Miscellaneous Utilities : PSpasswd set wrong password

March 12, 2013, 10:00 am

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Author: clevernickname42
Subject: PSpasswd set wrong password
Posted: 12 March 2013 at 5:00pm

Hi all,

Recently had an admin leave our team, used pspasswd to script a mass change in our admin passwords across the network, however the password we told it to set does not work.

used syntax:

pspasswd \\machinename -u adminl -p adminp adminl "newadminp" (was told to use quotes, later found out this was not needed)

None of the new passwords were not working, luckily we had a second admin profile on these machines. I had to log into each machine manually and re-set the password so we didnt get locked out of all but a few machines..

Any idea what that initial password with the quotes would work out to be? Do " " quotes show up as different characters when outputted using pspasswd? Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you for your time.

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March 12, 2013, 10:12 am

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Author: jewrican
Subject: BGInfo Bugs or Feature Request
Posted: 12 March 2013 at 5:12pm

Can you please post a list of bugs or feature updates that you would like to see in BGinfo.

I have reached out to Mark and he responded to me twice - requesting a list of bugs and fixes stating that he would have someone address it.

Please post them ALL here - don't bombard him with communications.. it will deafen the ear we currently have around this.

Thanks.

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Miscellaneous Utilities : PSpasswd set wrong password

March 12, 2013, 10:17 am

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Author: clevernickname42
Subject: PSpasswd set wrong password
Posted: 12 March 2013 at 5:17pm

I was able to get the script to work when I logged on using the other admin2 account to change the passwords for admin1, only when using admin1 to change admin1 did it fail.

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March 12, 2013, 10:22 am

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Author: jewrican
Subject: BGgInfo - Development Plans
Posted: 12 March 2013 at 5:22pm

http://forum.sysinternals.com/bginfo-bugs-or-feature-request_topic29157.html

please see this thread. Post the bugs that you are running into here please. Mark has responded to me asking for a report of what is currently needed broken.

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Troubleshooting : Windows 7 64 bit lagging from time to time

March 12, 2013, 10:57 am

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Author: andla
Subject: Windows 7 64 bit lagging from time to time
Posted: 12 March 2013 at 5:57pm

Double clicking the file opens Windows Performance Analyzer.
So you can read thread activity in that?
I would guess you see the threads that belong to system in "CPU usage (precise)" ?

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Autoruns : Locate source of Legacy driver (Win-7)

March 12, 2013, 12:44 pm

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Author: MacRL
Subject: Locate source of Legacy driver (Win-7)
Posted: 12 March 2013 at 7:44pm

I'm using Windows 7 32-Bit Professional. Some time ago I noticed a legacy driver entry in Non Plug and Play drivers that was named only with numbers (063484321). The entry appeared grayed out, so it was a phantom entry. I removed the device. Then several days later I noticed it had re-appeared but with a totally different name ( again all numbers ). I've done extensive checking with Autoruns with no success. I turn my PC on/off every day. This phantom entry only appears every 3 to 4 days. I thought maybe it was a scheduled task but checking Task Manager nothing runs on that schedule. I'm reasonably sure the PC is malware free. I use Bitdefender AV and Malwarebytes.

I know this is a harmless entry, but I would really like to know where it comes from. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to run this Legacy entry down to it's source ?

At one time I suspected Trusteer Rapport as the cause, but their technical support claims their software doesn't generate this entry.

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Miscellaneous Utilities : TCPView - illegible colors - green on gold

March 13, 2013, 11:44 am

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Author: cookieJones
Subject: TCPView - illegible colors - green on gold
Posted: 13 March 2013 at 6:44pm

TCPView displays some rows w/ lime green background/black text - no prob, but when that row is selected, it changes to lime green text on gold background which is illegible.

sample rows

I guess it's because my Windows (7) colors are customized w/ Selected Items as black text/gold background, and TCPView must be picking the background color (but not the text color) for the Selected Row from that. Apparently most people don't customize their colors.

It'd be nice if that got fixed some day, some how.

