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Firewalls, networking, AD, oh my!

Remove KB3101496 for Skype for Business client

Microsoft recently released a security update for the Skype for Business client, which seems to be causing issues for people.

The one I noticed first, was the lack of missed call emails being delivered to users.
This script will remove the 32-bit version of the update:

@ECHO OFF
taskkill /IM lync.exe /F
msiexec /package {90150000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE} /uninstall {6A0E6442-2FD5-499F-9E97-51E3375FF53C} /quiet /qb /norestart
msiexec /package {90150000-002A-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE} /uninstall {6A0E6442-2FD5-499F-9E97-51E3375FF53C} /quiet /qb /norestart
msiexec /package {90150000-012B-0414-0000-0000000FF1CE} /uninstall {6A0E6442-2FD5-499F-9E97-51E3375FF53C} /quiet /qb /norestart
EXIT /B 0

UPDATE: This issue was resolved in KB3114732 that released in February.

Move media subfolders out of «My Documents» with ease

At work, we are in the process of moving all our users’ «My Documents» folder to a new file server, and we also thought that we’d do some changes to the Folder Redirection GPO.

Supermove2000-FollowGPO

Several applications likes to save to the dedicated media folders by default, which can eat up a lot of space if you set the media folders (My Pictures, My Music and My Vidoes) to simply follow the «My Documents» folder in your GPO (which it does by default).

This means that you can easily end up backing up your users’ private iTunes libraries, family photos and what ever they might have stored in the «My Videos» folder.

So before enabling the new GPO where these media folders were redirected to each users’ local profile, I wanted to move these files out of the way.

Supermove2000-LocalGPO

So I give you…

Supermove 2000.

It’s fairly simple, enter the current location of the root Documents-folder (source), the where you would like to have the media folders and their content copied or moved (destination).

Since the «My Documents» folder is often named based on local region, you will also be prompted for the name used in your environment.

Robocopy will now take care of the rest, and leave you logs for each folder moved for each user.

Supermove2000-IMG

It’s currently set up to move the regional names of the media folders as well, but this can be easily edited in the batch file to suit your own needs.

If everything is in English and/or Norwegian, you are good to go. The file will check to see if the folders exist before doing anything.

High fives to Morten for helping out!

Download the batch file here (.zip).

Or copy this text into your favorite text editor, and save as either .bat or .cmd:
Source code for Supermove2000.cmd


@ECHO OFF
IF /I "%1"=="/c" (
SET MODE=
SET MODEDESC=/C speficied, Supermove2000 will copy files.
SET MODEDESC2=copy media folders.
SET MODEACTION=Copying
GOTO START
)
IF /I "%1"=="/m" (
SET MODE=/MOVE
SET MODEDESC=/M specified, Supermove2000 will move files.
SET MODEDESC2=move media folders.
SET MODEACTION=Moving
GOTO START
)
ELSE (
SET MODE=/L
SET MODEDESC=No switch specified, will only create logs.
SET MODEDESC2=only generate Robocopy logs.
SET MODEACTION=Logging
GOTO START
)
:START
CLS
ECHO THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
ECHO IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
ECHO FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
ECHO AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
ECHO LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
ECHO OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
ECHO THE SOFTWARE.
PAUSE
CLS
ECHO --------------------------------------------
ECHO Supermove 2000 - 20©14 FISK Crew/NSGP by
ECHO DJ Helskjegg and Hevneren - www.nsgp.net
ECHO --------------------------------------------
ECHO %MODEDESC%
ECHO --------------------------------------------
ECHO To move files, launch with /M switch
ECHO To copy files, launch with /C switch
ECHO --------------------------------------------
PAUSE
SET /P SRC=Enter source folder (no trailing slash):
SET /P DEST=Enter destination folder (no trailing slash):
SET /P DOCS=Enter name of "My Documents" folder:
CLS
ECHO ----WARNING----
ECHO If you proceed, Supermove2000 will %MODEDESC2%
ECHO From: %SRC%\Username\%DOCS%\
ECHO To: %DEST%\Username\%DOCS%\
PAUSE
DIR %SRC% /B /A:D > Supermove-Folders.txt

