Checking Profile Existence on Remote Machines with PowerShell
Need to find every workstation that a user has logged on to? Security event logs rolled over or you can’t otherwise get that info from the domain controllers? Here is a way to get it.
Category Archives: Microsoft
Resolving hostnames and IP Addresses with VB6
Some time ago, I wrote an app that required the ability to resolve hostnames to IP Addresses, and vice versa. After some searching around, I found this gem. I don’t recall exactly where I found it, but this little chunk of code has served me well, lo these many years. It contains two functions: The functions do exactly… Read More »
List RDP Sessions on Remote Servers in PowerShell
You can use this handy little script to find remote desktop sessions on all servers running in your Active Directory domain.
Resolving IP to Hostname with PowerShell
Getting the hostname from an IP address (or vice versa) is no great magic, and can be done easily with PowerShell, by simply leveraging .Net to do the work. We’ve all done something like this to get resolve an IP address: [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostEntry(“69.69.95.133”).HostName Or this to get an IP address from a hostname: [System.Net.DNS]::GetHostAddresses(“www.fortypoundhead.com”).IPAddressToString But did you ever notice… Read More »
SCOM 2012 Agent “Not Monitored”
Recently, I rebuilt my SCOM environment (don’t ask), re-attaching all the previously existing agents to the new installation. Lots of them came back as “Not Monitored”.
8 Reasons Why Your External Hard Drive May Corrupt
Computer not detecting external Hard Disk Drive? Probably you are looking for answers of that question and that’s why you are here. Extracting data form corrupt or inaccessible external hard drive isn’t an easy job and you might need to go through little advanced troubleshooting steps.
Zohno Z-Hire
Z-Hire from Zohno helps you to reduce the time and steps needed during the onboarding of new employees by allowing you to set up templates for user accounts. These templates can then be used to create not just an Active Directory account, but also an Exchange mailbox, Lync account, and even a Salesforce account.
SN Active Directory Manager 4.1.8.0
AdSysNet (ASN) has built a nice and comprehensive tool for bulk managing and reporting on AD objects, all through a simple to use graphical interface.
Adaxes
Softerra Adaxes aims to be comprehensive solution for management, administration and monitoring of Active Directory. Does it measure up? You be the judge.
Active Directory Explorer
This handy little tool was developed by Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell, and is part of the most execellent SysInternals tool set. It is more than just a simple viewer tool, though.