Category: System Administration
IIS with ASP.NET support check
I have in the past had an occasion to check if IIS is installed with support for ASP.NET applications. This function will do all you need:
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WMI and CIM with PowerShell – The Basics
If you've been working with computers for any length of time you have heard the terms WMI and CIM. CIM (Common Information Model) is a database that h ...
Windows Updates Failed – FIXED
The dreaded cannot install Windows Update! Unfortunately this happens a lot more than it should, but this trick usually does it for me:
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Lost AD Trust and Your Local Account Doesn’t Work!
This has happened one a rare occasion to me but I figure it is worth documenting for prosperity This will only work IF you have a Domai ...
Fixing Domain Trust Relationships!
No, this won't fix human trust relationships! but it will help you with Domain Trust Issues. This seems to happen more and more, the common fix wa ...
Create Local Administrator Account Remotely
This script can be used to generate a new local administrator account on remote computers (Yes, you have to run it with an account that already ha ...
Changing PWDLASTSET in Active Directory
There are times when you need to make a password policy change that could affect your users, for example let’s say your password policy is currently s ...
Testing SSL and TLS with PowerShell
This is an excellent PowerShell script if you want to test which SSL and TLS protocols are enabled on your webserver. This is extremely important ...
Moving files up a folder level
In the past I’ve used this small snippet to move tons of files and folders up a level.
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Moves all subfolders in Source to same ...
Removing an installed Windows Update
I needed to do this recently when we had a problem with an installed Windows Update that was causing random BSOD on both Server 2008 and Server 2012, ...