Windows 10 Missing Icons Problem
This sometimes happen when a certain app takes over icons cache in Windows, such as…
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Hyper-V Logon Failure: the user has no been granted the requested logon type at this computer (0x80070569)
Issue: When performing a live migration of a guest VM, this error occurs: '...Failed to…
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Ubuntu/Lubuntu 20.04 GRUB_TIME=0 Defaults to 10 Seconds Instead of Zero
# GRUB configuration that still resulted in a count-down of 14 seconds GRUB_DEFAULT=0 GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true GRUB_TIMEOUT=0…
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Virtual Machine Queue: Assigning Processors to Network Interfaces
Microsoft Hyper-V Virtual Machine Queuing is useful to maximize high-bandwidth network cards. However, configuring this…
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How to Use Windows Built-in Packet Tracer
Update: although this is a fun exercise to use Microsoft tools to analyze traffic, it…
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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Error with Send-As
Symptoms: Recurring error in Event Log #61346 - An error occurred while checking for outgoing…
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RDP Connection Error: CredSSP encryption oracle remediation
The Symptom: [Window Title]Remote Desktop Connection[Content]An authentication error has occurred.The function requested is not supportedRemote…
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Filezilla SFTP Connection ‘FATAL ERROR: Network error: Software caused connection abort’
Symptom: fzSftp started, protocol_version=9FATAL_ERROR: Network error: Software caused connection abortCould Not connect to server Path…
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How to Use the ‘Advanced Find’ Feature in Dynamics 365
Step 1: Login and click on Le Button Access your CRM portal with a valid…
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How to Use XrmToolBox for Microsoft Dynamics 365
The following is an illustration of the usage of this nice and free utility to…
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PowerShell: Process Watcher – Restart Stopped Services
# processWatcher.ps1 # User Input $computername=$env:computername $serviceName='remoteregistry' $desiredStatus='Running' $action={ param($serviceName) $erroractionpreference='stop' try{ start-service $serviceName return…
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Automating Scheduled Task Creation on Remote Computers
# createTaskScheduler.ps1 # What this script does: # 1. Ask user for valid Domain Admin…
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Quick Script to Mount Remote UNC Paths as Local Drive Letters
Simple Mount: # Mapping a drive $username='domain\testAdmin' $password='PASSWORD' $remotePath='\\UNCSERVER\SHAREPATH\Backup' $unavailableDriveLetters=(Get-Volume).DriveLetter|sort $availableDriveLetters=.{(65..90|%{[char]$_})|?{$_ -notin $unavailableDriveLetters}} [char]$firstAvailableDriveLetter=$availableDriveLetters[0] $command="net…
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PowerShell: Process Watcher
# processWatcher.ps1 # User Input $serviceName='MSCRMAsyncService$maintenance' # Semi-autogen variables $desiredStatus='Running' $environment=($env:computername).substring(0,$env:computername.IndexOf('-')) $reportServer="$environment-SQL01" function checkService($computername=$env:computername,$serviceName,$status='Running'){ #…
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Resolving CRM Error Upon Login
Symptom: Error Message when trying to login to CRM [caption id="attachment_7481" align="alignnone" width="237"] INVALID ACTION[/caption]…
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Hyper-V Virtual Machines Won’t Start on Restore or Live Migration
Symptom: Cluster resource of type 'Virtual Machine' in clustered role failed. The error code was…
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Microsoft Management Console Snap-in Shortcuts
Admin Snap-in Command Quality of Service Control Management ACSsnap.msc ADSI Edit ADSIedit.msc Authorization manager AZman.msc…
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Active Directory Domain Controller Certificates Installation Guide
Overview This article deals with Domain Controllers, rather than member servers. Thus, Active Directory or…
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PowerShell: Get OU of a User & Get All Users In an OU
function getUserOu($username){ if(!(get-module activedirectory -ea SilentlyContinue)){ $osType=switch ((Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_OperatingSystem).ProductType){ 1 {'client'} 2 {'domaincontroller'} 3…
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PowerShell: Test Domain Username & Password Credential
Version 2: function testCredential($username,$password){ # Get current domain using logged-on user's credentials $isDomainJoined=$env:USERDOMAIN -ne $env:COMPUTERNAME…
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