Windows
Winn8.1(and other) + F5 vpn client + cannot connect + you should change your network settings
Just reset WAN Miniport controllers: Netcfg -u MS_L2TP Netcfg -u MS_PPTP Netcfg -l %windir%\inf\netrast.inf -c p -i MS_PPTP Netcfg -l %windir%\inf\netrast.inf -c p -i MS_L2TP
Mozilla Thunderbird + strange behaviour
I got the strange behaviour of Thunderbird: couldn’t open list of letters in the same window, couldn’t create a new letter and so on. Resolved this way: Go to %Appdata%\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\Your Profile and delete all except: Folders: Mail, Imap Mail; Files: key3, abook, prefs, signons. Start Thunderbird again – done.
Windows server 2012 + Shadow session issue
I got the strange behaviour after installing updates. When I connected to a user session and then disconnected the user couldn’t switch languages and the lang.panel disappeared. Resolved such way: Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Language\Advanced settings\Let me set a different input method for each app window – put a tick. MS brought head ake as […]
NPS + regex
Some notice for using regex in NPS policies. I tried to filter users by a tab: Constraints – Called Station ID with regex: ^.+:MyAP But it didn’t work. So I used the same filter in a tab: Conditions – Called Station ID with regex: ^.+:MyAP Then it started to work.
Restore default security settings for Windows folder
secedit /configure /cfg %windir%\inf\defltbase.inf /db defltbase.sdb /verbose
EventViewer + Powershell + Event 4740
I attached this script to the event 4740 to notify users about issues with their acounts Script: ############################################ # Alert script for the security event 4740 # # Just attach it to the event # # 2015 # ############################################ # Get the […]
Events + Scheduler + Email when someone is connected via RDP
Just edit and import XML-file into Task Scheduler. There is XML: <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-16″?> <Task version=”1.2″ xmlns=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task”> <RegistrationInfo> <Date>2013-07-26T06:55:11.4860707</Date> <Author>Me</Author> <Description>Sends emails when server is accessed via RDP (Flag 10 – Remote connect).</Description> </RegistrationInfo> <Triggers> <EventTrigger> <Enabled>true</Enabled> <Subscription><QueryList><Query Id=”0″ Path=”Security”><Select Path=”Security”>*[System[(EventID=4624)]] and *[EventData[Data[@Name=’LogonType’] and (Data=10)]]</Select></Query></QueryList></Subscription> <ValueQueries> <Value name=”IpAddress”>Event/EventData/Data[@Name=”IpAddress”]</Value> <Value name=”TargetUserName”>Event/EventData/Data[@Name=”TargetUserName”]</Value> <Value name=”WorkstationName”>Event/EventData/Data[@Name=”WorkstationName”]</Value> <Value name=”eventRecordID”>Event/System/EventRecordID</Value> </ValueQueries> […]
Windows + powershell + handles count
Just a .ps1 script to find handle eaters. $s = [WmiSearcher]’Select * from Win32_Process where Handlecount > 1000′ $s.Get() |sort handlecount |ft handlecount,__path,name -auto
Automatically disable or re-enable IPv6 or its components
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929852/en-us Create DWORD (32) HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip6\Parameters \DisabledComponents 0x20 – Priority IPv4 over IPv6 0x10 – Disable IPv6 except tunnel interfaces
Offline Address Book Fails to Download in Exchange 2010
I met the strange behavior with downloading OAB from Outlook after renewing a certificate – it was to long processing and seemed unsuccessfull (no new records were downloaded). Found this solution – it helped. Copy-pasted from: http://www.concurrency.com/blog/offline-address-book-fails-to-download-in-exchange-2010/ I ran into an interesting issue where the Exchange 2010 OAB failed to download to Outlook 2010, 2007, and […]