Posts made by 360col

All I have to say on this issue is g-suite support was very helpful and quick to reply to support request the other day (my first interaction with them).

@dbeato said in E-mail and file storage services for Non-Profit entities:

G-Suite for Non Profit

Unfortunately they are not offering the unlimited storage option that Education accounts are getting

I moved our non profit over to them recently (users were more familiar with it) and that is the only sticking point.

@dashrender said in ScreenConnect tips:

Add some tags when you get a chance to make it easier to find in the future.

How do I do this on here? I can't seem to find where to add tags.

Thanks.

@jaredbusch said in ScreenConnect tips:

Everything runs as the service the software is running under. By defualt this should be local system and you have fiull admin rights to do whatever you need here.

Yes, forgot to mention that.

I posted this in another thread and someone suggested I make a separate topic. So here it is!

Below applies to ScreenConenct "Cloud" hosted version (should be the same for self hosted version).

If you are using ScreenConenct and needs to run command-line using either windows CMD or PowerShell commands that are multi-lines or take more than a second or two to finish. Then try the below:

For Poweshell commands:

Paste below into ScreenConnect cmd windows / tab

#!ps
#maxlength=50000
#timeout=300000
ping 127.0.0.1
dir
etc

Line #1 is to use Powershell (to use plain Windows cmd see below)
Line #2 & #3 are to allow long running commands.

#!cmd
#maxlength=50000
#timeout=300000
dir
etc

You can use this to launch batch files from network share etc.

Below example download and install an app (after activating / installing .Net framework 3) after downloading it from a url.

#!ps
#maxlength=50000
#timeout=300000
DISM /Online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:NetFx3
Start-Sleep -s 120
$url = "http://<url to executable goes here>"
$filename = "<name to give to downloaded executable/file>.exe"
$client = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$client.DownloadFile($url, "$env:temp$filename")
Start-Process -FilePath "$env:temp$filename" <some argument to the executablegoes here>"

Using the above you can do quite a lot! Something along a poor man's RMM.

Some usage scenarios:

• Mass roll out software (tick relevant hosts then past cmd into cmd prompt windows)
• Trigger specific taks
• Antying that can be made to run silently via cmd line

Keep in mind that the cmd line context (that all the cmd will run under) is by default the <WINDIR>\systems32. So you will need to issue CD to change into the directory you want before running the cmd.

Everything runs under the [ScreenConnect] service account with Full rights to the OS.

I will post about implementing ACL (user access control) via Custom fields so it is possible to restrict users / tech to specific hosts in a manageable manner. I will post more when I get a bit more time.

Try https://www.helpspot.com/help-desk-software free for 3 users (host it yourself, self support). They have a cloud version as well.

@mike-davis said in Port - What server OS to use:

I'm not sure how effective Screen Connect would be. With my install commands that don't run within a few seconds time out. So I can't launch a .msi install unless it finishes in 2 seconds.

It is possible to run command that take a long time to finish. See example below. The first 2nd & 3rd line line is what you need. firs line is to say its powershell.

--------- paste below into ScreenConnect cmd windows ---
#!ps
#maxlength=50000
#timeout=300000
ping 127.0.0.1
etc

You can use this to launch batch files from network share etc.

BTW my first post ever on here