Synology DS Photo+ DLNA Mirroring Reverse Engineering Part 1

Jul 4,2015 / By Michael Miklis / 1 Comment

I’m using my Synology DS214play NAS for storing all my family pictures and videos on it. Therefore, I’m using the Synology Photo Station application on the NAS. It is a great app for organizing all my photos and videos – especially the wide platform support including apps for iOS, Android, Windows, Mac OS X and also a browser based web client is something I really love.
Being an IT guy, I found some major problems regarding Synology Photo Station that I’m willing to investigate and maybe fix them. First issue in this blog series:

Mirror a photo that is displayed in DS Photo+ app to my Samsung TV

Mac OS X Office 365

Microsoft Outlook for Mac 15.x activation error -805240834

Jul 1,2015 / By Michael Miklis / No Comment

I just installed an EFI update on my Apple Mac and figured out, that Outlook for Mac 15 wasn’t activated anymore. I simply tried to reactivate Outlook so I started the activation wizard, entered my email address and password… but there was an error:

After a little search via google I found the solution – you have to run these commands in the Terminal application:

killall "Office365ServiceV2"
sudo killall "Office365ServiceV2”"
cd ~/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office
ls -a | perl -n -e 'print if m/^[e|c]w/' | xargs rm

PowerShell Windows

PowerShell Best Practices: Set-StrictMode

Jun 25,2015 / By Michael Miklis / No Comment

During some research for PowerShell best practices I came across the following blog post on the Hey Scripting Guy Blog from Microsoft:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2014/12/03/enforce-better-script-practices-by-using-set-strictmode.aspx

By using the Set-StrictMode cmdlet, we can enforce some common “best practice” coding techniques that you can use with your scripts. In yesterday’s post, I used the –Strict parameter with Set-PSDebug. This enforces the variable declaration in a script. But with Set-StrictMode, we get that plus a little more. The scope is limited to the current scope and child scopes. By default, Set-StrictMode is turned off to prevent error messages while you are writing the script.

From now on, all my PowerShell scripts will start with “Set-StrictMode -Version latest” and “Set-PSDebug -Strict”:

Set-PSDebug -Strict
Set-StrictMode -Version latest

PowerShell Windows XenDesktop

Get running processes including CPU and memory usage

Jun 18,2015 / By Michael Miklis / 1 Comment

One of my customers needed a PowerShell script to get all running processes with their corresponding CPU load. This was script should be triggered by their monitoring system if the system total CPU usage exceeds a configured threshold.

They’re running a mid-sized Citrix XenDesktop farm with Server-OS (formerly known as XenApp a.k.a. terminal services) and sometimes applications are using a high CPU amount.

This is the small script I wrote for them:

#####################################################################
##
## (C) 2015 Michael Miklis (michaelmiklis.de)
##
##
## Filename:      Get-Tasks.ps1
##
## Version:       1.0
##
## Release:       Final
##
## Requirements:  -none-
##
## Description:   PowerShell Tasklist with CPU usage and memory
##                usage
##
## This script is provided 'AS-IS'.  The author does not provide
## any guarantee or warranty, stated or implied.  Use at your own
## risk. You are free to reproduce, copy & modify the code, but
## please give the author credit.
##
####################################################################

<#
.SYNOPSIS
Lists all running task including cpu and memory usage

.DESCRIPTION
The Get-Tasks function uses Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to retrieve process Name, ProcessId, SessionId,
VirtualSizeMB, Handles, Owner, PercentProcessorTime and ThreadCount

.PARAMETER computerName
Computername or IP Adress of the computer to query

.PARAMETER credential
Credentials to query computer as System.Management.Automation.PSCredential

.EXAMPLE
Get-Tasks
Get-Tasks -computerName "server.domain.com" -credential $credential

.NOTES
You need to run this CMDlet with elevated permissions
#>

function Get-Tasks {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param (
        [parameter(Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
        [string]$computername,

        [parameter(Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
        [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]$credential      
    )

