Author: Eswar Koneti

Here are the some of the points which  are summarized on how operating system deployment works in PXE/Media intiated. How OSD Works on a bare metal System when Media Intiated: 1. Administrator imports the information about the bare metal system to the SCCM database using ”import computer information wizard” If you are not running SCCM 2007 on R2.SMS provider inserts computer info into SCCM Databse (for more info look at SMS provider.log) 2. Admin prepares the task sequence for installation and targets to a collection which contains bare metal machines.If you are on SCCM R2 with service pack ,you can…

In a default installation, Windows creates the page file in the root folder on the same drive that holds the Windows system files. The size of the page file is determined by the amount of RAM in the system. By default, the minimum size on a 32-bit (x86) system is 1.5 times the amount of physical RAM if physical RAM is less than 1 GB, and equal to the amount of physical RAM plus 300 MB if 1 GB or more is installed. The default maximum size is three times the amount of RAM, regardless of how much physical RAM…

Sometimes we need the script to be encoded (might contains passwords in script or any sensitive information) and later to if you want to modify the encoded script,we need to have certials tools or methods to decode the script. If the script is encoded, you can see the extension file with .VBE means Visual Basic encrytion Are you looking for the tool/software to decrypt the encrypted vb script i.e .vbe files , Until and unless you decode it,you will not able to edit the script . How to encode VB Script , Script Encoder http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=3375 here is an online editor…

Here is the simple script which can be set your computer information as your desktop wall paper . Download the file from http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897557.aspx to c:\BGInfo(in mycase it is).Extract and doubleclick on Bginfo.exe.Once you open ,you will see a lot of features on your computer which should displayed to onto computer.so select the required fields and delete remaining and go to File--->click on save as bginfo1.bgi on to c:\BGInfo. Now create a batch script called bginfo.cmd with the following command lines. @echo off Title Sets the computer information as desktop background c:\BGInfo\BGInfo.exe c:\BGInfo\bginfo1.bgi /timer:0 /accepteula once this is done,execute the batch script which…

Below is the script to change your desktop wallpaper. You just need to modify the script to point to the location where the 'wallpaper is located. You can then include this script in your Domain's Group Policy's login or startup script. ' ----------------------------Script to change Desktop Wallpaper----------------------------------------- dim wshShell dim sUserName Set wshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") sUserName = wshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%USERNAME%") Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") sWinDir = oFSO.GetSpecialFolder(0) sWallPaper = "C:\Users\eskonr\Pictures\Nice-Windows-7.jpg" ' update in registry oShell.RegWrite "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\Wallpaper", sWallPaper ' let the system know about the change oShell.Run "%windir%\System32\RUNDLL32.EXE user32.dll,UpdatePerUserSystemParameters", 1, True msgbox "done"   You will have…

As the Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0.1000.1375 ,SEP RU6MP1  released, there are some new features of the DoScan.exe. SEPM can scan the drive using the command line. But we don't have a choice for scanning a single file/folder in command line using SEP doscan.exe. So that we can create it in batch files for scanning specific files. So we need an enhancement to doscan.exe so that it can scan a single file from command line. The screenshot below shows the options on SEP RU5: And, the newest help and options of DoScan.exe on RU6MP1 shows as below: Here are the mainly…

Just want to show you how you can enable Language bar at welcome screen in windows 7 at the left corner topside. Log into your windows 7 computer 1) Go to control panel ,click on Region and Language shown below with screen shots. Once you have done the all above changes ,Log off the computer. Next time,when you login ,you should be able to see Language bar on the left side top corner to select which Language.

AppLocker Using the AppLocker tool, you have a few options to block other users to access Executables, Windows Installers, Scripts, a specific publisher or path. You can simply do this by pressing the Windows key then typing Gpedit.msc. Then go to Computer Navigation -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Application Control Policies -> AppLocker. Right click on one of the options ( Executables, Installers, or Script ) and create a new rule. That should save you from a lot of headaches. Desktop Magnifier  Press the Windows Key and the Plus Key to zoom in or Windows Key and the Minus Key…