other blogs of mine

webSightings websites i find interesting as well as personal thoughts
powershell&me my powershell journy
miscITfinds miscellaneous info i have found useful in my work
music&me info i have found useful in my music hobby
Windows Live™ Spaces blog info i have found useful in my work as well as other interests

Forgot your NT admin password?

Forgot your NT admin password?

NTAccess 1.5

PCLoginNow (PC Login Now) Free Download to Reset Windows Admin or User Password

techSites

Petri IT Knowledgebase
Windows XP problem resolution
Best Utilities and Tech Resources
windowsITproFAQ
JSL_faq
virtual dr.

Tips for More Efficient Google Searches

Data Mining Using Google

Google Web Search Help 

20 Tips for More Efficient Google Searches

*Google week: 101 tips, tricks and hacks - The ultimate collection of Google tips and tricks
5 Most Fantastic Movie Search Tricks With Google 

more tips

Fill in the blanks (*)
The *, or wildcard, is a little-known feature that can be very powerful. If you include * within a query, it tells Google to try to treat the star as a placeholder for any unknown term(s) and then find the best matches. For example, the search [ Google * ] will give you results about many of Google's products (go to next page and next page -- we have many products). The query [ Obama voted * on the * bill ] will give you stories about different votes on different bills. Note that the * operator works only on whole words, not parts of words.


google ~guide search

Find synonyms by preceding the term with a ~, which is known as the tilde or synonym operator.



Google's expirmental search 

Cookin’ With Google

cross enging search

hta's

Introduction to HTML Applications (HTAs)
Creating Your Own HTAs: The First of a Multi-Part Tutorial
Extreme Makeover, Part 2: Wrap Your Scripts Up in a GUI Interface
Download details HTA Helpomatic
script center hta
The Hey, Scripting Guy! Archive: HTML Application (HTAs)

don hite About Don Hite - Don Hite has a terrific site that should be on every system admins goto list. here are some hta's don have published that i need to take a closer look at

HTML Applications - Don Hite

HTA Script To Get Basic Machine System Enclosure Information - Don Hite
HTA Script To Return A Windows XP Machines Antivirus Product Information - Don Hite
HTA Script To Get Basic Machine System Enclosure Information - Don Hite
HTA Script To Gather SMS Related Services Status Information - Don Hite
HTA Script To Return SMS Machine Names And Their Resource ID - Don Hite
Just KISS And Play It Cool - Don Hite
HTA Script To Enumerate Pieces Of The All Systems SMS Client Information - Don Hite
Scripting The SMS Administrator Consoles All Systems Collection - Don Hite
HTA Script To Return SMS Collection Names And Their Collection ID - Don Hite
WMI Class Property Viewer - Don Hite
SMS Class Property Viewer - Don Hite
SMS Class Property Viewer To Write Property Names To A Text File - Don Hite
Add And Remove Programs For A Specified Machine - Don Hite
HTA Script To Connect To A Machine With An Alternative User Name And Masked Password - Don Hite

online drawing

use thes sites to scetch an idea online then the scetch can be used in other electronic communications
Gliffy.com - Create and share diagrams online.
www.queeky.com
Imagination Cubed
art.com artPad
drawing
Drawing Online

buck woody on sql

TechEd Bloggers - Buck Woody
SQL Server Reference Guide
SQL Server Reference Guide Building a SQL Server Lab
How Do I do that with SQL Server

“How Do I” Videos — Visual Basic

“How Do I” Videos — Visual Basic

outlook team blog

outlook team blog

Tasks and Time Management in Outlook

SQL Server Instances

SQL Server Instances

32- vs 64-bit Computing for SQL Server

32- vs 64-bit Computing for SQL Server

spicWorks

spiceWorks

Introducing the free Spiceworks IT Desktop.
Designed, tested and used by 100,000 IT pros in 185 countries. Spiceworks has the everyday IT features you need:
Inventory and report on your company's hardware and software assets automatically.
Monitor and troubleshoot the hardware and software on your network.
Run an IT Help Desk for your company that's easy to use.

