26 Jan 2012 Disable DLNA in Windows 7
If you are using your Windows 7 and have a active wireless network, then the chances are that you are sharing your media files with DLNA enabled devices like smartphones, TVs with wireless access and media centers.
This HOWTO describes how you can disable DLNA in Windows 7.
- Type “Manage advanced sharing settings” in the Start Menu
- Go to “Home and Work”
- Under “Media Streaming” you click the “Choose media streaming options” link
- Click the “Block all” button followed by the “OK” button
You have now disabled DLNA sharing on your computer.
Posted by Hans-Henry Jakobsen
19 Jun 2011 List installed Windows Updates using WMIC
I have recently been trying to find a way to export a list of some, but not all installed Windows Updates and patches on a Windows 2008 server. WMIC is a Windows command that has been available in Windows for a long time and has become a tool that can perform many kinds of actions and queries.
Microsoft has created a tool called Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer that helps you determine the security state in accordance with Microsoft security recommendations and offers specific remediation guidance, but I have not tried it to see if all patches and updates are exported.
Open a Windows Command Prompt (cmd.exe) and type the following command
wmic qfe get
The result presented in plain text
Caption CSName Description FixComments HotFixID InstallDate InstalledBy InstalledOn Name ServicePackInEffect Status http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=133041 PC-NAME Update 982861 pc-name\username 3/20/2011 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=161784 PC-NAME Update KB971033 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM 8/9/2010 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=2305420 PC-NAME Security Update KB2305420 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM 12/17/2010 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=2393802 PC-NAME Security Update KB2393802 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM 2/10/2011 ...
WMIC can also be used to gather other Windows related information and this is a list with many wmic commands I have copied from Tech-Wreck InfoSec Blog: WMIC Command Line Kung-Fu in case the site becomes unavailable.
This site has produced many interesting articles and is well worth a visit.
| Description | - Command |
|---|---|
| Spot Odd Executables | – wmic PROCESS WHERE “NOT ExecutablePath LIKE ‘%Windows%’” GET ExecutablePath |
| Look at services that are set to start automatically | – wmic SERVICE WHERE StartMode=”Auto” GET Name, State |
| Find user-created shares (usually not hidden) | – wmic SHARE WHERE “NOT Name LIKE ‘%$’” GET Name, Path |
| Find stuff that starts on boot | – wmic STARTUP GET Caption, Command, User |
| Identify any local system accounts that are enabled (guest, etc.) | – wmic USERACCOUNT WHERE “Disabled=0 AND LocalAccount=1″ GET Name” |
| Change Start Mode of Service | – wmic service where (name like “Fax” OR name like “Alerter”) CALL ChangeStartMode Disabled |
| Number of Logons Per USERID | – wmic netlogin where (name like “%skodo”) get numberoflogons |
| Obtain a Certain Kind of Event from Eventlog | – wmic ntevent where (message like “%logon%”) list brief |
| Clear the Eventlog (Security example) | – wmic nteventlog where (description like “%secevent%”) call cleareventlog |
| Get Mac Address | – wmic nic get macaddress |
| Reboot or Shutdown | – wmic os where buildnumber=”2600″ call reboot |
| Update static IP address | – wmic nicconfig where index=9 call enablestatic(“192.168.16.4″), (“255.255.255.0″) |
| Change network gateway | – wmic nicconfig where index=9 call setgateways(“192.168.16.4″, “192.168.16.5″),(1,2) |
| Enable DHCP | – wmic nicconfig where index=9 call enabledhcp |
| Service Management | – wmic service where caption=”DHCP Client” call changestartmode “Disabled” |
| Start an Application | – wmic process call create “calc.exe” |
| Terminate an Application | – wmic process where name=”calc.exe” call terminate |
| Change Process Priority | – wmic process where name=”explorer.exe” call setpriority 64 |
| Get List of Process Identifiers | – wmic process where (Name=’svchost.exe’) get name,processid |
| Information About Harddrives | – wmic logicaldisk where drivetype=3 get name, freespace, systemname, filesystem, size, volumeserialnumber |
| Information about os | – wmic os get bootdevice, buildnumber, caption, freespaceinpagingfiles, installdate, name, systemdrive, windowsdirectory /format:htable > c:\osinfo.htm |
| Information about files | – wmic path cim_datafile where “Path=’\\windows\\system32\\wbem\\’ and FileSize>1784088″ > c:\wbemfiles.txt |
| Process list | – wmic process get /format:htable > c:\process.htm |
| Retrieve list of warning and error events not from system or security logs | – WMIC NTEVENT WHERE “EventType<3 AND LogFile != ‘System’ AND LogFile != ‘Security’” GET LogFile, SourceName, EventType, Message, TimeGenerated /FORMAT:”htable.xsl”:” datatype = number”:” sortby = EventType” > c:\appevent.htm |
| Total Hard Drive Space Check | – wmic LOGICALDISK LIST BRIEF |
| Get Running Services Information | – Wmic service where (state=”running”) get caption, name, startmode, state |
| Get Startmode of Services | – Wmic service get caption, name, startmode, state |
| Get Domain Names And When Account PWD set to Expire | – WMIC UserAccount GET name,PasswordExpires /Value |
