How to use psexec with non-domain machine.

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

Update: 10/24/12
Psexec worked with a Windows 8 machine not in the domain. I only had to disable the firewall.

Active Directory failed logon auditing.

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!

Active Directory failed logon auditing II

Acrobat 9 does not display PDF in browser

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.

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

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.

Update:

This IP phone is still working on the 50 pair almost two years later!

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

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.

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.