Yet Another IT Professional Blog

The default   Calendar   folder in Outlook is created in each Outlook profile. This folder cannot be renamed or deleted. You can create additional calendar folders and these folders can be renamed or deleted. This section includes instructions to share calendar folders that you create. While all these procedures were written based on Microsoft Outlook 2003, they can also be applied to a Microsoft Outlook 2007 or 2010 as the procedures are close enough to use a single guide.    1-  Open Microsoft Outlook 2003 , right click on your “ Mailbox ” and choose “ Properties for Mailbox - …. ” . This will bring the dialog box for “ Outlook Today – [Mailbox – Your Name] Properties ” 2-      Under Permissions tab, click on Add… button and choose the groups or users that you want to give them access to your calendar. Once the users are added to the list, click on the user to highlight it and under permissions, check the Folder Visible checkbox. This permission will just allow the selected

WMI filtering is a very neat tool. I personally find its syntax a little complicated. Recently I came across with this 2 line article. How to WMI Filter with computer name. Here is an example. select * from Win32_ComputerSystem where Name = ‘Computer Name’ If you are looking for more WMI Filter examples, this article has it all… http://blog.enx1.com/2011/07/03/wmi-gpo-filters-for-operating-system-types/ Here is another example of how to target Windows 7 by its architecture type (X86 or X64). This is great while deploying applications through Group Policy. Not all the applications are compatible both 32 and 64 bit, so you can target only 32bit or only 64bit computers with the help of this WMI query. Here is how it looks like to target only Windows 7 X86 Systems select * from Win32_OperatingSystem WHERE Version like "6.1%" AND ProductType="1" AND NOT OSArchitecture = "64-bit" Targeting Windows 7 X64 Systems select * from Win32_Operatin

Deploying Java 7 Update 5 through your Organization with GPO and Scripts… Java is a critical component for your computer. A lot of software and web sites rely on the existing of Java on your computer. Probably, without even noticing, you are using Java either for playing Online games, or printing a document or using an application on a smartphone… While Java is a great technology and widely used, it can be harmful for your computer if you don’t keep it up to date. Because Java is an environment where it can execute commands, Oracle is working on the software in order to correct all the security issues. If you are responsible for your workstations on your company, than you are directly responsible to deploy and keep up to date Java. I consider Java as it’s a part of the OS. Speaking of the devil, Oracle has just updated Java to version 7 Update 5. Here, I’ll explain how to deploy this version to all of your computers at your company whether an older version is already installed

After a long time, I finally motivated myself and wrote this article. As I spent a couple of hours trying to figure out how to find GUID of Java environment for a little deployment project, I realized that it’s not an easy task if you don’t know where to look. You can probably find a couple of third party applications which can do the job for you. But if you are like me and you don’t want another piece of software sitting on your computer for a one time shot then this article is for you… keep reading… Get your keyboards ready, we are going to use “PowerShell” or “Command Prompt”. We are going to use WMIC for this task. For more information about WMIC, click on the following link. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb742610.aspx By using this command here in “CMD” or “PowerShell” you will get a list of all programs on your computer with their “Globally Unique Identifiers”. wmic product list After running this command, it can take a couple of seconds before

A great article about how to create custom Libraries in Windows 7 and how to deploy these custom libraries to other compters in your network through group policy. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/create-custom-libraries-in-windows-7-and-deploy-them-through-group-policy.aspx

UltraVNC is a “must have” tool for “Help Desk” IT stuff. Without this tool, I will have to get up from my chair to go and see a non-critical message that appears on user’s system. Just to press “Enter” for the user. With a VNC application well setup, I could connect to the any user’s screen from my desk with the help of 2-3 clicks. I will explain you how you can setup VNC servers/clients in your enterprise so you can be lazier and be more efficient from your desk. There is more than 1 way to accomplish this task. I’ll use a method where an “Active Directory” is a requirement. Please read this entire article before preceding your deployment. Minimum requirements; -           Active Directory Infrastructure -           Newest UltraVNC software (Download from HERE ) -           Text Editor Software (I use Notepad++ but Notepad or any other text editor will do the job) -           Ideally another workstation to test your deployment. It can be a virtual machine. -