I had recent attacks on my server and so I was searching on how to add an IP drop with my firewall. On my Sites I have a security system that blocks already many things but unfortunately not all. And so here I show you an example on how to do it (at least how I did it).
We once had an issue to recover data from a broken disk. Under Windows the disk was directly “attacked” and so directly the control over it was lost. Same was with Windows PE Boot Sticks to recover data. So the only option left was Linux and here is how we did. First you need some tools you can download from […]
Sometimes it is useful to get the files list of a folder into an Excel Sheet. This is very simple to realize thanks to Powershell. You just need to import a module and enter the following: Of course, you can name your file how you want 🙂
Sometimes Windows Profiles gets corrupt especially roaming profiles or if different users are working on the same machine someone is deleting files from another profile just for fun or what ever. Than it often happens that you get a temporary profile (a small popup appears on the bottom right when login in. Depending on what Windows version and theme it […]
If you ever needed a Machine Name for an IP Address you can simply try this PowerShell command (always run as administrator). There is an alternative to get more information while connection to the Active Directory (if asailable).
Press Alt + F11 keys to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window. Click Insert > Module, and paste below VBA code into the new module window. Press F5 Key or Run button to run this VBA code. In the popping out Select Folder dialog box, please select the specific folder whose empty subfolders you will delete in bulk, and click the OK button. Now a Kutools for Outlook dialog box comes […]
If you have the issue that JNLP files don’t open correctly anymore with Java simply copy the code below in a .reg file and import it to your registry. Pay attention that this example here is for the Java 8 Update 201 (last free version) version and you may need to update the path to your jp2launcher.exe file.
Sometimes you need to connect to an AzureAD connected device but with the normal login credentials AzureAD\userid this isn’t possible. For these cases you have to modify the RDP file corresponding to this article. So open mstsc.exe and save the connection details to a place where you can find and open it. Open the RDP file with notepad!! Now check […]
Sometimes you are admin and have access to a remote machine by Windows Explorer etc but you need RDP to be enabled. For that you need to connect with regedit.exe remotly to the other machine (maybe the Remote Registry is not running and you need to run it manually) and change a value within the registry: With that key you Enable […]
Maybe not so good for companies! Windows 10 includes a feature called “Fast Startup”, which is enabled by default. The whole idea behind this feature is to make it so computers don’t take as long to boot up after being shut down (rather than going into hibernation or sleep). It achieves this by essentially using a cut-down implementation of Windows […]
If you ever had this question here is a link with the answer to it 😉 https://eshop.macsales.com/guides/Mac_OS_X_Compatibility Pay attention that this is an external link and that I’m not affiliated to it
Enter in an elevated command prompt the following:
Open an elevated command prompt But don’t forget to disable it again when you have installed the drive Also SecureBoot must be DISABLED
Open an elevated command prompt But don’t forget to enable it again when you have installed the driver Also SecureBoot must be DISABLED
Restart your computer by holding the shift key while clicking on restart In the advanced boot menu choose: Troubleshoot Advanced options Start-Up Settings (may be on a second page!!) Restart Than choose F7 to disable driver signature enforcement After the reboot you can install unsigned drivers. When you have installed the needed driver reboot again to enable driver signing again.
To make it hackers not to easy to connect with RDP to our servers or desktops we can change the port for this and I really recommend it to every one. Simply choose a random number and than follow the instructions here. This can be achieved by using regedit to manipulate the registry Enter here for the PortNumber a new […]
To remove this annoying partition (there is always a popup of a full disk as this one doesn’t have many space) you have to do the following: Open a command prompt with administrative rights and execute the commands from this post.
Sometimes the password for a remote desktop connection isn’t saved. This is due too a local policy. To change this you can do the following:
Windows Firewall – Remote Access through MMC Enable rule to let the remote pc in: Enable the rule in a domain environment: Pay attention that this codes needs to be used in an elevated powershell console.
Enter in an elevated command prompt the following: Of course you have to enter your correct Product Key 😎
For that I refer an external link as it’s a bit complicated. https://4sysops.com/archives/server-roles-in-server-core-part-2-domain-controllers/ AD
2016 (even 2012) Sometimes it can happen that a key entry is corrupt and you can’t activate your Windows anymore and even worse trough the GUI you can’t change the product key or reinstall it.
The simplest way to realize that is to create a script for that. On MSDN you can find the following and it’s working like a charm. Save this to a file named WUA_SearchDownloadInstall.vbs as example and than you simply can run cscript WUA_SearchDownloadInstall.vbs and he automatically searches for Updates and than asks to install them. There is also the option trough the […]
You can import easily a CSV file in your SharePoint List. If you have a file with special characters like french ones (éàè) you should save your file as CSV UTF-8 format.
