Sometime you will note that some network interfaces would either not work or just give errors. This usually occurs when using images on HyperV but just in case you need to remove hidden or phantom devices like ‘network adapter #5’, here’s how.

:: Open command prompt
:: Type CMD
:: Type set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1
:: From the same window (Do not close the window in this process), type devmgmt.msc

This will load the Device Manager. Now, click on ‘View’ and select ‘Show hidden devices’.

Now you can simply either delete the hidden/phantom interfaces or uninstall the device.

At the current state, Yosemite does not have the capabilities to backup EFI System Partitions and when backing up the system, the backup process will always fail. So are a workaround to skip such partitions is to edit the ytconfig.ini in the Yosemite folder and add the following object:

[disableVamObjects]
Boot Configuration

When you install Yosemite Backup solution on a server having multiple network cards, the agents will not work and the server will not be visible by the master server. This is because Yosemite binds itself to a network card. Now, to fix this, simply edit the ytconfig.ini in the Yosemite folder and add the following line under the configuration tab and set it to your the IP address of the network card:

bindTo=10.1.1.1

Open the Exchange Powershell and type the following to view the language of the mailbox.

Get-Mailbox -Identity "Noel Pulis" | fl name, languages

Now, to change the language of the mailbox use the below, for example the code below will change my mailbox to English.

Set-Mailbox -Identity "Noel Pulis" -Languages "en-GB"

This VBScript will list all the software installed on the computername you specify in the first line of code. Simply save the code below in a .vbs file and execute it by running it as:

CSCRIPT.EXE /NOLOGO myscript.vbs >logfile.txt

This will give you a nice text file with all the applications installed on the specified computer.

strComputer = "mycomputername"
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colSoftware = objWMIService.ExecQuery ("Select * from Win32_Product")'
Set colSettings = objWMIService.ExecQuery ("Select * from Win32_OperatingSystem")

'Software Information'
Wscript.Echo "SOFTWARE LIST"
Wscript.Echo "============="
For Each objSoftware in colSoftware
wscript.echo objSoftware.Caption
Next

This is an easy VBScript that will allow you to send notifications by mail. Thou applications like SQL have the Database mail, if you have log files which you need to send a text log file from an application as a notification.

Just change the basic email information to your likings and the Mail Server configuration. If it’s an open SMTP server leave the MailSendUsername and MailSendPassword empty. To embed a text file in the body, change the Logfile.txt entry to your filename. Save the below code as anything.vbs and run it as a scheduled task.

Dim objEmail
Set objEmail = CreateObject("CDO.Message")

'********************************
'** Parameters (DO NOT CHANGE) **
'********************************
ObjEmail.Configuration.Fields.Update
objEmail.Send