May 2008 - Dan Holme - Intelliem Community

Administrators' Idol (Connections 2008)

Thank you for your patience while I made it through the event, the post conference, and my 18 hour travel day home! The final slides for the session can be found using this link: WWN321 - Holme - Administrators Idol.pdf I actually added some stuff to...

Published Sat, May 05 2008 12:38 AM by danholme

Populate computer description field with information about the logged-on user

This script populates a computer object's description attribute with information about the computer and the last user who logged on, and where they logged on. It also uses the comment attribute as a 'log' of previous information, so you can...

Published Sun, May 05 2008 3:08 PM by danholme

Filed under: Administration, Active Directory

Create a drop-down list in an HTA populated with objects from Active Directory

The following code demonstrates how to create a drop-down list (also called a "combo box") in an HTA that is automatically populated by querying Active Directory. <html> <!-- This HTA demonstrates how to build a combo box filled with...

Published Tue, May 05 2008 8:28 AM by danholme

Filed under: HTA, Active Directory

Automate the installation of Adobe Acrobat Reader 8

The steps below will automate the installation of Adobe Acrobat Reader version 8.x (now called just Adobe Reader). Note: I am not a fan of Adobe Reader. It is bloated, slow, and problematic with updates. I've started using FoxIt reader myself, and...

Published Thu, May 05 2008 1:39 PM by danholme

Filed under: Deployment

Deployment Post-Conference (Connections 2008)

Thanks for your patience while I traveled back to home. I've reprinted the slides in a two-per-page format that should be much easier to read for you: WPS301 - Holme - Deployment.pdf In the workshop, I showed you a pair of scripts that allowed me...

Published Mon, May 05 2008 9:15 AM by danholme

BDD or MDT Rules for Automating Pre-Install Wizard

Below is the CUSTOMSETTINGS.INI file that you can use to automate all of the pre-install wizards (except computer name, which left "in" for sake of example): [Settings] Priority=Default Properties=MyCustomProperty [Default] OSInstall=Y '...

Published Tue, May 05 2008 4:45 PM by danholme

Filed under: Document Libraries

SharePoint In Action Event Slides & Videos

Today I delivered a session entitled, Unleash the Productivity: Microsoft Office Applications as SharePoint Clients , as part of the live online event, SharePoint In Action. Thanks to all of you who attended!! Slides can be downloaded here . You can view...

Published Tue, May 05 2008 7:31 AM by danholme

Command Prompt Completion Characters

The Windows command prompt can do path & filename completion, which means you can type part of a filename or path, press TAB (or CTRL+D or any other key combination) and it will autocomplete the rest of the path for you. This is a huge time saver...

Published Wed, May 05 2008 11:06 AM by danholme

Filed under: Admin Tips

Resetting permissions on a user data store

The following batch file will reset permissions on a user data store--the top-level folder for a user (e.g. \\server01\users$\danholme) under which a user's documents, etc. are stored. This simple batch file is heavily commented. Read it and configure...

Published Fri, May 05 2008 9:16 AM by danholme

Filed under: User Data & Settings

Administrators Idol session (Connections 2008)

Sorry! I was so wiped out after the event that I completely spaced posting the slides and scripts. I'll get them up during lunch today (thursday)... Please check back. Thanks! Dan

Published Thu, May 05 2008 4:02 AM by danholme

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