It takes less than 5 minutes to get up and running. No agents. No scripts. No manual. No hassles. Just download Spiceworks and go.
And, Spiceworks is really free. No trials. No time or device limits. Simply free. All thanks to sponsorships by top technology vendors.
Freedom is just a download away.

usb drive apps

usb drive apps

VMwear

as we prepare to install vmwear in our system i though i woul start a page devoted to the topic

Support - VMware

Convert Physical Machines to Virtual Machines – Free!
VMware Blogs
VMTN News
Planet V12n
Planet VMware
VMware Community Blogs
VMTN Blog
The Console
Virtually There
VROOM!

SearchVMware.com

ESX Server, NIC Teaming, and VLAN Trunking - blog.scottlowe.org - The weblog of a senior engineer specializing in virtualization, storage, and servers

ESX Server and the Native VLAN - blog.scottlowe.org - The weblog of a senior engineer specializing in virtualization, storage, and servers

Virtualization - blog.scottlowe.org - The weblog of a senior engineer specializing in virtualization, storage, and servers

VMware Webinar - VMware and CommVault - Providing Comprehensive Data Protection for Customers DABCC
VMware Infrastructure 3 - Demo Video
VMware Infrastructure, Server Consolidation, Virtual Machine - VMware
VMware Communities
VMware Communities Community VMTN
VMworld The Online Virtualization Destination
DABCC Announcing VMware Training - ESX Server 3.0 VI3 CBT
Download VMware ESX Server 3.x Tips and Tricks for Implementing Infrastructure Services White Paper DABCC

VMworld The Online Virtualization Destination
searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com home

Top 10 virtualization blogs from searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com

> Managing Change In a VMware Virtualized Infrastructure> Virtual Platform Management - Top Considerations for Managing Virtual System Environments

GPExpert Troubleshooting Pak 1.0

GPExpert Troubleshooting Pak 1.0

sms report hardware scan in the last X days

hardware scan in the last X days

scripting mom

scripting mom

Active Directory Tutorial

Active Directory Tutorial

from searchwinit.techtarget.com

Limiting LDAP searches with MaxPageSize

Limiting LDAP searches with MaxPageSize

from searchWinNt.com Active Directory Administration Tips

windows remote management

Windows Remote Management Reference (Windows)

Installation and Configuration for Windows Remote Management (Windows)

Using Windows Remote Management (Windows)

The PowerShell Guy My First WinRM PowerShell Script

black berry info

since we are using blackberries in the district thes sites may be of interest

BerryPoint Connect from Tekatur (www.Tekatur.com) enables access to Microsoft's SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Server 2003 on mobile browsers such as a BlackBerry

7100 - Top 20 Tips from BlackBerry - BlackBerry Tips
Blackberry 7100 with pic of keys
Tips for the Blackberry 7100 Tipps
BlackBerry Discover BlackBerry


BlackBerry Links and BlackBerry Resources

PocketVPN by WICKSoft

BlackBerry - BlackBerry Support Knowledge Base, Product Documentation Software & Support Programs

BlackBerryForums.com Your Number One BlackBerry Community

Microsoft Outlook and RIM BlackBerry


Blackberry FAQs

Opening Email Attachments

Unable to Open E-mail Attachments on My BlackBerry


BlackBerry Forums at CrackBerry.com

CrackBerry.com – The #1 Site for BlackBerry Users & Abusers

Zenprise - Proactive Troubleshooting for BlackBerry and Exchange

Microsoft IT Site Delete Capture 1.0

Microsoft IT Site Delete Capture 1.0

If you ever have end users or end-losers as I have sometimes referred to them as in fits of anger that have the ability to delete sites and actually do so then this utility is for you. The utility works by taking the site(s) that are deleted using the event model and captures them by backing them up to disk so that they can be restored.

Microsoft IT Site Delete Capture 1.0
http://www.codeplex.com/governance/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=3830

from don hite

45 Best Freeware Design Programs

45 Best Freeware Design Programs

http://www.snap2objects.com/2007/06/06/85-killer-resources-every-designer-should-know/

