March 2005 - Posts
IIS Diagnostics Toolkit (x86)
IIS Diagnostics Toolkit (x86) The IIS Diagnostics Toolkit is a compiled set of tools aimed at reducing the overall time to resolve problems with Internet Information Services (IIS) products. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9bfa49bc-376b-4a54-95aa-73c9156706e7&displaylang=en Overview The IIS Diagnostics Toolkit is a combined release of popular tools used by today's IIS users...
New KB - SMS 2003
Systems Management Server 2003 889240 You cannot install Systems Management Server 2003 Service Pack 1 on a secondary site
SMS 2003 Scripting Guide
SMS 2003 Scripting Guide The SMS 2003 Scripting Guide provides over 40 scripts, ranging from tasks such as creating advertisements to running queries. It explains the basics of SMS objects, WMI, and VBScript through a series of 'How To' examples. Each example has extensive and appropriate links to other resources, such as the SMS SDK, the WMI SDK, and the Windows 2000 Scripting Guide. Source: http...
KeyWord Search Code Pack
http://www.myitforum.com/articles/14/view.asp?id=8503 We have gotten a few requests to update the Keyword Search Feature of the Code Repository. We listened to your requested and are pleased to announce a New Code Pack. This database is basically the same exact database as the original Code Repository, that has been previously posted, except that it has an improved KeyWord Search Code. It also has...
New KB - SMS 2.0
Systems Management Server 2.0 891341 When you try to advertise a program in Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0, the advertised program runs on the client computer several minutes earlier than you expect
New KB - SMS 2003 889032
Systems Management Server 2003 889032 Some new clients are not installed, some existing clients are not upgraded, or some client software is not removed when you use Systems Management Server 2003
New KB - SMS 2003 886165
Systems Management Server 2003 886165 Management points cannot communicate with a site server when you apply Systems Management Server 2003 Service Pack 1
myITforum Code Pack Reminder
Don’t forget We are working on releasing a myITforum Code Pack, containing all the great scripts from the myITforum group. In order to try to collect as many scripts as possible, we will be giving away 1 copy of Windows 2003 Server to each of the two top donators of files. The scripts must be ones that were not included in any of the Code Repository Code Packs or the Original Database. The scripts...
Convert Access Tables Into ASP Web Pages
Convert Access Tables Into ASP Web Pages By Danny Lesandrini I hope the following article and associated code download will prove to be as useful and exciting for readers of DBJ as they have been for me. Creating web pages to interface with Microsoft Access databases is a natural evolution for Access developers and there is a plethora of great tutorial information out there. Nevertheless, I continue...
New KB - SMS 2003 886136
Systems Management Server 2003 886136 A package is sent to the wrong clients or is not sent at all if you try to distribute a package to a collection that is based on a query in Systems Management Server 2003
WSUS Release Candidate
SUS 2.0 -> WUS -> WSUS It's time to try the Release Candidate for Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), formerly called Windows Update Services (WUS). See for yourself how WSUS gives you full control over the distribution of updates to computers in your network. Download (register) Read the Product Overview Got this off the Bink.nu Web blog Source: http://bink.nu/Article3700.bink
Code Repository Code Pack - Do It Yourself Scripting Center
http://www.myitforum.com/articles/14/view.asp?track=NL-390&ad=508425&id=8470 The Do-It-Yourself Code Pack is a collection of the more than 1600 items contained in Microsoft Do-It-Yourself script center dated January 4, 2005. This database is basically the same exact database as the original Code Repository, that has been previously posted, except that it only contains Do-It-Yourslef Script...
Trend Micro - 10 most Prevalent Global Malware - March 17, 2005
Top 10 Most Prevalent Global Malware (from March 11 to March 17, 2005) HTML_NETSKY.P WORM_NETSKY.P JAVA_BYTEVER.A TROJ_SMALL.SN TROJ_DFC.A JAVA_BYTEVER.B SPYW_GATOR.D TROJ_BAGLE.BG WORM_RBOT.GEN TROJ_STARTPA.A
New KB - SMS 2003
Systems Management Server 2003 886151 You cannot upgrade a Systems Management Server 2003 site server after the site server has been moved to a different domain
Patch Management using SMS 2.0
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fdb9a1ef-2d53-444c-b29b-31e9c169c5a5&DisplayLang=en Patch Management Using Systems Management Server 2.0 This solution accelerator provides guidance for deploying software patches, service packs, and Quick Fix Engineering patches using Microsoft® Systems Management Server (SMS). It builds on Microsoft Operations Framework and the service...
