2010 DST updates Exchange Windows and Blackberry

Posted on March 17th, 2010 in Exchange 2007,Microsoft,Windows 7,Windows XP by Gil Kreslavsky

 

Microsoft released set of Daylight Saving updates back in December 2009.

Time Zone changes since last MS update

  • Argentina Standard Time:
    Removes DST for 2010 and later years.
  • Central Brazilian Standard Time:
    Updates dynamic DST table.
    Changes DST end date for 2010.
  • E. South America Standard Time:
    Updates dynamic DST table; Changes DST end date for 2010.
  • Egypt Standard Time:
    Changes the DST end date for 2009.
    Changes the TZI for 2010.
  • Georgian Standard Time:
    Changes the display name and time zone bias from UTC+3 to UTC+4.
  • Greenland Standard Time:
    Changes the TZI for 2010 for operating systems earlier than Windows Vista.
  • Jerusalem Standard Time:
    Changes the TZI for 2010 for operating systems earlier than Windows Vista.
  • Morocco Standard Time:
    Changes the TZI for 2010 for operating systems earlier than Windows Vista.
  • N. Central Asia Standard Time:
    Removes “Almaty” from the “(GMT+06:00) Almaty, Novosibirsk” time zone.
  • North Asia East Standard Time:
    Removes “Ulaan Bataar” from the “(GMT+08:00) Irkutsk, Ulaan Bataar” time zone.
  • Pakistan Standard Time:
    Changes the TZI for 2010 for operating systems earlier than Windows Vista.
  • Paraguay Standard Time:
    Changes the TZI for 2010 for operating systems earlier than Windows Vista.
  • Ulaanbaatar Standard Time:
    Creates the Ulaanbaatar Standard Time time zone with the display name of “(GMT+08:00) Ulaanbaatar”.
  • W. Australia Standard Time:
    Removes DST for 2010 and later years

    • Microsoft DST updates:

    Update for Windows 7 (KB976098)

    Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB976098)

    Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB976098)

    Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB976098)

    Update for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems (KB976098)

    Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB976098)

    Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB976098)

    Update for Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems (KB976098)

    Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Edition (KB976098)

    Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems (KB976098)

    Update for Windows Vista (KB976098)

    Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB976098)

    Update for Windows XP (KB976098)

    Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB976098)

     

    Blackberry DST updates:

    RIM released 2 updates for DST 2010 March

    http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=KB20676

    Find Windows , SQL or Office Product Key

    Posted on May 20th, 2009 in Microsoft,Office 2007,Server 2003,Server 2008,Vista,Windows 7,Windows XP by Gil Kreslavsky

     

    If you’re planning reinstall of your Windows Vista\XP\Server 2000\2003\2008  you’ll need to locate your copy of your product installation key.

    An easy way is to use Product Key Viewer utility to find forgotten Windows Office or SQL Product Keys.

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    How to Change and set Default Windows Installation Path

    Posted on April 19th, 2009 in Microsoft,Vista,Windows 7,Windows XP by Gil Kreslavsky

    Unusually Operating System is installed on C drive and whenever you install new program it goes to C:\Program Files\program name

    I is because the default suggested installation path is C:\Program Files.
    It can cause a problem when C drive is been wrong partitioned and the size of C drive is small
    You can use registry to change the default application installation path to for example install in D:\Programs,
    To set different default installation path, follow the steps bellow:

    1. Pres on start
    2. Type in run regedit
    3. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion.
    4. At the right panel, loacate ProgramFilesDir.
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    5. Double click on it to change the value to your desired path. For example, change the value from C:\Program Files to D:\Programs.
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    Move Domain Controller to other site – PowerShell

    Posted on April 6th, 2009 in Active Directory,Microsoft,Scripts,Server 2008 by Gil Kreslavsky

    $dcname = <DomainDNSName>
    $newSite = "NewSite Name"
    $context = New-Object
    System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.DirectoryContext(‘DirectoryServer’, $dcname)
    $dc =
    [System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.DomainController]::getDomainController ($context)
    $dc.MoveToAnotherSite($newSite)

     

    Where DomainDNSName – Enter your DNS domain name

    Delete Windows User Profile in Registry

    Posted on March 30th, 2009 in Microsoft,Server 2003,Server 2008,Vista,Windows 7,Windows XP by Gil Kreslavsky

    To clear user local profile via registry :

    1. Press on Start > Run >Regedit
    2. Navigate to the following registry key :“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList”
    3. Under ProfileList navigate to  binary key’s like this :S-1-5-21-3656904587-1668747452-4095529-500
    4. On the right side under  ProfileImagePath you’’ll see the username and profile path.
    5. Chose the one with the desired user and delete the long reg key like :“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList”

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    Note:The following method works on all of these operation systems:Windows 2000/XP/2003/2008 and Windows 7.

