Tec(h)tonic

Insights into building a solid I.T. foundation in the mid-size business world.

Tag: MS Windows

  • Joining Macs systems to Active Directory

    My current job has me working in an (almost) all-Mac desktop environment. However, we’re in the curious position of running a predominantly Windows-based backend (precipitated by our use of MS Exchange Server). For obvious reasons (password expiration being a big one), it makes some sense to join the Macs to Active Directory, yet it took…

  • .BAT file to delete files older than x days and empty folders

    This is a valuable little piece of code – useful for maintaining otherwise unmonitored file repositories. Set this up to be autorun by the Task Scheduler on a predetermined basis. Note that the forfiles command is included with Windows Vista and later and Windows Server 2003 and later. @ECHO OFF REM delete any files older…

  • Installing an SSL certificate in Windows Server 2008 (IIS 7.0)

    I recently used this process to apply a renewed certificate to our MS Exchange Server. Don’t bother w/ the “renew” process within Exchange Mgmt. Console, as all certificate management is actually done in IIS (EMC just reflects what it finds in IIS). Delete the existing, expired certificate and then use these steps to install the updated…