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How to Configure and Use a PowerShell Profile
When you open a PowerShell window to perform some work all the aliases, functions and variables you create are only available in your current session. If you exit the session all these changes are...
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I have a Hyper-V lab I run on my laptop (Windows 8.1, dual quad processor, 32G RAM, 2 HDs) that has 7-9 virtual machines (VMs) running. When I’m done working on my lab I typically SAVE all the running...
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PowerShell Script to Query UserAccountControl Flags
One of the services I provide as a Premier Field Engineer is performing health and security assessments in a customer’s environment and providing them a detailed report. Recently I was performing an...
View ArticleList of Rollup Updates for Windows 8/8.1 & Windows Server 2012 / 2012 R2
I put this list together for a couple of customers who were asking for the latest Service Pack for these operating systems. It turns out we don’t have “Service Packs” available but we do have “Update...
View ArticleThe Best MMC Keyboard shortcut ever!
I was reading an internal email thread today and one of my peers mentioned he used to use a keyboard shortcut that would expand an entire tree in a management console but could not remember what the...
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How to Modify Security Inheritance on Active Directory Objects using PowerShell
A couple of weeks ago I was working with a customer analyzing a number of user accounts affected by AdminSDHolder protection. User accounts that are members of privileged groups such as Domain Admins...
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I was working with a customer this week doing some Active Directory cleanup tasks. We were decommissioning the last of their Windows Server 2003 domain controllers so we could upgrade the domain and...
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How to find user accounts with Kerberos preauthentication disabled.
One of my duties as a Premier Field Engineer is to perform Active Directory Risk Assessments (aka ADRAP). During these risk assessments we review the configuration of key components of Active...
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Understanding and Managing the Certificate Stores Used for Smart Card Logon
Recently I was onsite helping a customer clean up some certificates related to smart card logon. One of the things I find challenging about PKI and specifically about smart card logon is remembering...
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How to Determine Which DNS Server(s) Have Scavenging Enabled Using PowerShell
One of my duties as a Microsoft Premier Field Engineer (PFE) is to make sure the products a customer is currently using are configured properly and the customer is getting all the functionality the...
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Windows Live Essentials 2011 is Now Available
Windows Live Essentials is a collection of free programs you can download to enhance your Windows 7 experience. There are a number of programs available for download including: · Mail · Messenger ·...
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Windows 7 Taskbar / Progress Bar
This morning I was re-introduced to a feature I had forgotten about. The icons on the WIndows 7 Taskbar can also act as a status indicator for the minimized programs. Below is a screen snip of my...
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Customizing "SendTo" Context Menu
I spend a lot of time helping people troubleshoot problems. In many cases the work consists of sitting next to someone saying "click this" or "open that" especially log and configuration files. Believe...
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Windows 7 GodMode?
I came across an interesting article on CNET today about some undocumented tweaks available in Windows 7. The one bloggers (not Microsoft) are calling GodMode enables you to configure a folder that...
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Windows 7 Tip and Tricks - A Must Read!
As a Microsoft employee I have been using Windows 7 since the early internal betas. I have been impressed with the operating system (OS) since day one and it has improved with each iteration leading up...
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Windows 7 Release is Less than a month Away...
Windows 7 officially goes on sale October 22, 2009. Many people installed the beta and RC versions of the operating system and have been very pleased. I too installed the early betas and eventually the...
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