jamsignal

Simple ASP page for unlocking Active Directory accounts

2011-12-22T14:08:00.000-08:00

This is quick way to unlock AD accounts on the PC or smartphone. The page will display all currently locked accounts. Type the username and click the unlock button.

You need these two files.

unlock.exe from Joeware.net
LoginAdmin.dll mentioned on this page. -> Code Project

unlock.asp

unlock2.asp

The finished product.

My unlocker

1: jamsignal 12/19/2011-13:39:03 LOCKED VIEW_ONLY

2: Guest 11/09/2011-10:36:49 LOCKED VIEW_ONLY

3: Mickey 12/23/2011-07:44:31 LOCKED VIEW_ONLY

4: Minnie 12/23/2011-08:38:09 LOCKED VIEW_ONLY

5: Donald 12/17/2011-03:27:30 LOCKED VIEW_ONLY
Username:

Restart Windows server using the AT command.

2011-08-24T12:34:00.001-07:00

at 22:11 shutdown /r /f /t 0

I have used this on 2003 and 2008 for a quick one time restart after hours.

ws.ourpictures.com

2011-08-01T12:38:00.000-07:00

Why is this one of the top domains in my firewall log?

I had one PC posting to this URL every three seconds 24 hours a day. I looked at the PC and found ourpictures.exe in "C:\program files\RitzPix E-Z Print & Share." This might not be spyware but it is annoying. I deleted the exe and no more traffic for now.

SQL 2000 database out of space!

2011-05-06T13:14:00.000-07:00

The drive is almost full. Shrinking does not help. The transaction log backup fails because there is not enough space. I changed the recovery model to 'Simple' and now I have plenty of space. The log is cleared. I know this is just a work around, but this database is not mission critical so I am good!

I need a 'top' for windows.

2011-05-05T13:47:00.000-07:00

I will use tasklist and sort by ram usage:

tasklist | sort /+60 (XP)

tasklist | sort /+65 (2003/2008)

Then I will sort by CPU Time:

tasklist /v | sort /+77 (All)

chrome.exe 5708 Console 0 48,612 K
chrome.exe 31432 Console 0 78,444 K
iexplore.exe 11168 Console 0 103,052 K
Image Name PID Session Name Session# Mem Usage
========================= ====== ================ ========
C:\>

How to use psexec with non-domain machine.

2011-02-04T11:54:00.000-08:00

I use psexec daily and have for a long time. It has has never worked with computers which are not in the domain until now. I have only tried this with Windows XP.

Under Administrative Tools:
LOCAL SECURITY SETTINGS
LOCAL POLICIES
SECURITY OPTIONS
Network Access: Sharing and security model for local
accounts.

Change from "Guest Only" to "Classic"

Both of these commands now work!

psexec \\10.1.2.3 -u 10.1.2.3\administrator -p localpass cmd

net use j: \\10.1.2.3\c$ /user:10.1.2.3\administrator localpass

Active Directory failed logon auditing.

2011-02-02T07:59:00.000-08:00

I need to see failed logon attempts and account lockouts in the event log. This was somehow recently disabled. To enable, edit the Default Domain Controllers Policy, NOT the Default Domain Policy.

Computer Configuration / Policies / Windows Settings / Security Settings / Audit Policy

Policy	Setting
Audit account logon events	Failure
Audit account management	Success
Audit logon events	Failure

If you are troubleshooting account lockouts, use EventCombMT!

Acrobat 9 does not display PDF in browser

2010-12-10T07:54:00.000-08:00

This could be a problem after upgrading Acrobat Reader or running multiple versions of Acrobat. In my case, I have Acrobat 7 and Acrobat Reader 9 installed on the same machine.

I changed this key to 1 and it is fixed.

HKCU\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\7.0\Originals\bBrowserIntegration

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/406/kb406119.html

Creating music on hold for Mitel with Audacity.

2010-11-24T11:25:00.001-08:00

The Mitel 3300 is very picky about the format of MOH files you can upload. First I find free music from somewhere like archive.org. Open the file with Audacity and convert track to mono. Change the Project Rate to 8000 Hz and then export as WAV (Microsoft) and U-law.

