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Set Default Printer
July 13th, 2009 | +1 (1 vote)

I needed to find a way to set the default printer via a Deployment Console job. I have found a few different ways of doing it.

The first is a vbs script:

Set WSHNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
WSHNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter "[PRINTER_NAME]"

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SVS Pro Update
January 26th, 2009 | 0 votes

Symantec has released an update for SVS Pro (or Symantec AppStream). They mark the severity as "High". Without this patch, a savvy hacker could download "download of arbitrary code on a client system".

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Layers Saved the Day
January 21st, 2009 | 0 votes

I work at a two year College. Before every semester I reimage all of the computers the students will be using. This semester I decided to jump feet first into software virtualization.

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Copy Admin Profile to Default User
August 12th, 2008 | 0 votes

We are trying to move to Active Directory authentication at work. We have bumped into a few problems. The one I solved today deals with user profiles.

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Symantec Shapes Its Virtualization Strategy
August 8th, 2008 | 0 votes

I was browsing the web and found this great article:

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Adding a Computer to the Domain
July 21st, 2008 | 0 votes

A few weeks back I needed to figure out how to add some computers to our domain. I did not want to go to every computer. There are a couple of ways to add a computer to the domain. The first is a VBS script.

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Restricting Network Access
July 21st, 2008 | 0 votes

I work at a college, and there is a need to have students who are registering or applying to our school to use computers. The problem is that they usually don't have a user name or password.

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Windows Updates Downloader
July 18th, 2008 | 0 votes

There are several different ways to update Windows computers. Most people use Windows Updates.

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Silently Installing Altiris Agent
June 22nd, 2007 | 0 votes

I really wanted a way to silently install Altiris Agent on my computers. So, I hunted around until I found out how.

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Batch File Resource
June 21st, 2007 | +1 (1 vote)

Have you ever wanted to script a rotating backup through Deployment Solution? Have you ever wanted to unleash the power of the command prompt? Have you ever wanted to assign a drive letter to a folder? If you answered yes to any of those quetions, check out this sweet resource I ran across:

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