IT reading room

in no particular order i visit these site when i am just crusing the web

Daily Cup of Tech
Crave The gadget blog
Tech product reviews for cell phones, computers, MP3 players - CNET
Digg - News
Bloglines
Welcome to the Script Center
Break Time - Don Hite
The Straight Dope Front Page
wikiHow - The How-To Manual That Anyone Can Write or Edit
Welcome to Microsoft Discussion Groups
Webware Cool Web apps for everyone
The Register Sci-Tech News for the World
Photoshop Tutorials, Flash Tutorials and More! P2L Tutorial Search
Dx21
Drew Curtis' FARK.com
The J-Walk Blog
ExtremeTech - Deep technology for enthusiasts and professionals
I, Cringely PBS
NewsMax.com Late Night Jokes
Microsoft Communities Home Page
reddit.com what's new online

FreeNAS

FreeNAS is a free NAS (Network-Attached Storage) server, supporting: CIFS (samba), FTP, NFS, AFP, RSYNC, iSCSI protocols, S.M.A.R.T., local user authentication, Software RAID (0,1,5) with a Full WEB configuration interface. FreeNAS takes less than 32MB once installed on Compact Flash, hard drive or USB key. The minimal FreeBSD distribution, Web interface, PHP scripts and documentation are based on M0n0wall.

windows xp on a stick

carry your win xp evviromanet on a stick or portable hd

moka5.com live pc

Mojopac - Lauren Barnard - Maximum PC
MojoPac Mobile Desktop Software Review

MojoPac

mojopc forum

format usb drive as NTFS

7-24-07 update

issues

can't install

poweshell
AVG Anti-Virus
symatic anit-virus
no windows update
ie 7 doesn't have tabs

however

you do get a xp enviroment
.net 2.0 did install
office 2003 did install
ie favorites xfered

more when there is more to report

Lifehacker Top 10 Top 10 Network Utilities - Lifehacker

Lifehacker Top 10 Top 10 Network Utilities - Lifehacker

PDF tools

PDF Online 
Web site PDF Online lets you convert a bevy of document types to PDF online, sending the resulting PDF to your email address as an attachment.
Windows only: Free PDF conversion toolPrint2PDF [602 Software via The Download Blog] isn't as click-and-go friendly as a tool like doPDF, but it does offer a serious amount of control over the looks, permissions, and security of your PDFs. 
We've mentioned CutePDF in the past, a tool that offers the same sort of print-to-PDF function, but frankly, doPDF [via NoHeat] just worked for me better than CutePDF off the bat. 


PDF-XChange Viewer [via FreewareGenius] PDF-XChange Viewer's killer feature is the Typewriter editing mode, which lets you overlay text anywhere on a PDF—a feature that's invaluable for filling out forms that aren't actually made to work as PDF forms (we've all been there).

CutePDF [Acro Software] CutePDF Writer is a Windows freeware program that lets you make a PDF (Portable Document Format) file out of any document.
Notepad Generator [via montag451] 
See also:
Make your own personalized notepaper

9. Convert files to PDF online

Top 10 PDF tricks, #5: Want to reorder, encrypt, crop, watermark or edit form fields in your PDF? Check out the free PDF Tools utility for Windows, which can do all that and more. Mac users, you should check out PDFLab for similar features.

#4: Acrobat Reader isn't the snappiest application on the block, but it's the most common PDF reader out there. You can speed up Acrobat's startup by bypassing unnecessary application plugins, or you can switch to another PDF reader entirely. We recommend FoxIt Reader for Windows - it's fast and free.

, #1: Mac users can save any document as a PDF using the Print dialog's "PDF" button by default. Windows users can't do this out of the box, butfreeware CutePDF installs a PDF printer which also outputs any document to PDF via the Print dialog.

An alternative to CutePDF is doPDF for Windows. Linux users can also print to PDF file.

Fake Name Generator

Fake Name Generator generate a new fake identy

Big.first.name/nametags

Big.first.name/nametags

PWDMan change local admin passwords

PWDMan change local admin passwords

SharpReader RSS Aggregator

SharpReader RSS Aggregator


Microsoft RSS Newsgroup Feeds - Don Hite
Newsgroups

Systems Management Server (SMS)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/newsgroups/server/sms.mspx

Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/newsgroups/server/mom.mspx

SharePoint Products and Technologies
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/newsgroups/server/sharepoint.mspx

Windows Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/newsgroups/serveros/win2003.mspx

SQL Server
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/newsgroups/server/sql.mspx

For a complete listing of the Microsoft newsgroups see the link below:

TechNet Newsgroups
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/newsgroups/default.mspx

