05Apr 2019 by Ceyhun Kirmizitas No Comments
Restart Remote Computers vbscript

Restart Remote Computers vbscript

Scripts
Need to restart all the Windows computers on the network? This script reads a text file populated with computer names and performs the remote remote restart on them. I use this all the time to forcibly restart computers that are still logged on - but in distant locations on the network - when performing system maintenance and software upgrades outside of office hours. ‘ *************************************************************** ‘ * Script to Restart Network Computers ‘ * based on computers names list in a file. ‘ * This script checks computer’s availability first via WMI ping ‘ * Ceyhun Kirmizitas ‘ *************************************************************** On Error Resume Next Dim strComputer Dim objShell, objExec, strCmd, strTemp Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objInputFile = fso.OpenTextFile("Dclist.txt",1,True) Do While objInputFile.AtEndOfLine <> True strComputer = objInputFile.ReadLine WScript.Echo strComputer & "…
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04Apr 2019 by Ceyhun Kirmizitas No Comments
How to Manage Local Password Policy on Windows Server 2008 Core

How to Manage Local Password Policy on Windows Server 2008 Core

Video Tutorials, Windows Server
Windows Server 2008 Core is a minimal server installation option for computers running on the Windows Server 2008 operating system. Server Core provides a low-maintenance server environment with limited functionality. Windows Server 2008 Core supports the following server roles: Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) DHCP Server DNS Server File Services Print Services Streaming Media Services Internet Information Services (IIS) Virtualization Local Security Policy allows enforcing many system, user and security-related settings, such as password policy, audit policy and user rights. Event Viewer can then be used to check log events.
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04Apr 2019 by Ceyhun Kirmizitas No Comments
Wake on Lan (WOL) Does NOT Work After Upgrading to Windows 10 from Windows 8.1 or Windows 7

Wake on Lan (WOL) Does NOT Work After Upgrading to Windows 10 from Windows 8.1 or Windows 7

Windows 10
What is Wake on LAN (WOL): It is powerful and convenient feature that enables users to remotely power up their computer over a network, saving energy while also allowing remote access to the computer when needed. Problem: Wake on LAN (WOL) stopped working after upgrading to Windows 10 from Windows 8.1 or Windows 7. In my case, I use Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller. Even though I did all settings for WOL such as  disabling turn on fast startup, configuring adapter options related to WOL, and etc, WOL is not working. My environment: Previous OS: Windows 8.1 Pro x64 Current OS: Windows 10 Pro x64 Mainboard: Asus H87-Plus NIC: Onboard Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller NIC driver version: 9.1.401.2015 released on April 1, 2015 Cause: Realtek Ethernet Card driver that comes with Windows update…
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01Apr 2019 by Ceyhun Kirmizitas No Comments

Microsoft Excel Password Recovery Instructions with Office Password Recovery Utility

Office
Often when an employee departs, they take important Excel passwords with them. This guide outlines how to use a simple Excel password recovery application to crack lost or forgotten passwords, allowing you to unlock password-encrypted Microsoft Excel documents quickly as possible. To perform the following recovery steps, you'll need to get the download of Office Password Recovery, available directly here. (2.1Mb). Once you've downloaded the program, run the install with the default options. 1- Click the Open button on the top left, navigate to the protected spreadsheet file. 2- The Open button launches the Recovery Wizard. The Wizard gives you the option of simply decrypting the spreadsheet or displaying the original document password.   Recovery Option 1: 100% Instant Document Decryption This option is the quickest way to access your…
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01Apr 2019 by Ceyhun Kirmizitas No Comments
Exchange 2010 Event ID: 4113 MSExchangeRepl Database redundancy health check failed

Exchange 2010 Event ID: 4113 MSExchangeRepl Database redundancy health check failed

