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Deleting Aged and/or Orphaned AD User Profiles

Deleting domain user profile folders from a PC was a simple task in older versions of Windows. But Delprof stopped working after XP and some newer tools like Delprof2 and RemProf aren’t compatible with Microsoft’s new calculation methods. Here’s what we had to do:

Complex Password Creator

The modern world is bent on secure passwords. Some folks have the hardest time making a password that is complex and easy to remember. So we wrote a little app to help a little:

Reboot reminders via an SCCM Application package

Rebooting. Some people hate it. Some do it religiously. Rebooting, say, once a week, can make everyone’s lives, from the helpdesk to the end user, a little bit better. But how do we make the reminders to reboot frequent and persistent enough?

Clearing Windows Credential Manager

In our environment there were a lot of user lockouts, and since saved credentials were the culprit in many cases, we needed a something to clear all the user/password combos out of Windows credential manager in a more automated way. Here’s what we did:

Dell Driver Updates made easy with Command|Update (without installing it on all your endpoints!)

I was tired of always updating SCCM with new Dell driver packages. Some were getting as many as 15 new enterprise cabs over the deployment life. Then I discovered Dell Command|Update (DCU). Here’s what happened:

Detecting an imported SSID for Win7 in SCCM

Here’s a quick little VBS for those who cannot use Powershell for detection of a deployed WiFi profile for Windows 7.

Remotely Abort SCCM triggered Reboots

In our environment, a certain department gets really up in arms when a scheduled reboot ends up during their (very long) business hours. Once in a while a reboot will be triggered and I need a quick way out. Here’s how to do it:

What Responding to a Meeting Invitation in Outlook Really Means

I’ve been asked a number of times over the years by meeting organizers about why they have so many “None” responses in their meeting tracking. This is a training issue for both the invitees and the inviters, not an IT issue. This is what the they should know.

Remote Rename Domain PC

If you’re a admin you’ve probably needed to rename a remote Windows workstation. There are plenty of ways on the command line to do it and you’ll never have to open an RDP or other GUI control session for this task.

Find ActiveSync (phone/tablet) devices for a user

When an account gets locked out because of an old Exchange connected device, you need to find out the whole device history. Microsoft has a method but it’s not obvious.