January 2006 - Posts

• New myITforum Articles for 1/30/2006

  Random Article SMS 2003 Web Reporting by Gary Collins - 7/3/2003 Here is a step-by-step procedure for creating an SMS 2003 Reporting Point, making a dashboard, new reports and creating categories. Altiris Measuring the Returns of Software Packaging by Altiris Corp - 1/30/2006 To ensure swift, successful deployment of software— and to guarantee that the software meets the needs and skills of the end user as well as the business—many enterprises are turning to emerging technology for software packaging. Miscellaneous A Look Inside Microsoft's 'Metro' Document Format by Paul Teodorescu - 1/30/2006 As it advances aggressively into its competitors market, Microsoft has time and energy to promote new acquired or self-developed products. SMS 2.x Advance SMS Reporting with Microsoft Excel by Scott Simon - 1/30/2006 No doubt you have run an SMS query, exported it to a text or CSV file then crafted a nice report using Microsoft Excel. What if I told you there is an easier way. SMS 2003 Advance SMS Reporting with Microsoft Excel by Scott Simon - 1/30/2006 No doubt you have run an SMS query, exported it to a text or CSV file then crafted a nice report using Microsoft Excel. What if I told you there is an easier way. Windows BIOS management 1/4 by François Racine - 1/30/2006 Consideration to maintain BIOS configurations Posted Jan 30 2006, 12:38 PM by newsletter with no comments Filed under: myITforum Daily Newsletter

• myITforum Daily Newsletter for January 23, 2006

  Random Article Does a media file play in the background when your alarms go off? by John Gormly - 1/27/2005 Has this ever happened? You set an alarm on your Pocket PC and when the alarm goes off, Windows Media files start playing? Altiris Supporting and Extending the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) by Altiris Corp - 1/23/2006 The following document is designed to supply an overview of ITIL, as well as provide extensions to the framework to incorporate the use of applications to support ITIL implementation. MSI Managing PendingFileRenameOperations by François Racine - 1/23/2006 Sometimes to install a MSI, you need to reboot first because the MSI is looking to PendingFileRenameOperations. SMS 2003 SMS 2003 Distribution Point Installation by Aaron Czechowski - 1/23/2006 This article describes exactly what happens when a server is added as a SMS 2003 Distribution Point. VB Scripting Managing PendingFileRenameOperations by François Racine - 1/23/2006 Sometimes to install a MSI, you need to reboot first because the MSI is looking to PendingFileRenameOperations. Posted Jan 23 2006, 11:36 AM by newsletter with no comments Filed under: myITforum Daily Newsletter

• New articles on myITforum.com

  Altiris Audit Express 1.2 by Altiris Corp - 1/20/2006 AuditExpress is the only Vulnerability Audit solution that combines the traditional functions of a vulnerability scanner and the core features of an audit tool. Miscellaneous The AdminSDHolder Object in Active Directory by Patrick Rohe - 1/20/2006 The AdminSDHolder object/process in Active Directory will routinely reset the ACLs of certain highly-privileged users and groups. MSI Managing PendingFileRenameOperations by François Racine - 1/20/2006 Sometimes to install a MSI, you need to reboot first because the MSI is looking to PendingFileRenameOperations. Security The AdminSDHolder Object in Active Directory by Patrick Rohe - 1/20/2006 The AdminSDHolder object/process in Active Directory will routinely reset the ACLs of certain highly-privileged users and groups. SMS 2003 SMS 2003 FAQ: SMS Site Servers on Virtual Server by Rod Trent - 1/20/2006 Does Microsoft support SMS Site Servers on Virtual Server? VB Scripting Managing PendingFileRenameOperations by François Racine - 1/20/2006 Sometimes to install a MSI, you need to reboot first because the MSI is looking to PendingFileRenameOperations. Posted Jan 20 2006, 01:04 PM by newsletter with no comments Filed under: myITforum Daily Newsletter

• New myITforum articles for 1/19/2006

  Altiris Active Patch Management by Altiris Corp - 1/19/2006 Deliberate patch creation and package distribution will at times conflict with agile and responsive software distribution goals. Therefore, for many reasons, a reliable, scalable and proven architecture is essential to supporting the necessary policies and procedures. Miscellaneous Restricted access for shared computers by Paul Teodorescu - 1/19/2006 As technologists, irrespective of our main core competencies we have been exposed to heavily shared computer setups, either during the college years or recently for company kiosks. The latest have become very popular MOM State Roll Up View by Garry Meaburn - 1/19/2006 You resolved alerts for your MOM2005 agents but some agents were left in a non-success state although they had nothing left to resolve. This is caused by the Computer and Domain names left unselected in alert rule suppression fields. SMS 2003 How to repartition during OSD (ZTI) Refresh scenario by Johan Arwidmark - 1/19/2006 This scenario describes how to repartition the drive using an OSD (ZTI) Refresh Windows Getting the Install Date for Windows by Rod Trent - 1/19/2006 Use this command prompt command to get the install date information for the Windows version installed on the computer. Posted Jan 19 2006, 10:49 AM by newsletter with no comments Filed under: myITforum Daily Newsletter

