by ds | Oct 26, 2013 | Administration
Unfortunately, Microsoft seems to have removed this feature for Windows Vista and above, so you need an XP or 2003 Server client to set the variables, but it also works for remote Windows Vista, 7 or 8 machines. Open computer management (compmgmt.msc) and connect to...
by ds | Oct 15, 2013 | Administration
Using Windows 2000 Server nowadays still has some advantages, if you only need a cheap server system e.g. to provide USB license dongles access in your LAN. A workstation operating system like Windows XP, 7 or 8 is not useful in this case, because it limits the...
by ds | Oct 15, 2013 | Administration
Problem You want to distribute an MSI file via your Active Directory domain network with group policy application deploying feature. The application gets installed on some PCs, other ones show any of the following error codes, even after multiple reboots and running...
by ds | Oct 8, 2013 | Administration
Use this Powershell script to download a file via batch script in Windows: $client = new-object System.Net.WebClient $client.DownloadFile("http://www.xyz.net/file.txt","C:tmpfile.txt") Then save it as meow.ps1. If you want to run the script in Task...
by ds | Sep 21, 2013 | Administration
This error can happen on Windows domain clients for several reasons like HDD errors etc., which are mostly not reproducible. You try to login with your domain credentials and this message appears. Solution Log in as the local administrator, using...
by ds | Aug 24, 2013 | Administration, Virtualization
ownCloud is a quite simple and effective way to synchronize files and folders over LAN / internet, especially if you want to access them from mobile devices like Android phones / tablets, or via web interface. The problem of ready-to-use cloud services like Dropbox,...