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| 1E |
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| 1Es Nightwatchman Screen Saver |  | rodtrent |  | SMS 2003, Windows, 1E, SMS Alliance |  | 11/13/2006 |  | 3.2 mb |
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| Download this screen saver from 1E and learn how to save time, power, and the world at the same time. |
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| Technology Review of 1E from the Butler Group |  | rodtrent |  | 1E |  | 7/10/2006 |  | 172.3 kb |
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| Technology Review of 1E from the Butler Group. |
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| Active Directory and Group Policy |
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| ListComps |  | bpeterson199 |  | Scripting, Windows, Active Directory and Group Policy |  | 4/1/2008 |  | 10.4 kb |
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| This utility lists all computers in a specified domain in order to perform an action against those computers. It was written to simplify these operations without the noise of Netdom and other utilities. This utility requires .Net Framework 2.0. Listed below is an example:
For /F %i in ('ListComps /D:DOMAIN') do (sc \\%i query winmgmt) |
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| RegToAdm ver 2.11 |  | rodtrent |  | Active Directory and Group Policy |  | 6/6/2007 |  | 123.9 kb |
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| For any network with Win9x/NT/2K/XP clients. Convert a REG file (exported from Regedit), to a simple custom ADM template,
that can be used in Poledit for distribution of registry settings on the network, or as a custom template for Group Policy. |
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| Altiris |
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| Software Asset Management - Software Licensing Law Your rights and responsibilities |  | bhusselbaugh |  | SMS 2.x, MOM, Altiris, SMS 2003, Miscellaneous, Support Management, Patch Management, Security, Microsoft Office, System Center News |  | 8/4/2006 |  | 162.4 kb |
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| Explains the law surrounding software licensing. Necessary read for anyone implementing software asset management. |
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| ITAM Service Level Agreements (SLAs) – Don’t Specify what you can’t Measure |  | bhusselbaugh |  | MOM, Altiris, Miscellaneous, Support Management |  | 1/20/2006 |  | 84.2 kb |
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| What are reasonable Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for IT Asset Management? This paper describes a real-world example and gives advice as to how to establish ITAM SLAs. |
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| Hardware and Gadgets |
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| Monitor Info |  | akaplan |  | Scripting, Hardware and Gadgets |  | 9/4/2007 |  | 5.2 kb |
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| Modification of script by Michael Baird -- this gets monitor model, S/N, Manufacture date for local or remote systems. Can be run in batch mode using FOR command. |
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| Macintosh-Apple |
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| Join a Macintosh to Active Directory |  | rodtrent |  | Macintosh-Apple |  | 11/3/2006 |  | 137.7 kb |
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| Use this MS Word document to follow steps for joining a Macintosh computer to Active Directory. |
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| Macrovision |
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| Updating Deployed Windows Installer Packages |  | rodtrent |  | Software Management, Macrovision |  | 1/30/2003 |  | 146.1 kb |
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| Donated by InstallShield. One option for systems administrators wishing to update a deployed Windows Installer (MSI) package is to use a patch. |
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| Validation during Customization of a Windows Installer-Based Package |  | rodtrent |  | Software Management, Macrovision |  | 1/28/2003 |  | 98.4 kb |
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| Donated by InstallShield. It is a good practice for systems administrators wishing to use transforms to customize a
Windows Installer-based package to both prevalidate and postvalidate the base MSI file. |
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| Microsoft Office |
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| Lookout v. 1.2 |  | rodtrent |  | Microsoft Office |  | 9/26/2007 |  | 840 kb |
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| Lookout allows comprehensive searching of your Microsoft Outlook 2003 PST. Lookout is no longer needed if using the built-in searching features of Outlook 2007. |
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| Software Asset Management - Software Licensing Law Your rights and responsibilities |  | bhusselbaugh |  | SMS 2.x, MOM, Altiris, SMS 2003, Miscellaneous, Support Management, Patch Management, Security, Microsoft Office, System Center News |  | 8/4/2006 |  | 162.4 kb |
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| Explains the law surrounding software licensing. Necessary read for anyone implementing software asset management. |
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| Miscellaneous |
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| PSrun for the Helpdesk |  | chayes |  | SMS Installer, Miscellaneous, Support Management |  | 5/3/2007 |  | 7.3 kb |
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| This ipf can be changed to include a local admin username & password. It prompts you for a computer name and file location and then uses those variables to run PSexec. You can give it to the helpdesk and they can install remotely without having admin rights themselves. |