| Get Hotfix and Security Patch Information | – WMIC QFE GET /format:CSV >QFE.CSV |
| Get Startup List | – wmic startup list full |
| Find a specific Process | – wmic process list brief find “cmd.exe” |
| Get List of IP Interfaces | – wmic nicconfig where IPEnabled=’true’ |
| Change IP Address | – wmic nicconfig where Index=1 call EnableStatic (“10.10.10.10″), (“255.255.255.0″) |
| OS/System Report HTML Formatted | – wmic /output:c:\os.html os get /format:hform |
| Products/Programs Installed Report HTML Formatted | – wmic /output:c:\product.html product get /format:hform |
| Services Report on a Remote Machine HTML Formatted | - wmic /output:c:\services.htm /node:server1 service list full / format:htable |
| Turn on Remoted Desktop Remotely! | – Wmic /node:”servername” /user:”user@domain” /password: “password” RDToggle where ServerName=”server name” call SetAllowTSConnections 1 |
| Get Server Drive Space Usage Remotely | – WMIC /Node:%%A LogicalDisk Where DriveType=”3″ Get DeviceID,FileSystem,FreeSpace,Size /Format:csv MORE /E +2 >> SRVSPACE.CSV |
| Get PC Serial Number | - wmic /node:”HOST” bios get serialnumber |
| Get PC Product Number | – wmic /node:”HOST” baseboard get product |
| Get Services for Remote Machine in HTML Format | – wmic /output:c:\services.htm /node:server1 service list full / format:htable |
Tags: MBSA, Windows 2008, Windows 7, wmic
Posted by Hans-Henry Jakobsen
23 May 2011 Clear Read-Only flag on Disk in Windows 7 using Diskpart
This is a short HOWTO clear the read-only/readonly flag/attribute on a disk in Windows 7 using the diskpart command from a Windows Command Prompt.
Warning!
Be sure to do this on the right disk since the diskpart command can do serious damage if you run it on the wrong disk.
- Open a command window by running the diskpart command from a Command Prompt
- Determine which disk you are going to modify:
-
DISKPART> list disk Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt -------- ------------- ------- ------- --- --- Disk 0 Online 149 GB 1024 KB Disk 1 Online 465 GB 465 GB
- Select the disk you are going to modify
DISKPART> select disk 1
You have now selected disk 1
list disk Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt -------- ------------- ------- ------- --- --- Disk 0 Online 149 GB 1024 KB * Disk 1 Online 465 GB 465 GB
- Clear the Read-Only attribute on the selected disk
DISKPART> attributes disk clear readonly
The disk is no longe Read-Only protected.
If you would like to set the disk Read-Only again just do the same procedure and write
DISKPART> attributes disk set readonly
in the last operation.
When you are done modifying the disk attributes just issue the exit command
DISKPART> exit
and the diskpart windows will be closed.
Posted by Hans-Henry Jakobsen
03 Mar 2010 Enable or disable ping in Windows Server 2008 R2
I always forget where to change the ping setting in the Windows Server 2008 R2 Firewall.
To enable ping
Go to Start >> Administrative Tools >> Windows Firewall with Advanced Security >> Inbound Rules >> File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request – ICMPv4-IN) >> right click and select Enable Rule.
To disable the ping rule just select Disable Rule in the last step.
These steps does also work in Windows 7 to enable ping.
Tags: firewall, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2
Posted by Hans-Henry Jakobsen
14 Aug 2009 Getting VMware vSphere Client to run on Windows 7 RTM
This post describes how you can get your VMware vSphere Client version 4 running on a 32-bit Windows 7 (RTM) installation until VMware makes an update to fix this Microsoft .Net problem. Be aware that this method of getting the client to run is not recommended in a production environment since you are running the client in development mode.
First you need to edit the VpxClient.exe.config file located in your C:\Program Files\Vmware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\Launcher folder and make it look like the code below
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <configuration> <system.net> <connectionManagement> <clear/> <add address="*" maxconnection="8" /> </connectionManagement> </system.net> <appSettings> <add key = "protocolports" value = "https:443"/> </appSettings> <runtime> <developmentMode developerInstallation="true"/> </runtime> </configuration>
Next we have to ensure that you we the .Net system.dll from a non Windows 7 machine.
It’s possible to download the config file and the DLL filer from here.
Place the modified config file in your C:\Program Files\Vmware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\Launcher folder.
Then we create a new folder called Lib in the folder noted above and place the downloaded DLL file in the folder.
Reboot your PC and VMware vSphere Client should now work without any error messages.
Edit your system properties and create a new ‘Environment Variable” Name it “Devpath” with the value of C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\Launcher\Lib. You can locate these variables under Control Panel –> System and Security –> System –> Advanced system settings
This post came to life after reading this thread on the VMware Communties discussion forum. The thread also describes how to make VMware vSphere Client to work on 64-bit Windows 7 but I’m not going to describe that in this post.
Tags: VMware, vSphere Client, Windows 7
Posted by Hans-Henry Jakobsen
