Script
Counting the Number of Files in a Directory, Command Line Style
Recently, I needed to count the number of files in a directory on a Windows server. Here’s the command that...
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Active Directory
AD Message: Object is a container and contains other objects. Are you sure you want to delete object and the objects it contains
I received the following message today when trying to delete a computer object from Active Directory: Object %COMPUTERNAME% is a container and...
Script
Script to Remotely List Windows Local Administrator Group Membership
The following script can be run against remote Windows machines, and will enumerate the contents of the remote server’s local...
Fixes
Fix: SQL Configuration Manager Connection to target machine could not be made in a timely fashion
Things didn’t go too smoothly yesterday when I was trying to reconfigure our SQL 2005 cluster and it’s database locations. ...
How-To
How to Automatically Change the CD-ROM Drive Letter After Running Sysprep
I’m finalizing a Windows 2003 R2 build that will become our gold image, which will be the source of all new server...
Virtualization
Network Card configuration Missing after P2V using VMware Converter
Last night I converted a physical Windows 2003 R2 server to a VMware virtual machine using VMware Converter Standalone version...
Windows
Find Windows System Uptime from the Command Line
Here’s a quick and easy way of checking how long a Windows server or workstation has been up, via the...
Windows
Fix: “The IP address you have entered for this network adapter is already assigned to another adapter…”
I brought up a snapshot of a Windows Server 2003 R2 guest today and could not login to the domain. After...
Windows
Howto: Delegate the Enable/Disable Accounts Permission in Active Directory
To delegate the ability to enable and disable user accounts in Active Directory: Launch Active Directory Users and Computers with...