Archive for April, 2010
Finding out what computer your AD user is logged into easily, quickly and free!
Apr 16th
Today I had to track down a user. There computer was either not configured with the proper naming convention, they installed a firewall or some sort of combination of other issues. I download a sysinternal tool called PSLoggedOn from the PSTools toolkit which while I could not find it from Microsoft I was able to locate it and upload it to AskTheAdmin’s servers here.
Microsoft describes the tools as follows:
PsLoggedOn is part of a growing kit of Sysinternals command-line tools that aid in the administration of local and remote systems named PsTools.
Runs on:
- Client: Windows XP and higher.
- Server: Windows Server 2003 and higher.
We have covered the PSTools Toolkit before here as well. To use it simply run it from the command line with the syntax psloggedon.exe username or computername
So in this instance I ran psloggedon joes to query all my network machines to see which one joes is logged into like so:
This is what I returned:
I saw all the machine the user in question is logged on to and the machines I was unable to query. Now I can run scripts using the machine name and not have to set login scripts for the user. Good luck! And we would love to hear what you are doing on your AD network!
What kind of network magic do you have going on?
AskTheAdmin Reviews – the next hilarious techno-prank – the TV Poltergeist!
Apr 15th
ThinkGeek :: Stuff for Smart Masses
Prank Powder Decepti-Candy – Deviously delicious candy
Four tubes of colorful powder candy. Such pretty names, too, like Sweet Pixie Dust and Ultimate Unicorn Sprinkles. Completely harmless sounding so anyone will gladly eat them. Then they will learn the dark secret. First, the colors don’t match the flavors (red is lemonade, yellow is cherry, etc.). But that’s not all. One is super sour, one foams in your mouth, one stains your mouth a color, and one does all three. Why? Because candy is dandy and pranky is swanky. Oh, and they taste great too, so that part isn’t a prank (but it may stop folks from hitting you in revenge, so it’s good).
http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/wacky-edibles/d799/
Waste some time with “Creeping” a flash game
Apr 15th
From time to time I cover nifty games over @ MakeUseOf.com. The last one was called Ski Runner 2, which was a fun time waster. This week, I will be showing you guys a flash game called Creeping.
The objective is to creep up behind your enemies instead of killing or destroying them. They say a master never uses violence unless he has to. You get to creep up behind your enemies and then kill them. This may not be the way of the ninja but hey, it sure is fun! And you get a gun later on after the first few training boards.
