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Restore Windows XP NTFS Permissions (Client)

This will restore the NTFS persmission for Windows XP (Pro)

Run CMD

secedit /configure /db secedit.sdb /cfg %SystemRoot%\inf\defltwk.inf /overwrite /verbose

Install Vista / Windows 7 / Server 2008 from USB

I know there are many guides around, The only difference here is that I want to do the quicker (alot infact) format, instead of the normal slow one.

To do this, you need an existing Vista/7 Machine and a USB Stick.

  1. Insert USB stick
  2. Open Command (cmd.exe) as administrator
  3. type (followed by enter)
    1. diskpart
    2. list disk
      1. You should note the disk that is your USB drive (disk 1 or 2 etc, not usually disk 0)
    3. Select disk 1
      1. If disk 1 is the correct one for your USB drive
    4. Clean
      1. This will WIPE the disk drive completly
    5. Create partition primary
      1. this will create a new partition that will use 100% of the space on the USB drive
    6. Select partition 1
      1. selecting the newly created partition
    7. Active
      1. activates the partition
    8. Format fs=fat32 quick
      1. this will format the partition in fat32 quickly
    9. assign
      1. assign drive letter
    10. exit
  4. Now you can just copy all the files on the CD/DVD/ISO to the newly created partition on the USB Drive.

Some notes: FAT32 has a file size limit of 4GB, meaning you cannot copy any single file that is larger than this. Many DVD ISO are larger than 4GB and you might forget the filesystem type in the months to come :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table#FAT32

notes taken from http://www.techmixer.com/install-windows-vista-from-bootable-usb-flash-memory-drive/

Hotmail – Activesync (finally)

Finally I have activesync for hotmail on my Android ( Nexus One )

Basically the settings are

  • Username: you@hotmail.com
  • Password: your hotmail password
  • Server Type: Activesync (choose manual setup)
  • accept certs
  • Server Address: m.hotmail.com

its not working too well tho, some syncs are not doing anything. At least its a start.!

J

sccm 0×00002024 CCMCertFix

I got this,

Simple answer:

just run (as admin) on the client machine and boom, it works! CCMCertFix.exe

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=977203

How to Disable old computer accounts in AD

Becuase ‘dsmod‘ & ‘dsquery‘ support piping (passing results to a new command) you can easliy send results from dsquery to dsmod.

I wanted to disable old computer accounts, then after 60 days I will delete them.

dsquery computer -inactive 8 -limit 0 | dsmod computer -disabled yes

The above will search for computers that have not connected for 8 weeks, say after being removed, destroyed etc. then it will disable the computer account.

I a few weeks I will then search for disabled accounts, might export a list and then delete them form AD.

you could expand this and createa a weekly task that would check and disable/delete accounts, or move them to a locked down part of AD etc.

J

SCCM & x64 PXE errors

I was getting erros deploying to a x64 boot pxe, it would never work..

until *actually* copied the x64 boot image to the DP

duh!

VillainROM 2.1 (HTC Sense Enabled 2.1 ROM) & Vanillain 1.0

Sometimes it sucks to get files from 4shared (20kb/s!!), RS etc..

I decided to host any ROMS that I use here.. for faster access..

enjoy!

Villain 2.1

  • Source: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5438050&postcount=1
  • MD5SUM 2a020dd5efe6571df2e5fa5704bb3c32
  • Villain2.1.zip

 

Vanillain 1.0 (fast -htc stuff)

  • Source: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=629959&postcount=1
  • MD5SUM: cf5e88e50d8e4b59c3da75b5acf3983f
  • Vanillain.zip


googlebits-signed_v1.1

Becuase it took me ages to get here it is for others

enjoy

Adobe CS4 Drive (me crazy)

I always hated how CS4 was bloated so hard, putting little context menus and buttons all over windows,

Like the one here

CS4 Drive

Easy way to remove it is located here

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=688632

Or you can try this

regsvr32 /u “%CommonProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe Drive CS4\ADFSMenu.dll”
or
regsvr32 /u “%CommonProgramFiles(x86)%\Adobe\Adobe Drive CS4\ADFSMenu.dll”

I just wish there was a better option to remove this stuff..

../

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