Group Policy allows you to run various script files at a computer startup/shutdown or during user logon/logout. You can use GPOs not only to run classic batch files on a…
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The warning ‘Virtual Machine disks consolidation is needed’ in the Summary tab of a virtual machine in the VMware vSphere console means that when deleting a snapshot (using the option…
In Windows environment, each domain and local user, group and other security objects are assigned a unique identifier — Security Identifier or SID. It is an SID, but not the…
- PowerShellWindows Server 2012 R2Windows Server 2016
Tracking and Analyzing Remote Desktop Activity Logs in Windows
July 4, 2019In this article we’ll consider the features of auditing and analyzing RDP connection logs in Windows. As a rule, the described methods may be useful when investigating RDP-related activity on…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows Server 2016
How to Show a Pop-Up or Balloon Tip Notification from PowerShell?
July 2, 2019Although PowerShell is a console language, sometimes it is necessary to notify a user from a PS script about a particular event or prompt them to do something. For example,…
- ExchangePowerShell
How to Blacklist/Block Sender Domain or an Email Address on Exchange?
June 3, 2019Exchange Server allows you to block (reject) emails from the unwanted sender domains or certain email addresses. This allows you to configure extra spam protection (in addition to the RBL…
- Active DirectoryGroup PoliciesPowerShell
Workstation Logon Restrictions for AD Users (Log On To)
May 17, 2019By default, when you create a new Active Directory users, they are automatically added to the Domain Users group. In its turn, the Domain Users group is by default added…
- PowerShellWindows 10
How to Automatically Turn Off Wi-Fi When an Ethernet Cable is Connected?
May 14, 2019If several Wi-Fi networks are available, Windows 10 automatically selects a wireless network with the strongest signal (no matter what the speed of this connection is and how many devices…
- ExchangePowerShell
How to Import and Export Mailbox to PST in Exchange 2016/2013/2010?
April 19, 2019In the Exchange Server 2010 SP1 (and newer), special PowerShell cmdlets appeared: New-MailboxImportRequest and New-MailboxExportRequest, that allow you to import or export the contents of the Exchange mailbox from / to…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows Server 2012 R2Windows Server 2016
Assign Multiple IP Addresses (Aliases) to a Single NIC
April 12, 2019In some cases an administrator needs to configure multiple IP addresses one a single network interface (NIC) in Windows. An example of such situations can be the need to run…