    Folder Redirection to NTFS share Permissions

    Posted on March 30th, 2009 in Active Directory,Microsoft,Security,Server 2003,Server 2008 by Gil Kreslavsky

    If you want to redirect domain user folders to NTFS or Storage share, you need to set the permissions like in the list bellow:

    Creator Owner => Full Control on “Subfolders and Files Only”

    Security group of users needing to put data on share => List Folder/Read Data, Create Folders/Append Data  on “This Folder Only”

    System =>  Full Control, on “This Folder, Subfolders and Files”

    In addition you can add Domain Admins security group to have permissions on user folders:

    • Open Group Policy Management
    • Navigate to Computer Configuration>Administrative Templates>System>User Profiles
    • Set “Add the Administrator security group to the roaming user profile share” to enabled

    Prevent users from deleting start menu items via GPO

    Posted on March 29th, 2009 in Active Directory,GPO,Vista,Windows 7,Windows XP by Gil Kreslavsky
    • Open Group Policy Editor:
    • Link Policy to relevant OU
    • Navigate to User Configuration>Administrative Templates>Start menu and taskbar.
    • Edit “Prevent Changes to Taskbar and Start Menu Settings”
    • Set it to enable
      Prevent Changes to taskbar
    • Pres OK

    Note: To enforce group policy: Navigate to Start>Run type gpupdate /force and hit Enter

    Desktop Icon Disappeared? Learn how to restore.

    Posted on March 26th, 2009 in Microsoft,Server 2003,Server 2008,Vista,Windows 7,Windows XP by Gil Kreslavsky

    If you Windows Desktop icon is disappeared , there is a quick way to restore it.
    Follow the steps bellow:

    • Open Notepad
    • Paste the text bellow
      • [Shell]
      Command=2
      IconFile=explorer.exe,3
      [Taskbar]
      Command=ToggleDesktop
    • Save the file as Desktop.scf and drag it to your Quick Launch bar

    Note: If you can’t place it you Quick Launch bar may be locked.
    To unlock it :Right click on it , and remove selection from “Lock The Task Bar”

    Manage services from command prompt in Windows XP,Vista,2003,2008

    Posted on March 23rd, 2009 in Microsoft,Server 2003,Server 2008,Vista,Windows 7,Windows XP by Gil Kreslavsky

    list of available commands for service management in Windows

    • Net pause : Pauses service
      Usage : net pause servicename
    • Net continue : Continues a service that has been suspended by net pause
      Usage : net continue servername
    • Net stop : Stops running service
      Usage : net stop service name
    • Net start : Start stopped service
      Usage : net start servicename
    • Sc:A command line program used for communicating with the
      Service Control Manager and services. Usually used in scripting
      Usage : type sc in command prompt to see command reference
    • Tasklist : Displays list of running tasks
      Usage:type tasklist in command prompt
    Note: You can find the service name in Control Panel, Services.
Or by running services.msc command
To Open Command Prompt : type in run cmd

    Mstsc /console switch is replaced in “Windows Xp+sp 3 – Vista+sp1 and Windows 2008 ” by mstsc /admin

    Posted on March 15th, 2009 in Microsoft,Server 2003,Server 2008,Vista,Windows XP by Gil Kreslavsky

    Starting from Windows XP Service Pack 3, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 the “mstsc /console” switch was been replaced by “mstsc /admin” In both Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008, the Remote Desktop Program has been updated to version 6.1 (6.0.6001)

    Since there is no longer the ability to connect to Session 0, the /console switch is no longer required. But, what if I want to connect to Session 0 on a Windows Server 2003/XP or previously machine making the most of RDP 6.1?
    Let’s see how we can do it.

    If you use “mstsc /v:servername /console” in a script file then the /console will be ignored (with no warning) and you will be connected to a normal session that is not the server console.
    If you specify the /console switch in the RDC GUI connection dialog then it will tell you “an unknown parameter was specified in the computer name field”.
    If you want to connect to the old console session in Windows 2008 and Vista SP1 use the “mstsc /admin” switch

    Another workaround is to replace the mstsc.exe file with one from older system (Windows XP ) for example.

    Example

    mstsc /admin savedsession.rdp

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