Exchange Server
If you are using Database Availability Group (DAG), Microsoft Exchange Replication service monitors database redundancy by calling CheckDatabaseRedundancy.ps1 script in default script folder. It ensures that each replicated database has at least two copies and a healthy copy to make it redundant. CheckDatabaseRedundancy.ps1 script is run hourly by the Microsoft Exchange Replication service to perform a redundancy health check for replicated databases . If Exchange finds that a replicated database doesn?t have sufficient healthy copies, the Microsoft Exchange Replication Service - MSExchangeRepl - logs an event id: 4113 (Error: MSExchangeRepl Database redundancy health check failed) as shown below. The information captured in the event reports that only one copy exists, which is what I expected. The Replication Service will continue to check and log event 4113 for the database every twenty…
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31Mar 2019 by Ceyhun Kirmizitas No Comments

How to Install Service Pack in Windows Server Failover Cluster for Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2008 and Windows 2003

Windows Server
The process of applying a service pack to a server failover cluster is almost the same as applying it to Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2008 and Windows 2003. You can install Windows service packs on Windows Server Failover Cluster nodes using the following procedure. Always install the same service packs or hotfixes to each node. Use this procedure to install the service packs unless otherwise directed by a particular service pack version. Open Failover Cluster Manager, and then click Nodes then right-click Node A, and then click Pause. Expand Node A. In the right pane, right-click each Services or applications and then click Move this service or application to another node to move them to Node B. Install the service pack on Node A, and then restart the Node A. In Failover Cluster Manager, right-click Node A,…
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29Mar 2019 by Ceyhun Kirmizitas No Comments
How to Perform Dial Tone Recovery in Exchange Server 2010 with Windows Server Backup

How to Perform Dial Tone Recovery in Exchange Server 2010 with Windows Server Backup

Exchange Server, Video Tutorials
What is Exchange Dial Tone Recovery? Exchange 2010 has many updated and efficient features, which make it a very popular email server, but these useful features do not reduce the chances of data loss. Therefore, a need of a reliable recovery plan is always on the priority, during any disaster. Exchange offers an inbuilt feature to recover Exchange database, named dial tone portability. Using dial tone recovery, users can have a temporary mailbox for sending and receiving email while their original mailbox is being restored or repaired. The temporary mailbox can be on the same Exchange 2010 Mailbox server or on any other Exchange 2010 Mailbox server in your organization. The process for using dial tone portability is called a dial tone recovery, which involves creating an empty database on…
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27Mar 2019 by Ceyhun Kirmizitas No Comments
How to Uninstall Windows Internal Database

How to Uninstall Windows Internal Database

Microsoft
It is not usually necessary to uninstall Windows Internal Database, but sometimes you may need to uninstall or remove Windows Internal Database. It is not possible to remove this application with Add or Remove Programs, and it will not be uninstalled. Because multiple applications and services use the same instance of Windows Internal Database, removing these applications and services does not remove the data store. Important: Uninstalling Windows Internal Database is not recommended, because it may affect other applications that may be using the same database instance. To uninstall Windows Internal Database Open a command shell. On 32-bit platforms: msiexec /x {CEB5780F-1A70-44A9-850F-DE6C4F6AA8FB} callerid=ocsetup.exe On 64-bit platforms: msiexec /x {BDD79957-5801-4A2D-B09E-852E7FA64D01} callerid=ocsetup.exe
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27Mar 2019 by Ceyhun Kirmizitas No Comments

Installing Exchange Update Rollups on DAG (Database Availability Group) Members

Exchange Server
Installing update rollups on DAG members is a straight forward task. We have to make sure that all the active databases have been moved to a different DAG member, activation of all databases on the server to be patched is blocked, mailbox database copy is suspended etc. Basically, the procedure is straightforward and should be followed per DAG member: 1.Appoint (next) DAG member; 2.Move away all active copies on that DAG member; 3.Prevent copies from activating on that DAG member; 4.Perform maintenance, e.g. down or upgrade DAG member; 5.Enable possible activation on that DAG member again; 6.Optionally redistribute database copies. Microsoft has two new scripts in the ?C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\v14\Scripts? folder of Exchange 2010 SP1. StartDAGServerMaintenance.ps1 and StopDAGServerMaintenance.ps1. In order to install a rollup on 2010 SP1 , follow the…
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