Update:

Check Ghost Notes for some interesting hold music. The artist gave me permission to use his stuff.

http://ghostnotes.blogspot.com/

Using old 50 pair phone cable for VOIP

2010-11-15T21:05:00.000-08:00

I have a few hard to get locations for voip. Wireless is an option but it is bulky and requires wall power for the phone. There is plenty of old 50 pair phone cable. I took the first four pair from one cable and patched it into a POE switch. Instant power but no ethernet. I changed the switch port to 10mb and it works!!! Of course I will not be using this for data because of the 10mb limit.

smb_mount: mount failed to ubuntu/share :syserr = Broken pipe

2010-11-14T16:44:00.000-08:00

I had a problem connecting to an smb share using osx. I found the fix below and all is well!

macbook:/$ ps -A | grep NetAuth
2028 ?? 0:11.22 /System/Library/CoreServices/NetAuthAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/NetAuthAgent
11282 ttys000 0:00.00 grep NetAuth
macbook:/System/Library/CoreServices$ kill -9 2028

After killing the NetAuthAgent application, everything works well again:

http://discussions.info.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2131955&start=30&tstart=0

Remote call forwarding on the Meridian.

2009-12-08T09:51:00.000-08:00

This is just a copy and paste from the site below.

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1560875&page=6

RCFW requires the following:
• set the password length in LD 15, at the SCPL prompt
• add passwords in LD 10 and LD 11, at the SCPW prompt
• allow Call Forward All Calls in LD 10 and LD 11, and
• define Remote Call Forward Activate (RCFA), Deactivate (RCFD), and
Verify (RCFV) Flexible Feature Codes (FFC) in LD 57.

Changing "pre-Windows 2000" group name with ADModify.

2009-11-03T16:53:00.000-08:00

I have 2000+ groups in AD where the (pre-Windows 2000) group name looks like random generated characters. I am lucky enough to have an application that still uses this name. Here is my fix.

Run ADModify and select Modify Attributes. Select a domain and domain controller. Show only Groups and Containers. Find the groups that need to be changed. Select the Custom tab and fill the blanks like below.

20 seconds to change 2000 groups!

How to count active users on a Citrix farm and display on a web page.

2009-10-11T19:22:00.000-07:00

Get grep.exe and wc.exe for windows at unxutils.sourceforge.net. Create two batch files as below and setup a scheduled task for count.bat.

list.bat

quser /server:citrixa
quser /server:citrixb
quser /server:citrixc
(add more servers)

count.bat

list.bat | grep Active | wc -l > temp
copy a+temp+b /b count.html
copy count.html /b c:\inetpub\www

The files a and b are just some simple html. I now have a simple banner like below that is updated every five minutes.

Citrix Active 34

Aiming a satellite dish with Google Earth.

2009-10-08T21:43:00.000-07:00

Lookup the azimuth for your zip code. Use the ruler tool in Google Earth to draw a line in the direction needed. Find an object on the line to use for aiming. I used the corner of a building.

I found a small piece of pipe and placed it on the mounting bracket. Then I looked through the pipe to view the corner of the building. I have 90% signal and it works great.

USB to serial adapter with OSX

2009-10-06T14:01:00.000-07:00

I have a hawking USB to Serial converter I need to use with my MacBook. There is always a console port calling my name.

First I installed the Prolific driver from this page, Prolific. Now I just open terminal and type the command below.

screen /dev/tty.usbserial

I had to search for the command to close screen when I was done.

Ctrl-a k

iPhone camera + magnifying glass

2009-10-02T20:00:00.000-07:00

Try this out for some cool shots.

554 5.3.5 Local configuration error

2009-09-28T22:06:00.000-07:00

I spent a few hours tonight trying to get rid of this error from sendmail on Linux. I added the new domain to the file below and all is good.

