a blog about tech stuff – mostly.

  • A powerful free script language for windows domains

    http://www.kixtart.org/ What’s KiXtart KiXtart is a free-format scripting language and has rich built-in functionality for easy scripting. It supports COM (providing access to ADSI, ADO, WMI, etc) and thus is easily extensible. Since version 4.50 KiXtart comes with inbuild pre-tokenization system for faster loading and smaller scripts and providing some level of intellectual property protection…

  • An absolute must for Exchange 2007 Admins…

    That like to use GUI’s. http://PowerGUI.org Plug-ins are available to make it work with active directory are available here… http://www.quest.com/powershell/activeroles-server.aspx There are x64 and x86 versions available. It has all kinds of tools built-in, such as exporting and importing as CSV files,  script editor,  reports in xml, csv, and html, and so much more. It’s…

  • Rebuilding Exchange 2007 IIS Default Web Site

    If you have to do this, and I hope you don’t (I’m trying my best to avoid it), here are some really good resources. http://www.techexams.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=35486 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=320202

  • Importing contacts from AD into Exchange 2007

    There were quite a few things that I had to do in order to get this to work. Here’s a few commands, then I’ll provide links to all of the places that helped write the commands. Cmd prompt: (this command exports every contact in your AD Domain into a csv file called, “onlycontacts.csv”) CSVDE -f…

  • Producing HD Video in Windows Media Format

    I don’t know why I have such an interest in HD Video today, I just do I guess. Here’s a link to Microsoft’s site about producing videos in their proprietary format. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/howto/articles/producinghdvideo.aspx *Note that the article is VERY old (2004), and even the products that they have linked on the site are not available anymore,…

  • How to edit AVCHD MTS HD Movie files on a windows box for free

    Don’t know if I’ll ever have a Hi-Def Camcorder, but this may come in handy… http://www.chembal.com/how-to/edit-avchd-mts-hd-movie-files-on-a-windows-pc-for-free Tutorial by Brad Hanken – 07/06/2008

  • Interesting Questions about Google's future…

    Taken from: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/future-of-search.html I am a search addict. I’m naturally inquisitive – I’ve always liked finding things out. Plus, I’ve worked at Google on search for the past 9 years and 3 months. Of course I search – a lot. Yet I would guess that on any given day, I only do about 20% of…

  • How to deploy Office 2007 File Converters to your entire domain using Group Policy

    I ran into a few hiccups trying to get the Office 2007 Format Converters installed on every machine in a few of my domains, so I decided to do a write-up on how to get them installed. First, start by downloading the executable from Microsoft, located here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941B3470-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en

  • A nice, quick write-up on WMI filters.

    http://grouppolicy.editme.com/WMIFilters

  • Want cool new firmware for your linksys router?

    Go to DD-WRT and look for your model #! http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv3/