1967 Restoration
I have a 1967 Camaro that I am restoring and have come to a place that I need to make a decision. I'm not doing a completely stock restoration, but more of "What I want" type restoration. I'm struggling deciding what color I am going to paint my car. Here are my two choices: (note, these pictures are actually a 1969 Camaro, but the basic shape was the same in 1967) So, please let me know what you think...
New KB - SMS 2003
Systems Management Server 2003 886069 After you advertise a program to a Legacy Client, the program never runs on the client in Systems Management Server 2003
New KB - SMS 2003 886025
Systems Management Server 2003 886025 You cannot use the Systems Management Server 2003 Patch agent to load updates and a service pack in the same software update cycle
New KB - SMS 2003
Systems Management Server 2003 886055 You cannot install an SMS 2003 Advanced Client on a domain controller by using Capinst.exe with the /DC option in a logon script
New KB - SMS 2003
Systems Management Server 2003 870652 Systems Management Server 2003 software updates now use Update.exe
New KBs - SMS 2003
Systems Management Server 2003 886053 Two user or user group entries exist on a Systems Management Server 2003 central site after you create one user or user group with a double-byte character set (DBCS) name on the domain controller 886054 A Windows 98-based client may not receive advertisements that are distributed to its user group in Systems Management Server 2003
Xbox 2 -> XENON
Got this from Bink.nu! http://bink.nu/Article3581.bink Microsoft has reportedly settled on a name for its next-generation Xbox: the Xenon. During a recent interview with gaming site Spong, Microsoft Game Studios' J. Allard let the official name slip while discussing details of his upcoming keynote address later today at the Game Developers Conference, meaning they might reveal more on the system than...
The operating system installation in Windows PE stays in a continuous loop on a Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 client
The operating system installation in Windows PE stays in a continuous loop on a Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 client Source: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;891348 SYMPTOMS You run an operating system deployment package on a Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 client. You then restart the client computer by using the Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment...
Title: Microsoft Security Bulletin Minor Revisions - March 8, 2005
******************************************************************** Title: Microsoft Security Bulletin Minor Revisions Issued: March 8, 2005 ******************************************************************** Summary ======= The following bulletins have undergone a major revision increment. Please see the appropriate bulletin for more details. * MS05-002 * MS05-015 Bulletin Information: ========...
Extending Access Reports with Word and HTML
http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnsmart05/html/sa05a6.asp Andrew Wrigley shows how to leverage Access reports to produce intricately formatted reports that "flow" as if typed into a word processor. The technique delivers the report in two eminently portable file formats–as a Web-ready HTML file and as a RichText Format document–so your happy clients get double value...
Microsoft Security Response Center is planning to release no new security bulletins
On 8 March 2005 the Microsoft Security Response Center is planning to release no new security bulletins. Although we do not anticipate any changes, the number of bulletins, products affected, restart information and severities are subject to change until released.
New KBs - SMS 2.0 and SMS 2003
Systems Management Server 2.0 889429 The Inbox Manager component generates many Status ID 3600 messages in Systems Management Server 2.0 Systems Management Server 2003 886010 Clients can become orphaned if you have an SMS 2.0 and an SMS 2003 hierarchy in the same domain 886022 An Office update package cannot be installed on the SMS 2003 client computer successfully if Office on the client is installed...
Microsoft Solutions for Management - Updates & News, March 2005
Microsoft Solutions for Management - Updates & News, March 2005 Released: Software Updates for Dell Server Hardware Using SMS 2003 Solution Accelerator This solution accelerator helps SMS administrators effectively and efficiently deploy software updates for Dell server hardware using Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 and the SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Dell Updates. TechNet Webcast: Desktop...
Systems Management Server - Updates & News, March 2005
Systems Management Server - Updates & News, March 2005 Released: Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Upgrade Checklist This document outlines the steps you should take to upgrade from Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 to Microsoft SMS 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1). TechNet Webcast: Tools and Techniques for Securing the Desktop (Level 200) Tuesday, March 08, 2005 ...
Home Policy
I've been trying to come up with a Home Policy usage so I can ensure that people that are either connecting via RAS or VPN have all the latest Windows updates and Antivirus with up-to-date virus definitions. However, this seems to be getting difficult to get proper backing from Management and getting the wording correct so it makes sense and allows us to ensure we are secure. Does anyone have a policy...
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