Edition - 080807:10399 / 8 August, 2007
Published by Software Shelf International, Inc. since 1998
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ENTERPRISE NEWS
---- Microsoft Announces Enhanced Privacy Protections for Customers:
---- A Democratization Process Will Bring Wireless E-Mail to the Masses, Says Gartner:
---- Gartner says: 'Windows 7' Is Three Years Away, So Keep Working Toward Vista:
---- Microsoft Makes Life Easier for School IT Administrators including free download of Print Manager Plus trial to control student printing:
---- Print Manager Plus Academic Site License Helps Schools Recoup Budget Monies expended on wasted toner and paper:
---- PC Shipments in Western Europe Grew 9 Percent in the Second Quarter of 2007:
NEW & IMPROVED
---- Eupdate 6.0.0.123 for Print Manager Plus has been released:
---- Print Manager Plus Works on Windows Server 2008 (Longhorn):
TOTAL PRINT MANAGEMENT
---- SURVEY - What percentage of paper printed in your organization is wasted each month?
---- Can't Print? - Microsoft's new printing solution center:
---- When to Use a Print Server?
---- A Full Range of Total Print Management Applications:
TIPS, TRICKS, AND FAQS
---- Full Online Technical FAQs on Software Shelf Products:
---- How can I specify only users that are enabled in an LDAP query?
---- How can I generate a list of all the SMTP mail addresses a user has?
---- How can I modify the display name of mail-enabled groups that appear in the Global Address List (GAL)?
SPECIAL OFFERS
---- Print Manager Plus Offered to School Districts by Site License:
---- Buy Print Manager Plus® and Get Print Console FREE!
---- Print Manager Plus Available in Microsoft Learning Network Manager for Schools Worldwide:
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---- Microsoft Announces Enhanced Privacy Protections for Customers:
Expanding on its ongoing work to help protect customer privacy, Microsoft Corp. announced an enhanced set of privacy principles for Live Search and online advertising data collection, use and protection. The principles outline new, enhanced steps to help protect the privacy of Microsoft® Windows Live™ users, including making search query data anonymous after 18 months by permanently removing cookie IDs, the entire IP address and other identifiers from search terms. Microsoft will also work to give customers more control over what information it uses to personalize their online search experience. In connection with its efforts to support a common industry approach to privacy issues, Microsoft also announced that it will join the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) later this year when it begins to offer third-party ad serving broadly.
“We have been thinking deeply about privacy related to search and online advertising and believe it is critical to evolve our privacy principles,” said Peter Cullen, chief privacy strategist at Microsoft. “We believe our enhanced principles should be part of the industry dialogue on this issue and that keeping these issues as simple as possible for consumers is the best approach. For instance, on search data, anonymous should mean anonymous.”
Building Upon and Evolving Long-Term Privacy Practices and Efforts
For several years, Microsoft has adhered to globally recognized privacy practices of notice, choice, access, security, enforcement, onward transfer and data integrity. Today, customers and people in the privacy community have an increasing interest in the privacy implications of online advertising, behavioral targeting and the personalization of online services. The company is updating its current privacy policies to take these considerations into account.
As part of its Trustworthy Computing efforts, Microsoft has maintained a strong commitment to helping protect the security and privacy of its customers. The enhanced privacy principles build upon the company’s work over the last several years to advocate for comprehensive federal privacy legislation in the United States and more consistent public policy worldwide to help protect consumers, provide customers with guidance and technology to help provide for a safer online experience, and build privacy into the company’s software development process. Last October, based on interest from customers, partners, educators, advocates and regulators, Microsoft publicly released its Privacy Guidelines for Developing Software Products and Services. The public guidelines draw from the company’s experience incorporating privacy into the development process and reflect customer expectations and global privacy laws.
“We are entering a new age of innovative, competitive solutions to online privacy issues,” said Ari Schwartz, deputy director of the Center for Democracy and Technology. “By playing an active role in developing such approaches, and embracing a call for comprehensive federal privacy legislation, Microsoft is helping to lead the way.”