(p.s. The black text on red background is also hard to read, tho not nearly as bad.)

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Miscellaneous Utilities : TCPView - illegible colors - green on gold

March 13, 2013, 12:17 pm

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Author: cookieJones
Subject: TCPView - illegible colors - green on gold
Posted: 13 March 2013 at 7:17pm

oops - wrong foum - maybe a moderator would be kind enough to move it to Miscellaneous Utilities?

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PsTools : pspasswd V1.23 have been found a bug

March 13, 2013, 12:17 pm

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Author: boca2608
Subject: pspasswd V1.23 have been found a bug
Posted: 13 March 2013 at 7:17pm

Hi I'm having the same problem as stated in the thread. I am issuing the command from Win 8 Pro to a Win 7 PC.

Where can I download a trustworthy copy of 1.22? I googled the web, and did not find any link that is trustworthy.

Thanks!

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Process Explorer : CPU Usage Column

March 13, 2013, 2:32 pm

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Author: Dax1792
Subject: CPU Usage Column
Posted: 13 March 2013 at 9:32pm

Not just the CPU column

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March 13, 2013, 5:27 pm

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Author: CPTech
Subject: PSExec Question
Posted: 14 March 2013 at 12:27am

Hmm, I was afraid of that. Does it make it any easier to say we're running XP 2002, SP3 on all but 1 machine(which is W7)? Most of the machines have an identical setup (software/hardware), so there's not too much variance. I believe there are 2 comps that differ, one is the W7 machine, and I believe the other has a different CPU (but otherwise matches).

If you're willing to try to give me a hand, I'll do my best to adapt to my system if needed. Either way, thank you for the advice! Smile

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March 13, 2013, 10:16 pm

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Author: MagicAndre1981
Subject: CPU Usage Column
Posted: 14 March 2013 at 5:16am

we already have a topic about it here:

http://forum.sysinternals.com/153-uses-white-background-in-some-columns_topic29070.html

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Miscellaneous Utilities : TCPView - illegible colors - green on gold

March 13, 2013, 10:17 pm

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Author: MagicAndre1981
Subject: TCPView - illegible colors - green on gold
Posted: 14 March 2013 at 5:17am

cookieJones wrote:

maybe a moderator would be kind enough to move it to Miscellaneous Utilities?

*done*

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Process Explorer : Feature Requests

March 13, 2013, 11:01 pm

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Author: yfdyh000
Subject: ** Feature Requests **
Posted: 14 March 2013 at 6:01am

I suggest adds 'Run Task Manager' & 'Run Resource Monitor' item to File menu.
And needs a list of all system services (such as Services tab in Task Manager), rather than one by one to find which process to see.

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PsTools : default admin$ share

March 14, 2013, 3:01 am

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Author: cii90
Subject: default admin$ share
Posted: 14 March 2013 at 10:01am

Hi, how can I enable Windows 7 inbound file and printer sharing rule remotely if it is disabled (with psexec).

Because if I run some commands it says "Make sure that the default admin$ share is enabled on xx.xx.xx.xx". Is it can be done remotely?

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March 14, 2013, 7:07 am

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Author: YulFi
Subject: Only 2GB 'Dedicated GPU Memory' on Quadro 6000
Posted: 14 March 2013 at 2:07pm

I think PE use the windows function D3DKMTQueryStatistics which return wrong values for gpus with more than 4GB dedicated ram. It's seems the microsoft api use an unsigned int 32bit in internal, as a result 6GB in an uint32 give us 2GB.

I have a Quadro 6000 6GB and a FirePro W9000 6GB at work and it's the same result; it'snt a driver problem.

