Tag Archives: Remote

Server ‘myserver’ is not configured for RPC

Posted by dave on January 20, 2011 No comments

I received this error when trying to run a stored procedure from a linked server earlier today. The fix was to run this command on the box that you are receiving the error: exec sp_serveroption @server=’myserver’, @optname=’rpc’, @optvalue=’true’exec sp_serveroption @server=’myserver’, …

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Using Nircmd via PsExec for extra remote control

Posted by dave on July 30, 2010 4 comments

I came across a neat little utility today called nircmd which gives a command line operation allowing you to perform many additional tasks. If you couple this up with PsExec (i.e., roll out the nircmd.exe via GP to each local …

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Using PsExec to run Commands Remotely

Posted by dave on July 23, 2010 No comments

PsExec is part of PsTools from Sysinternals which allows you (tha administrator) to easily run commands on a workstation (or server) remotely. You can download PsTools here. It’s free, of course, and a doddle to use. You don’t need to …

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Multiple VNC windows with VNCed

Posted by dave on July 23, 2010 No comments

I touched on this in an earlier post, but once you have VNC out there on your machines, you could then use VNCed to simultaneously view all, or many, of the machines that it is installed on. Download VNCed here. …

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Displaying Machine Name and IP address on a Users Desktop

Posted by dave on July 16, 2010 No comments

Since adding VNC back on to all the machines, the next stage was to know which machine to connect to when there is a problem. This brought me back to some software I used years ago called BGinfo. This basically …

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Creating a silent self-installing VNC MSI for Group Policy

Posted by dave on July 16, 2010 17 comments

VNC is great. I haven’t really needed to use it since the company I work for downsized massively and we’re now all in one little office. Back in the days when we had over 300 Windows 2000 machines at 8 …

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Managing Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 in a Workgroup

Posted by dave on June 2, 2010 No comments

I setup a new Hyper-V server at home last night. The install itself was straight forward, I’m basically trying to run even less servers to keep the old energy bills down. It’s a shame there is no USB support in …

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Marmitek Easy Icon 10RF X10 Remote

Posted by dave on May 4, 2010 No comments

Having lots of kit is truly awesome, but there is a downside, the number of remotes I quickly acquired. Most rooms are ok with just 2 remotes, but the lounge had 6. The TV, The Amplifier, 2 Cable Boxes, The …

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Programming Linksys DMA2100 Remote

Posted by dave on March 23, 2010 No comments

This is mostly for my reference, but if you have a Linksys DMA2100 or DMA2200 you will know that the volume, mute and spare power buttons don’t work. This is because they need to be programmed for use with your …

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