder, which […]

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Installing the HP Universal Print Drivers on Citrix/Terminal Servers

December 9, 2009

I have found the latest batch of HP’s Universal Printer Drivers to be the very stable. The command line I use for installing the HP Universal Print Drivers on Citrix/Terminal servers is as follows: Version 5.0 PCL 5 install.exe /q /npf /nd /dod /dos /dpm /ddu /dso /gdssnp /snptm=0 /dm /dmpa /dads /pqdmpa /pqdads Version […]

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How to prevent certain MS Outlook dialog boxes from showing?

December 6, 2009

This script will manage the “PONT_STRING” registry value to control the “Don’t Show Dialog” Setting for some of the Outlook dialog boxes that don’t have a simple way of preventing them from showing via a Group Policy Setting, etc. Under Outlook 2007 there are two particular dialog boxes that may prompt the user when a […]

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Deployment Script for Citrix Profile Management 2.x

November 29, 2009

Here is my deployment script for Citrix Profile Management 2.x, formerly known as User Profile Manager. Enjoy!

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User-Self Help Tools for an SBC and VDI Deployment

November 29, 2009

Whenever I implement a Citrix/Terminal Server farm, I always include certain applications and tools that I believe users will get some value from, which may in-turn assist IT Support by lowering the number of helpdesk calls. Who knows??? I have blogged about all these tools before… The unbelievably awesome Ctrl-Alt-Del IT Consultancy tools The Repair […]

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