Cain Manor

net localgroup administrators <- See who is part of the adminstrator group
net use g: \\nas\media <- Mount share as g:
net use g:\\nas\media /USER:cainmanor.local\gregcain <- Mount share as g:, for user gregcain in domain cainmanor.local
net use g: \\nas\media /DELETE <- Delete share
net use /PERSISTENT:yes <- Make current connections persistent across reboots

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To keep from typing your password when using VI Client 2.5, instead of

"C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\Launcher\VpxClient.exe"

Use

"C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\Launcher\VpxClient.exe" -passthroughAuth -s [admin console DNS Name]

Your would need to be logged in with the appropriate credentials on your client.

Something you don’t see every day…

I didn’t see this documented anywhere, but you have to create the following MIME types on your web server when you move to HTTP updates as your transport.

IS Manager -> <your server> -> Default Web Site -> Your Directory -> properties.

Go to http header -> MIME Types. Add

.m25 application/binary (for v10)
.x86 application/binary (for v8 & v9)

From a command window run…

regsvr32 mshtml.dll
regsvr32 shdocvw.dll -i
regsvr32 shell32.dll -i

After each command, you’ll get a pop-up window saying “xxx was registered”
I support a lot of W2K boxes

osql -E- Login with your Windows credential

to change your authentication mode to Mixed Mode (meaning you can use both local password such as sa, and Windows Credentials), change…

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\MSSQLServer\LoginMode from 1 (default) to 2(mixed).

Now that you have mixed, mode you can change the sa password..

osql -E

sp_password NULL,”<new-password>”,sa

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