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Author:R TeachoutCreated:6/15/1999 6:20 AM
Ramblings, SQL Scriptlets, VBS Scriptlets, Linux Stuff, and more!

By R Teachout on 1/26/2007 2:10 PM

Just to keep this around Read More »

By R Teachout on 1/17/2007 2:15 PM

Great script I found online. Read More »

By R Teachout on 1/7/2007 11:31 PM

The best Linux Web administration project!!! Read More »

By R Teachout on 12/28/2006 1:07 PM

EXEC sp_dboption 'db_name, 'single user', 'FALSE' Read More »

By R Teachout on 12/23/2006 2:18 PM

use dbname execute sp_changedbowner [user] Read More »

By R Teachout on 12/22/2006 5:10 AM

Reporting the amount of physical hard disk space used by each virtual machine. Read More »

By R Teachout on 12/22/2006 4:59 AM

Here's a trick which solves this error: The virtual machine could not be added. The virtual machine configuration could not be added. A configuration with this name already exists. When it won't display, but it DOES exist, just in a new location from where it WAS running from. Read More »

By R Teachout on 12/11/2006 12:00 PM

Copy / synchronize directories / folders Read More »

By R Teachout on 12/7/2006 1:36 PM

http://aspalliance.com/1038_IISCnfgvbs__IIS_Settings_Replication This article examines the usage of IISCnfg.vbs file (And being able to MERGE from one IIS metabase settings to another IIS metabase), with no downtime - so syncing two IIS servers settings work better. Good link to keep around! Read More »

By R Teachout on 12/6/2006 3:25 AM

I plan on doing this sometime soon... Read More »

By R Teachout on 12/6/2006 2:20 AM

Have you ever needed to shrink or split a Windows Partition. If so, you'll find that there is no magical tool included with windows. Nor is there any free / open source tool that I am aware of in the Windows world. Now I'm not bashing Windows here. I spend most of my time in the Windows world. I'm just saying that I've never come across a tool for this purpose. Read More »

By R Teachout on 12/6/2006 2:17 AM

Windows XP will not allow you to pin a shortcut to the start menu that points to a network drive. For this reason it can be necessary to write a batch file to launch a program. The issue is that a shortcut pointed to a .bat file also contains no “Pin to Start Menu” option. While it can be dragged onto the start menu, this leaves no option for scripting these shortcuts. The simple solution is to convert the .bat file to an .exe file and lucky for us Windows XP includes a tool that can do it… Read More »

By R Teachout on 12/6/2006 2:15 AM

You gotta read this link! Read More »

By R Teachout on 12/6/2006 1:59 AM

I've been wondering how to do this for a long time... Read More »

By R Teachout on 12/5/2006 1:05 PM

Script to Change Properties of ALL users in an OU in Active Directory to flag the following (for when you have an admin who forgets, and in 42 days you get a lot of phone calls!!! -User Cannot Change Password (check that box) -User Password Doesn't expire (check that box) (same as running dsmod user "CN=,OU=,DC=,DC=" -pwdneverexpires yes -canchpwd no) Read More »

By R Teachout on 12/4/2006 7:50 AM

Couple of Links Read More »

By R Teachout on 12/4/2006 7:49 AM

AppDeploy.com's Package Knowledgebase is extremely useful when making scripts for automated software/package installation http://www.appdeploy.com/packages Read More »

By R Teachout on 12/4/2006 3:11 AM

Ran upgrade, got the error: Cannot find folder "\Maintenance Plans". Here's how to fix it. Read More »

By R Teachout on 12/1/2006 9:18 AM

Have a lot of databases? Use these scripts to change all db's to simple or full, or just to list all recovery modes. list_all_db_recovery_modes.sql set_all_db_recovery_to_full.sql set_all_db_recovery_to_simple.sqlUPLOADTEMPLATE Read More »

By R Teachout on 11/30/2006 12:17 AM

Just so we all can find it easily, here is how to start the System Restore from a command prompt Read More »

By R Teachout on 11/22/2006 7:21 PM

Simple, but effective way to sort a dictionary object Read More »

By R Teachout on 11/22/2006 6:51 PM

EnumAnonymousAccessDisabled.txt Found on : http://blog.crowe.co.nz/archive/2006/04/05/605.aspxUPLOADTEMPLATE Read More »

By R Teachout on 11/22/2006 5:43 PM

IIS 6 Application Pools and ADSI from http://blog.crowe.co.nz/ Read More »

By R Teachout on 11/22/2006 5:42 PM

Found this code and wanted to bookmark it Read More »

By R Teachout on 11/22/2006 4:59 PM

This is so simple, I can't remember it, so I'm blogging it.. Read More »


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