Use PowerShell to Back Up System State Prior to Making Changes
Did you know you can use PowerShell to back up the system state? Understanding the Computer Restore cmdlets One of the easiest ways to ensure system reliability is to create a restore point prior to...
View ArticleRemote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8 Release Preview
Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8 Release Preview enables IT administrators to manage roles and features that are installed on computers that are running Windows Server 2012 from a...
View ArticlePowerShell – Get installed/enabled Windows Features
Sometime you need to ‘clone’ the Windows feature-set of a specific server. That’s a task I’m currently working on. Using PowerShell to enumerate/list all enabled Windows Features is easy… First you...
View ArticleSend text messages directly from any e-mail program (Outlook, Thunderbird..)
eSMS by Dolphin Systems allows you to send and receive text messages from any e-mail program. You must have a Swisscom mobile phone number for using eSMS. Ready for immediate use Before you can use...
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View ArticleVMware – Working with Snapshots (orphaned, broken VMDK descriptor file etc.)
Snapshots created via API (NetApp SMVI, Equallogic’s Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware Edition, VMware VCB or VDR) occasionally get stuck. If you find an orphaned snapshot (ie – it is not listed in the...
View ArticlePowershell – Eventlog – List Events of last N days with specific source
Querying EventLog using PowerShell. Count the number of occurences of Kerberos Entries in System Eventlog for the last 24 hours (Get-EventLog -LogName System -Source Kerberos -After...
View ArticleUpdate a VMware ESX 4.1 Host
To scan for updates esxupdate -m https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/esx/vmw/vmw-ESXi-4.1.0-metadata.zip scan Stage updates esxupdate -m...
View ArticleMedia added to DLNA shared library does not show up in Samsung Allshare Play
I’m streaming a lot of my media directly to my Samsung TV (Allshare). lately I added music to my Music Library in Microsoft Windows 8. The Library is shared using DLNA Protocol. For some reason, the...
View ArticleDisabling Java Automatic Updates on a Terminal Server 32-bit and 64-bit...
On a recently setup Windows Server 2008 R2 terminal server, Java was installed, and by default the JRE will enable automatic updates for all users. No daily users have administrative privileges, but...
View ArticleHow do I find orphaned computer objects in Active Directory using PowerShell?
How can I find all computer accounts in my Active Directory domain that have been inactive for x days using PowerShell? This would give you all computer accounts that have no activity for the last 365...
View ArticleHow to configure Windows Time Synchronization (w32tm.exe) on a Windows Server...
This article explains how to configure your Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory Primary Domain Controller to syncronise time with an external time source. Note: In an active directory, all member...
View ArticleTruncate Logfile in SQL Server
Using the code Step 1. Copy/type the below given SQL. Step 2. Change @DBName to < Database Name>, @DBName_log to <Log File Name> Step 3. Execute the SQL. ALTER DATABASE @DBName SET RECOVERY...
View ArticleDebugging Group Policy Processing
Group Policy Debug Log Settings The below article has got information about enabling different debug loggings which are required for troubleshooting various Windows issues. UserEnv Debug Logging...
View ArticleGet .NET Framework Version of an assembly (dll/exe) using PowerShell
i just had to find the required framework version for a compiled .NET assembly (just to make sure, that the selected Application Pool in IIS was set to the righte Framework Version). ——– $fileBrowser =...
View ArticleSteve Jobs’ Amazing Commencement Speech
If you have Apple’s word-processing application, Pages, on your Mac, then you can find an Easter egg that honors Steve Jobs: the text of his 2005 commencement speech at Stanford University. OS X Daily...
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