---- A Democratization Process Will Bring Wireless E-Mail to the Masses, Says Gartner:
350 Million Business and Consumer Users Will Have Wireless E-Mail Access by 2010
Once the preserve of the business elite, wireless e-mail is undergoing a democratization process that will bring it to the masses, according to Gartner. Not only is wireless e-mail spreading ever-wider across the enterprise but consumers will increasingly access their email on mobile devices. There are currently fewer than 20 million business users of wireless e-mail worldwide, representing just two percent of all e-mail accounts. Analysts predict that the progressive availability of products and services will allow 350 million business and consumer users access to wireless e-mail by 2010, meaning that 20 percent of all e-mail accounts will be wireless enabled. Gartner expects wireless email to reach commodity status by 2012.
As consumer technologies continue to infiltrate the enterprise, as a result of IT consumerisation, a growing number of employees will have the ability to access corporate email and other applications from personal devices. Meanwhile, a reverse-consumerisation trend is creating a new demand for mobile email outside the enterprise boundaries, from prosumers (professional consumers) and consumers. Traditional business e-mail centric devices are transforming into personal devices that span both professional and consumer life.
“Over the next three years wireless e-mail will become increasingly popular with both businesses and consumers,” said Monica Basso, research vice president at Gartner. Ms Basso said that growth in the consumer market will be fuelled by the increasing availability of wireless e-mail support both in devices and from service providers as well as by improved usability. Corporate use will also rise as enterprises come under increased pressure to provide real-time communications for their expanding mobile workforce. “By 2012, wireless e-mail products will be fully interoperable, commoditized and have standard features. They will be shipping in larger volumes at greatly reduced prices.”
A longer term trend that will accompany wireless e-mail adoption is convergence. According to Ms Basso, many users are frustrated with the volume of communications tools they have to deal with and these technologies will eventually converge into a single, technology-transparent and presence enabled messaging style. “Convergence will happen on the client side, hiding technology complexity from users and allowing them to focus on messaging content. By 2017, wireless e-mail will be fully integrated with other messaging tools into personal, converged communications. Companies like Microsoft, IBM, Nokia and RIM are already taking some steps in this direction,” she said.
Whilst Gartner sees consumerisation of IT as the key trend influencing the rise in popularity of wireless e-mail both inside and outside of the enterprise, there are a number of other trends and drivers influencing the phenomenon:
* Changing market dynamics – Simpler, easier to use and less-expensive wireless email bundles are increasingly available to the consumer and careful planning can also result in cost-effective enterprise deployments.
* Technology enhancements – A wide array of new e-mail-centric mobile devices, mobile service support for Exchange 2007 and the growing range of white label platforms available for mobile operators and service providers are all driving the adoption of wireless-e-mail.
* Evolving needs of user organizations, business users and consumers – Balancing security and the manageability risk of wireless e-mail against the rewards mobile workers afford enterprises is a key challenge.
* Emerging and expanding service requirements - Different workers have different profiles and different technological needs. There is no one-size fits all solution and increasingly a combination of different wireless e-mail products is required.
* The rise of the Digital Native – New-generation IT users will prefer web-based e-mail services to traditional corporate systems and will prefer to access e-mail on their personal multimedia ‘buddy’ rather than an e-mail centric business devices
Gartner predicts that the increasing convergence of corporate and consumer technologies is leaving many user organizations exposed to increased security risks.
“Today wireless e-mail is spreading across the enterprise and if not supported by the IT organization, individuals will find their own ways to access work e-mail on personal devices with significant security implications,” said Ms Basso. She advised organizations to accept the consumerisation and commoditisation of mobility products and evaluate the impact of wireless e-mail on the IT organization, investments and deployments when planning a wireless e-mail strategy. Ms Basso also underlined the importance of evaluating employee preferences and expectations in terms of devices, applications and services when planning for wireless e-mail deployments and advised organizations to provide a range of corporate options, as well as selective support to personal devices or services.
