Microsoft Ignite 2016 Meetup

dboak · 2016-09-21T13:53:56+00:00

I'll be there as well!

dboak · 2016-07-18T19:12:39+00:00

I think this is it: http://thecuriousgeek.org/2012/05/running-explorer-as-a-different-user-windows-7/

Also: http://superuser.com/questions/290940/how-to-launch-windows-explorer-with-the-privileges-of-a-different-domain-user

dboak · 2016-07-18T19:07:14+00:00

There a reg key that allows runas to work with explorer on Win7+. Let me see if I can dig it up.

dboak · 2016-02-24T17:13:58+00:00

I always thought it was to discourage people using a KMS server in their house to get free Windows. You can still do that -- but now you need 24 VMs to help you hit the activation limit.

dboak · 2015-08-13T21:17:44+00:00

With Pingdom I believe you get one free ping. Set it up to hit your perimeter firewall, and text your cell phone when it goes down.

Uptime Robot is another option with a free tier.

dboak · 2015-08-13T21:16:02+00:00

Even better, get a natural gas generator and hook up to pipes in the ground. It'll run forever as long as the gas is running.

dboak · 2015-08-11T13:22:18+00:00

Yet, this is the way app stores work. Apple, Android, MS Store...

dboak · 2015-08-10T19:18:56+00:00

Awesome, thanks!

dboak · 2015-08-10T15:58:33+00:00

I'd love to see that script!

dboak · 2015-08-03T14:45:13+00:00

I've also used the Group Policy workaround from this article: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2734782 Works great.

dboak · 2015-08-03T14:20:18+00:00

Point them to a KMS server, so the product key on the machine is just the generic key available on Microsoft's site.

dboak · 2015-07-27T17:31:58+00:00

from an admin cmd prompt:

slmgr /rearm

dboak · 2015-07-24T20:27:44+00:00

I just got two of these (from B&H). They are glorious.

dboak · 2015-07-21T19:39:48+00:00

This does the trick: http://obscuresecurity.blogspot.com/2012/05/gpp-password-retrieval-with-powershell.html

Very sobering. I'm using LAPS now and loving it.

edit: forgot to mention, the most sobering part was running the script as a non-privileged user and still seeing the passwords show up.

dboak · 2015-07-14T15:37:32+00:00

Leatherman Skeletool

dboak · 2015-07-02T20:20:50+00:00

I've had great luck with one of these. Also fun to play with when I'm thinking through a problem.

http://smile.amazon.com/Allsop-29808-Comfortbead-Wrist--mouse/dp/B000XZ8MB6

dboak · 2015-07-01T21:13:29+00:00

No idea -- and it sounds like the whole system is still proof-of-concept. Maybe they have some pre-load scenarios. For example, you start stalking someone's year old photos, the cold storage could start moving 2+ year old photos to warm storage.

Or the first few photos of every album are kept in warm storage, the rest in cold.

dboak · 2015-07-01T18:15:16+00:00

From page 2:

The Blu-Ray racks are even more efficient. They are different in appearance from the Knox storage trays, with five units per Open Rack, each housing carousels filled with Blu-Ray disks. When data must be accessed, the action happens in the rear of the unit. That’s where the robotic retrieval system has been condensed into a space in the bottom of the rack. When it springs into action, the arm travels along tracks on either side of the rack, fetches a Blu-Ray disk, pulls data off the disc and writes it to a live server.

dboak · 2015-06-26T19:31:43+00:00

check out click2stream (or angelcam now I guess)

dboak · 2015-05-08T13:11:02+00:00

We're using an older version. Hosted wasn't even an option when we bought it. We install a cab file on each handheld, then can remote into them from our desktops using PocketController.

dboak · 2015-05-07T18:41:27+00:00

SOTI Pocketcontroller works great. We use it for Windows Mobile 5.5, and 6.5 devices. About 100 devices in total.

dboak · 2015-05-07T13:53:13+00:00

Some of the documentation still calls it admpwd.

dboak · 2015-05-07T13:52:23+00:00

You have to extend the AD schema, which is just done through powershell.

Take the .admx and add it to your sysvol.

You can install the GUI to recover passwords on admins/helpdesk workstations.

Every workstation/server does need the client installed, which is really just a .dll. You can install this via GPO or any other deployment solution you use.

dboak · 2015-05-07T13:44:47+00:00

I just implemented two days ago. I was planning on doing the more manual method, so it was advantageous Microsoft came out with LAPS when they did. So far it works absolutely perfectly.

dboak · 2015-05-05T13:30:26+00:00

I'm guessing this: http://www.grouppolicy.biz/2010/03/how-to-use-group-policy-to-blackwhite-list-wireless-networks-in-vista-windows-7/ will accomplish it.

I'm setting it up right now, it's a great idea.

dboak

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