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April 1, 2021April 1, 2021 kimconnectkimconnect

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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March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 kimconnectkimconnect

Microsoft SQL: Login failed for user ‘sa’. (.Net SqlClient Data Provider)

Error: ===================================Cannot connect to SQL-SERVER===================================Login failed for user 'sa'. (.Net SqlClient Data Provider) Resolution: 1.…
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March 24, 2021March 24, 2021 kimconnectkimconnect

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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March 17, 2021March 17, 2021 kimconnectkimconnect

Kubernetes – Pausing Applications by Scaling Deployments or Stateful Sets

# Pause application kubectl scale deploy nextcloud --replicas=0 kubectl scale statefulsets nextcloud-db-postgresql --replicas=0 kubectl scale…
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March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: Perform Windows Discovery of Services, Connections, and Security Settings

# windowsDiscovery.ps1 function checkSpectreVulnerability($computer=$env:computername){ $command={ $patchedVersion="10.0.14393.2842" $actualVersion=(Get-Item C:\Windows\system32\mcupdate_genuineintel.dll | select VersionInfo).VersionInfo.ProductVersion $intelDllPatched=[version]$actualVersion -ge [version]$patchedVersion <#…
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March 11, 2021March 11, 2021 kimconnectkimconnect

How To Install Google Earth on Linux Mint, Debian, or Ubuntu

# Install Google Earth cd /tmp wget https://dl.google.com/dl/earth/client/current/google-earth-pro-stable_current_amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i google-earth-pro-stable_current_amd64.deb # Run the…
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March 11, 2021March 11, 2021 kimconnectkimconnect

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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March 11, 2021March 11, 2021 kimconnectkimconnect

Installing IBM VPN Client

On a Linux Machine # Install VPN Client shellScript=https://support.arraynetworks.net/prx/001/http/supportportal.arraynetworks.net/downloads/pkg_9_4_0_385/MP_Linux_1.2.9/MotionPro_Linux_Ubuntu_x64_build-8.sh cd Desktop wget $shellScript sudo ./MotionPro_Linux_Ubuntu_x64_build-8.sh…
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March 11, 2021March 11, 2021 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: Improve Network Speed of Windows on 20 Mbps or Faster Connections

This has been tested on Windows 10 - will not work on a Server OS:…
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March 11, 2021March 11, 2021 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: Dealing with Service Principle Names (SPNs)

Basic Commands: # Show SPNs$computername="$env:computername"Get-ADComputer -Identity $computername -Properties ServicePrincipalNames |Select-Object -ExpandProperty ServicePrincipalNames# Add one SPNSet-ADComputer…
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March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 kimconnectkimconnect

Installing VMWare Tools on Linux Guest Virtual Machines

Installation Process # Installing VMWare Tools mkdir /mnt/cdrom mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom cp /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-*.tar.gz /tmp/ cd…
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March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 kimconnectkimconnect

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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February 28, 2021February 28, 2021 kimconnectkimconnect

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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February 27, 2021February 27, 2021 kimconnectkimconnect

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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February 20, 2021February 20, 2021 kimconnectkimconnect

Kubernetes: How to Set Node Affinity

Kubernetes pods' Quality of Service (QoS) can be controlled by setting node affinity. Here are…
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February 20, 2021February 20, 2021 kimconnectkimconnect

Linux Mint How To Remove Repository

Following is an exercise in removing erroneous repo config that would cause apt update to…
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February 20, 2021February 20, 2021 kimconnectkimconnect

Resolving a Corrupted Data Store in ESXi

Scenario: A USB disk has been mounted as a data store and subsequently removed. This…
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February 20, 2021February 20, 2021 kimconnectkimconnect

Synology Rsync Issue

Linux OS'es come with this very useful utility: rsync. Sync Synology is an app built…
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February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 kimconnectkimconnect

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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February 10, 2021February 10, 2021 kimconnectkimconnect

Optimizing Windows IIS Server

Most IIS instances are fine with default settings. However, it's often beneficial to configure some…
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