---- Gartner says: 'Windows 7' Is Three Years Away, So Keep Working Toward Vista:
A great analysis from Gartner states that Microsoft is not sharing much information about Windows 7, except to say that it's about three years away. Enterprises should resist the temptation to await its debut and instead focus on moving forward with Vista.
On 20 July 2007, CNET News, citing unnamed sources, reported that Microsoft held a recent sales meeting at which it indicated that the next version of the Microsoft Windows operating system (OS), "Windows 7," is about three years away. When asked to confirm this, Microsoft stated to Gartner that it "is scoping Windows 7 development to a three-year time frame, and then the specific release date will ultimately be determined by meeting the quality bar."
In its disclosure, Microsoft offered little information — just a rough estimate of the expected timeline, an indication that there would be both 32- and 64-bit versions, and the assurance that Windows 7 will be a full release. This dearth of information indicates two things:
* At this time, Microsoft either does not really know what Windows 7 will comprise or does not want to commit publicly to what it will comprise. This makes sense, given that product delivery is three years away.
* Windows 7 will be a date-driven release that will ship about three years after Windows Vista.
Enterprises should not use this announcement as a reason to forgo a Windows Vista deployment. Instead, they should continue with plans for Vista. Many enterprises will start bringing in Vista between 4Q07 and 2Q08. Those trying to bring it in through attrition over a three-to-four-year period as they buy new PCs should know that the latest they can begin to bring Vista in on new PCs will be early 2009.
Enterprises should also realize that they will be able to include Vista Service Pack 1, due in late 2007 or early 2008, in most mainstream deployments. And, they should remember that if they target Windows 7 as their next OS instead of Vista, they will likely be waiting until mid-2011 — 12 to 18 months after Windows 7 ships — before they will be able to begin replacing Windows XP. This would be around the time independent software vendors (ISVs) will likely drop support for Windows XP on new applications and it would leave less than three years before support for Windows XP ends.
Gartner goes on to say that Microsoft’s track record for delivery-to-schedule is poor. If the release date slips, enterprises will find it difficult to fully eliminate Windows XP before ISV and Microsoft support ends. There are multiple major architectural changes expected in future versions of Windows, and Microsoft will eventually need to be specific about these.
---- Microsoft Makes Life Easier for School IT Administrators including free download of Print Manager Plus trial to control student printing:
Microsoft Learning Network Manager (LNM) offers a standard way of setting up and configuring computer labs, while reducing support and training requirements. It provides a controllable infrastructure that can be customised to meet the needs of individual institutions, ensuring that they can build on existing investments.
Implemented as a layer on top of Microsoft Windows Server™2003, Learning Network Manager makes it easy to create and manage end users, computer groups, new PCs, and Internet access. Once installed, it automates many common tasks including software upgrades and enhances security, stability, and privacy of information.
Learning Network Manager prolongs system life and makes it easier to recycle old machines for reuse in modern, efficient networks. Learning Network Manager also supports the teaching process by supporting e-learning across most network topologies. And because only basic IT skills are required, busy IT teams or even teachers can set up a network with only a few keystrokes.
When creating desktop profiles to deploy, we have removed native support for a specific OS so you can pick the Windows OS you wish to use. Now, you can choose and install the version to which you have appropriate licenses, be it XP, Vista, Windows98 or other.
LNM comes with a download link for Print Manager Plus free full functional trial version. This is the only third party software within LNM and is included to help schools increase their budget savings by solving the situation where student printing has gone out of control. Print Manager Plus requires no extra training and installs within minutes across an entire school environment with immediate cost savings as a result. Download PMP from http://www.softwareshelf.com
---- Print Manager Plus Academic Site License Helps Schools Recoup Budget Monies expended on wasted toner and paper:
Leading print management software company, Software Shelf, ( http://www.softwareshelf.com ) announced today that it has made available its flagship print management tool, Print Manager Plus®, on an Unlimited Site License basis. This is very good news for large organizations within the education sector such as School Districts, Local Education Authorities or an entire University Campus.
