Setting Windows Security Auditing via Command Line
Please be advised that the follow auditpol cmdlet would be overridden by Group Policies in…
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How To Turn On Windows SMB File Share Access Auditing
Step 1: Turn on File Editing Here is how to check for effective local group…
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How To Setup ClamAV Antivirus Scanner in Kubernetes
Assumptions: A Kubernetes cluster is already setupThese are installed prior: Helm, MetalLB Load Balancer,A static…
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PowerShell: Overcome Issues with Error 13932 in SCVMM When Refreshing Virtual Machines
Dealing with Clusters # refreshCluster.ps1 # Function to refresh a cluster in VMM in anticipation…
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PowerShell: Try Catch Technique to Obtain Error Type
# Test try{Read-SCVirtualMachine $vmName -EA Stop}catch{$errorMessage=$error[0].Exception.GetType().FullNamewrite-host $errorMessage} # Get error type Microsoft.VirtualManager.Utils.CarmineException # Retry catch…
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WordPress: Add Search Box Into Header
Navigate to Appearance > Theme Editor > select header.php > search for this section: <div…
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PowerShell: Initiate Tests on Certain Ports
This appears to be a duplicate of another post. function initTestPort($portNumber=5985,$maxTests=3){ function getIndexDifference { param(…
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PowerShell: How To Test A Server Ephemeral Port
# Setup a listening port on server # This session will automatically terminates after a…
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Some Useful Windows Networking Commands
# Checking WinRM connections PS C:\Windows\system32> netstat -ano|select-string ":5985" TCP 0.0.0.0:5985 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING 4 TCP…
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PowerShell: Compare File Counts of 2 Directories
$folder1='C:\Temp' $folder2='C:\Temp2' $username=$null $password=$null function compareFileCounts{ param($folder1,$folder2,$mountAsUser,$mountAsPassword) function mountPathAsDrive($path,$driveLetter,$mountAsUser,$mountAsPassword){ function convertPathToUnc($path,$computername=$env:computername,$credentials=$null){ $pathIsUnc=$path -match '^\\\\' $pathIsReachable=if($credentials){test-path…
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PowerShell: Query Google Account Using GAM
$emailAddress='[email protected]' $field='accounts:last_login_time' function getGamUser{ param( $emailAddress, $field ) $result=try{gam report users user $emailAddress}catch{} if($result){ $headers=$result[0]…
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Moving a Domain Controller to a Different Geographical Location
Changing IP of a Domain Controller - If dcpromo has been done before the move…
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PowerShell: Download and Expand Zip File – Legacy Compatible
function downloadFile{ param( $url, $tempFolder="C:\Temp" ) try{ $fileName=split-path $url -leaf $tempFile = "$tempFolder\$fileName" try{[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol =…
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PowerShell: Disable Windows Hello
function disableWindowsHello{ $regHive='REGISTRY::HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\PassportForWork' $refreshEnv=$false if (!(Test-Path $regHive)){ Write-Host "Creating registry path $regHive" New-Item -Path $regHive…
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