A VBScript for displaying only IPv4 Addresses with BGInfo
I wanted to use BGInfo to display only the IPv4 address(es) of a workstation. BGInfo’s built-in IP address ouput returns both IPv4 and IPv6 formatted addresses, but you can use the output of a VBScript...
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Building WMI queries with Wbemtest.exe and WMI Code Creator
Sure, Wbemtest.exe is pretty neat, and it gets points for being built-in. http://blogs.technet.com/b/chad/archive/2012/03/08/tip-45-wbemtest-the-underappreciated-tool.aspx Microsoft’s Wbemtest.exe...
View ArticleFixed: Outlook 2010 creating “BACKUP OF” profiles for roaming users
During the development of our Windows 7 image with Office 2010, we began seeing a problem around our users’ Outlook 2010 profiles on the pre-production builds. On occasion, after logging into a machine...
View Articlesleep.vbs – a VBScript for delaying a process
I needed to insert a short delay between two processes, so I whipped up a little VBScript that accepts an argument in seconds and then sleeps for that amount of time. If no argument is passed, it...
View ArticleHandy command line utilities for basic troubleshooting in a Windows domain...
This post is a collection of some of the more commonly used command line utilities when doing basic troubleshooting in a Windows domain environment. To open a command window within a directory from...
View ArticleMicrosoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 installation fails during SCCM OSD Task Sequence
I was running into a problem with the installation of Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 during an SCCM 2012 SP1 build and capture Task Sequence, both in Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. I was using the...
View ArticleMicrosoft Security Update KB2965788, released on June 10, 2014, requires...
Microsoft Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2965788), which was released on June 10, 2014, as one of that month’s Patch Tuesday updates and titled MS14-030: Description of the...
View ArticleMicrosoft Security Update KB2984976, released on October 14, 2014, causes...
Microsoft Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2984976), titled RDP 8.0 update for restricted administration on Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 and released on October 14, 2014,...
View ArticleMicrosoft .NET Framework 3.5 fails to install on Windows 8.1 Enterprise with...
Late in 2014, I ran into a problem installing Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows 8.1 Enterprise with Update (x64) through an SCCM 2012 R2 Build and Capture task sequence. I was following...
View ArticleSilent Installation of Intel Drivers with MUP.XML
While packaging a few Intel drivers (video driver, USB 3.0, chipset, management engine components, etc.) for our HP laptops, I noticed that each of the driver downloads contained a file named...
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