/etc/mail/local-host-names

This was a BlueQuartz server that should do everything for you from the web interface. Once in a while, it gets confused. The domain was listed in the file as www.example.com. I added example.com

How to use a Voice Memo as a ringtone on the iPhone

2009-09-10T21:10:00.000-07:00

You need to use terminal or SSH.

The voice memos are located in this folder as .m4a files.
/private/var/mobile/Media/Recordings

My ringtones are located in this folder as .m4r files. (Is this folder different for everyone?)
/private/var/stash/Ringtones.z8OJCu

Copy the m4a files to the ringtone folder and rename them as m4r. It worked but I might look for a GUI file manager next time.

iPhone + T-Mobile + Google Voice

2009-08-03T21:06:00.000-07:00

(first photo with my iPhone)

I just wanted to jot this down in case I need it again soon.

Purchased an iPhone 3G from Ebay.
Plugged in an old AT&T sim card with no service to get to the home screen.
Used iTunes to upgrade the phone to 3.0.
With instructions from iphone-hacks.com, I ran Redsn0w to jailbreak and ultrasn0w to unlock.
Installed Google Voice with Cydia and it works!

You can not get 3G with T-Mobile but Edge works. Email works great, Safari is a little slow, Youtube is very slow.

Free AIS message decoder.

2009-05-22T12:18:00.000-07:00

This will decode AIVDM and AIVDO messages from the command line. I was inspired by the Joe Petrix decoder in Basic and tried to do the same thing in c++.

Windows Binary

Source code

Linux Binary(Ubuntu)

Sample program output:

c:\>ais-decode
Enter AIS string. (Example !AIVDM,1,1,,A,1000vV@P00Idw98ATMk00?wj0<0n,0*0f)
AIS string: !AIVDM,1,1,,A,15LWgHpP00qdupBATUBbk?v00H0p,0*2E
ais_string= !AIVDM,1,1,,A,15LWgHpP00qdupBATUBbk?v00H0p,0*2E

message type = 1
repeat indicator = 0
MMSI = 365555555
navagation status = 8
rate of turn = 128
speed over ground = 0
position accuracy = 1
longitude = -88.043930
latitude = 30.708603
course over ground = 2764
true heading = 511
c:\>

Tracking network printer usage with SNMP.

2009-03-12T10:06:00.000-07:00

Get a list of printer names or IP addresses. This is what I used but my printer descriptions all have the IP address listed.

net view \\printserver > printerlist.txt

printerA Print IP: 192.168.3.1
printerB Print IP: 192.168.3.5

I installed Net-SNMP and created checkusage.bat.

for /F "tokens=4" %%a in (printerlist.txt) do (
echo %%a
snmpget -v 1 -c public %%a 1.3.6.1.2.1.43.10.2.1.4.1.1
)

This will give output like.

192.168.3.1
SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.10.2.1.4.1.1 = Counter32: 288975
192.168.3.5
SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.10.2.1.4.1.1 = Counter32: 19710

I tried this with various HP, Minolta, Savin, Ricoh and Canon printers. Now I can run this monthly and import into a spreadsheet.

How to restart all the computers on your network with PsShutdown.

2009-02-18T20:47:00.000-08:00

net view > computers.txt

I used Wordpad to cleanup this file. Replace all "\\" with nothing. Replace all " " with nothing. There were a lot of extra spaces in the file and psshutdown did not like this. If descriptions show up in your file, you may need to use Excel for the cleanup.

psshutdown -c -r @computers.txt >> log.txt

How to combine many jpeg pics to make a video.

2008-08-05T21:35:00.000-07:00

I used Zoneminder to pull an image from an Axis camera every 15 seconds. This captured 124k jpeg files. I then found this forum with help on creating the video. Here is the command I used to combine the jpegs into an avi.

mencoder "mf://??/*.jpg" -mf fps=25 -o output.avi -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4

And this is a sample of my video.

Inland waterway mile markers in kml.

2008-05-21T09:30:00.000-07:00

Do you need mile markers in kml? I created a kml file of mile markers for Google Earth with over 10,000 push pins.

This is where I found the coordinates.

The kml file I created.