Search Active Directory from Windows7 without Active Directory Console

Hi Friends,

Today I got request from one of my colleague; to add/remove member from security groups in AD from User Desktop where Active Directory Users & Computers (ADUC) console is not installed.

The feature of Search People in Active Directory was available in Windows XP, but it is not present in Windows 7.

Here is just a simple command to search AD from Windows 7 Desktop.

%SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\rundll32.exe dsquery,OpenQueryWindow

You can use above command line by following methods

• Save as batch file and execute the same
• Create a Shortcut with above command line and name as you like it.

Happy Learning!!!

Windows 7 use 0.0.0.0 as the default gateway

This seems to be known issue with Windows 7. This happens if Apple Bonjour service & Adobe CS3 products running on the system.

 Please go through below articles for the same.

 Apple Bonjour service

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970313

http://msmvps.com/blogs/richardwu/archive/2009/12/18/windows-7-use-0-0-0-0-as-the-default-gateway-problem.aspx

Adobe – CS3

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itpronetworking/thread/765aa1c6-dd9a-4447-9de0-aecc41498b04/

http://forums.adobe.com/message/1634806#1634806

• Disable & Stop C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mdnsresponder.exe

                  or  

• Run the following command
•  "C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe" -remove
• This removes the service and restarted the computer to solve the issue.

Happy Learning!!!

Enable Hyper Terminal in Windows 7

One of the big complaints about Windows 7 is the lack of HyperTerminal. So here is how to get HyperTerminal on to Windows 7 (32 or 64-bit).

On the Windows 7 box make a new folder under C:\Program Files\HyperTerminal for 32-bit and for 64-bit make a new folder C:\Program Files (x86)\HyperTerminal

• hypertrm.exe
• hypertrm.dll
• hypertrm.chm

If you want to have HyperTerminal on your Start Menu just create a shortcut to hypertrm.exe and put it in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs and when you go to All Programs under the Start Menu HyperTerminal will be there.

You can download the files you need from this link:

 

http://toolbox.davisnet.com/downloads/Weather/Misc/Hyperterminal/