IF NOT EXIST «Supermove-Logs» (
MD Supermove-Logs
)
FOR /F %%A IN (Supermove-Folders.txt) DO (
REM Pictures!
IF EXIST «%SRC%\%%A\%DOCS%\Mine bilder» (
ECHO %MODEACTION% «Mine bilder» for %%A
ROBOCOPY.EXE «%SRC%\%%A\%DOCS%\Mine bilder» «%DEST%\%%A\%DOCS%\Mine bilder» /COPY:DAT /DCOPY:T /TIMFIX /E %MODE% > Supermove-Logs\%%A-MineBilder.log
)
IF EXIST «%SRC%\%%A\%DOCS%\My Pictures» (
ECHO %MODEACTION% «My Pictures» for %%A
ROBOCOPY «%SRC%\%%A\%DOCS%\My Pictures» «%DEST%\%%A\%DOCS%\My Pictures» /COPY:DAT /DCOPY:T /TIMFIX /E %MODE% > Supermove-Logs\%%A-MyPictures.log
)
REM Music!
IF EXIST «%SRC%\%%A\%DOCS%\Min musikk» (
ECHO %MODEACTION% «Min musikk» for %%A
ROBOCOPY «%SRC%\%%A\%DOCS%\Min musikk» «%DEST%\%%A\%DOCS%\Min musikk» /COPY:DAT /DCOPY:T /TIMFIX /E %MODE% > Supermove-Logs\%%A-MinMusikk.log
)
IF EXIST «%SRC%\%%A\%DOCS%\My Music» (
ECHO %MODEACTION% «My Music» for %%A
ROBOCOPY «%SRC%\%%A\%DOCS%\My Music» «%DEST%\%%A\%DOCS%\My Music» /COPY:DAT /DCOPY:T /TIMFIX /E %MODE% > Supermove-Logs\%%A-MyMusic.log
)
REM Videos!
IF EXIST «%SRC%\%%A\%DOCS%\Intern video» (
ECHO %MODEACTION% «Intern video» for %%A
ROBOCOPY «%SRC%\%%A\%DOCS%\Intern Video» «%DEST%\%%A\%DOCS%\Intern Video» /COPY:DAT /DCOPY:T /TIMFIX /E %MODE% > Supermove-Logs\%%A-InternVideo.log
)
IF EXIST «%SRC%\%%A\%DOCS%\My Videos» (
ECHO %MODEACTION% «My Videos» for %%A
ROBOCOPY «%SRC%\%%A\%DOCS%\My Videos» «%DEST%\%%A\%DOCS%\My Videos» /COPY:DAT /DCOPY:T /TIMFIX /E %MODE% > Supermove-Logs\%%A-MyVideos.log
)
)
DEL Supermove-Folders.txt
ECHO ——————————————–
ECHO All done, check the Supermove-Logs folder
ECHO for the job logs.
ECHO ——————————————–
ECHO w w w . n s g p . n e t
ECHO ——————————————–
PAUSE

Making calls with Lync 2010 from the taskbar

We’ve recently migrated to Microsoft Lync Server 2010, and I got a couple of questions from people who got tired of bringing up the Lync client each time they had to make a call.
I tried searching around for custom Lync toolbars, but there doesn’t seem to be any available, and I figured out why.

To make a call from the Windows taskbar, do the following:

  1. Right-click the taskbar, select «Toolbars» and add «Address».
  2. You’ll get a nifty little address bar docked to your taskbar.
  3. Type in «tel:», followed by the number you’d like to call, and press enter.

    Lync will now pop up, and you have to click to dial.

You can also use «im:» to start IM sessions, see this handy guide for more tips.

Velkommen til nye nsgp.net

Året var 2007. Vi var unge, fulle av potensiale og hadde fremtiden foran oss. Planene med å redesigne nsgp.net hadde ikke rukket å bli en vits, og ingen viste hvem Justin Bieber var. Det var en god tid.

Nå, fem år senere, skjer det omsider noe.
Som du, kloke leser, trolig har forstått har nsgp.net reist seg som en fugl føniks, og gjenoppstår nå som en slags battle log.
Ettersom sidene har vært oppe i om lag to timer i skrivende stund, er det mer enn stor sannsynlighet for at sidene vil gå opp i flammer, for så å gjenoppstå minst et par ganger.

Hva er planene for nye nsgp.net?
Innad i NSGP besittes det veldig mye forskjellig kunnskap, og som vi har til hensikt å dele med resten av verden.
Det er jo mer enn bare åpenbart at dette kun er en unnskyldning for å rekke å notere ned det vi kan per dags dato, før demensen tar oss alle, og ting begynner å suge som en atomdrevet støvsuger.

Det er en god sjangs for at dette blir et kortvarig prosjekt, og at vi alle mister interessen i løpet av et kvarter, men hvis så ikke skjer, så kan det være at du her vil kunne lese som ting som IT, ølbrygging, friluftsliv og hvordan spille ukulele.

Velkommen skal du nå uansett være, til vår nye lekegrind på Internett.