Type about:config in the address bar.
Make sure both of these settings are true.
network.automatic-ntlm-auth.allow-non-fqdn
network.negotiate-auth.allow-non-fqdn
Screenshot of Firefox about:config
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This HTA file will allow end users to compile basic system information and supply that to help desk staff. Copy/Paste the code below to Notepad and name the file with a HTA extension.
<html>
<head>
<title>Help and Support</title>
<HTA:APPLICATION
APPLICATIONNAME="Help and Support"
ID="HelpandSupport"
VERSION="1.0"
BORDER="dialog"
INNERBORDER="no"
MAXIMIZEBUTTON="no"
MINIMIZEBUTTON="no"
ICON="Help.ico"
SCROLL="no"/>
</head>
Sub Window_OnLoad
Dim width,height
width=300
height=500
self.ResizeTo width,height
self.MoveTo (screen.AvailWidth-width)/2,(screen.AvailHeight-height)/2
End Sub
Sub OnClickButtonCancel()
window.Close
End Sub
<body bgcolor=#fffff;>
<table border=0 width=100% height=100%>
<tr>
<td height=100% width=100% valign=top align=left>
<!--Add your controls here-->
function computername()
{
var wshShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
var computername = wshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%COMPUTERNAME%");
return computername
}
function username()
{
var wshshell=new ActiveXObject("wscript.shell");
var username=wshshell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%username%");
return username
}
function ipAddress() {
var ipAddress = "";
var wmi = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}");
e = new Enumerator(wmi.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration WHERE IPEnabled = True"));
for(; !e.atEnd(); e.moveNext()) {
var s = e.item();
ipAddress = s.IPAddress(0);
}
return ipAddress
}
function macAddress() {
var macAddress = "";
var wmi = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}");
e = new Enumerator(wmi.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration WHERE IPEnabled = True"));
for(; !e.atEnd(); e.moveNext()) {
var s = e.item();
macAddress = s.MACAddress;
}
return macAddress
}
/*
Here's how to get MotherBoard Serial Number.
function serialNumber() {
var serialNumber = "";
var wmi = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}");
e = new Enumerator(wmi.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_BaseBoard"));
for(; !e.atEnd(); e.moveNext()) {
var s = e.item();
serialNumber = s.SerialNumber;
}
return serialNumber
} */
/* Here's how to get computer Serial Number
This is the javascript version of cmd = wmic bios get serial number
*/
function serialNumber() {
var serialNumber = "";
var wmi = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}");
e = new Enumerator(wmi.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_BIOS"));
for(; !e.atEnd(); e.moveNext()) {
var s = e.item();
serialNumber = s.SerialNumber;
}
return serialNumber
}
/* Global variables */
var cname = computername();
var uname = username();
var ip = ipAddress();
var mac = macAddress();
var serial = serialNumber();
/* function Send() {
var email = 'someemail@company.com';
var subject = uname + ' computer information';
var body = 'Computer Information \n' + 'User Name: ' + uname +'\n' +
'Computer Name: ' + cname +'\n'+ 'IP address: ' + ip + '\n' +
'MAC address: ' + mac + '\n' + 'PC Serial#: ' + serial + '\n\n' +
'Phone Number?: ' + '\n\n' +
'Problem Description?: ';
location.href = 'mailto:' + email
+ '?subject=' + encodeURIComponent(subject)
+ '&body=' + encodeURIComponent(body);
} */
function ClipBoard() {
holdtext.innerText = 'Computer Information \n' + 'User Name: ' + uname +'\n' +
'Computer Name: ' + cname +'\n'+ 'IP address: ' + ip + '\n' +
'MAC address: ' + mac + '\n' + 'PC Serial#: ' + serial + '\n\n' +
'Phone Number?: ' + '\n\n' +
'Problem Description?: ';
Copied = holdtext.createTextRange();
Copied.execCommand("Copy");
}
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> </p>
<strong>User Name: </strong> document.write(uname);<br>
<strong>Computer Name: </strong> document.write(cname);<br />
<strong>IP address: </strong> document.write(ip);<br />
<strong>MAC address: </strong> document.write(mac);<br />
<strong>PC Serial#: </strong> document.write(serial);
<textarea id="holdtext" style=display:none;"></textarea>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> </p>
*Please provide the above information when you contact the Help Desk for any computer or software issues.
<hr>
<center>
Help Desk #: (555) 555-1234<br>
</center>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align=right>
<input type="button" style="width: 80px" name="Close" id="Cancel" value="Close" onclick="OnClickButtonCancel">
<input type="button" onClick="ClipBoard()" value="Copy to Clipboard">
<!-- <input type="button" style="width: 80px" name="Send" id="Send" value="Send" onclick="Send()"> -->
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
Note: I cannot take full credit for this. I have copied and pasted this code from other resources over the years. I’m just posting what I use up for for later reference.
