Windows Shutdown Event Logs
A custom filter can be created to show Windows shutdown events which can be used to help troubleshoot or isolate an incident when a system was rebooted or…
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Quickly Check Domain Computers (Servers) for MS17-010 Patches
A quick PowerShell script hacked together to scan Active Directory computer objects that are Server 2008+ and check for MS17-010 patches.
Chrome on Windows 10 Creators Update Hangs
I was plagued with an annoying problem in Chrome 58, beta and Canary for the past month or two. Actually, it dates back to when I was in…
Powershell logparse regexp to csv
Input line: Thu 2017-03-30 00:00:07: user@domain.com (John Doe) checked mail from 127.0.0.1 using IMAP, 0 msgs collected, 21 remaining Powershell script: $rxp = "([a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+(?:.[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+)*@(?:[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?.)+[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?)|(d{1,3}.d{1,3}.d{1,3}.d{1,3})|(POP|IMAP)|(^[A-Z][a-z]+sd{4}-d{2}-d{2}sd{2}:d{2}:d{2})" gc ".*.log" | select-string…
GPO Disable Password Expiration or Password Complexity
Big Fat Warning: Don't do this. How to disable password expiration Load Local Group Policy Editor (Start –> Type gpedit.msc –> Enter) Expand sections: Local Computer Policy –>…
Exchange Server 2016 SPLA SAL Comparison
The following feature list is applicable to Exchange Server 2016 Hosted Exchange SALs. Plus SALs include the use of Microsoft Office Outlook desktop application. The Exchange Server 2016…
Remote WMI on Windows Server 2008 R2
Configure DCOM On the server to be managed click Start, click Run, type DCOMCNFG, and then click OK. In the Component Services dialog box, expand Component Services, expand…
Change OpManager v11 PDF Report Footer
When generating reports in OpManager v11 and exporting as PDF, the footer contains ManageEngine OpManager Page : as the footer. To change this, on your OpManager install, navigate…
Windows 10 File Explorer – Working on it…
When browsing my Downloads folder, or any folder in general, on Windows 10 I have experienced the Working on it... message and it takes a few seconds to…
Remove Windows Defender from Server 2016
I have my own security software I use on Windows Server operating systems and take out Windows Defender. Normally, I can do this through Feature removal, but the…
Sysprep Windows Server 2016 for Virtualization
Finally getting around to installing Windows Server 2016 (Standard, Desktop Experience) to use for application testing and upgrade plans this year. I haven't tested this release since Technical…
Windows Command Line Ping Sweep
A brutally basic ping sweep from Windows command to look for hosts on a subnet. for /L %x in (1,1,254) do @ping -n 1 -w 25 192.168.0.%x |…
Get Username from SID or SID from Username Windows Command
Get username from SID: wmic useraccount where sid='S-1-5-21-1207125215-1711319079-1335354557-1316' get name Get SID from username: wmic useraccount where name='username' get sid
How to Disable Cortana in Windows 10
Sorry, Cortana -- not everyone likes you. =) Launch the group policy editor by pressing Windows + R, typing gpedit.msc into the box, and pressing Enter. Navigate to…
How to fix Windows 10 Explorer "Working on it…" slowness
This is caused by Windows Search / Indexing that times out waiting for old or stale network resources. To resolve this you can delete the cache files: %AppData%MicrosoftWindowsRecentAutomaticDestinations…