VBS Script To Enumerate Active Directory OU Names And Paths And Send To Excel - Don Hite

VBS Script To Enumerate Active Directory OU Names And Paths And Send To Excel - Don Hite

VBS Script:

Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
objExcel.Visible = True
objExcel.Workbooks.Add
intRow = 2

objExcel.Cells(1, 1).Value = "OU Name"
objExcel.Cells(1, 2).Value = "OU Path"

Set objDomain = GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE")
strDomain = objDomain.Get("DefaultNamingContext")

set strOU = GetObject("LDAP://" & strDomain )
strOU.Filter = Array("OrganizationalUnit")

For Each objItem In strOU
arrOU = Split(objItem.Name, "=")
objExcel.Cells(intRow, 1).Value = arrOU(1)
objExcel.Cells(intRow, 2).Value = objItem.AdsPath
intRow = intRow + 1
Next

objExcel.Range("A1:B1").Select
objExcel.Selection.Font.ColorIndex = 11
objExcel.Selection.Font.Bold = True
objExcel.Range("A1:B1").Select
objExcel.Cells.EntireColumn.AutoFit

MsgBox "Done"

Locating Machines Not Reporting Heartbeat Discovery In The Last

Locating Machines Not Reporting Heartbeat Discovery In The Last Week - Don Hite

This SQL query will allow you to find or locate machines in your SMS database that have not reported a Heartbeat discovery record in the last week or seven days.

SQL Query:

Select
SD.Netbios_Name0,
A.AgentName,
DI.AgentTime

From System_Disc SD

Inner Join DiscItemAgents DI on SD.DiscArchKey = DI.DiscArchKey
Cross Join Agents A

Where A.AgentName = 'Heartbeat Discovery'
And DatePart (D,DI.AgentTime) >= 7

EZ Execute Freeware GUI For PsExec - Don Hite

EZ Execute Freeware GUI For PsExec - Don Hite

sms advanced client install

SMS Console Additions V1.4 (Released Dec 2006)

SMS 2003 Advanced Client Troubleshooting - myITforum.com Wiki Service

myITforum.com SMS Installer Downloads

ad atributes

Mappings for the Active Directory Users and Computers Snap-in (Windows)

http://www.rlmueller.net/UserAttributes.htm
http://www.rlmueller.net/Schema.htm
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms677286.aspx

Windows Active Directory LDAP Schema
ad attribute spreadsheet

4 spreadsheets that detail active directory attributes

attributes of a user object in AD

SMS 2003 Reroot orphaned collections

http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/scassells/archive/2007/06/01/sms-2003-reroot-orphaned-collections.aspx

WQL to SQL

Garth Jones WQL to SQL

Creating Collections using SQL

Creating Collections using SQL

scripts

how2Script

cruito vbscripts

vbsEditSamples

petri it knowledgebase

GUI to Property Map

activeXperts scripts

all about HTA'S

regularExpressions

the scripting library

myITforum_sms scripts

goto sites

Windows Management Script Center

WMI Samples, Network Monitoring and Windows Management

ADSI Samples, Network Monitoring and Windows Management

Active Directory attributes exposed by the LDAP and WinNT providers.

JDH IT Solutions - Administrative scripting, PowerShell, ADSI and WMI

windows update without going to the site

usa http://autopatcher.com

you need a bittorrent client i chose http://azureus.sourceforge.net/

get the latest core package and the latest update for the OS you want to update from autopatcher in the form of a .torrent file

feed that file to your bittorrent client ( in azureus that means choose file>open and navigate to where you downloaded the .torrent file

choose the files you want to download and get a beer while that happens)

the files will be in your mydocuments folder in the azureus dir

copy those files to a jump drive and xfer them to the computer you want to upgrade

run the files and get another beer while they install!!

IT webcasts

Quest Software - Webcasts and Events
MainFunction Training - Webcasts

posh & .net

.NET types

How do I easily load assemblies, when LoadWithPartialName has been deprecated?

Power Toys Pack Installer

Power Toys Pack Installer
The Pack Installer is a tool that will let you see the latest Power Toys for Visual Studio, and other great developer oriented tools. It allows you to easily mark any tool or set of tools for download and installation, and streamline the installation process.

mission

the purpose of this blog is to document sites which have helped in my work and which don't fall under any special category