    PROCESS {
        $colProcs = Get-wmiobject win32_process -computername $computername  -Credential $credential | select *,@{Name=”Owner”;Expression={($_.GetOwner()).User}}
        $colPerfs = Get-wmiobject win32_perfformatteddata_perfproc_process -computername $computername  -Credential $credential 
        $colTasklist = @()

        foreach ($proc in $colProcs) {
            $process = New-Object System.Object

            $perf = $colPerfs | Where-Object { $_.IDProcess -eq $proc.ProcessId }

            $process | Add-Member -type NoteProperty -name "Name" -value $proc.Name       
            $process | Add-Member -type NoteProperty -name "ProcessId" -value $proc.ProcessId
            $process | Add-Member -type NoteProperty -name "SessionId" -value $proc.SessionId
            $process | Add-Member -type NoteProperty -name "VirtualSizeMB" -value ([math]::Round(($proc.VirtualSize / 1024 /1024), 2))
            $process | Add-Member -type NoteProperty -name "Handles" -value $proc.Handles
            $process | Add-Member -type NoteProperty -name "Owner" -value $proc.Owner
            $process | Add-Member -type NoteProperty -name "PercentProcessorTime" -value $perf.PercentProcessorTime
            $process | Add-Member -type NoteProperty -name "ThreadCount" -value $perf.ThreadCount

            $colTasklist += $process
        }

        $colTasklist | Sort-Object PercentProcessorTime -Desc

        return $colTasklist
    }
}

Programming System Center

SCCM 2012 Extension: Remove a Computer from all Collections

Jun 6,2013 / By Michael Miklis / 3 Comments

Recently one of our customers wanted to have an extension for his Microsoft System Center Configuration Management 2012 Console to be able to remove a computer from all collections to which it was assigned to.

This was truly my first scripting and programming job regarding SSCM 2012. I did a little research on google and figured out how to do this. And this is how it looks like:

There are two main components:

A script or application which will do the work
A XML file which actually adds the script or application to the context menu

The XML file needs to be placed in the following folder:
[SCCM-Directory]AdminUIXmlStorageExtensionsActions7ba8bf44-2344-4035-bdb4-16630291dcf6

The script or application can be put anywhere you want – you’ll only need to modify the path within the XML file:

DOWNLOAD
Miklis-SCCM-Extensions.zip

Windows XenApp XenDesktop

SESSIONID.EXE – Query Terminalserver Session ID

Mar 27,2013 / By Michael Miklis / No Comment

DOWNLOAD
sessionid.exe

I was looking for a way to display the session-ID of my current terminal server session regardless of the protocol I’m using in a batch file. I tried numerous workarounds by parsing the output of qwinsta.exe or quser.exe – but both ways didn’t work in a reliable manner.

After some research, I figured out that the session ID is available as a property within the .NET Framework. Therefore, I decided to write a small executable that will output the session id.

Attached to this post you’ll find the SESSIONID.EXE – feel free to use it within your project.

Here are some code snippets how to use the sessionid.exe:

FOR /F "tokens=*" %%A IN ('sessionid.exe') DO SET SESSIONID=%%A
ECHO %SESSIONID%

Lotus Notes Programming Windows

LotusScript: Move all items without a view into Inbox Folder

Dec 26,2012 / By Michael Miklis / No Comment

After working some years with IBM Lotus Notes and moving lots of mails and other items between folders you’ll be surprised how may ‘invisible’ items are reseeding in your mailbox database.

To make this items visable I found a script some years ago somewhere on the internet. Unfortunatelly I don’t know the original programmer to contribute his work. You can just put the Script into the Notes Script Editor an execute.

Sub Click(Source As Button)
Dim s As New notessession
Dim db As notesdatabase
Dim fDoc As NotesDocument ' Document in folder
Dim ad As notesview ' All Documents view
Dim aDoc As notesdocument ' document in All Docs view
Dim fUNID() As String ' array of UNID's of docs in folders
Dim i As Integer ' UNID array index
Dim deldate As notesitem
Dim Chair1 As notesitem

i =0
Set db = s.CurrentDatabase

Redim fUNID(0)
' Build UNID array by looping through folders, then their documents
Forall view In db.views
If view.IsFolder And Not view.Name=("($All)") Then
Set fDoc = view.GetFirstDocument
While Not fDoc Is Nothing
Redim Preserve fUNID(i)
fUNID(i) = fDoc.UniversalID
i=i+1
Set fDoc = view.GetNextDocument(fDoc)
Wend
End If
End Forall
' Loop through docs in the All Documents view and compare UNIDs to each doc in the array
Set ad = db.GetView("($All)")
Set aDoc = ad.GetFirstDocument
While Not aDoc Is Nothing
i = 0
Do While i &lt;= Ubound(fUNID)
If fUNID(i) = aDoc.UniversalID Then
Exit Do
End If
i = i + 1
Loop
Set deldate = adoc.getfirstitem("delivereddate")
Set Chair1 = adoc.getfirstitem("CHAIR")
If i &gt; Ubound(fUNID) And Not deldate Is Nothing And Chair1 Is Nothing Then
Call adoc.PutInFolder( "($Inbox)")
End If
Set aDoc = ad.GetNextDocument(adoc)
Wend
End Sub

