I re-logged into the machine and found that they are not in place still. I surprised and made relogin again, this time they mapped. Finally after applying multiple tests like this, I came to a conclusion that, I have below two problems…  1) Drive mapping is not happening at every attempt  2) Background processing of drive mapping is not working"

"The joeware utilities... Saving administrators around the world time and frustration for over nine years..."

"Simple Network Tester's agents run on PCs located at key locations. You command them to send live test data through your network when you need it.  Run tests from your office using Simple Network Tester's user-friendly web pages.  Monitor the health of your network just by clicking a few links." Tests jitter to simulate VoIP calls and has a free command-line version to download. $29 per company after 15-day trial.

"Beyond the previous post of general complaints of slowness and sluggishness in Outlook and Exchange, the other complaint I hear frequently these days is specific to Calendaring.  Part of it is calendaring performance (where it might take 20-30 seconds to open up somebody else's calendar to view their calendar) which all of the points I note in the other blog post referenced above will apply to performance issues in calendaring."

"The problem has to do with organizations having calendar appointments and meeting requests "disappear", get corrupt, meeting delegates (boss/assistant) having challenges with appointments showing up, disappearing, reappearing, etc." Link courtesy of Ed Buford

"Wireless Networking in the Developing World book can be freely downloaded in a variety of formats."

"Do you really know what is running on your Windows® systems?...Even with strict IT polices in place, the demands of the real world often lead people to take shortcuts that can put an enterprise at risk. When it comes to digital assets, most organizations don't know what they don't know. You can remedy that situation by running Carbon Black."

"HTTP Commander is a web file manager known since 2002 and used by 100s of educational organisations and companies. It's a web file sharing and management, file upload -alternative to FTP, WebDav, Sharepoint, Novell, etc. colutions. This software is intended for fast and easy integration into web sites functionality of sharing and management files and documents at the server through a web browser over HTTP. Users can work remotely with personal or shared folders or edit documents online stored on a server." Brought to my attention (and demo'd) by Rob Shaw of Greenwood Christian Church at August Indianapolis CITRT.

Person recently had occasion to put a routing switch into a DMZ environment, which prompted him to research how to harden it. This document explains some of the steps he's taken to ensure the switch is secure.

"This script, inspired by the output of an Exchange TAP tool, aims to automatically generate a report that gives you an overview of your environment, Exchange 2007 and 2010 servers and database availability groups"

"By using (included) Eventtriggers.exe (in Server 2003), you can automatically start a batch file or VBS script which performs a custom action or captures useful information. You can also use a script to perform correction actions on the machine,  preventing the problem from reoccurring.  Sometimes you just need to be notified when certain events are created in the Event Viewer, so we can use a script to send an e-mail alert. For example, you can create a trigger that monitors the event logs for low disk space events and if such events occur, you can run a script that removes any temporary or unnecessary files to resolve the low disk space condition, and/or send an e-mail alert telling you about it."

"In this post, I want to provide you with a few shortcuts, based on my 27-plus years in business. Hopefully, this will shorten your learning curve. As someone who is constantly pitched one thing or another, I have a lot of experience on the receiving end of proposals. I've seen the good, the bad, and the ugly. Here are six keys to getting your boss to say 'yes.'"

"mRemoteNG is a fork of mRemote, an open source, tabbed, multi-protocol, remote connections manager. mRemoteNG adds bug fixes and new features to mRemote."

This provides the search syntax for using the dsquery command on a Domain Controller to find the correct Active Directory DN for a user for use in LDAP authentication scenarios. For example: dsquery user dc=example,dc=com -name user1* which outputs: "CN=user1,CN=Users,DC=example,DC=com"

"Reposado, together with the "curl" binary tool and a web server such as Apache 2, enables you to host a local Apple Software Update Server on any hardware and OS of your choice. Reposado contains a tool (repo_sync) to download Software Update catalogs and (optionally) update packages from Apple's servers, enabling you to host them from a local web server."

"With Connectify you can share expensive airport Wi-Fi with co-workers, create a wireless hotspot in your ethernet-only hotel or dorm room, even extend the range of your home router."

"Automatically backup files, directories, even entire drives! Karen's Replicator copies selected files from one drive/folder to another. Source and Destination folders can reside anywhere on your network."

"Dell PC service tags and express service codes are directly related. Given one type, the other can be computed."

"ICSWEEP is a command-line utility to clear the Temporary Internet Files cache of ALL user profiles that are NOT in use when this command is executed." This is excellent for use on Terminal Servers where you want to clear off everyone's Temporary Internet Files at once!