Up to now, this product has been available on a Site License basis which already represented a substantial cost saving within one school or faculty. Now, Software Shelf has extended this price break to include all schools or faculties within the group, dramatically reducing the price per unit license and allowing each educational establishment to take advantage of the software and so reduce their printing costs by around £1,000 ($2,000) per month per school or department.
Mr. Daniel Byrnes, Vice President Software Shelf states, “When network printing is not properly managed within any organization, it can literally hemorrhage cash due to the vast amounts of wasted paper and toner. The impact on the environment of so much wasted paper and electricity is also significant. Industry studies* show an ‘average' school of about 1,100 students saves approximately $2,000 a month by using Print Manager Plus.”
Print Manager Plus, which is proven in the industry having been on the market for over ten years, is a native extension of Microsoft Windows with Seamless Active Directory Integration providing a complete print management and accounting solution at a fraction of the cost of every other similar product available today.
“Not only is it the lowest in price of every similar solution on the market, it is of the highest technical quality. Print Manager Plus is standardized to and `native' to the Windows Operating System. It’s the only print management and accounting software in the market voted as the Microsoft Solution of the Month for the Public Sector. It has been the Microsoft Solution of the Month for 17 months in a row – it is easy to use, requires no training for an average school IT administrator and it can be installed and deployed in a few minutes reducing paper and toner consumption by half or more from the moment it is deployed and from there on out,” said Byrnes.
Whether used across a School District or University Campus, Print Manager Plus covers all Print Management and Accounting needs. It allows one to track, quota, bill or restrict student printing and printer usage. It provides easy control over all printing resources, namely printers, paper, and toner. No more wasted budget resulting from uncontrolled and irresponsible printing.
Kevin Bowker of The King’s Academy, Middlesbrough says, “Before we implemented Print Manager Plus our annual printing costs were in the region of £24,000. Obviously this was coming out of our general IT budget which meant we could not afford our upgrades for both hardware and software. By implementing print quotas as well as recharging departments we have managed to cut our costs to just over £12,000 which is acceptable in an organization of this size. We have also stopped the abuse of our printers by monitoring everything the students print. For example, we had a student who thought it would be funny to send over 700 copies of a picture to one of our printers. Neither he nor his parents thought it was funny when they received the bill!”
Software Shelf was established in 1996 in Silicon Valley by William Feeley. Tech support and sales are now provided in 13 European languages directly from offices located in the US and UK and support and sales are also offered through 153 resellers, partners and distributors in 62 countries.
Print Manager Plus is used by thousands of companies, schools and government offices worldwide, including: Yale University, Los Angeles Unified School District, Harvard University, Oxford University, Morgan Stanley, British Library, University of California, Bank of England, NATO, CNN, Commerzbank, European Transaction Bank, National Bank of Kuwait, Hyatt Hotels and Microsoft.
---- PC Shipments in Western Europe Grew 9 Percent in the Second Quarter of 2007:
PC shipments in Western Europe totaled 11.2 million units in the second quarter of 2007, an increase of 9.3 percent compared with the same period in 2006.
PC shipments in Western Europe totaled 11.2 million units in the second quarter of 2007, an increase of 9.3 percent compared with the same period in 2006. The demand for mobile PCs remained the major driver of sales of PCs, and this trend confirms the changing status of the consumer mobile PC from a “nice-to-have” device to a “must-have device”.
UK: Subsidized PCs Will Drive Growth
PC shipments in the UK totaled 2.1 million units in the second quarter of 2007, an increase of eight percent compared with the same period in 2006. The growth continued to be driven by mobile PCs and consumer-PC purchases.