Programming Windows

VBScript: Change Word Document Template

Dec 26,2012 / By Michael Miklis / No Comment

During most of my Infrastructure and Migration projects, most customers have the same issue. After migrating the file data to a new server, old documents may try to access their original document template on which they are based on.
Unfortunately, the referenced path is not a mapped network drive or a relative path – it is a UNC Path containing the old server name.

Therefore, I wrote a little script that will process all Word Documents within a given path and replace the old Server and or Share name with the new ones. After that, the launch of these old documents will be much faster.
You need write permissions to all Word Documents which should be changed and of course you need to have Microsoft Word (I used Word 2010) installed:

' #####################################################################
' ##
' ## (C) 2012 Michael Miklis (michaelmiklis.de)
' ##
' ##
' ## Filename:      ChangeWordDocumentTemplate.vbs
' ##
' ## Version:	    1.0
' ##
' ## Release:	    Final
' ##
' ## Requirements:  -none-
' ##
' ## Description:   Changes the template in doc files
' ##
' ## This script is provided 'AS-IS'.  The author does not provide
' ## any guarantee or warranty, stated or implied.  Use at your own
' ## risk. You are free to reproduce, copy & modify the code, but
' ## please give the author credit.
' ##
' ####################################################################
Option Explicit

Dim strFilePath
Dim strPath
Dim intCounter
Dim strFileName
Dim OldServer
Dim NewServer
Dim objDoc
Dim objTemplate
Dim dlgTemplate
Dim objWord
Dim strFileArr
Dim objFs
Dim i

Const wdDialogToolsTemplates = 87

Set objFS = CreateObject("Scripting.Filesystemobject")

Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")
objWord.Visible = false

strFilePath = "C:Usersmichaeldesktop"
OldServer = "vv"
NewServer = "OLD-FILESERVERsharefolder1"

If Right(strFilePath, 1) = "" Then strFilePath = Left(strFilePath, Len(strFilePath) - 1)

strFileArr = Split(CreateFileList(objFS.GetFolder(strFilePath),true), vbCr)

For i=0 to UBound(strFileArr)
	If NOT strFileArr(i) = "" then
		strFileName = strFileArr(i)

		wscript.echo "--------------------------------------------------"
		wscript.echo "Processing File: " & strFilename

		Set objDoc = objWord.Documents.Open(strFileName)
		Set objTemplate = objDoc.AttachedTemplate
		Set dlgTemplate = objWord.Dialogs(wdDialogToolsTemplates)
		strPath = dlgTemplate.Template

		wscript.echo "Old Template Name: " & strPath

		'// Only process templates based on old server
		If LCase(Left(strPath, Len(OldServer))) = LCase(OldServer) Then
			wscript.echo "Template needs to be changed..."
			'objDoc.AttachedTemplate = NewServer & Mid(strPath, Len(OldServer) + 1)
			wscript.echo "New Template Name: " & NewServer & Mid(strPath, Len(OldServer) + 1)
		End If

		objDoc.Save
		objDoc.Close

		wscript.echo "--------------------------------------------------"
		wscript.echo ""
	End If
Next

Set objDoc = Nothing
Set objTemplate = Nothing
Set dlgTemplate = Nothing

'// Close Word
objWord.Quit (False)

'______________________FUNCTIONS & SUB ROUTINES_______________________

Function CreateFileList(objFolder, bRecursive)
	'//
<summary> '// Creates a List containing all Files
 '// </summary>
	'//Root-Folder for searching
	'//Search recursive
	Dim objFile, objSubFolder

        For each objFile in objFolder.Files
		If Right(lcase(objFile),4) = ".doc" OR Right(lcase(objFile),5) = ".docx" AND NOT Left(objFile.Name,1) = "~" then
	        	CreateFileList = CreateFileList & objFile.Path & vbCr
		End If
	Next

