A HelpDesk support team asked me to write a PowerShell script to quickly get a screenshot of a user desktop from a remote computer. The main condition is that the…
Using PowerShell for System Administration and Automation Tasks
- Group PoliciesPowerShellWindows 10Windows Server 2019
How to Detect Who Deleted a File on Windows Server with Audit Policy
March 12, 2024You can use file system object access event auditing to identify a specific user who created, deleted, or modified a specific file. In this article, we’ll show you how to…
- Active DirectoryGroup PoliciesPowerShellWindows 10Windows Server 2019
Password Change Notification When an AD User Password is About to Expire
March 17, 2024In this article we’ll show how to find out when a password of an Active Directory user account expires using PowerShell, how to set a password to never expire (PasswordNeverExpires…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows Server 2016
How to Check or Update Java Version in Windows with PowerShell?
May 10, 2023Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is widely used on user computers to run different enterprise Java apps . However, some apps require the specific Java version and may work incorrectly in…
- PowerShellVirtualizationVMWare
VMWare Error: Unable to Access a File Since It Is Locked
March 15, 2024Very often when deleting snapshots or consolidating disks of virtual machines running on VMWare ESXi hosts, I see the “Unable to access a file since it is locked” error. This…
- Group PoliciesPowerShellWindows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2019
How to Enable or Disable SMB 1.0 in Windows 10/11 and Windows Server
March 12, 2024The Server Message Block (SMB) 1.0 file-sharing protocol is disabled by default in the latest versions of Windows 11 and 10 and in Windows Server 2019/2022. This version of the…
- PowerShellWindows Server 2019Windows Server 2022
How to Enable and Configure MPIO on Windows Server
March 11, 2024In this article we will consider how to install and configure MPIO on Windows Server 2016/2012 R2. MPIO (Multi—Path Input Output) is a technology that allows to build fault-tolerant transport to a data storage system…
- Active DirectoryPowerShell
Using Saved Queries in ADUC MMC (Active Directory User and Computers)
March 15, 2024The Saved Queries in Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) MMC console allow you to create complex LDAP filters to select Active Directory objects. These queries can be saved, edited,…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows Server 2019
How to View and Close Open Files on Windows Server
December 8, 2023A Windows file server admin can list the files that are open in a shared folder and force locked files to close. If a user opens a file in a…
- Active DirectoryPowerShell
Managing User Photos in Active Directory Using ThumbnailPhoto Attribute
March 12, 2024Active Directory user accounts have a special thumbnailPhoto attribute in which a user’s photo can be stored as binary data. Outlook, OWA, Lync/Skype for Business, SharePoint (and other apps) can…