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Two separate files:
SQLBackupScript.sql
/* SQLBackupScript.sql */
DECLARE @name VARCHAR(50) — database name
DECLARE @path VARCHAR(256) — path for backup files
DECLARE @fileName VARCHAR(256) — filename for backup
DECLARE @fileDate VARCHAR(20) — used for file name
SET @path = ‘C:\is\backups\sql\’
SELECT @fileDate = CONVERT(VARCHAR(20),GETDATE(),112)
DECLARE db_cursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT name
FROM master.dbo.sysdatabases
WHERE name NOT IN (‘tempdb’)
OPEN db_cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM db_cursor INTO @name
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
SET @fileName = @path + @name + ‘_’ + @fileDate + ‘.BAK’
BACKUP DATABASE @name TO DISK = @fileName
FETCH NEXT FROM db_cursor INTO @name
END
CLOSE db_cursor
DEALLOCATE db_cursor
/*
SQLBackup.bat
::del “C:\is\backups\sql\*.*” /q
forfiles /p “C:\is\backups\sql\” /s /m *.* /c “cmd /c Del @path” /d -5
“D:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\SQLCMD.EXE” -Slocalhost\<INSTANCENAME> -Usa -P<PASSWORD> -i”C:\is\scripts\SQLBackupScript.sql”
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I have seen a number of new Windows 8.1 Surface tablets come up with a “Limited Connectivity” error when connected to a good wireless network. Resetting the network and pinging Google usually brings the network back to working condition, but the error usually reappears.
I have tried to reinstall network drivers, including rolling back to previous versions. Some users have reported that this resolved the issue, but it never did for me, so I continued my research.
Upon my research, I stumpled upon a Microsoft’s Answer’s post titled wifi issues from November 2012. I tested the solution and it seemed to work perfectly on all my Surface systems.
In a nutshell, here is the solution:
Open the Command Prompted (as Administrator)
Type the following commands:
netsh int tcp set heuristics disabled netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled netsh int tcp set global rss=enabled
After these commands have been entered, reboot.
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icacls "C:\Program Files\My Folder\" /T /C /grant "Domain Users":(OI)(CI)M
Read more at:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753525(WS.10).aspx
http://ss64.com/nt/icacls.html
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If you ever needed to test the throughput or bandwidth of your LAN or WAN, here is a small utility that will allow you to truly see what the network speed is working at.
Prerequisite: PsTools, specifically PsExec must be available on your computer. Dropping all the “Ps” tools into your %PATH% is recommended.
psexec \\192.168.0.14 -c -d -s -v -w c:\ PCATTCP.exe –rFiled under: Command Line, Network, Windows | Tagged: bandwidth, lan, Network, pcattcp, performance, throughput, ttcp | Leave a comment »
Quick and easy way to delete your Event Viewer Logs in Windows 7.
@echo off
for /F "tokens=*" %%G in ('wevtutil.exe el') DO (call :clear_it "%%G")
echo.
echo Event Logs have been cleared! ^<press any key^>
goto fin
:clear_it
echo %1 - CLEARED
wevtutil.exe cl %1
goto :eof
:fin
pause>NUL
Note: You must run this at the elevated command prompt
Many thanks to http://www.sevenforums.com where I found this code.
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Pretty simple method on extracting users distinguished name (dn) data from Active Directory.
dsquery.exe * -limit 0 -filter "(&(objectCategory=Person)(objectClass=User)(!userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=2))" >"c:\activeUsers.txt"
Note: This will only extract active users. To gather a list of all users, simply run:
dsquery user
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This PowerShell script allows you to update or append user objects in Active Directory based on data in an external data file (csv).
$users = import-csv c:\is\scripts\ps1\ourusers.csv
foreach($row in $users)
{
$dn = $row.dn
$user=[ADSI]"LDAP://$dn"
$telephoneNumber = $row.telephoneNumber
$user.put("telephoneNumber", $telephoneNumber)
$user.SetInfo()
}
The data file needs to have the following format:
dn,telephoneNumber
“distinguished name”,telephoneNumber
Reference: Quickly query Active Directory to find users distinguished name
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Quick tip on how to reduce your Winsxs folder on your Windows 7 drive after you have installed SP1.
Open an elevated Command Prompt and type the following command:
DISM /online /Cleanup-Image /SpSuperseded
I have seen varying reports on how much this will reduce your WinSXS folder, but I’ve seen reports for as much as 6 GB and as little as 1.2 GB. In my case, I recovered about 1.8 GB.
Important note: You will not be able to uninstall SP1 after this procedure completes.
Filed under: File System, Microsoft, Server, Windows, Windows 7 | Tagged: sp1, vista, windows, windows 7, winsxs | Leave a comment »
IT tidbits for the rest of us 