Misc Archives - FAQShop https://faqshop.com/category/misc/ SCCM Tutorials, Help, Hints, Tips and FAQs Mon, 02 Oct 2017 15:52:56 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/faqshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cropped-FAQShop-Favicon-1.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Misc Archives - FAQShop https://faqshop.com/category/misc/ 32 32 106710601 Massive Update Completed to the List of WMIC CSProduct Get Name Results https://faqshop.com/misc/wmi/massive-update-completed-list-wmic-csproduct-get-name-results/ https://faqshop.com/misc/wmi/massive-update-completed-list-wmic-csproduct-get-name-results/#respond Tue, 22 Nov 2016 20:18:14 +0000 http://faqshop.com/?p=28136 FAQShop.com -

I just wanted to make everyone aware that I’ve just completed a massive update (over 100 new entries) to the List of WMIC CSProduct Get Name Results courtesy of updates from: Kim Dyrby Hansen Steve Carneol Paul Winstanley Many thanks for the … Continued

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I just wanted to make everyone aware that I’ve just completed a massive update (over 100 new entries) to the List of WMIC CSProduct Get Name Results courtesy of updates from:

  • Kim Dyrby Hansen
  • Steve Carneol
  • Paul Winstanley

Many thanks for the updates and if you notice anything missing please feel free to send them over and I’ll get them added along with your name as a contributor.

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New FAQs – 15th & 16th Feb 2016 https://faqshop.com/sccm/troubleshooting-cm/new-faqs-15-16-feb-2016/ https://faqshop.com/sccm/troubleshooting-cm/new-faqs-15-16-feb-2016/#respond Mon, 15 Feb 2016 08:53:10 +0000 http://faqshop.com/?p=20930 FAQShop.com -

Configuration Manager Compliance Settings Troubleshooting Configuration Items Errors “Setting Discovery Error 0x80041002 Not Found” Source WMI for SQL Server 2014 Compliance Items   Configuration Manager 2012 Troubleshooting Accounts ConfigMgr – Why aren’t my Clients using the correct Network Access Account? … Continued

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Configuration Manager

Compliance Settings

Troubleshooting

 

Configuration Manager 2012

Troubleshooting

Accounts

Miscellaneous

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Subnetting Made Easy https://faqshop.com/misc/subnetting-made-easy/ https://faqshop.com/misc/subnetting-made-easy/#respond Mon, 15 Feb 2016 08:12:47 +0000 http://faqshop.com/?p=20416 FAQShop.com -

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Subnetting Made Easy is one of the most popular articles I’ve ever written and with the recent changes to the Site I didn’t want this one getting lost so I’ve migrated it over.

To understand Boundary and Boundary Groups you need to understand Subnetting and hopefully this article will be a great help if you struggle with this.

You can read the article for free here – enjoy and I hope it helps those who struggle with this stuff (like I used to  – but not anymore 😉

Here is an easy to remember table that will allow you to answer ANY subnetting question anyone cares to throw at you…

If like me you think subnetting is some kind of magical science then fear no more. The table in this article is the answer to all of your prayers and will allow you to answer any subnetting question such as:

‘You have w IP address and x number of hosts – what subnet mask do you need to use?’
‘You have y network ID that needs z subnets – what subnet mask do you need to use?’
You can even use this table to answer supernetting questions.

Until I was taught this table by Nigel Amos, I really struggled with subnetting-related questions. I knew that there had to be a clever way of working this out as you’re only using binary numbers, but I don’t have the sort of brain to work it out. If you learn this table which is really easy then I guarantee you’ll never wince at another subnetting question.

Drawing up the Table

Right let’s show you how to draw up the table.

