Archive for May, 2004
Scripting page file modifications for Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003
A useful new feature of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 is the PagefileConfig utility (pagefileconfig.vbs) which enables an administrator to display and configure a system’s virtual memory settings from the command line.
As this new feature is implemented as a Visual Basic script, I tried it on Windows Server 2000 and it works - with […]
Posted: May 24th, 2004 under Scripting, Windows.
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Undocumented entries for unattend.txt
Johan Arwidmark has published some undocumented unattend.txt entries for unattended Windows installations.
Posted: May 17th, 2004 under OS deployment, Windows.
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HP lights-out configuration utility
One of the most significant additions to server hardware in recent years has been the inclusion of on-board management facilities. HP, IBM and Dell all have their own hardware implementations, but I’ve been looking at a great piece of software for the Compaq/HP remote insight lights-out edition (RILOE) cards - the HP lights-out configuration utility […]
Posted: May 13th, 2004 under HP, Scripting, Server hardware.
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Scripting changes to resource permissions in Windows
Earlier today, I needed to include some registry permissions changes within a command line script that I was writing. Microsoft knowledge base article 245031 discusses a method using the regini.exe resource kit tool for Windows NT 4.0; however, for Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003 there is the SubInACL utility (subinacl.exe) which is far […]
Posted: May 12th, 2004 under Scripting, Security, Useful software, Windows.
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Disabling the Configure Your Server Wizard
As useful as it may be for some administrators, I don’t want the Configure Your Server Wizard to appear each time I log on to one of my servers. Microsoft knowledge base article 289080 details a quick registry change to prevent the wizard from starting automatically when new users log on to the computer. […]
Posted: May 11th, 2004 under OS deployment, Windows.
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Understanding and developing with SharePoint products and technologies
I recently attended an event at Microsoft about understanding and developing with Microsoft SharePoint services. I should point out that I’m not a developer, so some of the development topics meant very little to me, but I have reproduced the bits I understand here anyway!
The need for collaborative applications
According to a 2002 report by Gartner: […]
Posted: May 6th, 2004 under SharePoint.
Comments: 6
