The ping command is used to test the availability of a remote or destination machine on a network. In this tutorial, I'll show you it's various uses on Windows operating systems. All the commands can be run on command prompt or PowerShell. I have tested the tutorial on Windows 10, however, it should run on ... Read more
User Account Control also known as UAC is an important component of the "Windows security system". This helps the applications running in the windows to prevent your system from making any undesired changes. Whenever software is running in a system and it tries to make changes in the system, a window dialog box appears that ... Read more
If you want to rename NIC adapters with PowerShell, follow this tutorial: Step 1. Open PowerShell with admin privileges Step 2. Execute the following command, Rename-NetAdapter -Name "<Old NIC Adapter Name>" -NewName "<New Adapter Name>" Example If you want to rename an old NIC Ethernet to a new name ManagementAdapter, the command should look like, Rename-NetAdapter ... Read more
Question: What does the number 28 behind the IP address 192.168.1.203/28 mean? Answer: 28 is a subnet mask. IP address has 32 bits in total. 28 denotes network ID while rest of the bits (which are 4 bits) are used for hosts.
When you are required to check a folder if it is really empty or not with Powershell, this tutorial can help you a lot. Check if a Folder is Empty in PowerShell Open PowerShell with administrative privileges and execute the following script. if( (Get-ChildItem C:\temp | Measure-Object).Count -eq 0) { echo "Folder is empty" } ... Read more
Open notepad or any other third party editor like Notepad++. Write any VBScript code suppose Wscript.Echo "Hello" Wscript.Quit 0 Save the file with .vbs extension suppose hello.vbs. You can then run that VBScript file from command prompt. Reference http://testingfreak.com/run-vb-script-code-written-on-notepad-without-additional-software-windows/
CBS stands for component based servicing. CBS.log is a file which include logs about components when they get installed or uninstalled during updates. If you want to check these files, they are located at %windir%\Logs\CBS\ You will see two files in CBS folder, one is CBS.log and the other is CBS.persist.log. CBS.persist.log is the older ... Read more
You can use the import and export feature to create a new virtual machine with the exact same configuration of an existing VM in Hyper-V. You can import the VM files on a new server and create as many VMs as you like. Export Hyper-V Virtual Machine Step 1. Open Hyper-V Manager. Step 2. Right-click ... Read more
There are three types of virtual hard disks in Hyper-V. Those three types are: Fixed size Dynamically expanding Differencing I will explain each type with pros and cons in the article below. Fixed size Disk When you create a fixed-size virtual hard disk, space is reserved beforehand. Suppose you created a VHDX of 200 GB, ... Read more
When you are executing a PowerShell script for the first time you may encounter the following error: .... cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system. Why did this happen: PowerShell Execution Policies PowerShell has four execution policies for executing the script. Those four policies are described below: Restricted This is a default policy. ... Read more