Windows Administration

NTFS Inheritance Rule Change

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:00:02 MST

One of the NTFS inheritance rules changed in Windows 2008, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. You need to know about this change if you move files on these OSs.

Retrieve Information from Open Browsing Sessions

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:00:02 MST

If you need to retrieve information from an open Internet Explorer (IE) browsing session, try Get-IEUrl.ps1. With this PowerShell script, you can get and save web pages' URLs, titles, text, and even IE objects.

Tool Time: Connect to Remote Machines with Royal TS

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:00:02 MST

Royal TS is a great lightweight replacement for the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Remote Desktop snap-in—and the older versions are free.

Get Updates on Microsoft Updates

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:00:02 MST

Here's a VBScript script that details how many Microsoft updates are installed and the date of the most recently installed update on Windows XP machines.

Monitor Network Connections with Pingmon

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:00:02 MST

Rather than spending money on a commercial program or digging through huge ping logs, you can use the Pingmon script to monitor your network connections.