How to reset the offline folder cache on Windows XP
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If any of you have ever worked with offline folders in Windows, you know how frustrating it is when a server changes or is no longer available and [...]
How to redirect output when using wscript.shell in vbscript
Google Query: Wscript.Shell Application redirection output
I was trying to run ipconfig in one of my vbscripts using wscript.shell and the run method. However, I was trying to redirect the output to a text file. It just wasn’t working. It was a combination of those tricky double quotes and me not knowing the proper syntax to [...]
How to pin a VBScript to the Windows start menu
Google query: vbscript on start menu
I was playing around with one of the VBScripts that I written and I was trying to get it to pin to the start menu. The only problem is that pinning to the start menu is only available to applications. So I did some googling and came upon a post [...]
How to configure Windows IP settings from the command prompt.
Google Query: change ip address from command line
As an IT professional, I often have to use a laptop to test software or services on different subnets where I am working. Some of these subnets do not provide DHCP so that I can obtain an IP Address automagically . I would have to go into [...]
How to deal with “Login Failure: the target account name is incorrect” on a Windows file share
Google Query: Login Failure: the target account name is incorrect
This problem had me going for a bit today. As it turns out the answer was simple. Let me set up the scenario for you.
At work we are in the middle of an Active Directory child domain migration (we are migrating our users and computers into [...]
How to redirect users’ favorites folder using VBScript
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Update: wnaquin in the comments below pointed out that the users’ actual favorites were not in the new location. Keep in mind that this script does not actually copy any data to the new location. So this will work for new users, but for existing users you will have to copy their data manually [...]