  1. Draw a table of 11 columns by 14 rows.  The first two rows will be the header rows.
  2. In the first column, write ‘Ticks’ in the first row and ‘No Ticks’ in the second row.
  3. Label the second column as ‘Temp’.
  4. Label the first row of the third column as ‘Subnets’.
  5. Label the second row of the third column as ‘Hosts’.
  6. Label the first row of the last eight columns as ‘128’ ‘192’ ‘224’ ‘240’ ‘248’ ‘252’ ‘254’ ‘255’ respectively.
  7. Label the second row of the last eight columns as ‘128’ ’64’ ’32’ ’16’ ‘8’ ‘4’ ‘2’ ‘1’ respectively.
  8. In the third row of the first column, write the numbers 1 – 12 in separate rows.
  9. In the third row of the second column write ‘2’, then double this number in the remaining rows (for example ‘8’, ’16’, ’32’ etc. up to ‘4096’).
  10. In the third row of the third column take 2 away from the corresponding entry in the ‘Temp’ column (so you start with ‘0’ ‘2’ ‘6’ ’14’ etc. up to ‘4094’).
  11. Now cross out the ‘Temp’ column.

This is what you should end up with.

Ticks Temp Subnets 128 192 224 240 248 252 254 255
No Ticks   Hosts 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1
1 2 0
2 4 2
3 8 6
4 16 14
5 32 30
6 64 62
7 128 126
8 256 254
9 512 510
10 1024 1022
11 2048 2046
12 4096 4094

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Using the Table

You have a Network ID of 160.100.0.0 and you need 17 subnets. What subnet mask would you use?

Look at the third column first. We’re looking for the number of subnets which corresponds to the first row – look across to the first row of the first column which is labelled ‘Ticks’. Now look down the third column till you find a number greater than or equal to 17. In this case it is ’30’. Read back across to the table to the first row which reads ‘5’. Now put 5 ticks starting from the left of the last eight rows. Go up to the top row which reads ‘248’. So your subnet mask is 255.255.248.0.

Let’s try another one.

You have a Network ID of 10.0.0.0 and you need 75 subnets. What subnet mask would you use?

Look at the third column first. Again we’re looking for the number of subnets which corresponds to the first row – look across to the first row of the first column which is labelled ‘Ticks’. So now look down the third column till you find a number greater than or equal to 75. In this case it is ‘126’. Read back across to the table to the first row which reads ‘7’. Now put 7 ticks starting from the left of the last eight rows. Go up to the top row which reads ‘254’. So your subnet mask is 255.254.0.0.
Let’s try a hosts question.

You have a Network ID of 198.10.15.0 and you need 35 hosts per subnet. What subnet mask would you use?

Again look at the third column first. This time we’re looking for the number of hosts which corresponds to the second row – look across to the second row of the first column which is labelled ‘No Ticks’. Again, look down the third column till you find a number greater than or equal to 35. In this case it is ’62’. Read back across to the table to the first row which reads ‘6’. Now here’s the difference. We’re talking ‘No Ticks’ this time as we’re looking for the number of hosts. So starting from the RIGHT hand column of the last eight rows count 6 columns back. Put a tick in the next column to the left. Now go up to the top row which reads ‘192’. So your subnet mask is 255.255.255.192.

Are two hosts on the same network?
How many times have you seen questions where two hosts can’t communicate and you need to work out whether they’re on the same subnet or not? Well you could:
PanicWrite everything out in binary and do some fancy mathsFishBernardUse the table to help
Well as with most questions there are two obvious wrong answers (c. and d. in case you’re struggling). You could go for a. (if you’re human) or b. if you’re good with numbers or like mental pain.

The answer in this case is e. which will hopefully not make a. your automatic choice for future questions. Let’s look at an example.

You’ve got two hosts:
132.25.5.18
132.25.8.44

Both hosts are using a subnet mask of 255.255.248.0. Are they on the same subnet?

Using the table we can work this out. Focus on the top two rows of the last eight columns. Look at the last octet in the mask which has a value, which in this case is ‘248’. Find ‘248’ on the top row and look at the number immediately below it which in this case is ‘8’.

