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December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: How to Replace a System File – For Experimentation Purposes

# When attempting to rename a system protected file such as notepad.exe $notepadExe='C:\Windows\system32\notepad.exe' $newNotePadExe='C:\Users\rambo\Desktop\notepad.exe' rename-item…
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December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 kimconnectkimconnect

Enabling Unix Newline ‘LF’ Support for Windows 10 Version 1706 or Higher

Please note that the following PoSH commands won't work on earlier versions of Windows (e.g.…
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December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: Check File Encoding UTF7, UTF8, UTF16, UTF32, ASCII

$filePath='C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts' function getFileEncoding($filePath) { # Checking the byte order mark (BOM) or first 4 bytes…
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December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 kimconnectkimconnect

How to Set Default UTF-8 encoding for New Notepad Documents When Saving File

Part 1: Set Default UTF-8 encoding for New Notepad Documents When Saving File for Legacy…
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December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 kimconnectkimconnect

Microsoft Dynamics 365: System Administrator Profile Corruption Problem

Symptoms: Field Security Profile Does Not List Enabled Custom Fields Certain forms would show a…
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December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: Rebooting a List of Computers

Recommended Method to Process a List of Computers: $computernames='web01','web02','web03' restart-computer -computername $computernames -force -wait Get-WmiObject…
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December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 kimconnectkimconnect

Installing ScreenConnect Client on Ubuntu 20.04

Installation: # CLI installation method after setup file has been downloaded sudo apt install default-jre…
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December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 kimconnectkimconnect

How to Enable XRDP Session Sharing

# Edit the xrdp init file sudo vim /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini # Add this at the bottom…
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December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 kimconnectkimconnect

Linux: Init Process in the Background and Detach

# Define program program=remmina # Method 1 nohup $program & # Method 2 $program &…
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November 29, 2020November 29, 2020 kimconnectkimconnect

How to Fix a Broken Ubuntu Upgrade

Sometimes, a power failure or manual interruption during a Linux OS upgrade can render the…
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November 29, 2020November 29, 2020 kimconnectkimconnect

How To Create a 64-bit Linux Bootable USB Thumb Drive with 32-bit UEFI Compatibility

Part 1: Making the USB Booting Thumb Drive Download Rufus: https://rufus.ie/ Download Linux ISO -…
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November 26, 2020November 26, 2020 kimconnectkimconnect

A Simple Home Network Setup Using SonicWall & Ubiquiti Equipment

Overview: Internet Service Providers would terminate their wiring at the customer premise equipments (CPE) as…
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November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 kimconnectkimconnect

How to Install Ubiquiti Unifi Controller on Ubuntu 20.04

I have a scenario where an existing Unifi controller has been running on a Windows…
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November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 kimconnectkimconnect

Ubuntu 20.04 Initial Setup

Basic Setup: # Set hostname and ip nmtui # remember to deactive/reactive a connection after…
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November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 kimconnectkimconnect

Random Notes about WSUS

#Install the PowerShell Windows Update module $checkModule=Get-Module -ListAvailable -Name PSWindowsUpdate if(!($checkModule)){ [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12 #…
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November 19, 2020November 19, 2020 kimconnectkimconnect

How to Install Secured Shell SSH on Windows

# Windows 10 & Server 2019 # Install the OpenSSH Server Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Server~~~~0.0.1.0…
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November 19, 2020November 19, 2020 kimconnectkimconnect

Linux: How to Display the SSL Certificate of a Remote Server URL

Command: server=test.kimconnect.comecho | openssl s_client -showcerts -servername $server -connect $server:443 2>/dev/null | openssl x509 -inform…
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November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: Test LDAPS Connection

Function testLdap { [CmdletBinding()] Param( [Parameter(Position=0,ValueFromPipeline=$true)]$dcs=$($ENV:LOGONSERVER -replace '\\',''), [Parameter(Position=1,ValueFromPipeline=$true)]$port='636' ) $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop" $results =…
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November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 kimconnectkimconnect

Explorer: Can’t connect securely to this page – GoogleChrome: This site can’t be reached

Symptom: Test Site: https://accounts.google.com/v3/signin/identifier?continue=https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2F&emr=1&followup=https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2F&ifkv=ARpgrqdWOPosYfd4Jy3FsLv7iFkQq-EqxoTQtHu9eAzFomc8wIN9kPxsLLmDLvUmlVsSSWCPimVg_Q&osid=1&passive=1209600&service=wise&flowName=GlifWebSignIn&flowEntry=ServiceLogin&dsh=S-1724044505%3A1728052151359801&ddm=0 Internet Explorer: Can't connect securely to this pageThis might be because…
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November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: 1-Liner to Restore All Windows 10 Default Apps

Issue: A user has complained that many of the default Windows applications such as the…
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