While in DS restore mode open up regedit and navigate to khey_local_machine/system/currentcontrolset/control/productoptions. Change the product type from lanmannt to servernt. Reboot into windows normally. The machine now thinks it’s a member server. Disjoin from the domain, reboot, and do a DC Promo up to a dummy domain. Make sure it’s pointed to itself for DNS resolution, it will aks you…
Read More »Simplified (Tested Successfully) Note: Use Google to find the file. termsrv.dll – 215,552 bytes 5.1.2600.2055 (xpsp_sp2_beta1.031215-1745) Backup original termsrv.dll by renaming c:\windows\system32\dllcache\termsrv.dll to termsrv.dll.bak Copy termsrv.dll to c:\windows\system32\dllcache Copy termsrv.dll to c:\windows\system32\ Open Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 and add the following dword values: Note: MaxInstanceCount can be adjusted to fit individual requirements. Reboot
Read More »Restart your computer in Safe Mode Turn off/disable Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) and Terminal Services Right click My Computer and click Properties Click on the Remote tab at the top of the window UNCHECK the box next to, “Allow users to connect remotely to this computer“ Click OK Go to Start -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services Find…
Read More »After building a Microsoft Windows Media Center 2005 computer, it is quickly discovered that the video card does not have any compatible drivers. The next obvious option is to use regular Microsoft Windows XP drivers. Once installed, one may encounter serious incompatibility issues as it relates to DirectX 9 and Microsoft Windows Media Center 2005 will only operate in “safe…
Read More »If the video card driver is outdated and no longer supported by the manufacturer, the following website offers tweaked drivers for gamers and enhusiasts. One such driver updated a 2001 driver to a modified 6/2006 driver and MCE 2005 functioned as it should. http://www.tweakforce.com Go to the downloads section.
Read More »Problem Copied something into an email and it turned on formatting when reply or create new email messages. Resolution Create a new email message. Go to Tools -> Options -> View tab. Look in Formatting marks and uncheck any and all boxes. Click OK. Done.
Read More »We have had several computers that were recently reloaded that had the Symantec Antivirus LiveUpdate grayed out or locked out. This may be as a result of a group policy or policy pushed through the Symantec server, however, there is an easy fix for this. To re-enable Symantec LiveUpdate using the following code and regedit. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00…
Read More »There are more than one valid reasons for doing this. In one case, a company buys out another company. The assets exchange possession and you want to re brand the applications to reflect company ownership. Here is how. Using regedit, edit the registry for the following keys. Be certain that there is a 00 between each letter. Windows Registry Editor…
Read More »If GPResult.exe Returns Error Message or No Result, I found this little script that intended to resolve the problem and worked for me. At command prompt, execute the following: net stop winmgmt c: cd %systemroot%\system32\wbem rd /S /Q repository regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\scecli.dll regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\userenv.dll mofcomp cimwin32.mof mofcomp cimwin32.mfl mofcomp rsop.mof mofcomp rsop.mfl for /f %%s in (‘dir /b /s…
Read More »Adobe Acrobat 7 cannot be queried as ACROBAT.EXE as the file size remains the same. The results will be inconclusive. ACROBAT.DLL, however, changes. Update the LDAppl3.Template file to add .DLL to ScanExtentions. Go to LANDesk Management Suite, Software License Monitoring, and Make Available to Clients. To create the query use: “Computer”.”Software”.”Package”.”File Name” = “ACROBAT.DLL” Add a column using “Computer”.”Software”.”Package”.”Version”
Read More »Create a WinZip 9.0 SR1 repack for silent installation. Requirements Solution SetupWinZip.cmd :: Make Folder MD “%PROGRAMFILES%\Winzip” :: Copy Files to Installation Folder copy /y EXAMPLE.ZIP “%PROGRAMFILES%\Winzip” copy /y FILE_ID.DIZ “%PROGRAMFILES%\Winzip” copy /y LICENSE.TXT “%PROGRAMFILES%\Winzip” copy /y ORDER.TXT “%PROGRAMFILES%\Winzip” copy /y README.TXT “%PROGRAMFILES%\Winzip” copy /y VENDOR.TXT “%PROGRAMFILES%\Winzip” copy /y WHATSNEW.TXT “%PROGRAMFILES%\Winzip” copy /y WINZIP.CHM “%PROGRAMFILES%\Winzip” copy /y WINZIP.TXT “%PROGRAMFILES%\Winzip” copy…
Read More »PestPatrol is an anti-malware product, designed to protect a computer system against threats such as adware, spyware and viruses. It performs automated scans of a system’s hard disks, Windows registry and other crucial system areas, and enabled manual scans for specific threats, selected from a very long list of known malicious software The goal is to create a custom eTrust…
Read More »Situation You performed a managed installation of the Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition 8.x or 9.x client. You want to convert this to an unmanaged installation instead. Solution Copy the GRC.DAT file to the client that you want unmanaged. Cut and paste the following into a text file called GRC.DAT and copy the GRC.DAT file to: Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition 8.x…
Read More »I called tech support, and was told that it was not possible to determine if wireless is enabled and active via LANDesk; however, I figured out a solution and it worked. I created the following query. “Computer”.”Network Adapters”.”Network Adapter”.”Active” = “Yes” AND (“Computer”.”Network Adapters”.”Network Adapter”.”File Description” = “Intel(r) PRO/Wireless LAN Driver” OR (“Computer”.”Network Adapters”.”Network Adapter”.”File Description” = “Intel(r) Wireless LAN…
Read More »I called tech support, and was told that it was not possible to determine if wireless is enabled and active via LANDesk; however, I figured out a solution and it worked. I created the following query. “Computer”.”Network Adapters”.”Network Adapter”.”Link Status” = “Connected” AND (“Computer”.”Network Adapters”.”Network Adapter”.”File Description” = “Intel(r) PRO/Wireless LAN Driver” OR (“Computer”.”Network Adapters”.”Network Adapter”.”File Description” = “Intel(r) Wireless…
Read More »The original script to install Symantec Client Security 2.0 will not execute in a silent installation. Original script Modified script
Read More »One of easiest silent installations that most anyone can create utilize two free software products. 7-Zip (www.7-zip.org) and Resource Hacker (http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/) Many of the silent installations that are created and found on this site are created using the 7zip compression. To make a self-extracting silent installation, the utility, Resource Hacker, will need to be applied against the 7z.sfx file. In…
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