November 2016 – the STONYWALL blog

Java Group Policy (GPO) with Item-Level Targeting

Derek Bannard November 25, 2016 Comment Closed Group Policy

Group Policy Objects (GPO) are great ways to assign settings to Windows based computers. Sometimes you need more control than what the default WMI or access based controls offer. Let me introduce you to “Item-Level Targeting”. It’s a way to target parts of the GPO to only certain computers or users. Let’s use our favorite program, Java, to illustrate…

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MDT 2013 Update 2: Adding Domain OU’s with Friendly Names

Derek Bannard November 14, 2016 Comment Closed MDT

Adding computers to the domain is easy if you want them to all end up in the (default) computers OU, or pre-populate the computer account in active directory. For those of us that like to choose the computer OU on the fly when imaging, entering the OU manually is very tiring and mistakes are often made; at least for…

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MDT 2013 Update 2 not using ADK for WinPE Boot

Derek Bannard November 14, 2016 Comment Closed MDT

When you have a matching Windows OS in the deployment share, MDT uses the BOOT.WIM from that source. When they don’t match, MDT uses WINPE.WIM from the ADK that is installed. While this is generally preferable, you may want force it back to using the Microsoft ADK for WinPE booting. You will need to manually edit the Settings.xml…

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How To: Change Password in Symantec TouchDown HD 9

Derek Bannard November 7, 2016 Comment Closed Android

From the TouchDown main screen, tap the Settings icon. (three vertical dots, top right) Tap Settings. Tap Account Information. Tap Password. Remove the old password and enter your new password, tap OK.

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Get The Members of a Dynamic Distribution Group

Kristoph Minchau November 3, 2016 Comment Closed Powershell

To get the list of all the members of a Dynamic Distribution Group in Exchange. Simply run the following in Exchange Management PowerShell:

Get members of a Dynamic Distribution Group
PowerShell

$DDGroup = Get-DynamicDistributionGroup "Information Technology Division" Get-Recipient -RecipientPreviewFilter $DDGroup.RecipientFilter

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$DDGroup = Get-DynamicDistributionGroup "Information Technology Division"
Get-Recipient -RecipientPreviewFilter $DDGroup.RecipientFilter

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Apache Domain Redirection

Derek Bannard November 3, 2016 Comment Closed Apache

Redirecting sub domain using Apache re-write engine 1) Add a new file to the root HTML files folders for the sub domain.

Apache server file name
Apache

.htaccess

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.htaccess

2) Edit the file and insert the following. Modifying as needed.

Rewrite code to be placed in file
Apache

RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^x10host.com [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^stonywall.x10host.com [NC]
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Java Group Policy (GPO) with Item-Level Targeting

MDT 2013 Update 2: Adding Domain OU’s with Friendly Names

MDT 2013 Update 2 not using ADK for WinPE Boot

How To: Change Password in Symantec TouchDown HD 9

Get The Members of a Dynamic Distribution Group

Apache Domain Redirection

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