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Managing Local Admins using GPP

Posted on 13 November, 2009 by Daniel

This is a brain dump of something Alan Burchill and Lilia Gutnik presented at TechEd Australia 2009. It covers managing local administrators on your workstations using the power of Group Policy Preferences. Create a new GPO if necessary, link it … Continue reading →

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Enabling Remote Desktop (RDP) on Windows Vista Home Premium

Posted on 28 April, 2009 by Daniel

Thanks to the guys at The Green Button forums, Vista Home Premium users can now also enjoy an oft-missed feature; RDP. This currently works with SP1, but SP2 isn’t far off so expect Microsoft to close this loophole again. Below … Continue reading →

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Mini Brain Dump: IP Subnet Change Considerations

Posted on 16 October, 2008 by Daniel

I’ve been sitting on this post for a long time, and intended to write a more detailed description. Here are some things you may need to consider (outside of the obvious like DHCP scopes, DNS server settings, Firewall settings & … Continue reading →

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mRemote: A Remote Connections Manager

Posted on 16 October, 2008 by Daniel

This tool should be a part of any self-respecting SysAdmin’s toolkit. mRemote is “a full-featured, open source, multi-tab remote connections manager”. What does this mean?, you say. It means you’ve got one neat console where you can manage all your … Continue reading →

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Update: Deploying MYOB Premier via MSI

Posted on 13 October, 2008 by Daniel

I recently figured out a better way to get MYOB Premier to deploy via MSI that the previous method that I posted. This method basically stops the MSI from checking if it’s been run by a bootstrapper (Setup.exe). I’ve tested … Continue reading →

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