• New Articles for January 18, 2006

  Altiris Migrating to Windows 2000 or Windows XP With Altiris Migration Suite by Altiris Corp - 1/18/2006 This white paper presents the six critical steps that IT organizations follow to successfully migrate to a new OS, and discusses how Migration Suite effectively addresses each step. MOM MOM 2005 and Share Point Portal Server Web Part by Blake Mengotto - 1/18/2006 Display MOM alerts on a Share Point Portal Site using the MOM 2005 web parts from the resource kit! Create a poor mans executive dashboard and get on the good side of your manager and CIO! SMS 2003 How to create a custom WinPE 2005 SDI image by Johan Arwidmark - 1/18/2006 Giving you some of the Windows PE 2.0 features today. SDI Benefits - SDI supports NTFS compression, you can lay down a 170 MB WinPE 2005 on a 128 MB SDI image (with 11 MB free space) - SDI Ramdisk are read/write, no need for additional RAMDisks - It is really, really fast Support Management How did I sell IT services to others by Paul Teodorescu - 1/18/2006 Since I have been around in the Information Technology field the words “overhead” and “expense” were mostly used in association with the department itself by the upper management. Windows Praising the Virtues of WinBatch by Aaron Czechowski - 1/18/2006 "Make your Windows sit up and beg" with the WinBatch programming environment for Windows management and automation. Posted Jan 18 2006, 09:50 AM by newsletter with no comments Filed under: myITforum Daily Newsletter

• New articles for January 12, 2006

  Altiris Active Client Management by Altiris Corp - 1/12/2006 Altiris Client Management Suite dramatically reduces costs. The opportunities for labor cost savings, productivity gains, user benefits, and IT staff morale improvements are far reaching. MOM Impact of Server Name Case on MOM 2005. by Garry Meaburn - 1/12/2006 The unexpected affects of forcing the computer name to lower case in the registry. SMS 2.x Component Log Manager Utility Version 2 by Garth Jones - 1/12/2006 It allows you to enable all the log files and set them to 10 Meg is size by default. VB Scripting Custom Collection Permissions by Steve Thompson - 1/12/2006 Use this vbscript to set custom instance level permissions on all collections beneath a parent node. Windows Using the Windows System stand-alone Optional Component Manager (sysocmgr) by Aaron Czechowski - 1/12/2006 Learn how to add or remove Windows Components from the command line or a script with the Windows System stand-alone Optional Component Manager (sysocmgr). Posted Jan 12 2006, 01:20 PM by newsletter with no comments Filed under: myITforum Daily Newsletter

• New myITforum Articles for January 10, 2006

  Random Article List all Packages at a Site by Jim Rothe - 6/3/2003 Use this script to find out what packages have been assigned to a site and their corresponding Package IDs. Altiris Patch Management: Just One Piece of the Puzzle by Altiris Corp - 1/10/2006 The sun never sets on a modern company; the network must be secure and available everywhere. The luxury of taking systems offline for midnight maintenance has all but disappeared. We discuss best practices and place them in the larger context of enterprise-wide configuration management. Miscellaneous Scripting with Microsoft Excel by Scott Simon - 1/10/2006 Here's a useful trick. Ever need to run a command on several objects but you dont want to run it manually each time? Try using the concatenate function in excel. MOM Configuring a failover MOM database Synchronisation Job by Garry Meaburn - 1/10/2006 One of the most common areas I have seen in enterprise management is not creating a recovery strategy for the monitoring solution. The Service Continuity Solution Accelerator provides a good overview of what steps you need to follow to setup up a recovery strategy for your Mom infrastructure. VB Scripting Using XCACLS.VBS to change file and folder permissions. by Josh Searles - 1/10/2006 The article is about changing folder permissions from a command line using the tool XCACLS.VBS provided by Microsoft. Windows Managing Services by Scott Simon - 1/10/2006 If you have ever needed to query or modify the parameters of a service this tool is for you. Posted Jan 10 2006, 08:40 AM by newsletter with no comments Filed under: myITforum Daily Newsletter

• New Articles on myITforum January, 9, 2006

  Altiris Supporting and Extending the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) by Altiris Corp - 1/9/2006 The following document is designed to supply an overview of ITIL, as well as provide extensions to the framework to incorporate the use of applications to support ITIL implementation. Miscellaneous Technical Diversity is good by Paul Teodorescu - 1/9/2006 A recent announcement on Google's web site regarding a possible release of its own toolbar for the Firefox browser prompted me to write this article. MOM MOM FAQ: Installing MOM 2005 and Skipping the Prerequisite Checker by Rod Trent - 1/9/2006 How can I skip the MOM 2005 prerequisite checker when installing MOM? Patch Management Preparing for the Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates (ITMU) – Updating Windows Installer by Greg Ramsey - 1/9/2006 This article presents some ideas for upgrading Windows Installer to meet ITMU requirements. SMS 2003 Fixing a Common SMS 2003 SP1 Client Health Tool Problem by Patrick Hoyt - 1/9/2006 The SMS 2003 SP1 Client Health Tool was working, but now it has stopped. Here's a way to fix it! VB Scripting Multi Site Collection CCR dropper by Dennis Abbott - 1/9/2006 Perform the Install Client action on multiple sites by targetting a collection with script. Windows Web Based UI for ADS by Lars Norman Søndergaard - 1/9/2006 Microsoft provides a simple web-based user interface for ADS. Posted Jan 09 2006, 10:00 AM by newsletter with no comments Filed under: myITforum Daily Newsletter

