Archive for March, 2009

Map Windows drives based on group membership

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Need a way to map a network share for a user, based on security group membership? It’s pretty easy and can be done with just a few lines of code. Using a Visual Basic Script, you can map a drive to a Windows share based on whether or not the authenticating Active Directory user is a member of a specific security group.
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Automatically backup your Cisco IOS configurations

Monday, March 30th, 2009


So you have your router and switches all setup the way you want and everything is running smoothly within your network. Then one day it happens. Your router has a hardware failure and needs to be replaced. You expedite the replacement, mount it in the rack, power her up, and then realize that you don’t have a copy of the most recent configuration or worse yet, you don’t have a copy at all!

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Welcome to RichStevenson.com

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Just revamped the site and soon will be posting how-to articles related to Microsoft Server, Cisco IOS, and other miscellaneous subjects.