List of Models & TPM Versions

I am going to maintain a list here of models of computers and what TPM Module they come with. We have so many models in our enterprise so I thought it might be useful to post my findings as a list for everyones reference.
If you can add to this list please comment!
Thanks

HP Elitebook 2730p - TPM 1.2 - IFX
HP Elitebook 2740p - TPM 1.2
HP Elitebook 2760p - TPM 1.2
HP Probook 5330m - TBC
Toshiba Tecra A10 - TPM 1.2
Toshiba Tecra A11 - TBC

Configuring Winrar to queue up files for extraction

just another old KB I wrote, put on here for convenience more than anything:

How to Queue up files for extraction in Winrar:

Open the extraction dialog by selecting a file for extraction from windows explorer. (Right click and choose extract to)
Select the Advanced tab and check the "Wait if other Winrar copies are active"
Then select the General tab and press the "Save settings" button.
Voila, it will always Queue up your file extractions.

Setting up Server core

Here is an old KB I wrote on how to setup server core 2008 from scratch, might be useful to someone..

This document describes how to setup a server core installation from start to finish
Guide to setting up server core 2008

1) Install server core as you would any version of windows

2) now you must set your IP address and DNS server.

3) To set your IP address type the following(omit the outer most quotes)
"netsh interface ipv4 set address name="Local Area Connection" source=static address=x.x.x.x mask=x.x.x.x gateway=x.x.x.x"

4) to set your DNS server type the following
netsh interface ipv4 add dnsserver name="local area connection" address=x.x.x.x index=1

5) you must now enter your product key by typing the following "cscript c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -ipk AAAAA-BBBBB-CCCCC-DDDDD-EEEEE"

6) Now once that key is entered you need to activate it by typing
"cscript c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -ato"

7) Next you have to rename the server do this by typing the following:
"netdom renamecomputer "currentname" /newname:CORESERVER"
press "Y" to the prompts and then reboot (Shutdown.exe -R)

8)now you must disable the firewall temporarily (to drop a text file on the C$ share of the servercore instance" disable the firewall as follows:
"netsh firewall set opmode disable"

9) now create a file called "unattend.txt" and drop it on the c drive of the servercore. Use the below as a template only, there is microsoft documentation on this that is very indepth. The textfile should contain the following:

[DCINSTALL]
username=administrator
Password=PASSWORD
userdomain=YOURDOMAIN.LOCAL
SafeModeAdminPassword=PASSWORD
CriticalReplicationOnly=no
SiteName=SITENAME
ReplicaOrNewDomain=Replica
ReplicaDomainDNSName=yourdomain.LOCAL
ReplicationSourceDC=otherserver.yourdomain.LOCAL
RebootOnSuccess=Yes
NOTE: If you cant get on the C$ share Run "net user administrator password" (to reset the admin password) replace "password" with your password

10) With unattend.txt on the c drive of the sever type the following:
"dcpromo /unattend:c:\unattend.txt"

11) after dcpromo has run you need to set up DNS and DHCP. To install DHCP type the following:
"start /w ocsetup DHCPServerCore"
"sc config dhcpserver start= auto"
"net start dhcpserver"

12) Now to install DNS type the following:
start /w ocsetup DNS-Server-Core-Role

13) Now all you need to do is manage these roles (AD, DNS and DHCP) using the MMC snap-ins from another computer.

14)Now to turn the firewall back on type:
"netsh firewall set opmode enable"

15) and to set 2 DNS servers (the servercore as primary and another as secondary) type the folllowing:
"netsh interface ipv4 add dnsserver name="local area connection" address=<127.0.0.1> index=1"

"netsh interface ipv4 add dnsserver name="local area connection" address= index=2"

16) now to set the correct time we need to open time and date by typing:
"timedate.cpl"
and set as you wish

17) now we need to schedule regular windows updates of our servercore box. To do this type the following:
"Cscript c:\windows\system32\scregedit.wsf /au 4"
"Net stop wuauserv"
"Net start wuauserv"

to then detect updates type "wuauclt /detect now"
18) now to allow remote administration through the firewall type:
Netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="remote administration" new enable=yes

Hope it helps someone :)

Forcefully Seizing FSMO Roles

Just have a bit of a clearout and I found my old personal Knowledge base articles, Going to post a few up here so here goes:

How to Seize Fsmo roles by force
I last had to do this when my DCs were out of sync and i was getting the error:
"The destination server is currently rejecting replication requests" whenever i tried to manually sync the DCs.

To seize all FSMO roles logon to the server that will be the new role holder, open a command windows and type:
ntdsutil
roles
connections
connect to server SERVERNAME
q
?
seize RID master
seize pdc
seize infrastructure master
seize naming master
seize schema master

TO verify this has worked typed
Netdom query FSMO

Differential copy using xcopy

Its not new or exciting but it made me smile and thanks to this guy I will never forget how to do this off the top of my head, check it out:

Directory differential backup using xcopy

SCCM Collection based on executable name

Just a quick one to remind myself how to create a collection of computers that have a specific executable. Create a new collection and insert the following query:

select SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceID,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceType,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Name,SMS_R_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Client from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_G_System_SoftwareFile on SMS_G_System_SoftwareFile.ResourceId = SMS_R_System.ResourceId where SMS_G_System_SoftwareFile.FileName = "vpngui.exe"

change the executable name to one of your choice, all done! :)

Canonical Names Of Control Panel Applets

Allowing access to control panel items via group policy in windows 7 is slightly different to XP and below, now instead of providing the name of the cpl file e.g main.cpl for the mouse you have to provide the canonical name of the applet e.g Microsoft.Mouse so here is a list of all of the Canonical names for future reference:

Canonical Names List