1) Download BgInfo, and unzip the file to C:\Windows 2) Open BgInfo and adjust the configuration to meet you needs, then save it to C:\windows\bg.bgi 3) Create a bat script file C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\bginfo.cmd @ECHO OFF %systemroot%\bginfo /i%systemroot%\bg.bgi /timer:0 /nolicprompt /silent
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Windows Critical Problem Management Workshop Day 1
‘Windows Critical Problem Management Workshop’ is a 2 days course. The objective is to learn how to effectively identify and troubleshoot critical problems with Windows.The learning material is ‘Windows Internal Book’ On day 1, the trainer mainly introduced the Windows architecture and some useful troubleshooting tools. Here are my notes. The starting point is to … Continue reading Windows Critical Problem Management Workshop Day 1
Autoruns
Autoruns has the most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor, shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the entries in the order Windows processes them. The utility can be downloaded here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902
PowerShell: Uninstall Software Remotely
I will need to remove a software from more than 30 Windows 2003 servers once I confirmed it has the memory leaking bug. To make the job easier, I prefer to use script (as always): $app = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product -ComputerName (Get-Content servers.txt) | Where-Object {$_.Name -match "Software Name"} $app.Uninstall() NOTE: 1) Win32_Product WMI class is … Continue reading PowerShell: Uninstall Software Remotely
Batch Script: A Few Used With Psexec
I have been using psexec and batch scripts to do some system management jobs remotely. Here are couple examples of frequently used ones. psexec \\computer_ip_address -u administrator –p ***** –c xxx.bat (xxx.bat can be any batch scripts you created) e.g: psexec \\172.29.16.10 –u administrator –p ******** –c disableFW.bat xxx.bat examples: 1) disableFW.bat: disable the Windows … Continue reading Batch Script: A Few Used With Psexec
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