If multi-day calendar items show up via ActiveSync to iPhone or iPad devices, apply Exchange 2010 SP2 and Update Rollup 1 on top of that to fix the known issue.
NTPWEdit is a password editor for Windows NT based systems (like Windows 2000, XP and Vista), it can change or remove passwords for local system accounts. This program can NOT decrypt passwords or change domain and Active Directory passwords. This is essentially NTpasswd with a Windows GUI.
How to add a Trusted Sites URL without deleting existing sites from the list or locking users from making changes to the same afterwards, using Group Policies.
To set a static ARP entry, the command used to be arp -s IP MAC, but on Server 2008 R2 and perhaps others back to Windows 7/Server 2008, this command may not work even if Run as Admin. However, the netsh commands in this Q&A provide alternate syntax that does work for the same purpose.
"User Profile Wizard is a workstation migration tool that will join your machine to a domain, and share your original user profile with your new domain logon so that you can carry on using all your existing data, and keep the same settings that you've always had. By using the User Profile Wizard command line interface and the User Profile Wizard Deployment Kit you can build a scalable, enterprise solution to migrate tens of thousands of workstations."
HT to Angela Creason (@creason) for the link!
This article describes how to transfer Flexible Single Master Operations (FSMO) roles (also known as operations master roles) by using the Active Directory snap-in tools in Microsoft Management Console (MMC) in Windows Server 2003 (using the GUI).
An administrator gracefully demotes a role-holding domain controller by using the Active Directory Installation Wizard. This wizard reassigns any locally-held roles to an existing domain controller in the forest.
Demotions that are performed by using the dcpromo /forceremoval command leave FSMO roles in an invalid state until they are reassigned by an administrator.
ntdsutil /metadata cleanup
To transfer the FSMO roles by using the Ntdsutil utility,
follow these steps:
This article describes how to use the Ntdsutil.exe utility to transfer or to seize Flexible Single Master Operations (FSMO) roles (using the command line).
"Racktables is a nifty and robust solution for datacenter and server room asset management. It helps document hardware assets, network addresses, space in racks, networks configuration and much much more!" HT to @wantmoore for the find
"McAfee provides an assortment of free McAfee tools to help in your software development. Simply select a tool and download it for free."
System admin tools for forensics, password cracking, intrusion detection, network stress testing, and others. Many are not 64-bit compatible but there are some good, free gems.