Author: --Anand--

Being in Silicon Valley for years, I became a IT Infrastructure Geek by experience and surrounded by other Geeks everywhere. I try to help others by the solutions I found on odd occasions.

Script Elevation PowerToys for Windows Vista


I was writing a script which runs a program on Vista machine. It required administrative privileges, so the UAC pop-ups came up whenever I runs the script. I knew Microsoft should have some kind of mechanism to run the script in elevation mode. It turns out to be June 2007 Technet magazine has "Utility Spotlight" … Continue reading Script Elevation PowerToys for Windows Vista →

How to add Primary DNS Suffix, Connection specific DNS Suffix and DNS Search Suffix list to all computers using a Script?


While back, we migrated computer and user accounts to new Active Directory Domain. We wanted all the client computers set the correct Primary DNS suffix, Connection specific DNS suffix and DNS search suffix list. I decided to write a little VBScript that can be added to our current logon script, so whenever user logs in … Continue reading How to add Primary DNS Suffix, Connection specific DNS Suffix and DNS Search Suffix list to all computers using a Script? →

WMI Filters in Group Policy (especially for Vista machines)


I had to do a Group Policy modeling for new Wireless settings (uses Certificates and PEAP) for Windows XP and Vista based machines. Obviously Vista OS have to have  a different Wireless Group Policy. I decided to use WMI filters  to filter out Vista machines and started digging. The following are the links where I … Continue reading WMI Filters in Group Policy (especially for Vista machines) →

How to book recurring meetings with a resource and Huge group of people?


A user came to me for advice, asking "What's the best way to book recurring meetings with high number of attendees?" Her problem is first make sure the conference room is available for all the occurrences and rest of the attendees on the same time. It's really tough job.  Her major problem was some occurrence … Continue reading How to book recurring meetings with a resource and Huge group of people? →