Category: Windows

SyncToy21.vbs

‘========================================================================= ‘ SyncToy21.vbs ‘ VERSION: 1.0 ‘ AUTHOR: Brian Steinmeyer ‘ EMAIL: [email protected] ‘ WEB: https://sigkillit.com ‘ DATE: 3/20/20114 ‘ REQUIREMENTS: You must install SyncToy on the Workstation and manually run it to click on ‘ the agreement statement, otherwise this script will lock up and NEVER back up!!! ‘========================================================================= Option Explicit ‘ —— SCRIPT …

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Outlook unable to open your default e-mail folders

Outlook Compatibility Tab Everything Unchecked

Error Messages unable to open your default e-mail folders Cannot open the Outlook window. The server is not available. Resolution 1 Outlook was installed with compatibility mode. Locate your outlook.exe, Typically in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\ (Note: 14 is for office 2010, yours may vary depending on your version of Outlook). Right-click the OUTLOOK.EXE, and …

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Running VBScripts with UAC Elevation

User1 Task Manager Notepad Process Results

Overview Since the introduction of User Account Control (UAC), scripts do not run with administrator privileges despite being a local administrator.  You must elevate your script to run with administrator privileges. I’ll start by showing you a simple example.  The script below will list all of the processes on the local computer as well as …

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ElevateWscript.vbs

‘========================================================================= ‘ ElevateWscript.vbs ‘ VERSION: 1.0 ‘ AUTHOR: Brian Steinmeyer ‘ EMAIL: [email protected] ‘ WEB: https://sigkillit.com ‘ DATE: 1/25/2012 ‘ COMPATIBLE: Windows Vista, Server 2008, and Above ‘ COMMENTS: Since the introduction of UAC in Windows, despite being an ‘ administrator you may still need to run a script with elevated ‘ privileges. For example …

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Identify a Windows VM Disk in vSphere

Disk Properties

If you have ever worked with VMWare’s vSphere, I’m sure there has come a time that you needed to modify or remove Windows VM Disk.  Sure, it’s a simple enough task, but what if you have multiple disks that are the same size?  How can you correctly identify the virtual disk in vSphere?  Luckily, it …

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ComputerInventory.vbs

‘========================================================================= ‘ ComputerInventory.vbs ‘ VERSION: 1.0 ‘ AUTHOR: Brian Steinmeyer ‘ EMAIL: [email protected] ‘ WEB: https://sigkillit.com ‘ DATE: 1/21/2013 ‘ COMPATIBLE: Windows XP+, Server 2003+. If you are using on Windows 2003, ‘ to get correct CPU Physical and Core Counts make sure you have the following ‘ hotfix installed: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932370 ‘ COMMENTS: Loops through …

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Cannot Connect to Windows 7 SMB Shares from XP/2003

If you’ve ever tried connecting to a Windows 7 SMB share from a Windows XP or 2003 computer, you may notice you cannot connect to the server. Being the savvy person you are, you: Check the share and NTFS permissions on the Windows 7 Share Run gpresult on your XP/2003 machine and confirm you are …

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