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Posts tagged server 2003
Tech Tool Must – GETTSCIP
Apr 17th
I love command line tools! Don’t ask why, maybe I enjoy being “old school.” Either way. We use Terminal Services and Citrix here. Sometimes users login from a computer and sometime from a Winterm or dumb terminal. I use Microsoft Terminal Services Manager to help users remotely and often it’s really nice to know the client’s ip address.
Well Thanks so much to the peeps over at Ctrl-Alt-Del It Consultancy for their great set of Terminal Services command line tools. The tool that is perfect for this job is called GETSCIP. Take this file and put in in the %system root%\Windows\System32\ folder on your Server and then from any client session open up the command prompt and type GETSCIP. There, in glorious CLI fassion, will be the current sessions client ip address!
Enjoy & here is a direct link to download: GETTSCIP zip download
“beep”ing Terminal Service!
Mar 1st
Silly issue… actually. It won’t be a problem that keeps you from working, though if your not used to hearing it it might drive you mad! After our recent upgrade to Windows 2003 (for Terminal Services) and Citrix Presentation Server 4, users kept complaining about a “beep” that would happen all the time. For example, if you were going to close a Microsoft Word document without saving it you would hear a “beep” sound when the message box pops up.
It’s a fairly easy fix and you can deploy it a number of ways. Modify the following key on the Terminal Services server using regedit:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound]
“Beep”=”no”
“ExtendSounds”=”no”
Now since this is a registry setting for the current user you will have to have it applied to all users who use this system. Now I did this by making a simple reg file and referencing it in a bat file that I put in the “All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup.” Users will have to log on & off …then back on… to notice the change but still…no beeping.
Also to make this effective for new users either just keep the bat file there forever or change the same keys in this location:
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Sound]
Hope this helps someone.
