Enumerating services with PowerShell

2010-08-13

Here’s a small PowerShell script that takes a list of computers, and enumerates all the configuration for all the services on each machine. It lists the state, and the “Log on as” which is usefull if you want to check your servers for service accounts come password change time.

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In the name of Bill Gates I compel you

2010-08-11

Windows includes a lesser known, but very useful tool called Share and Storage Management. You can use this to identify open files, and release them, when necessary.

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Two plug-ins to help you be a better blogger

2010-08-09

Want to know how to write better content? Me too. This article doesn’t cover that. What it does cover are two very useful plug-ins that I have started using that will make me, if not a better writer, at least a better, more socially responsible blogger.

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Pigeons ate my breadcrumbs when I upgraded splunk>

2010-08-06

I just upgraded my splunk> instance to 4.1.4, and I saw some good and some bad at the same time. My Google-Fu did not come across anything about this error, so maybe this will help someone.

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howto://make remote teams work

2010-08-04

Throw out the playbook, forget about the conference room. It’s time to embrace instant messaging, web cams, and presentation software. These are the realities of having a remote workforce.

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plug it in, turn it on, rest easy. gfi webmonitor rocks!

2010-08-02

The GFI WebMonitor plug-in for TMG 2010 is an excellent choice for SMBs looking to leverage their TMG 2010 infrastructure, and add additional protections for their clients. Easy to install, easy to administer, with great protection, it’s a win.

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howto://connect your iphone to exchange with activesync

2010-07-30

Are you one with the Cult of Apple. Do you long for the day you can get your Exchange email on your iDevice? Then this post is for you. We’ll see how to get our Apple device to trust our AD integrated certificates, and then how to connect up to Exchange using ActiveSync. When we’re done, we will be the cool kids.

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howto://connect clients to exchange-part two

2010-07-28

In this post we set up Exchange 2010 to support ActiveSync and Outlook Anywhere, we publish this to the Internet through our TMG, and we even see how to configure iPod/iPhone/iPad devices for ActiveSync.

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howto://connect clients to exchange-part one

2010-07-26

In this post we set up Exchange 2010 to support POP3 and IMAP

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howto://upload large files to sharepoint 2010

2010-07-23

You’ve installed SharePoint, added the BLOB service, and think everything is shiny…only to get spanked with a 404 when you try to upload larger files…here is what you are missing.

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