Six iSCSI SANs Unleashed (InfoWorld 3Oct2005)
Sonar is a command-line tool that allows administrators to monitor key statistics and status about members of a file replication service (FRS) replica set. Administrators can use Sonar to watch key statistics on a replica set in order to monitor traffic levels, backlogs, and free space.
Windows shortcut icons can be restored in several different ways. There is a group of posts here:
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1061668518
One technique (XP) says to delete this file:
C:\Documents and Settings\Your User Name\Local Settings\Application Data\Iconcache.db
(Previous versions of Windows use the ShellIconCache hidden file in the Windows folder.
Here's one of the posts from Mac:
XP INFO (http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/1122235426) XP CLEANUP (http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/1126542499)
Start, Run, and type - regedit - in the window, press Enter.
HKEY_LOCAL_ MACHINE / Software / Microsoft / Windows /currentversion / Explorer
In the right side, right-click a blank area and choose "New", then, "String Value"
and call it Max Cached Icons (Not - MaxCachedIcons) Double-click this new Key and type the value 8192 into the box.
Another page with useful stuff:
http://www.amset.info/windows/winxp-quikies.asp
Highlights
Speed up Network BrowsingThis tip is only for you if you use Windows XP in a network environment.
You may have found that browsing network drives from your Windows XP can be initially slow, as it takes a moment for the directory contents to display. This is caused by a little known registry entry that means your machine checks the remote machine for any scheduled tasks. Why - who knows. However this feature is controlled by a registry key. Delete the key and browsing is sped up.
The key that needs to be deleted is shown below. However if you don't want to go through the registry yourself, use the following file to remove the key: net-browsing.reg (http://www.amset.info/downloads/net-browsing.txt). This is a notepad file which you need to rename - removing the ".txt" extension and changing it to ".reg".
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\
NameSpace\{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}
Identifying SVCHOST UsageIf you look at your task manager you may see svchost.exe listed numerous times. This is "Service Host" a core component of Windows. However if you would like to see what is using these components, then there is a neat command that will do this for you.
%systemroot%\system32\tasklist.exe /svc
Create a Shortcut to Lock your WorkstationDid you know that you can lock your workstation by pressing CTRL-ALT -DELETE and pressing enter (or choosing "Lock Workstation)? It is also possible to create a shortcut to do the same thing that you can click on.
Right click anywhere on your desktop and choose "New..." then "Shortcut".
Enter the following text in the box
%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation
Click next and name the shortcut "Lock Workstation" or similar
Yet another page with related info:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/WinXP/Q_20632350.html
This site (Bob Cerelli's Windows Page) has lots of useful stuff too (see the Desktop Tips page for info on shortcuts):
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/index.html
A whole page-load of stuff in another blog:
Why you shouldn't run as admin...
Build a Better Browser
PCWorld
Oct 2005
Firefox and IE add-ins
http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,122099,00.asp
Scripting notes from this Microsoft webcast: WMI is Not a Four-Letter Word
- in order to run WMI scripts on remote machines, you must be a local administrator
- providing alternate credentials (GetObject is replaced with CreateObject + ConnectServer)
strComputer = "."
Set objWMILocator = _
CreateObject("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator")
Set objWMIService = _
objWMILocator.ConnectServer (strComputer, "root\cimv2", "keymyer", "homerj")
- WMI date conversion borrowed from Bob Wells (?) for this presentation
Function CWmiDate(cim_DateTime)
Dim strDateTime, iYear, iMonth, iDay
strDateTime = CStr(cim_DateTime)
iYear = CInt(Mid(strDateTime, 1, 4))
iMonth = CInt(Mid(strDateTime, 5, 2))
iDay = CInt(Mid(strDateTime, 7, 2))
CWmiDate = CDate(Join(Array(iMonth, iDay, iYear), "/"))
End Function
- MMC snap-in: wmimgmt.msc (open properties for useful stuff; NOTE: service is winmgmt as in 'net stop winmgmt')
- Scriptomatic 2
- WMI SDK - CIM Studio
- wbemtest.exe
- wbemdump.exe
- wmic.exe
- mofcomp.exe
- Virtual Labs
- Subscribe to Scripting Newswire by sending email to scripter@microsoft.com with "Subscribe" in the subject
Alain Lissoir's home page (author of two WMI books)
