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A number of emails failed to be processed by GFI MailEssentials
Recently in not really long time one of our Clients reported that GFI Mail Essentials started reporting that a number of…
Active Directory Domain Services could not replicate the directory partition – The replication operation encountered a database error
If you ever encounter an error while trying to create a new domain within a forest saying, “The replication operation encountered a databas…
Active Directory – How to track down why and where the user account was locked out
I’ve been working with Windows Events for a while now. One of the things I did to help me diagnose problems and reporting on Windows Events…
Add Google Chrome mobile bookmarks into Bookmarks Bar
I use Google Chrome on computer as my main browser. Recently I’ve switched from Safari on iOS to Google Chrome…
Adding user to local Administrators group in multiple languages
Everyone now and then, there comes a moment you need to add a user into Administrators group on each computer…
Azure Agent – Where did my space go?
Recently I had a weird case where one of our Azure servers was starting losing space pretty quickly making Pulseway go nuts. As you can ass…
CollectGuestLogs.exe – High Disk Usage on Azure VM
CollectGuestLogs.exe is one of Microsoft Tools that is installed with VM’s stored on Azure. While I’m sure it has many…
Create a local user or administrator account in Windows using PowerShell
Recently I got a simple task to implement LAPS for the newly created local user instead of using the built-in local administrator account.…
Delegating Active Directory attribute physicalDeliveryOfficeName
Being responsible for Active Directory you’re often tasked with fairly simple task of delegating permissions for user and groups. After…
Difference between GetTempFileName() and GetRandomFileName() that got my ass kicked
Today’s story is about me making assumptions on how things work based on the method’s name. As the blog post says, I want to focus on two s…
Easy way to connect to FTPS and SFTP using PowerShell
FTPS and SFTP are two ways to send and receive files from remote sources. While the name suggests both do the same thing, those are differe…
Encrypting and decrypting PGP using PowerShell
Some time ago, I decided that having an easy-to-use PGP PowerShell module is a way to kill my boredom. Four months have passed, and I decid…
Environment Variables in Group Policy preferences
Today our customer asked us to configure a group policy for multiple users on one of the servers. While standard…
Get-EventLog shows wrong maximum size of event logs
While working on EventManager script I’ve noticed that Get-EventLog is not returning proper values for Maximum File Size. When checking Max…
Get-EventsLibrary.ps1 – Monitoring Events PowerShell
This event library (Get-EventsLibrary.ps1) is PowerShell script that parses Security (mostly) logs on Domain Controllers. It has few report…
Granting “Logon as a batch job” permission for Task Scheduler to work
Running Tasks with Task Scheduler is one of most common scenarios in Administrators life. By default you can run your…
How to change DELL iDRAC password remotely
Recently we had to setup BitLocker encryption on our customers Hyper-V hosts. Since BitLocker requires typing of password before system is…
How to change your own expired password when you can’t login to RDP
I must admit that it was a bit embarrassing to see my Administrator password expired when I tried to log in as Domain Admin to Domain Contr…
How to detect rogue DHCP server?
Recently one of our Clients complained that printers are not printing and are shown offline on computers. Since the client has Windows…
How to encrypt Hyper-V host with Bitlocker on Windows 2012
There comes a time when putting a server in server room is just one of the steps to protect your…