Dell showed a decline of seven per cent year-on-year, while the other four leading vendors grew above the market average. Acer exhibited the strongest year-on-year growth thanks to the expansion of its channel distribution in retail and its partnership with Dixons.
“The leading vendors undertook an aggressive price war, marketing some mobile PCs at the value of £299,” said Ranjit Atwal, principal analyst for Gartner, based in the UK.
Opportunity to increase PC sales in the UK exists. “Attractive broadband deals and the declining price of PCs are increasing the number of households that own a PC in the UK,” Mr Atwal added.
“In addition, the recent announcements on new subsidized PC selling strategies, which included the cost of notebook PCs being subsidized by broadband providers, Dixons’ association with various PC vendors and Orange or Carphonewarehouse’s partnership with Dell and AOL, will further boost PC penetration in the UK market,” Mr Atwal concluded.
France: Acer Reduced the Gap with Hewlett-Packard
PC shipments in France totaled 1.85 million units in the second quarter of 2007, an increase of 7.7 percent compared with the same period in 2006. The consumer market grew 19 percent and, similar to other markets in Western Europe, strong mobile-PC demand is still driving growth in this segment.
"Sales of mobile PCs in the consumer market reached almost 60 percent and high demand will continue in particular during the school and Christmas seasons,” said Isabelle Durand, principal analyst for Gartner, based in France.
The PC market in France saw increased competition between Hewlett-Packard and Acer with only 18,000 units separating both vendors. In addition, this quarter saw some changes among the top-five-ranking vendors, with NEC conceding the No.4 position to Lenovo. Lenovo had its best performance since the acquisition of the IBM PC business. The company recorded a double-digit year-on-year growth.
Acer retained its No.1 position in the mobile PC segment, which grew 28 percent in the second quarter of 2007. Hewlett-Packard maintained its No.1 position performing particularly well in the consumer mobile segment. Overall, new branding campaign, increased focus on product design and partnership with retailers will help the company maintain its leadership in France. Dell recorded the weakest performance among the top-five vendors. Low demand for desktop PCs from the large accounts continued to impact Dell results.
“In the third quarter of 2007, the French PC market will exhibit double-digit growth, helped by back-to-school promotions and the introduction of a new range of consumer PCs from the leading vendors,” Ms Durand concluded.
Germany: On the Road to Recovery
PC Shipments in Germany totaled two million units in the second quarter of 2007, an increase of 5.7 percent compared to the same period in 2006. The consumer market saw an increase of 4.8 percent while the professional segment grew 6.3 percent.
Shipments of mobiles PCs were up 15.5 percent from the second quarter of 2006, while desktop PCs market declined 2.7 percent year-on-year. Fujitsu Siemens was the only vendor that recorded a decline.
“Whilst the level of growth in the German market is still lower than in the UK and France, the market is much healthier compared to the same period last year,” said Mr Atwal.
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---- Eupdate 6.0.0.123 for Print Manager Plus has been released:
Print Manager Plus 6.0.0.123
New Features:
Counting Engine Addition:
New Features:
Print Manager Plus - Report Updates:
* Updated Total Print Bandwidth by Month and Day Fixed issues with the Day and Month Sorting
Print Manager Plus - Job Counting Engine Updates:
* Xerox TIFF6/GDI Language Support
Print Manager Plus will now properly detect the pages, page size, color, duplex, N-Up and number of copies for Xerox Plotters using this language.
Print Manager Plus - Service Updates:
* Improved Stability
Updated the services ability to identify tracking issues and automatically correct them. This helps ensure Print Manager Plus is always tracking jobs while the service is started.
* Updated Black and White Printer Detection Made further advancements in the ability to detect Black and White printers and properly track all jobs sent to these printers as Black and White, even if they contain color commands.
