Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Admin tips

Backing Up the Outlook Auto Complete Name List

C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\profilename.nk2

ref: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/WindowsVista/UserTips/Misc/BackingUptheOutlookAutoCompleteNameList.html

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How To Quickly Check IP Address on Remote Computers?

How to quickly check IP Address information on all the computers using a single command.

Windows does not ship with a command which can be used to quickly check the IP Address information on all the remote computers. You need to use third party tools or a utility to do so. I use Psexec.exe to get this information.

Steps:

  • Create a Text file named Servers.txt
  • Paste all the computer names in the Text file
  • Run the following command to store IP Information to a Text file:
Psexec.exe -@Servers.txt Ipconfig > Result.txt

ref: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/WindowsXP/AdminTips/Network/HowToQuicklyCheckIPAddressonRemoteComputers.html

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A Quick Tip To Update Group Policy Settings On Remote Computers

This article explains a single command you can use to update the Group Policy settings on remote computers. Please note this applies to Windows 2000 Computers only!

Windows 2000 ships with a command line tool to refresh the Group Policy settings on a local computer. But what if you need to refresh Group Policy settings on 100 Windows 2000 machines? You either need to create a script to do so or visit each computer individually. To eliminate this, you can use the below steps to accomplish the task:

Steps:

  • Create a Text file named Servers.txt
  • Paste all the computer names in txt file.
  • Run the following commands from a Windows 2000 computer:

To refresh user policy:

To refresh machine policy

  • Psexec.exe -@Servers.txt secedit.exe /refreshpolicy machine_policy
ref: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/Windows2000/AdminTips/ActiveDirectory/AQuickTipToUpdateGroupPolicyOnRemoteComputers.html

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