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Category: Windows
PowerShell – AD Group management
Here are few quick one liners such as add user to 2 AD groups at same time: 12"Managers","SalesRep" | Add-ADGroupMember -Members ` (Read-Host -Prompt "Enter…
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Check status of Microsoft AntiMalware
Here is a quick snippet to show current status of Microsoft Antimalware on your Windows 10 computer. 12345Clear-Host Write-Host Write-Host "CURRENT STATUS " -Foregroundcolor yellow…
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PowerShell to view BIOS version on Dell computer
Here are few commands that you can use to view info about BIOS on DELL computers: List manufacture and version of BIOS 1Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_BIOS…
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Get battery health report on Windows laptop
You can gen easily two reports about your laptop battery under Windows 10. Simply press [Windows]+[R] and type [cmd]. Once in command line window you…
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How to activate Windows Server Core 2019 from command line
After you’ve logged into Windows Server Core, you’re presented with the Command Prompt. From there, you can activate your copy of Windows. First, you have…
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Get list of installed software on machine from command line
This is handy command line if you want pull quickly list of installed software on the machine. You can output it in to terminal or…
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How to identify which domain controller authenticated a user
You re running some troubleshooting on your network connected to [easyazon_link identifier=”1449320023″ locale=”US” tag=”wn0d5-20″] Active Directory [/easyazon_link] and have questions like: which Domain Controller authenticated…
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Error: Windows Cannot Find The Microsoft Software License Terms. Make sure the installation sources are valid and restart the installation
You are trying to build your lab on VMware Fusion installed on your Apple Mac Book Pro laptop. You have downloaded latest build [easyazon_link identifier=”0134583752″…
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Get Account list with Password Never Expire from Active Directory to CSV file
Quick [easyazon_link identifier=”B01NBI97UZ” locale=”US” tag=”wn0d5-20″] PowerShell [/easyazon_link] snippet to pull all accounts from [easyazon_link identifier=”1449361420″ locale=”US” tag=”wn0d5-20″] Active Directory [/easyazon_link] with PASSWORD NEVER EXPIRE into…
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