This means that each new subnet starts on a multiple of 8 in the third octet. So the first valid subnet address range would be:
132.25.0.0 to 132.25.7.254

The second would be
132.25.8.0 to 132.25.15.254
etc.

So in our example, we can see that the clients are in fact on different IP subnets.

Supernetting
Well I promised you this table did everything and supernetting is no exception. Let’s look at an example.

Your ISP has given you four IP addresses as follows:
200.100.104.0
200.100.105.0
200.100.106.0
200.100.107.0

Now using a default subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 these IP addresses aren’t on the same subnet so we need to modify the subnet mask. But to what? Don’t worry. You’ve got four Network IDs in this example so starting from the left put 4 ticks in the table. Go up to the top row which reads ‘240’ so your subnet mask would be 255.255.240.0 – note that it’s NOT 255.255.255.240 as we’re dealing with supernetting here.

The other thing to watch is if you get asked a question with an odd number of IP addresses. For example if you’re given 5 IP addresses work out your answer based on the next even number (6 in this case or ‘252’).

In Summary
I appreciate that trying to explain something like this through an article is very difficult. If you don’t understand anything please contact me and I’ll try to help you.

Useful subnetting links
I’d like to thank various people (notably Nigel Amos and Dan DiNicolo), who have allowed me to ‘see the light’ and sent me useful subnetting links in my quest to try to understand how this all works.

If you want some free practise exams to try your hand at subnetting go to the Windows 2000 Trainers site:
http://www.2000trainers.com/windows-2000/subnetting-ip/

If you know of any other useful links let me know and I’ll add them in.

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I’ve just finished adding a whole new bunch of updates to the List of WMIC CSProduct Get Name Results page.

Many thanks to the following people for their updates which have been added (along with their names as contributors):

  • Ben Stefan
  • David Scambler
  • Kim Dyrby Hansen
  • Patrik Holmqvist

If you see anything missing please send me the details and I’ll get the page updated.

 

 

 

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ConfigMgr 2012 – Changes to PowerShell in CU4 for R2 https://faqshop.com/sccm-2012/configmgr-2012-changes-powershell-cu4-r2/ https://faqshop.com/sccm-2012/configmgr-2012-changes-powershell-cu4-r2/#respond Tue, 03 Feb 2015 20:50:20 +0000 http://www.faqshop.com/wp/?p=12757 FAQShop.com -

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At the same time as releasing Cumulative Update 4 for ConfigMgr 2012 R2 Microsoft also released the following Knowledge Base article that details the PowerShell changes in CU4 :

3031717 Windows PowerShell changes in Cumulative Update 4 for System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager

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Using CrashPlan for Backups https://faqshop.com/misc/using-crashplan-backups/ https://faqshop.com/misc/using-crashplan-backups/#respond Mon, 15 Dec 2014 14:15:49 +0000 http://www.faqshop.com/wp/?p=12736 FAQShop.com -

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With the ever increasing amount of data I find myself gathering and wanting to retain there’s also the added headache of how do to backup it all up?

Backups are one of those annoying things that you know you need to do but can’t always find time to do them.  On the other hand you always find that after you’ve deleted/ changed something you wish you hadn’t then spend ages hunting for a backup sometime realising that you don’t have one.

So I’ve been looking for a simple “set and forget” backup solution that backups up what I want without me having to worry about it and I think I’ve found it in CrashPlan.

After signing up for an account and installing the client on my machine it’s then just a case of telling it what I want to backup and off it goes, sitting in the System Tray on my laptop whirring away.

