This great Powershell script will ping all machines listed in a text file and put the live results into a Excel workbook: $erroractionpreference = “SilentlyContinue” $a = New-Object -comobject Excel.Application $a.visible = $True $b = $a.Workbooks.Add() $c = $b.Worksheets.Item(1) $c.Cells.Item(1,1) = “Machine Name” $c.Cells.Item(1,2) = “Ping Status” $d = $c.UsedRange $d.Interior.ColorIndex = 19 $d.Font.ColorIndex = 11 [...]

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Display names of the services changed in the R2 version of SCOM 2007.  The names themselves did NOT change, so if you use ‘net stop’ or ‘net start’ that will not be affected. If you are looking for the services in the services.msc, the new names are list below. It had me stumped for a few [...]

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Open the command prompt and navigate to %windir%\System32 directory slmgr.vbs -cpky (this clears the KMS entry you may have) slmgr.vbs -upk (this removes any product key installed) slmgr.vbs -ipk xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx (where the x’s are the new product key you want to use) slmgr.vbs -ato (this activates the server) Type slmgr.vbs for further options….

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