If you are trying to change (or upgrade) your Windows 10 edition, but are running into activation errors, here are the commands you can run in order to get activated: 1 - Open up your command prompt in elevated (Administrator) mode. Run these commands in this order, one at a time, WITHOUT the quotes! After…
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IE, Chrome, Firefox – Timeout errors
Just a quick tip, if you open up a browser (and ARE connected to the internet) but seem to be getting timeout or unreachable errors on any site you go to. Do a quick check and see if you have Malwarebytes installed. This program more than likely is causing that issue. Why? Well, it tries…
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KB4480970 blocks SMB shares. The FIX.
The patch KB4480970is a Monthly Rollup update for Windows 7. It addresses a number of issues in PowerShell, fixes a vulnerability known as Speculative Store Bypass (CVE-2018-3639) for AMD-based computers, and includes Security updates to Windows Kernel, Windows Storage and Filesystems, Windows Wireless Networking, and the Microsoft JET Database Engine. Unfortunately, the update causes issues with networking. After…
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Installing Office 2019 – with MAK Key
Here are a few steps required to install Office 2019 with MAK license of Office. Download and run the Office Deployment ToolIt will create the configuration.xml (See example below for edits you will need to do).Open a Admin privileged command prompt and navigate to the location of the setup.exe and configuration.xml files (Both files should…
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Switching Domain Controller Computer Name
If you added a DC and accidentally (or simply forgot) to change the name of the computer. Here is how to do it correctly, run these commands using PowerShell: netdom computername CURRENTNAME.mydomain.local /add:NEWNAME.mydomain.local netdom computername CURRENTNAME.mydomain.local /makeprimary:NEWNAME.mydomain.local Then after reboot: netdom computername server.ckmay.local /remove:CURRENTNAME.mydomain.local
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Use Active Directory to retrieve computer last logon date
If you need to see when a computer last logged onto your domain, here is a quick command to achieve that using PowerShell Active Directory shell: Get-ADComputer -identity [COMPUTER NAME] -Properties * | FT Name, LastLogonDate To look at all computers in your network. Change the -Identity switch for the -Filter switch: Get-ADComputer -Filter *…
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Microsoft Office 2016, crashing, freezing issues
If you have Microsoft Office 2016 and are having crashing, freezing issues (mainly with Word or Outlook), 99% of the time it's due to not getting Office updates. Especially if you bought the office suite with your computer. UPDATE: If you have ANY other version of Office installed (Ex: Office 2010, 2013, etc.) this is…
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Windows Installer and Dell Trusted Device Manager Error
If you recently (or whenever) gotten errors in regards to the Dell Trusted Device Manger due to Windows Updates, I have found a fix that might work for you. Here was my problem: I recently upgraded my Windows 10 machine to the latest release (1709 - Creators Update); upon computer restart the Windows Installer would…
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How to clone a hard drive to a new solid state disk (SSD)
Installing a solid-state drive (SSD) is one of the best upgrades you can make to your computer, but migrating your Windows installation can be tricky, because your data might not all fit on the drive. UPDATE: If you are doing lots of cloning, make it easy and simply buy a offline clone device from Amazon:…
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FTP PowerShell Script
Automated PS script to run a FTP via Windows Task Scheduler using: Powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -command ".'C:path\to\SCRIPTNAME.ps1' optional argument -WindowStyle Hidden For console testing, use Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned or --bypass [sourcecode language="plain"] # Location where csv file is to be created, with results from query. $dir = Get-ChildItem -Path "PATH TO DIRECTORY HERE" | Sort-Object…
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Excel – How to return the column letter of cell reference
Here is an excel formula to return the column letter of the refereed cell; this one extends to AA, AB ......---> to end: =LOWER(SUBSTITUTE(ADDRESS(1,COLUMN(),4),"1","")) - small letters or =SUBSTITUTE(ADDRESS(1,COLUMN(),4),"1","") - caps
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How To Modify An Existing DHCP Scope and Subnet
After searching through a lot of tutorials and how-to's I created a step-by-step tutorial of how to change a DHCP scope. Probably because you are running out of IP's to had out from your DHCP server. First here is a IP Subnet Calculator. CMD: netsh dhcp server \\”Server name” scope “scope subnet name” dump>c:\dhcp.txt Take…
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