There are some really cool features I like about CrashPlan such as:

  • The ability to tell it which Wi-Fi networks it can use for backup (last thing I want it using is my mobile broadband connection and I end up with a nasty bill at the end of it or using some hotel Wi-Fi that have data limits with extra charges).
  • No data size limits – Yep you read it right.  It doesn’t matter how much data you want to backup – size isn’t important.
  • Versioning – This is really cool – If I modify a file the original doesn’t get overwritten on CrashPlan.  Instead the original is retained and the modified file is also backed up.  You have complete control over how many versions of a file are kept and for how long.
  • Security – CrashPlan uses 448-bit encryption so no worries on that front.
  • Ability to backup up to 10 computers from a single account – Yes like most households we’ve got more than one computer in the house and I’ve even got other family members covered from my subscription.
  • Deleted files aren’t truly deleted until you tell CrashPlan – Ever deleted a file then wished you hadn’t?  Well no worries with CrashPlan as you can always recover a file after you’ve deleted it (unless of course you’ve told CrashPlan to permanently delete it)

There are a host of other features I’ve not mentioned which you can find out more about at:

https://www.crashplan.com/en-us/features/

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OneDrive now supports 10 GB files https://faqshop.com/misc/onedrive-now-supports-10-gb-files/ https://faqshop.com/misc/onedrive-now-supports-10-gb-files/#respond Wed, 24 Sep 2014 09:39:57 +0000 http://www.faqshop.com/wp/?p=12694 FAQShop.com -

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Just received notification from Microsoft that OneDrive now supports files up to a whopping 10 GB:

We’re excited to announce that you can now upload files up to 10 GB from desktop, mobile and the web! Our goal with OneDrive is to provide a single place for all your files, and we don’t want you to be limited by file size.

 

 

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Windows Server 2012 R2 and 8.1 available for download TODAY for MSDN & TechNet Subscribers https://faqshop.com/news/windows-server-2012-r2-8-1-available-download-today-msdn-technet-subscribers/ https://faqshop.com/news/windows-server-2012-r2-8-1-available-download-today-msdn-technet-subscribers/#respond Mon, 09 Sep 2013 17:30:27 +0000 http://www.faqshop.com/wp/?p=12111 FAQShop.com -

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No, it’s true as just posted on the Windows Server blog:

Hi, all,

If you’re a TechNet or MSDN subscriber, I have good news for you: in response to your requests, Windows Server 2012 R2 (and Windows 8.1) will be available for download from TechNet and MSDN today. Because we will continue to evaluate the bits with our partners and MVPs, there may be additional changes between today’s release and GA. The previously announced GA date of October 18 has not changed.

Can’t wait to hear from you with additional feedback about the release!

Best,

Christa

This does NOT apply to ConfigMgr 2012 R2, which as far as I know will still GA on 18th October

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Need Your Help – List of WMIC CSProduct Get Name Results https://faqshop.com/misc/wmi/need-your-help-list-of-wmic-csproduct-get-name-results/ https://faqshop.com/misc/wmi/need-your-help-list-of-wmic-csproduct-get-name-results/#respond Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:13:17 +0000 http://www.faqshop.com/wp/?p=11040 FAQShop.com -

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I’ve just added my new Lenovo W530 to the List of WMIC CSProduct Get Name Results but I know there are far more machines in existence than I have listed.

So if you notice there are machines missing from the list that you can help provide the information for then please get in touch. Every contributor is listed on the page as my (and the community’s) way of saying thank you.

http://faqshop.com/misc/list-of-wmic-csproduct-get-name-results/

 

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Is there an easy way of exporting a list of servers from Remote Desktop Connection Manager? https://faqshop.com/misc/utilities/misc-is-there-an-easy-way-of-exporting-a-list-of-servers-from-remote-desktop-connection-manager/ https://faqshop.com/misc/utilities/misc-is-there-an-easy-way-of-exporting-a-list-of-servers-from-remote-desktop-connection-manager/#respond Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:39:14 +0000 http://www.faqshop.com/wp/?p=10954 FAQShop.com -

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I’ve got all of my servers configured in Remote Desktop Connection Manager. I need to give management a list of my servers which I don’t have elsewhere.

Is there an easy way of exporting a list of servers from Remote Desktop Connection Manager?

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