• myITforum Articles for 1/6/2006

  Altiris Fulfillment of HIPAA Requirements by Altiris Corp - 1/6/2006 The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) includes provisions designed to encourage electronic transactions and also requires safeguards to protect the security and confidentiality of health information.   Networking How to add Nic drivers to RIS Images by Johan Arwidmark - 1/6/2006 This article gives you some tips & tricks regarding adding updated or new Nic drivers to RIS SMS 2.x Defragmenting Windows XP or Server 2003 by François Racine - 1/6/2006 A way to defrag computers and then get the informations in the HINV SMS 2003 SMSView 1.0.6 Released! by Greg Ramsey - 1/6/2006 SMSView is a free tool that allows remote administration of the SMS 2003 Advanced Client. SQL Server Designing SMS Web Reports with SQL Query Builder by Jeff Gilbert - 1/6/2006 SMS web reports in general are extremely powerful, but the SQL statements required for customizing the reports or creating new reports from scratch to cater to individual needs can be a daunting task for those of us who are not "SQL smart". VB Scripting BIOS management 2/4 by François Racine - 1/6/2006 After deciding what you want to do in BIOS management, then you need to find a way to identify the good computers and to apply the good configuration to them. Web Technologies Customizing Sharepoint-Adding Template to Sharepoint Portal Server by Paul Zanbaka - 1/6/2006 Customizing Sharepoint-Adding Template to Sharepoint Portal Server Windows How to add Nic drivers to RIS Images by Johan Arwidmark - 1/6/2006 This article gives you some tips & tricks regarding adding updated or new Nic drivers to RIS Posted Jan 06 2006, 11:53 AM by newsletter with no comments Filed under: myITforum Daily Newsletter

• New myITforum Articles.

  Altiris The Sarbanes-Oxley Act from an IT Perspective by Altiris Corp - 1/5/2006 Altiris IT lifecycle management solutions help IT organizations implement IT controls to fulfill corporate Sarbanes-Oxley initiatives in two main areas: asset management and management of key systems. Miscellaneous Editing Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 to hide yahoo search bar by Latisha Taxter - 1/5/2006 Hide the annoying yahoo search bar in Adobe Reader 7 MOM DCOM 10002 or 10003 Errors by Garth Jones - 1/5/2006 I was reviewing event logs on my server and I noticed lots of DCOM errors. I started to investigate and it became clear that these errors were related to SDBOT/ RBOT virus variants. This article will help you track down infected PCs. MSI An interesting package and what I learned from it by Paul Teodorescu - 1/5/2006 Although my daily tasks are not software packaging -only any more, I do maintain contact with the technology and I like to consider my self a hands-on fellow. And I also enjoy talking with packagers, either former colleagues or via technical forums SMS 2.x Code Repository - Full Code Repository with all Code Packs and Application Packs by Ron Crumbaker - 1/5/2006 This is the full version of the Code Repository with all code packs and application packs already installed SMS 2003 Those SMS package Directories by Scott Simon - 1/5/2006 One of the first things you may notice when installing or configuring SMS is that the drive with the most free space is the defualt. This can be a bad thing. Heres how to avoid it SMS Installer Code Repository - Full Code Repository with all Code Packs and Application Packs by Ron Crumbaker - 1/5/2006 This is the full version of the Code Repository with all code packs and application packs already installed SQL Server Inexpensive (and good) Computer-Based Training and Resources by Greg Ramsey - 1/5/2006 Looking for inexpensive online Computer-Based Training? How about access to hundreds of online technical books? Take a look at what ACM and IEEE offer. Support Management A long debated aspect – should I offshore or not? by Paul Teodorescu - 1/5/2006 How many have you heard or read about technology outsourcing to India or China? It seems like a well known threat nowadays, and we all prepare to counter it by different methods VB Scripting Code Repository - Full Code Repository with all Code Packs and Application Packs by Ron Crumbaker - 1/5/2006 This is the full version of the Code Repository with all code packs and application packs already installed Web Technologies SMS 2003 Web Reporting - Remote Tools Page version 3.21 by Ron Crumbaker - 1/5/2006 This is an updated version of the original Remote Tools Web Page. This is version 3.21 Windows How can I monitor registry activity during logon and logoff? by Ron Crumbaker - 1/5/2006 How can I monitor registry activity during logon and logoff? Posted Jan 05 2006, 01:22 PM by newsletter with no comments