about 2 years ago - 19 comments
I know the feeling of your secure network being compromised by an end user… Passwords do fall into the wrong hands and then what do you do? Scenarios start running through my head and I make a mental list of all the passwords and system configs that need to be changed. These aren’t fun times…
about 2 years ago - 26 comments
You know the saying, “You can’t have too much RAM or too much storage.” Well, there is at least one case where a lot of RAM can cause problems. My current desktop had 1 Gig of RAM and I recently bought an additional 2 Gigs since the price was so low. (And of course I…
about 2 years ago - 11 comments
As avid Windows users you have seen how applications add right click menu options. For instance Mcafee antiVirus adds a shortcut to Scan For Threats in the selected folder or Resco’s options to encrypt or de-crypt a folder. Now you want to add useful right click options for yourself and AtA is here to show…
about 2 years ago - 5 comments
Everyone knows your friendly neighborhood admin is all about shortcut keys and uber productivity. I don’t know how I never found this one before… Check it out you have your quick launch buttons displayed next to your start menu for easy access. By default you have Show Desktop, IE and whatever other applications you installed.…
about 2 years ago - 15 comments
We have used many different retail programs to recover accidentally or maliciously deleted files off of our PC, Digital Camera or Mobile device. We have tried a few free ones and they bring us back to the old saying… You get whatcha pay for! As such we never really covered the topic here on Ata,…
about 2 years ago - 10 comments
We have reviewed Crucial Memory in the past here when we gave away a 2gb memory module to one of our readers. So we were happy to plug them again when Jenny from San Fransisco wrote us asking: Yo Admin can you tell me what kind of memory is in my PC without me having…
about 2 years ago - 6 comments
Do you hate looking for and downloading drivers on every re-format? Well if you can get to your desktop you should be able to run Double Driver and copy your drivers off your machine to a USB stick and then restore them right back into your fresh clean formatted system! We covered something a little…
about 2 years ago - No comments
So are you wondering why you would want to save your searches? Think about it… How would you like the ability to dynamically find the items you need with a saved search? So the boss called and said – I need all the purchase orders less than a months old and tagged Smith? How about…
about 2 years ago - 5 comments
This morning we had a request for adding a “High Priority Folder”. This would be a top level folder that shows up on your Windows desktop and in My Computer. Didn’t think you could do that? Well read on… The folder we will be creating can not be removed – just like My Computer or…
about 2 years ago - 3 comments
I had the pleasure of attempting to migrate a print server this weekend. I mean I had to figure out a quick and efficient way to install the 70 some odd printers on a new server. I was not going to be doing this manually that was for shit sure! I had some junior admins…
about 4 years ago
im gonna try this out right now thanks Psy!
about 4 years ago
Yeah it looks pretty handy, maybe you could learn enough to create some quick and dirty scripts to post on AtA?:)
about 4 years ago
sure can what do you guys want to see it do? microsoft has been releasing some great tools recently.
about 4 years ago
How about a script that kills timed out remote desktop sessions? Probably have to use WMI for that I would imagine.
about 4 years ago
awesome, looks intresting
about 4 years ago
I didnt get a shot to foks with it yet but i did come across terminal services commands that can be run via batch file or command line. One of them is kill connections here you go:
ACINIUPD
Application Compatibility INI Update (see notes on ACINIUPD by Christoph Geiser)
CHANGE
CHGLOGON or CHANGE LOGON
Enable or disable session logins
CHGPORT or CHANGE PORT
List or change COM port mappings for DOS application compatibility
CHGUSR or CHANGE USER
Change Install Mode
LOGOFF
Terminates a session
MSG
Sends a message to the specified user(s)
QUERY
QAPPSRV or QUERY TERMSERVER
Displays the available application terminal servers on the network
QFARM or QUERY FARM
Display information about servers on the local farm
QPROCESS or QUERY PROCESS
Displays information about processes
QSERVER or QUERY SERVER
Display information about available ICA-enabled servers on the network
QUSER or QUERY USER
Display information about users logged on to the system
QWINSTA or QUERY SESSION
Display information about Terminal Sessions
RESET SESSION
Reset the session subsytem hardware and software to known initial values
SHADOW
Monitor another Terminal Services session
TSCON
Attaches a user session to a terminal session
TSDISCON
Disconnects a terminal session
TSKILL
Ends a process
TSPROF
Copies or updates the terminal server user configuration information
TSSHUTDN
Shut down a server in a controlled manner
TSCMD
Read or set several Terminal Server related user properties.
A very useful free third party command line tool by SystemTools™ Software Inc.
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