Microsoft have released several patches which could liven up your work environment. See the following links for details and see if this could affect you: http://www.infoworld.com/article/2834535/security/four-more-botched-black-tuesday-patches-kb-3000061-kb-2984972-kb-2949927-and-kb-2995388.html
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Time Running Slow on Virtual Servers
May 23, 2012 
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To some this may be a no brainer, and in fairness we found the cause and fixed it 5 minutes, but to some it may be a head scratcher. We have a load of servers all running on Windows 2008 R2 and on ESX Hosts. The time on some servers is running slow by up […]
Continue reading Some library features are unavailable due to unsupported library locations
March 9, 2012 2 Comments
Below is a copy of a Documents.library-ms file found in C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Libraries: <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?> <libraryDescription xmlns=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2009/library“> <name>@shell32.dll,-34575</name> <ownerSID>User-SID-would-display-here</ownerSID> <version>4</version> <isLibraryPinned>true</isLibraryPinned> <iconReference>imageres.dll,-1002</iconReference> <templateInfo> <folderType>{7d49d726-3c21-4f05-99aa-fdc2c9474656}</folderType> </templateInfo> <propertyStore> <property name=”HasModifiedLocations” type=”boolean”><![CDATA[false]]></property> </propertyStore> <searchConnectorDescriptionList> <searchConnectorDescription publisher=”Microsoft” product=”Windows”> <description>@shell32.dll,-34577</description> <isDefaultSaveLocation>true</isDefaultSaveLocation> <simpleLocation> <url>knownfolder:{FDD39AD0-238F-46AF-ADB4-6C85480369C7}</url> </simpleLocation </searchConnectorDescription> </searchConnectorDescriptionList> libraryDescription> Copy the file to your desktop and open it in Notepad. N.B. You can […]
Continue readingClear Up Windows 2008 User Profiles
March 8, 2012 0 Comments
This code can be used in a StartUp GPO script or as a manual script to clear out stuck profiles on a server. This probably won’t delete the entire profile of users that are in use, but I haven’t tested that yet. This will just leave the default required profiles behind. If you need any […]
Continue readingAssociating .TIFF/.TIF files with Windows Picture Viewer
March 4, 2012 7 Comments
We found after building the XenApp desktop servers that the old Microsoft Office Document Imager was no longer part of Office and was removed after 2007. The other issue we found after that was forcing the new Windows Picture Viewer to be the default for all users. The main bonus of the Windows Picture Viewer […]
Continue readingCommand Line Loading CPL Applets
February 19, 2012 0 Comments
Here are some handy commands as a quick reference to open items in the Control Panel Accessibility Options control access.cpl Add New Hardware control sysdm.cpl add new hardware Add/Remove Programs control appwiz.cpl Date/Time Properties control timedate.cpl Display Properties control desk.cpl FindFast control findfast.cpl Fonts Folder control fonts Internet Properties control inetcpl.cpl Joystick Properties control […]
Continue readingFile Refresh on Windows 7/2008
February 16, 2012 0 Comments
It was found after testing that files were not appearing automatically in saved locations on Windows 2008 servers. You were required to press F5 to refresh the view and then the files would appear. From testing the following combination of keys was found to cause the issue, but was part of the recommended XenApp 6 […]
Continue readingThings to do with Explorer.exe
October 6, 2011 0 Comments
This is a list of commands that you can use to get explorer to open in different places on your system. Open ‘Documents’ when you open Windows Explorer %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n,::{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103} Open ‘My Computer’ when you open Windows Explorer %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} Other commands: Source: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/130510 EXPLORER.EXE [/n][/e][,/root,<object>][[,/select],<sub object>] Switches /n: Opens a new window in single-paned […]
Continue readingDeleting Folder Contents with Powershell
September 20, 2011 0 Comments
Here a few methods of deleting the contents of folders with Powershell. These methods are useful for keeping servers clean and tidy and emptying users recycle bins. Clear out users recycle bin data based on SID Import-Module activedirectory [string]$recycleBinPath = ‘C:\$Recycle.Bin\’ $userSID = ((Get-ADUser chrisa).sid).value Remove-Item “$recycleBinPath$userSID” -recurse -force Delete all folders in $Recycle.bin dir […]
Continue reading Set the Default Active Directory path when searching for printers
June 16, 2011 0 Comments
With in AD you can redirect users to search for printers. This can be very useful when building a new print server on the domain and not wanting users to be able to see the printers you create until you are ready. To do this do the following: Navigate to: User Configuration>Administratove Templates>Control Panel>Printers Open: […]
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