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The easiest way to create a new user object in the Active Directory domain is to use MMC graphical snap-in ADUC (Active Directory Users and Computers). But if you need…

When the system warns you that free space on your local drive is running out, the first thing that the administrator does is trying to find all large files that…

In the previous article we looked at the old-school VBS scripts that can be used to manage printers and print operation in all Windows versions, starting from Windows XP. Today,…

If you install updates on corporate computers and servers using your  internal WSUS server, you may test them in advance on pilot groups of computers or servers (you can separate…

As a rule, in local and global networks, files are transferred between devices using SMB, FTP or HTTP protocols. The problem of all these protocols is some troubles with resuming…

UserAccountControl is one of the most important attributes of user and computer accounts in Active Directory. This attribute determines the status of the account in the AD domain: whether the account…

Let’s look at how to create a simple administrator notification system when someone adds a new user to the important Active Directory security group. For example you want to track…

In PowerShell 3.0 you can directly access and parse HTML web pages on the Internet. To do it, a special Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet was introduced. This cmdlet allows you to implement…

Hi, admin! In one of my PowerShell scripts, I needed to determine the current external IP address of the Windows computer from the command line or (best) with some simple…

Most AD administrators use the repadmin (appeared in Windows Server 2003) and replmon (must be copied from Support Tool for WS2003) console tools to monitor and control Active Directory replication.…