I had a customer who’s network was constantly dropping out and having all sorts of weird issues. Upon initial investigation it seemed that all computers were linked at 1gb and all the switches were advertised as 1gb also. (1 was an edimax and another TP-link) So whats going on? To take a closer look I…
Here is a quick and dirty little uninstall script for the GFI Max Agent. setlocal enableDelayedExpansion Echo Off echo !DATE!_!TIME! echo Uninstalling agent… “%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Program Files\Advanced Monitoring Agent\unins000.exe” /SILENT “%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Program Files (x86)\Advanced Monitoring Agent\unins000.exe” /SILENT “%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Program Files\Advanced Monitoring Agent GP\unins000.exe” /SILENT “%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Program Files (x86)\Advanced Monitoring Agent GP\unins000.exe” /SILENT echo !DATE!_!TIME! echo Uninstall complete!
Recently I’ve had this issue with teamviewer where when I would connect to a machine, network access would just stop for about 20-30 seconds. (Very annoying to say the least.) I checked in the options, no proxy, no special network settings, so wasn’t exactly sure what was going on. Still, I have no idea what was going…
Here is an easy way to find the system uptime of a server. net statistics server | find “Statistics since”
Another from the archives. Ok Firstly thanks to Mark Berry from MCB Systems for the idea checking the registry. The problem was checking if CryptoPrevent was already applied as the Local System bypasses the software policy restrictions so it would always think its not applied. This version of the script checks the registry to see if the…
If you windows install keeps prompting you every time a program wants to access the internet, then chances are it’s your networks profile settings. In Networking and Sharing center look for your Network Connection Name and it should show the Network Profile associated with the connection. If it says Public then you need to change…
Here is a little tool to help ‘Move things along’ This will resend the DSC for the agent straight away so no longer have to wait. Download
When helping a user with computer problems its relatively easy to get them to run a remote support tool and just get into the machine and see exactly whats going on. Although when it comes to Smart phones or tablets, and the different versions of OS and skins, it can sometimes be a little tricky…
Simple commands to move DHCP from one server to another. To export: netsh dhcp server export c:\Temp\dhcpdb all To Import netsh dhcp server Import c:\Temp\dhcpdb all Open up the DHCP MMC add-in and authorize the server on the New server and Deauthorise the old server. Then Stop and Disable the DHCP Server service on the…
Making it through a work day for me normally involves strong tea and loud music. Being stuck behind a desk the majority of the day I’m after anything to make it more enjoyable. Spotify has always has an official desktop app and that’s the main reason to why I went with it. (I hated using a…
