Linux: How to Create RSA Keys and SSH Agent
Step 1: Generate RSA Key # Command to generate rsa key for Ubuntu Linuxssh-keygen -t…
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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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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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Converting from IOPS to MB/s
Conversion factors: from IOPS to MiB/s Throughput is a function of Input/Output per second (IOPS)…
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Disable Windows 10 Automatic Updates
Why? It's annoying if Windows keep updating automatically in the background and even reboot when…
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System Center Virtual Machine Manager Errors and Resolutions
Error Message: Error (415)Agent installation failed copying 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft System Center\Virtual Machine Manager\agents\I386\IRV-VMM01\msiInstaller.exe' to '\\IRV-HYPERV06\ADMIN$\msiInstaller.exe'.The…
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PowerShell: Create User Accounts From CSV File
# User-input Variables $csvFile='C:\Users-finalized.csv' $newOu='CN=Users,DC=kimconnect,DC=com' $newCompany='Kim Connect' $logFile="c:\temp\createActiveDirectoryAccounts-$(get-date -f yyyy-mm-dd-hh-mm-ss).txt" function createActiveDirectoryAccounts{ param( $csvFile, $newOu,…
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How to Fix Remote Desktop Blue Screen on Windows 2019
Problem: when an RDP session is idle for an extended period of time, that session…
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PowerShell: Checking Duplicating Identifiers Among ADFS Relying Party Trusts
function getDuplicatingIfd{ write-host "Checking each relying party trust for any duplicates of identifiers..." $trusts=Get-AdfsRelyingPartyTrust $allTrustNames=$trusts.Name…
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PowerShell: Hyper-V Servers Capacity Report
Current Version: # HyperVCapacityReport.ps1 # Version 0.0.2 # Report parameters $workingDirectory='C:\scripts\googleSheets' $selectFields='node,model,os,cores,cpuUtilizationPercent,ramGb,ramUsedPercent' $domainObjects=@( @{domain='intranet.kimconnect.com';dc='lax-dc02.intranet.kimconnect.com';username='intranet\clusterReport';password=$env:clusterReportPass} @{domain='intranet.dragoncoin.com';dc='lax-dc02.intranet.dragoncoin.com';username='intranet\clusterReport';password=$env:clusterReportPass}…
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Windows Error When Joining Domain
Error Message: ---------------------------Computer Name/Domain Changes---------------------------Changing the Primary Domain DNS name of this computer to ""…
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PowerShell: How to Disable Users Authenticated Control (UAC)
This has been tested on Windows Server 2008, 2016, and 2019. Nothing fancy, just copy/paste…
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PowerShell: Update CSV File Using Active Directory
# adAccountsCsvUpdate.ps1 $originalCsv='C:\Users\rambo\Desktop\kimconnectUsers.csv' $newCsv='C:\Users\rambo\Desktop\kimconnectUsers-processed.csv' $newEmailSuffix='@kimconnect.com' $newOu='OU=Test,DC=kimconnect,DC=com' function adAccountsCsvUpdate{ param( $originalCsv, $newCsv, $newEmailSuffix, $newOu ) function…
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Resolving DNS Delegation Error: IP: [Missing glue A record]
Sample Output of DNS diagnostics: PS C:\Windows\system32> dcdiag /test:dns /s:TEST-DC01 Directory Server Diagnosis Performing initial…
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How to Move C:\Users to Another Volume
Warning: this process will effectively re-route all file pointers from C:\Users\* to another volume. Windows…
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PowerShell: Force Outlook to Compact On Exiting
Forcing Outlook to return free disk space to RDS nodes upon user exiting would be…
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How To Quickly Search a User in Active Directory by Matching Email
This one liner would do the trick: Get-ADUser -Filter {EmailAddress -eq '[email protected]'} PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-ADUser…
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