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Jan 15, 2013
Installing Oracle 11g Client on Windows
In this post we will cover how to download and install the Oracle 11g client on Windows for 32 and 64 bit installations. First you will need to download the 32 or 64 bit version from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/index.html for which you will need to have a Oracle account to get the files. This is a free account and is an easy sign up. Once you have downloaded the... read more
Jan 4, 2013
Can’t find script engine “VBScript” for script error on Windows 7 and Windows 2008
We had recently received an error when upgrading a product and the script used for the upgrades was VBScript. When running the script there was a few systems that displayed the following error. “Can’t find script engine “VBScript” for script “<path to script>” Upon doing a bit of digging I found that most times this error is resolved by re-registering the vbscript.dll. We ran the following commands.... read more
Jan 1, 2013
How to move or back up your personal folders file in Outlook
Recently I ran into an issue where a client needed to create a new personal folder file in Outlook 2007 due to the growing size of his current one. The old one was to be saved and a new one created and have Outlook pointed to use the new one. Here is how that was achieved. Find your Personal file and back it up Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 through Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Start Outlook. On the Tools... read more
Dec 14, 2012
How To Install clusterssh on Cygwin
ClusterSSH is just one of those handy tools for making changes to many servers at once. A very nice tool for a systems administrator to have. If you are in an enterprise situation where your system is a Windows system and you maintain Linux / Unix systems you ave a few options to manage your systems like VirtualBox, Cygwin, puTTy and many more. Of the ones I mentioned only VirtualBox and Cygwin are ones... read more
Nov 12, 2012
How To Change Passwords on Remote Windows Systems Using SyInternals PsPasswd
We all know that a good Administrator will find a way to automate or make boring tasks easy. Changing passwords on Windows systems, usually Administrator accounts, is one of those we least like to do but have to for audit purposes and also when other administrators leave. Well, here is another tool that can help with changing passwords. The free utility PsPasswd is part of Microsoft’s... read more