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| Time Check |  | akaplan |  | Scripting, Miscellaneous |  | 3/13/2007 |  | 13.8 kb |
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| This WSF file lets you compare the time on your local workstation to other systems in your domain. It queries AD, list or specified systems. |
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| MOM |
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| Software Asset Management - Software Licensing Law Your rights and responsibilities |  | bhusselbaugh |  | SMS 2.x, MOM, Altiris, SMS 2003, Miscellaneous, Support Management, Patch Management, Security, Microsoft Office, System Center News |  | 8/4/2006 |  | 162.4 kb |
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| Explains the law surrounding software licensing. Necessary read for anyone implementing software asset management. |
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| Memory Process List |  | moh |  | MOM, MOM Reports, Scripts, and MPs |  | 7/28/2006 |  | 1.8 kb |
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| Returns a list of processes and their relative memory consumption based on WorkingSetSize (same value as Task Manager). |
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| MOM Reports, Scripts, and MPs |
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| Memory Process List |  | moh |  | MOM, MOM Reports, Scripts, and MPs |  | 7/28/2006 |  | 1.8 kb |
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| Returns a list of processes and their relative memory consumption based on WorkingSetSize (same value as Task Manager). |
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| MOM CPU Processes List |  | moh |  | MOM, Scripting, MOM Reports, Scripts, and MPs |  | 7/21/2006 |  | 5.5 kb |
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| Response script used to generate an event that displays processes above parameter threshold. |
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| NetIQ |
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| OpalisRobot |  | ljohns178 |  | MOM, NetIQ, Scripting, Windows, Networking, SQL Server |  | 1/28/2004 |  | 452.7 kb |
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| OpalisRobot is an object oriented, automation solution. OpalisRobot automates data center operations by integrating independently designed management applications, with user expertise and data center procedures, reducing operational costs and increasing availability and performance of computing environments. |
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| sonicadmin Product Info (download available from www.sonicmobility.com) |  | dball |  | MOM, NetIQ, Windows Mobile |  | 3/17/2002 |  | 51.4 kb |
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| Respond to and fix network and server problems from anywhere by securely connecting to your network, diagnosing the problem, and fixing it in real time, including soft, hard, and cold booting of the server, full user management, management of routers, switches, hubs, modems, and more! All of this from a Pocket PC, RIM, or HPC. |
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| Networking |
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| IP Info |  | akaplan |  | Scripting, Networking |  | 1/11/2007 |  | 7 kb |
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| This script collect IP information from local or remote primary NIC, including last link speed and a WAG at the duplex setting. Results can be sent to the clipboard. |
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| BITS Bandwidth Manager |  | DAlvarez |  | SMS 2.x, SMS 2003, Scripting, SMS Installer, Networking |  | 8/28/2006 |  | 147.1 kb |
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| Utility to throttle BITS bandwidth by setting BITS registry keys, sans group policies. SMS Installer script included. |
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| Patch Management |
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| Remote Windows Update Tool |  | akaplan |  | Scripting, Windows, Patch Management, Security |  | 12/7/2007 |  | 8.2 kb |
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| This HTA file allows you to patch remote systems using Windows Update or WSUS. You can patch all security queries or select from a list |
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| Web Report for MS07-040 |  | rodtrent |  | Patch Management, SMS Queries, Reports and MOFs |  | 7/19/2007 |  | < 1 kb |
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| From Stuart Norman on the SMS email discussion list. Here is a web report that breaks out MS07-040 by title. |
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| Scripting |
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| ListComps |  | bpeterson199 |  | Scripting, Windows, Active Directory and Group Policy |  | 4/1/2008 |  | 10.4 kb |
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| This utility lists all computers in a specified domain in order to perform an action against those computers. It was written to simplify these operations without the noise of Netdom and other utilities. This utility requires .Net Framework 2.0. Listed below is an example:
For /F %i in ('ListComps /D:DOMAIN') do (sc \\%i query winmgmt) |
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| Local Administrators WMI Provider |  | rzander |  | SMS 2003, Scripting, System Center Configuration Manager |  | 3/31/2008 |  | 185.3 kb |
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| This Tool does create a new WMI Class in root\cimv2:Win32_LocalAdmins. The class does contain all members of the local Administrators Group. Prerequisites: .NET Framework 3.5 !!!