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Troubleshooting : Windows 7 Password Expiration Notification

March 14, 2013, 3:12 pm

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Author: jonathan cauthorn
Subject: Windows 7 Password Expiration Notification
Posted: 14 March 2013 at 10:12pm

I had a similar need and was able to modify this for my needs. What I needed was a way to check to see if users have changed a password since a specific date, and if they haven't, ask them to change their password. This is necessary for Google Apps Password Sync (GAPS). We don't want to just expire everyone's passwords, but only require the password to change when someone is logging in locally to the workstation. Here's my modifications:
'=====
' PasswordChange.vbs
' by Jonathan Cauthorn, 2013-03-14
' Modified from a script at:
' http://community.spiceworks.com/scripts/show/1594-password-expiration-pop-up-for-windows-7
' If the user has not changed their password since this date we will prompt them to change it.
' If they have canged it since this date we will simply exit.
pwMustChangeSinceDate = "03/13/2013"
Dim oDomain
Dim oUser
' Get user LDAP object
Set LoginInfo = CreateObject("ADSystemInfo")
Set objUser = GetObject("LDAP://" & LoginInfo.UserName & "")
'WScript.Echo "UserName: " & LoginInfo.UserName
' Get Domain DNS name
strDomainDN = UCase(LoginInfo.DomainDNSName)
strUserDN = LoginInfo.UserName
'WScript.Echo "Domain DNS Name: " & LoginInfo.DomainDNSName & vbCrLf & strUserDN
'========================================
' Determine the last time that the user
' changed their password.
'========================================
Set oUser = GetObject("LDAP://" & strUserDN)
'========================================
' Get the PasswordLastChanged Date
'========================================
pwChanged = DateDiff("d",pwMustChangeSinceDate,oUser.PasswordLastChanged)
'WScript.Echo "Password Last Changed and days left: " & vbCrLf & oUser.PasswordLastChanged & vbCrLf & pwChanged
' If password hasn't been changed since the Must Change date, prompt the user
if (pwChanged < 1) then
Msgbox "You must change your password now. It was last changed on: " & vbCrLf & oUser.PasswordLastChanged & vbCrLf & "Press CTRL + ALT + DEL and select the 'Change a password' option.", vbCritical, "Password Expiration Warning!"
End if
'========================================
' Clean up.
'========================================
Set oUser = Nothing
Set maxPwdAge = Nothing
Set oDomain = Nothing
'=====

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March 14, 2013, 5:55 pm

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Author: rmetzger
Subject: Sigcheck reports wrong file version
Posted: 15 March 2013 at 12:55am

try:
>sigcheck -a -h -i -q "%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\ntfs.sys"

Does that report valid info?

Ron Metzger

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PsTools : Sigcheck reports wrong file version

March 14, 2013, 9:57 pm

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Author: MagicAndre1981
Subject: Sigcheck reports wrong file version
Posted: 15 March 2013 at 4:57am

smaug9 wrote:

Hi,

C:\bin>sigcheck -a -q c:\Windows\system32\drivers\ntfs.sys

c:\windows\system32\drivers\ntfs.sys:

Verified: Signed

Signing date: 02:32 2013-02-08

Publisher: Microsoft Windows

Description: NT File System Driver

Product: Microsoft« Windows« Operating System

Version: 6.1.7600.16385

File version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)

Strong Name: Unsigned

Original Name: ntfs.sys.mui

Internal Name: ntfs.sys

Comments: n/a

Can anyone suggest a reason for this discrepancy?

sigcheck opens the wrong file. It reads the MUI file, not the real sys. Looks like a bug.

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March 15, 2013, 1:52 am

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Author: Kazak-S
Subject: how to set the BGInfo time remaining to 0?
Posted: 15 March 2013 at 8:52am

Hi. It's worked. But the two files are there.

I have done so, copy the files and settings.

GPO, Computering seеtings startup scripts (a CMD file):

mkdir c:\BgInfo\

copy /y \\fileserver.example.com\Bginfo.exe "c:\BgInfo\"

copy /y \\fileserver.example.com\Config.bgi "c:\BgInfo\"

GPO, Users seеtingы Logon scripts (a CMD file):

@echo off

cd c:\BgInfo\

Bginfo config.bgi /timer:0 /accepteula

Edited by Kazak-S - 11 hours 26 minutes ago at 9:34am

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