How to build a policy that give local users administrative rights on the local computer without making them and administrator on the domain.

Some of us want to loosen up our control on the local computer and really does not matter to us what the user does with it as long as they don’t inflict damage on the domain. By default, Windows makes Continue reading How to build a policy that give local users administrative rights on the local computer without making them and administrator on the domain.

Batch script to restart IIS services. Can be modified for other purposes.

If you have ever had a server that is has difficulty with the iisreset command, this may help.  In my testing it works on everything from Windows 2000 to 2008R2.  Your mileage may vary. We use this to automate resets on a Continue reading Batch script to restart IIS services. Can be modified for other purposes.