Source code included. |
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| Security |
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| Erase USB |  | akaplan |  | Scripting, Security |  | 2/11/2008 |  | 4.1 kb |
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| This script runs cipher /w to either wipe an entire USB drive, or to wipe the slack space from a USB drive. Note that there is some debate about whether overwriting makes a difference on USB drives -- I confirmed results with drive editor) |
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| Remote Windows Update Tool |  | akaplan |  | Scripting, Windows, Patch Management, Security |  | 12/7/2007 |  | 8.2 kb |
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| This HTA file allows you to patch remote systems using Windows Update or WSUS. You can patch all security queries or select from a list |
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| SMS 1.2 |
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| VBScript Function for NOIDMIF Creation |  | rjones |  | SMS 1.2, SMS 2003, Scripting, System Center Configuration Manager |  | 10/22/2007 |  | 4.6 kb |
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| VBScript Function for creating NOIDMIF files for SMS ad-hock inventory. |
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| SMSv4 TAP Program Documents |  | rodtrent |  | SMS 2.x, SMS 1.2, SMS 2003 |  | 5/27/2005 |  | 123.2 kb |
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| This program is designed to provide collaboration with your company and Microsoft. The purpose is to validate SMS v4 through the deployment of pre-release builds. |
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| SMS 2.x |
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| Restart Mul exe |  | sdesai |  | SMS 2.x, SMS 2003, System Center Configuration Manager |  | 4/3/2008 |  | 120.7 kb |
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| Restart all the systems in collection. |
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| Display Current User |  | dhicks |  | SMS 2.x, SMS 2003, Scripting |  | 7/24/2007 |  | 1.5 kb |
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| Add's right click menu option to smstools list. Displays current user (Not last looged on user) based on machine input whether system is an SMS client or not only requires AD membership |
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| SMS 2003 |
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| CollAddUsers vbs |  | nhalme |  | SMS 2003, System Center Configuration Manager |  | 6/23/2008 |  | 3.7 kb |
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| This is the user version of Mark Nunn's colladd.vbs script. This script will add user names from a text file into a desired SMS Collection |
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| SMS SCCMTroubleShooter |  | gramsey |  | SMS 2003, System Center Configuration Manager |  | 5/19/2008 |  | 30.1 kb |
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| Use the troubleshooters to help identify problems with clients. visit http://www.myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/gramsey for more information |
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| SMS Alliance |
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| 1E SystemForge |  | rodtrent |  | SMS Alliance |  | 6/5/2007 |  | 179.7 kb |
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| SystemForge - quickly & simply build and adapt large, complex Windows enviroments. |
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| 1Es Nightwatchman Screen Saver |  | rodtrent |  | SMS 2003, Windows, 1E, SMS Alliance |  | 11/13/2006 |  | 3.2 mb |
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| Download this screen saver from 1E and learn how to save time, power, and the world at the same time. |
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| SMS Installer |
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| Keyboard Layout |  | mdejung |  | SMS Installer |  | 6/10/2008 |  | 2.7 kb |
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| Get the Keyboard Layout. You can also modify to write it into a Logfile |
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| ka-boom |  | rodtrent |  | SMS Installer |  | 9/19/2007 |  | 6.9 kb |
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| Compile w/ a copy of xcacls and cause a blue screen. |
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| SMS Queries, Reports and MOFs |
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| Web Report for MS07-040 |  | rodtrent |  | Patch Management, SMS Queries, Reports and MOFs |  | 7/19/2007 |  | < 1 kb |
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| From Stuart Norman on the SMS email discussion list. Here is a web report that breaks out MS07-040 by title. |
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| Reports Syntax |  | twatson274 |  | SMS 2003, SMS Queries, Reports and MOFs |  | 4/19/2007 |  | 5.1 kb |
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| These reports allow other admins to see the syntax of all your reports, without having to give them access to the SMS Administrator Console. |
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| Software Management |
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| Create MSI AIP XP2003 reg |  | pludlam572 |  | Software Management |  | 7/26/2005 |  | 1.8 kb |
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| Provide a "Create AIP" (Create Administrative Installation Point) option when you right click on an MSI file (for Windows XP and later) |
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| Create MSI AIP 2000 reg |  | pludlam572 |  | Software Management |  | 7/26/2005 |  | 1.8 kb |
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| Provide a "Create AIP" (Create Administrative Installation Point) option when you right click on an MSI file (for Windows 2000/NT 4) |
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| SQL Server |
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| Get Last SQL Backup |  | akaplan |  | Scripting, SQL Server |  | 12/3/2007 |  | 3.5 kb |
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| Script connects to SQL server, gets list of databases, last successful backup and count of backup files. |
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| Change SQL SA password |  | akaplan |  | Scripting, SQL Server, Security |  | 11/17/2006 |  | 4.1 kb |
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| Blank SA passwords on SQL databases are a plague. This script lets you add a SA password locally or remotely if you have integrated security enabled and are an admin. I use SQLRecon to look for open SA passwords. You can find it at http://www.specialopssecurity.com/labs/sqlrecon/.