	If bRecursive = true then
		For each objSubFolder in objFolder.Subfolders
			CreateFileList = CreateFileList & CreateFileList(objSubFolder, true)
	        Next
	End If
End Function

Programming Windows

VBScript: List all installed applications

Dec 26,2012 / By Michael Miklis / No Comment

Just a simple inventory script. This script does NOT query the WMI Installed_Product table, which an be quite time and CPU consuming. Instead, my script queries the Uninstall-Registry key to generate the list of installed apps which makes it lot faster:

' #####################################################################
' ##
' ## (C) 2010 Michael Miklis (michaelmiklis.de)
' ##
' ## 
' ## Filename:      GetInstalledApplications.vbs
' ##
' ## Version:	    1.0
' ##
' ## Release:	    Final 
' ##
' ## Requirements:  -none-
' ## 
' ## Description:   List installed applications based on uninstall key
' ##
' ## This script is provided 'AS-IS'.  The author does not provide 
' ## any guarantee or warranty, stated or implied.  Use at your own 
' ## risk. You are free to reproduce, copy &amp; modify the code, but 
' ## please give the author credit. 
' ##
' ####################################################################
Option Explicit


wscript.echo GetInstalledApplications


'______________________FUNCTIONS &amp; SUB ROUTINES_______________________

Function GetInstalledApplications
	'// &lt;summary&gt; 
	'// List installed applications
	'// &lt;/summary&gt;
	'// &lt;param name=&quot;strComputername&quot;&gt;Computername&lt;/param&gt;
 
	Const HKLM = &amp;H80000002		'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

	Dim objREG			'Registry Object
	Dim strBaseKey			'Uninstall Key
	Dim intRet			'Return Code
	Dim arSubKeys			'Reg-Key Array
	Dim strKey			'Reg-Key Element
	Dim strValue			'Reg-Value

	Set objREG = GetObject(&quot;winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!./root/default:StdRegProv&quot;)
	strBaseKey = &quot;SOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstall&quot;

	intRet = objREG.EnumKey(HKLM, strBaseKey, arSubKeys)

	For Each strKey In arSubKeys
		intRet = objREG.GetStringValue(HKLM, strBaseKey &amp; strKey, &quot;DisplayName&quot;, strValue)

		If intRet &lt;&gt; 0 Then
			objREG.GetStringValue HKLM, strBaseKey &amp; strKey, &quot;QuietDisplayName&quot;, strValue
		End If

		If strValue &lt;&gt; &quot;&quot; Then
			GetInstalledApplications = GetInstalledApplications &amp; strValue &amp; vbCrLf
		End If
	Next
End Function

Programming Windows

VBScript: List all files in a directory recursively

Dec 26,2012 / By Michael Miklis / No Comment

This is definitely my most used VBScript function ever. Just specify a directory a you’ll receive a complete directory listing recursively.

' #####################################################################
' ##
' ## (C) 2005 Michael Miklis (michaelmiklis.de)
' ##
' ## 
' ## Filename:      ListFilesRecursive.vbs
' ##
' ## Version:	    1.0
' ##
' ## Release:	    Final 
' ##
' ## Requirements:  -none-
' ## 
' ## Description:   Creates a List of files and folders
' ##
' ## This script is provided 'AS-IS'.  The author does not provide 
' ## any guarantee or warranty, stated or implied.  Use at your own 
' ## risk. You are free to reproduce, copy & modify the code, but 
' ## please give the author credit. 
' ##
' ####################################################################
Option Explicit

Dim objFS

Set objFS = CreateObject ("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

wscript.echo CreateFileList(objFS.GetFolder("C:\Users\michael\desktop"), True)

Set objFS = Nothing

'______________________FUNCTIONS & SUB ROUTINES_______________________

Function CreateFileList(objFolder, bRecursive)
	'// <summary> 
	'// 	Creates a List containing all Files
	'// </summary> 
	'// <param name="objFolder">Root-Folder for searching</param> 	
	'// <param name="bRecursive">Search recursive</param>
	Dim objFile, objSubFolder

        For each objFile in objFolder.Files
        	CreateFileList = CreateFileList & objFile.Path & vbCr
	Next

	If bRecursive = true then
		For each objSubFolder in objFolder.Subfolders
			CreateFileList = CreateFileList & CreateFileList(objSubFolder, true)
	        Next
	End If
End Function

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