Using nLite, one can easily add drivers to the Windows installation CDs. This is particularly useful when installing Windows onto a RAID setup that requires a third-party RAID driver (press F6), but you don't have a floppy drive from which to load the drivers. _______________________________________________________________ Download nLite following the link at the bottom of … [Read more...]
Windows Passwords – rounded edges
Windows Password Blanker - Offline NT Password & Registry Editor There are plenty of legitimate reasons to need to be able to get into a machine with a local account that has a password set that you don't know. People either forget these passwords or if you inherit the machine, the login info isn't transferred. With the "Offline NT Password & Registry Editor," you can … [Read more...]
Group Policy Advanced Info
Post-class GPO knowledge: Make a console for your convenience from the Microsoft Management Console. Go to Start, Run... and enter mmc. Go to File, Add/Remove snap-ins. Click the 'Add...' button Browse the list (you might have to install the AdminPack.msi to get these snap-ins) and choose Active Directory Users and Computers, ADSI, Resultant Set of Policy, and anything … [Read more...]
Group Policy basics
Currently, my knowledge regarding group policy objects is pretty limited, but it's enough to get me by. Part of the current project of learning and taking ownership of Group Policy Objects will lead to a class coming up. This is what I know so far: Under the command prompt, to force the group policy to re-apply: gpupdate /force To write out to a text file what group policy is … [Read more...]
Making the Ultimate Backup Script for your users (or even yourself)
Computers are great at repetitive tasks whereas humans get bored and might skip some steps every now and then. This was the exact situation I found myself in while doing machine replacements. Every time I sit down to replace a machine, I would end up copying the same things from a user's machine and writing down the same info in order to transfer things to the new machine. In … [Read more...]