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Because, yes…you still love SMS Installer
04 October 11 04:29 PM | rodtrent | 1 comment(s)

We’ve created a new SMS Installer Community Group today and transferred all of the SMS Installer script goodies from the old site for download.  You...

Filed under: Scripting, myITforum.com, SMS Installer

KiXtart 4.62 released, ready for download
12 August 11 08:29 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

This update contains the following fixes & enhancements: · Fixed issue with intermittent exception error during process exit on Citrix configurations...

Filed under: Scripting, KiXTart

Windows PowerShell 2.0 Update on Windows Update
23 June 10 01:31 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

  Today, we released Windows PowerShell 2.0 and WinRM 2.0 for pre-Windows 7 operating systems on Windows Update. This non-security, optional update...

Filed under: Scripting, Windows PowerShell

Scripting Around Session 0 Isolation
18 June 10 02:33 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

  Millions of administrators worldwide depend on the ability of a Windows Service to display a message on the user desktop for coordination of software...

Filed under: Scripting, Windows, Windows XP, Windows 7

TechEd 2010 Demos - Paradigm Shift Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition to Windows PowerShell
10 June 10 12:55 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

  As promised,  I’ve assembled my demo scripts as well as the transcript from my TechEd 2010 talk Paradigm Shift Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting...

Filed under: Scripting, Windows PowerShell

A PowerShell script to list all existing App-V package dependencies
09 February 10 10:39 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

  As I'm sure you're all aware by now, back in App-V 4.5 we first introduced Dynamic Suite Composition, a technology that allows you to link...

Filed under: Scripting, Virtualization, Windows PowerShell, System Center, App-V

Download the Free WMI Monitor & Start Monitoring Your Windows Apps
07 February 10 01:49 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

  Our free WMI Monitor makes it easy to monitor your Windows applications and servers and gives you amazing insight into real-time performance with...

Filed under: Scripting, Systems Management

myITforum Release: Public Submissions of ConfigMgr Queries, ConfigMgr Reports, and also scripts…
05 February 10 07:22 AM | rodtrent | 2 comment(s)

I have some more cool stuff to share as the new myITforum.com progresses forward.  After working through a couple bugs last night, the public submission...

Filed under: Community, Scripting, System Center, ConfigMgr 2007, myITforum.com

Test for Admin Rights - Fast, Small, Efficient, Universal Script Code in VBS and CMD/BAT
04 February 10 03:24 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

This script code uses a fast and efficient method for determining whether the current session (process) has admin rights.  The compact code is provided...

Filed under: Scripting

Skatterbrainz Blog: What is PowerShell? No Really, What is it?
03 February 10 07:11 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

  What is PowerShell? If you're a programmer or script writer (aka "scripter" aka "script kiddie"), you've probably heard...

Filed under: Scripting, Windows PowerShell

Service Desk Documentation and Support Tool
19 December 09 12:25 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

This automated several administrative tasks at our service desk.  It reportedly saved 10% of our full FTE count.  Also, it significantly improved...

Filed under: Scripting, Systems Management

How-To: List Live Maps group information using Powershell
17 December 09 11:40 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

  With every view that is build using Live Maps an OpsMgr group is created containing all the objects that are on the Live Maps view. You can use...

Filed under: Scripting, Windows PowerShell, System Center, OpsMgr 2007

Project84 - Powershell, SCCM and Search Folders
16 December 09 07:57 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

  I was wondering today if it would be possible to create an Update Search Folder in Powershell. Turns out you can but it isn’t as straight forward...

Filed under: Scripting, Windows PowerShell, System Center, ConfigMgr 2007

The Deployment Guys : Creating a SID Mapping File with Windows PowerShell
15 December 09 08:13 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

  Before I became a “Deployment Guy”, I used to be an “Active Directory Guy” and worked on quite a few Active Directory deployments and migrations...

Filed under: Scripting, Microsoft Deployment, Windows PowerShell

Download details: DPM 2010 PowerShell Script - Hyper-V Auto-Protection
15 December 09 08:01 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

  In any virtualized environment, adding new VMs is a frequent operation. While backup administrators can protect an entire Hyper-V host using the...

Filed under: Scripting, Windows PowerShell, System Center, Data Protection Manager