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| Support Management |
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| Program files application Blocker |  | rtruss |  | SMS 2003, Scripting, Windows, Support Management, Security, System Center Configuration Manager |  | 10/23/2007 |  | 6.5 kb |
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| A small util to add blank files to the program files dir and remove permissions for local administrators, everyone and users groups and then add domain admins and whatever group you would like to add as well. |
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| Virtual Application Comparison |  | rodtrent |  | Support Management |  | 5/24/2007 |  | 24.3 kb |
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| A product comparison what done ahead of time to determine what the best virtual application technology would best fit for the environment. |
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| System Center Configuration Manager |
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| CollAddUsers vbs |  | nhalme |  | SMS 2003, System Center Configuration Manager |  | 6/23/2008 |  | 3.7 kb |
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| This is the user version of Mark Nunn's colladd.vbs script. This script will add user names from a text file into a desired SMS Collection |
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| SMS SCCMTroubleShooter |  | gramsey |  | SMS 2003, System Center Configuration Manager |  | 5/19/2008 |  | 30.1 kb |
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| Use the troubleshooters to help identify problems with clients. visit http://www.myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/gramsey for more information |
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| System Center News |
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| Software Asset Management - Software Licensing Law Your rights and responsibilities |  | bhusselbaugh |  | SMS 2.x, MOM, Altiris, SMS 2003, Miscellaneous, Support Management, Patch Management, Security, Microsoft Office, System Center News |  | 8/4/2006 |  | 162.4 kb |
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| Explains the law surrounding software licensing. Necessary read for anyone implementing software asset management. |
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| System Center Operations Manager |
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| OpsMgr 2007 Database and Data Warehouse Size Calculator |  | rodtrent |  | System Center Operations Manager |  | 10/17/2007 |  | 9.4 kb |
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| This DB size calculator is not an official sizing calculator and is to provide guidance on DB sizing. The official sizing tool is System Center Capacity Planner. |
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| Secure Vantage ACS Noise Filter Guide |  | rodtrent |  | System Center Operations Manager |  | 5/31/2007 |  | 266.7 kb |
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| This guide provides essential tuning for Audit Collection environments providing optimized data collection which improves both online and offline storage capabilities. This guide introduces noise filters for Windows Servers 2000 & 2003 Security Events. Secure Vantage: http://www.securevantage.com/ |
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| Web Technologies |
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| Soon HTA |  | akaplan |  | Scripting, Web Technologies |  | 12/4/2007 |  | 4.2 kb |
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| This HTA is a front end for schtasks. It lets you schedule a task on a remote system with a set time delay by querying the remote system for current time. |
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| Spectroscope |  | rodtrent |  | Web Technologies |  | 6/14/2007 |  | 177.7 kb |
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| Handy color picker ~ Lean, fast, Use it for web development. |
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| Windows |
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| ListComps |  | bpeterson199 |  | Scripting, Windows, Active Directory and Group Policy |  | 4/1/2008 |  | 10.4 kb |
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| This utility lists all computers in a specified domain in order to perform an action against those computers. It was written to simplify these operations without the noise of Netdom and other utilities. This utility requires .Net Framework 2.0. Listed below is an example:
For /F %i in ('ListComps /D:DOMAIN') do (sc \\%i query winmgmt) |
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| Remote Windows Update Tool |  | akaplan |  | Scripting, Windows, Patch Management, Security |  | 12/7/2007 |  | 8.2 kb |
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| This HTA file allows you to patch remote systems using Windows Update or WSUS. You can patch all security queries or select from a list |
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| Windows Mobile |
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| CECopy |  | rodtrent |  | Windows Mobile |  | 4/3/2003 |  | 12.4 kb |
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| CECopy is a command line utility for your computer that allows you to copy files from your computer to your PocketPC in a command prompt. |
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| Pocket PC NOIDMIF Info Generator |  | rupdegraff |  | SMS 2.x, SMS 2003, Windows Mobile |  | 1/26/2003 |  | 2 kb |
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| This vbs will pull Pocket PC info from the registry of the desktop used to ActiveSync with it. The registry info seems to only be recorded on Win2k machine with the newest ActivSync. Check it out and use it or modify it. USE AT YOUR RISK! I HAVE HAD NO ISSUES WITH THIS SCRIPT IN MY ENVIRONMENT. |
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| Windows PowerShell |
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| Query SMS Programs With Dependencies |  | mtaggart |  | SMS 2003, Scripting, Windows PowerShell |  | 11/21/2006 |  | < 1 kb |
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| This script uses Powershell and WMI to find and extract information about SMS Programs that are configured with links to(are Dependent on)
other SMS Programs. |
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| Wise Solutions |
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| Get IP Address |  | apayne |  | Wise Solutions |  | 6/24/2005 |  | 3.1 kb |
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| This Wise script retrieves the IP Address of a machine into a text file. This can be executed inside another program to store the IP Address to a variable. |
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| SMS Client Installation Troubleshooter |  | ddaugherty |  | SMS 2003, Wise Solutions |  | 6/21/2004 |  | 450.2 kb |
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| This tool is designed to help SMS admins to quickly and effectively troubleshoot target systems that do not have a working SMS client installed. See the readme for more. Includes EXE and WSE. |
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