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Write stderror to a file using PowerShell

How do I capture error messages from a PowerShell-launched command in a text file? I searched the Internet for a while and found that supposedly, I should be able to do something like ""C:\UniServer\usr\local\mysql\bin\mysqldump.exe" -h 192.0.2.0…
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Windows Search 4 web interface

I have Windows Search 4 running on an installation of Server 2008 x64, indexing two specific directories. Is it possible to have a web interface to query this catalog? On an older server (Server 2003) we are using the Indexing Service and the…
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Users unable to search redirected profile folders

All of our clients are using Windows 7. Our file server is Server 2008 R2. We have redirected users' profile folders (My Documents, My Pictures, Favorites, My Videos) to a share on the file server (\\server\UserProfiles\). Inside the UserProfiles…
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How do I find files with "#" in their names, on Windows Server 2008?

I'm trying to locate all the files on my server which use a # as part of their name, and can't seem to get the servers' file search feature to restrict its result to only # files. How do I go about doing this?
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Search inside of text files

So here is the situation. I currently run a mail server for my small non-profit company. My mail server (Merak Mail Server) keeps logs in .log files and mail as .tmp files. Essentially these are just text files that are kept on the server. Problem…
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Windows 7 to search a network drive

Is there any way that I can have windows 7 clients be able to go to "start" and type in the name of a file that is located on a network drive? I have read that this is possible through indexing, but to get through the indexing steps I need to make…
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What tools are available to scan remote desktops for certain types of files?

I need to scan about 50 desktop computers and check to see if any *.doc, *.xls, *.ppt etc... files are being stored locally. I am wondering what tools might be available for this. A quick Google didn't find any great solutions so I am thinking I…
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Are there any good intranet search engines?

I'm searching for a intranet search engine which is capable of spider our intranet websites and network shares like SMB, NFS and optionaly AFP. Ever better for us would be a search engine which is extendable via plugins like the Spotlight framework…
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how to enable anonymous search in search server express 2010

I am crawling a local file share that has read permissions for NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE account. I have enabled anonymous access and now I am able to get to my search box without authentication. But when I actually search for something I get no…
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How can I index content within a Content Editor web part?

I'm using MOSS 2007 v12.0.0.6529, and the the Shared Services crawler is ignoring content inside Content Editor Web Parts. The page itself is a Publishing page, and content within the Page Content field is indexed properly and shows up in search…
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Fastest way to search for file attributes on windows?

I have many files, 2TB be exact, and must find/search for files by creator and creation date and others file attributes. What in your opinion would be the best way to do these kinds of searches? Application/Powershell? Code fragment? Any…
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Web based file search in the lan?

I would like to search files in my lan easily. (over 500k files on SMB shares, it would take ages with other ways) I mean, i just need to do a quick search on file names, i don't care content indexing at all, as most of my files are in a proprietary…
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Central log repository

Currently, my organization is using Splunk to store logs from various places (DBs, Apache, systems we write, etc.). We don't really use most of its abilities (pull logs automatically, etc.), but we do require the search it provides - showing the…
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LAN FIle and/or Service Search

Anyone know of a tool/script that I can use to find if a single file is present on machines on my LAN? The file would be in the same place every time. Same applies to a service. Need to know which servers have a particular service running or not on…
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Windows index search on Server 2012 R2 fails randomly

To put it short, the file server's index would fail randomly. The file server has Windows Search service enabled and indexed. There are many clients connected to this server, possibly up to 100. The client Windows (7/10) machines would fail to…
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