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Author Archives: livestreak
Slow Boot Slow Logon
You might hear it from your users every so often, but you cant replicate it or it does not seem to happen all the time. When you do decide to try and troubleshoot it there is a fantastic post on … Continue reading
Hyper-V Router – VyOS and RRAS
I have been having a brief look for a virtual router for Hyper-V, having previously used RRAS and needing to run up a server, I though I would look to see if there was any alternatives. A couple of years back … Continue reading
Windows Service Accounts and Permissions for SQL Server (2016)
There is a great article on MSDN covering Windows Service Accounts and Permissions for SQL Server. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143504.aspx Couple of key points include: Always use SQL Server tools such as SQL Server Configuration Manager to change the account used by the … Continue reading
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Syncfusion Succinctly E-books
70+ Free E-books coving all the essentials in 100 pages or so.. Get the goods at Syncfusion
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Using PING, IPCONFIG and NSLOOKUP in PowerShell
Jose Barrett has a great post covering common network commands in PowerShell: IPCONFIG PS C:\> Get-NetIPConfiguration PING PS C:\> Test-NetConnection http://www.microsoft.com NSLOOKUP PS C:\> Resolve-DnsName http://www.microsoft.com ROUTE PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-NetRoute -Protocol Local -DestinationPrefix 192.168* TRACERT PS C:\> Test-NetConnection http://www.microsoft.com –TraceRoute … Continue reading
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Restrict Bing search results by date
Phronesis Freelance covers how to filter Bing search results to the D – Day, W – Week, M – Month and Y – Year. All you need to remember is the following, seemingly random sequence of characters: &tbs=qdr: Append … Continue reading
Another 130 Free Microsoft eBooks
Eric Ligan on his MSDN Blog has “FREE Microsoft eBooks! Who doesn’t love FREE Microsoft eBooks? Well, for the past few years, I’ve provided posts containing almost 150 FREE Microsoft eBooks and my readers, new and existing, have loved these … Continue reading
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Script Browser – Powershell ISE add-in
From the Ask the Core Team: To reuse script samples on the Internet, the following steps seem quite familiar to IT Pros: wandering through different script galleries, forums and blogs, switching back and forth between webpages and scripting environment, and … Continue reading
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Microsoft Data Classification Toolkit
Microsoft has released the Data Classification Toolkit for Windows Server 2012 R2 – Available @ http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27123
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GPP Password Retrieval
Chris over at http://obscuresecurity.blogspot.com.au covers how to retrieve Group Policy Preference Passwords with his handy PowerShell script “The following Get-GPPPassword PowerShell script can be used by penetration testers to elevate to local administrator privileges (on your way to Domain Admin) … Continue reading
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