AdminStudio is a product from Flexera Software that can be a complete, end-to-end application management system. It includes products for application modification and deployment. It comes with Repackager, Tuner, and InstallShield, as well as a host of other products. This article will focus exclusively on Repackager....More
I ran into a curious situation when automating the installation of Sybase PowerDesigner Viewer 16. Typically, for a ConfigMgr package I like to use the extracted files. However, when attempting to run the Setup of the InstallShield installation, an error was generated that "setup.cab" was missing from "Disk2"....More
Yes…KiXtart is still a functioning and updating scripting language. KiXtart continues to be utilized in a number of places and the author is still pumping out updates....More
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PowerShell doesn't have a native cmdlet suitable for viewing the content of binary files. Use the Get-HexDump.ps1 script to view binary-file content in PowerShell....More
The IIS PowerShell Snap-In is an exceptional automation tool that lets you create, configure, and manage IIS 7 websites, web applications, application pools, virtual directories, and .NET application domains....More
File versions are important metadata for admins, but these 64-bit, unsigned integers can be tricky to handle properly, particularly from scripts. Find out how to take the pain out of comparing two version numbers....More
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Building on the success of the “Mastering SharePoint 2010” seminars, the presenters have updated the content to cover the latest and greatest SharePoint product: SharePoint 2013. While SharePoint 2013 is relatively new on the marketplace, the presenters have been working with SharePoint 2013 for well over a year, and have implemented it with a number of clients in production environments.
May 2013 - The NameTranslate object is useful when you need to translate Active Directory object names between different formats, but it's awkward to use from PowerShell. Here's a PowerShell script that eliminates the awkwardness.