Re: [ActiveDir] I'm shareing the "Best Kept Secret" I know.

2006-10-18 Thread Matt Hargraves
See, after being married, I have found a few things are consistent:1) You are always wrong.2) If you think you might say something the wrong way, then it's DEFINITELY going to go badly - VERY badly.3) Always assume that she didn't mean it in the horrible way she phrased it. 4) She will always assum

Re: [ActiveDir] Vista & WMI

2006-10-18 Thread Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
Given that some of those suckers can't join domains... do you need to list all of those? AFAIK Home basic premium will only join a home domain.  Granted Joe will be scripting that...but the rest of us? Alain Lissoir wrote: The caption is not corrupted. The branding introduces a

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista & WMI

2006-10-18 Thread Alain Lissoir
The caption is not corrupted. The branding introduces a (R) and a (TM). First, under Vista, the Win32_OperatingSystem class is a singleton class now, meaning that you can locate the UNIQUE instance of that as follows:   Set colOperatingSystems = objWMIService.Get ("Win32_OperatingSystem=@")

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista & WMI

2006-10-18 Thread joe
This "corruption" is probably the fact that MSFT[1] put a copyright symbol in the name of the OS, it is even reflected in AD. I bugged this some time ago and got back a "you need to go talk to someone else" initially and then ~Eric tried to push it forward, I don't think it got fixed for Vis

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista & WMI

2006-10-18 Thread Mark Parris
Should the r be there after Microsoft  -  in If objOperatingSystem.Caption = "Microsoftr Windows VistaT Ultimate" then wscript.quit   Mark From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Harding, Devon Sent: 18 October 2006 22:26 To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista & WMI

2006-10-18 Thread Akomolafe, Deji
How about you just do instr(objOperatingSystem.Caption, "Vista") > 0 Then wscript.quit   There is something quirky with the caption in Vista. They even misspelled Microsoft :)   Sincerely,    _      (, /  |  /)   /) /)       /---| (/_  __   _

[ActiveDir] Vista & WMI

2006-10-18 Thread Harding, Devon
I’m trying to get a script working in Vista with no success.  For some reason the OS caption on Vista looks corrupted, but when I enter it as it’s displayed in wmic, my script ignores it.  I even tried to correct it, and still no success.  Here’s the script:   Dim WshShell strComputer =

RE: [ActiveDir] Gather member of query based distribution list thru command line

2006-10-18 Thread joe
You have to follow two steps, first you need to get the details around the query and then execute the query. I know of nothing that will do that automatically for you except the ADUC plugin for exchange. This would be good for a script. So first you want to get your QB DLs and the relative attribu

RE: [ActiveDir] Gather member of query based distribution list thru command line

2006-10-18 Thread Andrew Cace
You can take the query and pop it into a new Saved Query in Active Directory Users and Computers. After the query has run, you can then right-click the query and choose export list. -Andrew -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Irwan Hadi Sent

RE: [ActiveDir] Gather member of query based distribution list thru command line

2006-10-18 Thread Thommes, Michael M.
dsquery group -name _samaccountname_here_ | dsget group -members Mike Thommes -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Irwan Hadi Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 4:14 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] Gather member of query

[ActiveDir] Gather member of query based distribution list thru command line

2006-10-18 Thread Irwan Hadi
Is there any command line or a way to pull the member of a query based distribution list from command line? I need to make a report (for auditing) about the member of our query based distribution list. Thanks List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ: http://www.activedir.org/

Re: [ActiveDir] Latency in List

2006-10-18 Thread Tony Murray
I'll look into it. Tony -- Original Message -- From: "Paul Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 09:49:09 +0100 Yeah, I sort of bitched about it last month when I had some time to reply. I see about 9

RE: [ActiveDir] New Wireless WPA update KB917021

2006-10-18 Thread Scott Klassen
Thanks, guess that answers question 1.   Scott Klassen From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Akomolafe, DejiSent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 12:33 PMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: RE: [ActiveDir] New Wireless WPA update KB917021 Are you on the W2K3 SP2

RE: [ActiveDir] New Wireless WPA update KB917021

2006-10-18 Thread Akomolafe, Deji
Are you on the W2K3 SP2 Beta program? If you are not, find a way to get in there and get SP2.   Sincerely,    _      (, /  |  /)   /) /)       /---| (/_  __   ___// _   //  _  ) /    |_/(__(_) // (_(_)(/_(_(_/(__(/_(_/

Re: [ActiveDir] orgfinder

2006-10-18 Thread Joe Kaplan
SharePoint is typically set to impersonate the logged on user, so you would normally be binding to AD as the browser user, not the network service (machine) account. It is possible that they disable impersonation, but that is unlikely. If you are impersonating and are using IWA auth, you need

[ActiveDir] New Wireless WPA update KB917021

2006-10-18 Thread Scott Klassen
My relevant config:  W2k3 SP1 native domain and WinXP SP2 admin workstation.   I'm a bit dissapointed and confused about the release of KB917021 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917021/en-us) which touts the ability to finally set WPA2 for wireless clients through group policy (Computer Con

[ActiveDir] orgfinder

2006-10-18 Thread Ramon Linan
Hi,   I was working on a webpart for SharePoint to allow users keep up to date their info in AD, I just found out that there is already a free one.   www.orgfinder.com   They have an asp application and a webpart.   The application is working fine but the webpart is not working. The app po

Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Bulk Workstation reboots.....

2006-10-18 Thread Paul Williams
Here's a script I've used in the past to do what you want:  -- http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory/msg/3be4867f843df935     I wouldn't worry about the computer logons if you do this out of hours, e.g. run the script via a scheduled task or simply in

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Bulk Workstation reboots.....

2006-10-18 Thread joe
I could seen an issue if someone has something running like an access DB which could result in corruption / data loss or long running script, etc and then they would be pissed. From a purely technical standpoint I don't see a problem.   You could also write something to check the uptime of t

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Bulk Workstation reboots.....

2006-10-18 Thread Al Garrett
Scheduled Tasks?   -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frank Abagnale Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 7:15 AM To: Active Subject: [ActiveDir] OT: Bulk Workstation reboots.   I have a startup script which inputs a variable on

[ActiveDir] OT: Bulk Workstation reboots.....

2006-10-18 Thread Frank Abagnale
I have a startup script which inputs a variable on every XP workstation. This variable is going to change and I need the workstations to be rebooted to reflect the change. I have around 900 workstations, I was thinking of using the shutdown.exe tool with the remote name in a batch file. I was pl

RE: [ActiveDir] The remote computer has ended the connection.

2006-10-18 Thread Thommes, Michael M.
In W2K days, I would *always* log off an admin TS session and then do a remote shutdown/reboot. Executing a shutdown from within the interactive session was problematic, to say the least. I think part of it was breaking down TS-generated printer connections. I don't see this problem with W2K3

Re: [ActiveDir] Latency in List

2006-10-18 Thread Paul Williams
Yeah, I sort of bitched about it last month when I had some time to reply. I see about 90 - 100 minute delays. --Paul - Original Message - From: "Vinnie Cardona" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 1:00 AM Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Latency in List This messag

Re: [ActiveDir] The remote computer has ended the connection.

2006-10-18 Thread Mark Parris
Does logging off before the shutdown happens still cancel the shutdown? It used to be a "top-tip" in NT, but I can never reproduce this in 2Kx. Regards, Mark Parris Base IT Ltd Active Directory Consultancy Tel +44(0)7801 690596 -Original Message- From: "Brian Desmond" <[EMAIL PROTEC