How to use and troubleshoot the eUpdate System for Print Manager Plus.
http://www.softwareshelf.com/files/supportFAQView.asp?ID=2581
For a list of all Print Manager Plus updates please visit:
http://www.softwareshelf.com/files/supportFAQView.asp?ID=2509
---- Print Manager Plus Works on Windows Server 2008 (Longhorn):
Software Shelf ( http://www.softwareshelf.com) developers of the world’s leading print monitoring and print accounting software, today announced that its flagship product, Print Manager Plus, (http://www.printmanagerplus.com ) is now fully compatible with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (formerly Longhorn Server).
Software Shelf, a Microsoft Certified Partner, has been a designated beta tester for Microsoft for many years, ensuring that its print management software remains ‘state of the art’ software technology for use on Microsoft operating systems. Print Manager Plus operates as a seamless extension of the Windows operating system
“With the upcoming release of Windows Server 2008 later this year, the server infrastructure changes that organizations have to encounter will now be seamless with respect to their use of Print Manager Plus,” affirms Software Shelf vice-president Danny Byrnes.
With this announcement, Software Shelf can now confirm that Print Manager Plus runs on all main versions of Windows i.e. Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and now Windows Server 2008 (code named Longhorn Server until recently). The technical support that Software Shelf provides in 13 languages from its offices in the US and UK and from its 153 partners and resellers in 62 countries will include support for the Windows Server 2008 platform as soon as it is officially released.
Print Manager Plus requires no training for anyone familiar with Windows, it is affordable to nearly any organization being licensed at a fraction of the price of other similar software while yet being of the highest technical quality. Microsoft made it their “Solution of the Month” for the public sector for 18 months in a row. Hewlett-Packard recently awarded Software Shelf its Outstanding Partner of the Year Award due in part to the quality and functionality of its flagship product, Print Manager Plus.
A fully functional free evaluation of Print Manager Plus can be downloaded here: http://www.softwareshelf.com/files/downloads.asp?ID=23
If in Europe, Middle East or Africa, go to:
http://www.softwareshelf.co.uk
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---- SURVEY - What percentage of paper printed in your organization is wasted each month?
Take our Print Management survey, Click Here to cast your vote:
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* 20 - 40%
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How many Print Queues does your Print Server host?
---- Can't Print? - Microsoft's new printing solution center:
Use Microsoft's new printing solution center to solve common printing problems.
This site includes a wealth of information - from basic printer set-up and driver installation to solutions for specific error messages, establishing networks, and detailed how-to articles for Microsoft programs and operating systems.
http://www.microsoft.com/printserver
---- When to Use a Print Server?
Consult this brief and informative white paper to learn about the advantages of using a print server instead of direct printing with Microsoft Windows operating systems.
Download the document here: http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/6/a/66ab0a8f-8418-47bc-9c4f-b2c341ac3691/When to Use a Print Server.doc
---- A Full Range of Print Applications
Software Shelf is a world leader in enterprise print utility software.
Print Console 3.0
Print Console is a remote network printing console for NT/2000/XP. This console allows an administrator to remotely see all printers in a domain(s) from his or her workstation. Manipulate Print Jobs and Printers as if you were at that server.
http://www.softwareshelf.com/files/products.asp?type=cat&ID=22
Print Manager Plus 6.0
Print Manager Plus allows centralized quota, tracking and auditing of all printing activity. The product includes version for Academic, Corporate, and Professional Services companies.
http://www.softwareshelf.com/HTML/products/pmp_productsSplitter.asp
Print Queue Manager 3.0
Print Queue Manager allows full printing management for a Windows NT/2000/2003 network. Features include Print Redirection, Printing Disaster Recovery, Load Balancing, Printer Status, Printer Grouping and Print Broadcasting.
http://www.softwareshelf.com/files/products.asp?type=cat&ID=24
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---- Full Online Technical FAQs on Software Shelf Products:
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We provide customers with support via electronic and automated services. Ninety day free telephone support is available on selected products.
