OpsMgr 2007 (SCOM): Coretech Certificates Expire checker Management Pack – 0.0.0.1

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Intro:
This management packs can be used to check the expire date on all or specific certificates in the client/servers certificates store.
It uses the event log on the local client, to alert the OpsMgr unit monitor .
It is supposed to check once every day, and make a warning in the opsmgr if any certificates are [...]

Find Query-based Distribution Groups in Domain

To find all QBD groups in your domain run the following.
(Remember to change the LDAP string…)
On Error Resume Next
Const ADS_SCOPE_SUBTREE = 2
Set objConnection = CreateObject(“ADODB.Connection”)
Set objCommand =   CreateObject(“ADODB.Command”)
objConnection.Provider = “ADsDSOObject”
objConnection.Open “Active Directory Provider”
Set objCommand.ActiveConnection = objConnection
objCommand.Properties(“Page Size”) = 1000
objCommand.Properties(“Searchscope”) = ADS_SCOPE_SUBTREE
objCommand.CommandText = _
    “SELECT cn, objectClass FROM ‘LDAP://dc=coretech,dc=intra’ WHERE ” _
        & “objectClass =’msExchDynamicDistributionList’”
Set [...]

Useful Links, Editors and Books for Visual Basic, Scripting Edition (VBScript)

Here is a list of links, editors and books. I have mentioned some of them, in the Visual Basic, Scripting Edition Course (MOC 2433).
Links:
Microsoft Script Center:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx
VBScript Language Reference:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d1wf56tt.aspx
Microsoft Scripting Guys! Forum – Technet:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ITCG/threads/
w3Schools – VBScript Section:
http://w3schools.com/vbscript/default.asp
SCCM and other Scripts:
http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/dhite/
UAC and VBSCript:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/185/1/VBScripts-and-UAC-elevation.html
Naming Conventions for Visual Basic:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/110264
Scripting Guy’s Determine Last Logon time:
http://technet.microsoft.com/da-dk/magazine/2006.01.scriptingguy(en-us).aspx
Encode a Script – Sample:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/csc/scripts/security/scripts/cscse001.mspx
Scripting Games  [...]

Checking if User is member of group including nested/sub groups!

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I had a challenge today.
Problem:
My Customer needs to insert a specific text in the Computer description field on the local PC, if the user is member of a specific group.
Challenges:
The problem is that most of the user are not directly members of the group.
but they are members of a nested group that if member [...]

Automated Windows Installer Properties from .INI (Embedded VBScript)

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Have you ever needed the functionality to read the property values from an .ini file, every time a installation or repair is run?
This small script created for Windows installer, will do the job.
Purpose: Â
Automatically reads a ini file located in the MSI SOURCEDIR property.
Each parameter in the ini file is read into the property that
have [...]