Category: Windows

How To Fix History Disabled in Task Scheduler

Issue: When checking certain tasks, one may find that the 'History' tab is appended with…

Active Directory Domain Accounts Security Hardening

1. Disable or rename Administrator account1a. Create an alternate service account1b. Discover where it's being…

How to Remove Windows Junk via GPO – Chat, Weather, Hello, Shopping

Download and install Administrative Templates (.admx) Windows 11 October 2021 Update [21H2] - https:// www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=103507…

Quick 1-liner to Get a User’s Group Memberships

PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership kimconnect|select name name ---- Domain Admins Enterprise Admins Cloud Admins Kimconnect Admins

PowerShell: Set Windows Scheduled Task to Send a Pop-up Message

# Set variables $taskName='Bi-weekly Meeting Reminder' $time='11:50am' $daily=New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -Daily -At $time $everyOtherDay=New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -Daily -DaysInterval 2…

Use CMD to Kill All Instances of a Program / Process

This can be invoked in an un-elevated session. The command is: taskkill /F /IM <PROGRAM.EXE>…

Toner Cartridge CF283A vs CF283X

These toners will work with HP Pro MFP M127fw M127fn M125nw M201dw M201n M225dn M225dw…

Using SysPrep To Move Windows Users Directory

Assumptions: Windows 2019 Server Standard ISO is mounted as E:\ D:\Users will be the new…

Windows: Disable Automatic Restart After Updates

1. Run gpedit.msc as Administrator2. Navigate to Local Group Policy Editor > Computer Configuration >…

Windows Server 2019 Remote Desktop Black Screen Problem

While there's no definite solution to this issue, here are some options to work around…

How To Install Graylog in a Kubernetes Cluster Using Helm Charts

The following narrative is based on the assumption that a Kubernetes (current stable version 20.10)…

How to Setup Dynamic DNS with Google Domains & Ubiquity EdgeRouter

Step 1: Set up Dynamic DNS - Access Google Domains: https://support.google.com/domains/answer/13689670- Click on the Manage…

Linux: Creating Soft Links as Directories

Optional test: create a soft-link for directory as hard-links are not allowed source=/nfs-share/linux03/docker/containers destinationdirectory=/var/lib/docker sudo…

Quick PowerShell Cmdlet to Move Computer Object

$computername='SomeComputerName' $targetOU='OU=Computers,DC=kimconnect,DC=com' Move-ADObject -Identity (Get-ADComputer $computername).objectguid -TargetPath $targetOU

Should I Choose the Motherboard (Fake) Hardware Raid Or Software RAID?

Motherboard Hardware Raid: - Advantages: - OS Independence - Easier to setup and use- Disadvantages:…

Quick Command To Get Windows Version

To Get Windows Version as String: (Get-WmiObject -class Win32_OperatingSystem).Caption [deesee1]: PS C:\Users\kimconnect> (Get-WmiObject -class Win32_OperatingSystem).CaptionMicrosoft…

How To Use NXLog On A Windows Client

Step 1: Setup Server - Install a log aggregation server is out of scope of…

Active Directory Group Policy – HIPPA Auditing

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is a federal law that required the…

Pihole Error: Tried 100 Times to Connect to FTL Server

Error Message: DataTables warning: table id=all-queries - Tried 100 times to connect to FTL server,…