Many products also contain "Live Update" that gives instant access to on-line updates, enhancements, support tips and other useful information.
Check out our online support FAQs here:
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---- How can I specify only users that are enabled in an LDAP query?
There are numerous filters you can apply when you perform an LDAP query. To check a user’s enabled status, you must check the user account flags. To check for a disabled user, you can use
useraccountcontrol:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=2
To check for a non-disabled user, you can add not (!) to the start of the query. For example,
!(useraccountcontrol:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=2)
When used as part of a query, this will result in a listing of only enabled users.
---- How can I generate a list of all the SMTP mail addresses a user has?
The following script generates a list of all the SMTP addresses for enabled users. (You need to modify the strRootDomain variable.)
'
Option Explicit
Dim objCommand, objConnection, objChild, objUserConnection, strBase, strFilter, strAttributes, strsn, strgivenname,strinitials
Dim objShell, lngBiasKey, k, PasswordExpiry, strRootDomain, email
Dim strQuery, objRecordset, strName, strCN
********************* CHANGE THESE VALUES TO ROOT OF WHERE USERS WILL BE SEARCHED ***********************************
strRootDomain="ou=users,dc=savilltech,dc=net"
'
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Set objCommand = CreateObject("ADODB.Command")
Set objConnection = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
objConnection.Provider = "ADsDSOObject"
objConnection.Open "Active Directory Provider"
objCommand.ActiveConnection = objConnection
strBase = " strFilter = "(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(proxyaddresses=*)(!(useraccountcontrol:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=2)))"
strAttributes = "sAMAccountName,cn,distinguishedName,displayname"
strQuery = strBase & ";" & strFilter & ";" & strAttributes & ";subtree"
objCommand.CommandText = strQuery
objCommand.Properties("Page Size") = 100
objCommand.Properties("Timeout") = 30
objCommand.Properties("Cache Results") = False
Set objRecordSet = objCommand.Execute
WScript.echo "Running at " & Date()
Do Until objRecordSet.EOF
strName = objRecordSet.Fields("sAMAccountName").Value
Wscript.Echo "Display Name: " & objRecordSet.Fields("displayname").Value
Set objUserConnection = GetObject("LDAP://" & objRecordSet.Fields
("distinguishedName").Value)
For each email in objUserConnection.proxyAddresses
If Left (email,5) = "SMTP:" Then
WScript.Echo "Primary e-mail address: " & Mid (email,6)
ElseIf Left (email,5) = "smtp:" Then
WScript.Echo "Seconary e-mail address: " & Mid (email,6) End If
Next
objRecordSet.MoveNext
Loop
objConnection.Close
You can change the output format as necessary. Run Cscript listsmtp.vbs.
---- How can I modify the display name of mail-enabled groups that appear in the Global Address List (GAL)?
The following script adds a prefix to the existing distribution list (DL) name. (You need to modify the strRootDomain variable.)
Option Explicit
Dim objCommand, objConnection, objChild, objUserConnection, strBase, strFilter, strAttributes
Dim objShell, strRootDomain, strQuery, objRecordset, strName
' ********************* CHANGE THESE VALUES TO THE ROOT OF WHERE USERS WILL BE SEARCHED ***********************************
strRootDomain="ou=savilltech,dc=savilltech,dc=net"
'
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Set objCommand = CreateObject("ADODB.Command")
Set objConnection = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
objConnection.Provider = "ADsDSOObject"
objConnection.Open "Active Directory Provider"
objCommand.ActiveConnection = objConnection
strBase = " strFilter = "(&(objectcategory=group)(mail=*))"
strAttributes = "distinguishedName,displayName"
strQuery = strBase & ";" & strFilter & ";" & strAttributes & ";subtree"
objCommand.CommandText = strQuery
objCommand.Properties("Page Size") = 100
objCommand.Properties("Timeout") = 30
objCommand.Properties("Cache Results") = False
Set objRecordSet = objCommand.Execute
' WScript.echo "Running at " & Date()
Do Until objRecordSet.EOF
strName = objRecordSet.Fields("displayName").Value
Set objUserConnection = GetObject("LDAP://" & objRecordSet.Fields("distinguishedName").Value)
objuserConnection.displayName = "GEN-" & strName
Wscript.Echo "GEN-" & strName
objuserConnection.SetInfo
objRecordSet.MoveNext
Loop
objConnection.Close
The following shows the execution:
cscript updatelist.vbs
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---- Print Manager Plus Offered to School Districts by Site License:
Software Shelf is proud to offer for the first time an Unlimited Site License for Print Manager Plus 6.0 Standard Academic. This unlimited Academic Site License covers one organization, and one or more domains within the same Active Directory Forrest.
