You may require in some cases to check an active directory for newly created users so you can send them an email. You may also require to get newly added users for auditing or security purposes. You can get the active directory users created in last 24 hours by using this script. Feel free to change it for ... Read more
PowerShell scripts are hard to run without any kind of popup. Without using the small workaround that I will show you here, it may even be impossible. Even if you specify the -WindowStyle Hidden switch - this will only result in the PowerShell window blinking up for a split second and disappearing afterward. You can ... Read more
Sometimes you might have to remove an existing GPT partition table from a hard disk. E.g. when you install another OS like Windows which can't cope with GPT partition records. Or, like in my case, when you want to add an HDD into a RAID where the other disks are using the traditional MBR partition ... Read more
This short guide shows you step-by-step on how to create NIC teaming with Windows PowerShell. Step 1. Open PowerShell with elevated privileges Step 2. Execute the following command, new-NetLBFOTeam [TEAMNAME] “[NIC1]”, “[NIC2]” [TEAMNAME] the name of team of network adapters. [NIC1] the name of first NIC adapter. [NIC2] the name of second NIC adapter. Example: ... Read more
Since Debian 10, the Debian Linux distribution uses systemd to control starting and stopping of services, and Systemd also controls the whole boot and shutdown process of the operating system. The consequence of switching from init.d to Systemd is that some commands to stop or restart Debian like 'shutdown -h now' or 'reboot' do not ... Read more
DHCP is used to dynamically assign IP addresses to client machines. This tutorial is written to help you to install and configure the DHCP service on Windows Server 2016. Once you have followed this article, go ahead with creating scopes and start leasing out IP addresses (which I have documented in another article). Prerequisites The ... Read more
In my research on Unity issues, I've observed that several users see nothing on the desktop after logging in (no sidebar, no top bar... nothing), just the background image. Even worse, when you press Alt+Ctrl+T, the terminal window doesn't show up either. Fortunately, I've found a few solutions to this problem as well, which I'll ... Read more
This guide gives you an overview of code commenting options in PowerShell. Just like any other programming language, you can comment out code in a PowerShell script for documentation purposes. Single-line comments in PowerShell To comment out a single line, put '#' in the beginning: Multiline Comments in PowerShell To comment out multiple lines, put ... Read more
You may get the following error while promoting a machine to a Windows domain controller. Below is the complete error message with its solution. The Error Message: Verification of prerequisites for Domain Controller promotion failed. The local Administrator account becomes the domain Administrator account when you create a new domain. The new domain cannot be ... Read more
More than a decade ago, the world was introduced to the wonders of cryptocurrencies and the financial landscape has never been the same. First, there was Bitcoin, then came Litecoin, followed by Ripple and then Titcoin, and the list kept going on and on, and now it seems like with each passing day we are ... Read more