Friday, September 27, 2013

CCTK - Remote Manage Dell BIOS

1. Download and install the Dell Client Configuration Toolkit - CCTK
 
2. Use Dos Prompt and change directory to C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\CCTK\X86_64\

View boot order:
cctk.exe bootorder
Change boot order: (ex: 1=Hard Disk, 2=USB device, 3=CDRom, 4=Embedded NIC)
cctk.exe bootorder --sequence=1,4,2,3 --valsetuppwd=PASSWORD
Enable Device: (ex: 1=Hard Disk, 2=USB device, 3=CDRom, 4=Embedded NIC)
cctk.exe bootorder --enabledevice=4 --valsetuppwd=PASSWORD
Disable Device: (ex: 1=Hard Disk, 2=USB device, 3=CDRom, 4=Embedded NIC)
cctk.exe bootorder --disabledevice=2 --valsetuppwd=PASSWORD

** For some reasons, "CCTK --valsetuppwd" not accepting the correct password.
Solution:
cctk.exe --valsetuppwd=PASSWORD --setuppwd=
cctk.exe bootorder --sequence=hdd,embnic,usbdev,cdrom
cctk.exe --setuppwd=PASSWORD

Examples of the PowerShell command:

Setup BIOS PASSWORD:
Invoke-Command -ComputerName COMPUTERNAME -scriptblock { &'C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\CCTK\X86_64\cctk.exe' --setuppwd=PASSWORD }
Remove BIOS PASSWORD:
Invoke-Command -ComputerName COMPUTERNAME -scriptblock { &'C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\CCTK\X86_64\cctk.exe' --valsetuppwd=PASSWORD --setuppwd=  }
Wake On Lan Without PXE:
Invoke-Command -ComputerName  COMPUTERNAME -scriptblock { &'C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\CCTK\X86_64\cctk.exe' --embnic1=onnopxe }
Force PXE On Next Boot:
Enter-PSSession -ComputerName COMPUTERNAME
&"C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\CCTK\X86_64\cctk.exe" --embnic1=on
&"C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\CCTK\X86_64\cctk.exe" --forcepxeonnextboot=enable
Exit


Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Tricking your Mac into creating a new user account

  1. Power on or restart your Mac (should work for any Mac OS X system).
  2. At the chime (or grey screen if your chime is turned off), hold down Command+S on your keyboard to enter single-user mode.
  3. This step is optional, but it’s a good idea because it checks the consistency of the hard disk before moving on. At the prompt, type fsck -fy and press Enter/Return. Wait for the checks to complete before going to the next step.
  4. Type mount -uw / and press Enter.
  5. Type rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone and press Enter.
  6. Type shutdown -h now and press Enter.

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Manually Uninstall WSUS 3.0

1. Open Regedit
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Update Services\Server\Setup
3. On the right side, find wYukonInstalled
4. Change the value to "0"
5. Open Command Prompt and CD to C:\Program Files\Update Services\Setup
6. wussetup.exe -u