Whether you are a School District or University Campus Print Manager Plus will cover your Print Management needs. Print Manager Plus allows you to track, quota, and restrict student printing and printer usage for a complete print management solution. This print management system gives you control over all of your printing resources, namely printers, paper, and toner. No more wasted budget resulting from uncontrolled and irresponsible printing. You'll be amazed how much you can save by just tracking this outflow.
Features Include:
* User Quotas
* Seven User, Group, or Printer Restrictions.
* Complete user notification via built in free End User Inquiry Tool.
* Licensed per Print Server/Workgroup or Unlimited Site License.
* Supports unlimited users on the Active Directory/LDAP or Workgroup setup.
* Supports unlimited printers on the print server.
* Over 100 built in Reports.
* Easy Install, No Change to Windows, No Hardware Required!
* Maintenance is included with all products, and covers Upgrades/Updates and Phone Support for One Year from the date of purchase.
Review! - How Much is Out-of-Control Printing Costing Your School?
http://www.softwareshelf.com/HTML/products/prod_materials/23/PMP_Academic_Story.pdf
(Probably double what it should in extra paper, toner, ink, and printer maintenance costs. School administrators are saving thousands annually, freeing up staff, and earning ROI in just months with next generation, printer control software.)
Download a fully functional evaluation now from http://www.softwareshelf.com
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Print Console allows centralized control of all printing activity on an enterprise of Windows NT/2000/2003 servers and Windows NT/2000/XP workstations. Print Console allows manipulation of any print jobs spooling on a windows print server.
Print Console eliminates the need for administrators to walk to a remote server to administer their printers or solve common printer problems. You can see most common problems right on your screen such as "toner low", or "out of paper" errors.
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Print Manager Plus is the only third party tool featured within Microsoft Learning Network Manager as a download available now to very school and university on the planet that is using Windows 2003.
LNM is a free tool for schools and universities to help them save money and time in managing their IT network. Print Manager Plus access within LNM is provided to help schools save even more money for their budgets.
LNM offers a standard way of setting up and configuring computer labs, while reducing support and training requirements. It provides a controllable infrastructure that can be customized to meet the needs of individual institutions, ensuring that they can build on existing investments. Implemented as a layer on top of Microsoft Windows Server™2003.
Learning Network Manager makes it easy to create and manage end users, computer groups, new PCs, and Internet access. Once installed, it automates many common tasks including software upgrades and enhances security, stability, and privacy of information. Learning Network Manager prolongs system life and makes it easier to recycle old machines for reuse in modern, efficient networks. Learning Network Manager also supports the teaching process by supporting e-learning across most network topologies. And because only basic IT skills are required, busy IT teams or even teachers can set up a network with only a few keystrokes.
This new LNM Version 1.4 includes support for dynamically creating desktop OS profiles (Windows Vista, WinFLP, and XP as examples) at anytime. LNM Version 1.4 is available to download at http://www.codeplex.com/LNM Placing LNM on CodePlex affirms Microsoft commitment to shared source and promoting community based software development.
Print Manager Plus free trial version can be downloaded from http://www.softwareshelf.com
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