In a time where we work from home a lot more it is key that you keep your data save. In my case I of course work a lot from cloud services which all have their backups installed and configured however a lot of the time I do offline work or want a specific version […]
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The Windows Search Indexer by default may lack in some departments. This post is here for people that want to try to get the most out of the indexer using a simple option. A lot of people use a program like Everything to index the system and search for files that way. I do recommend
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Cortana the voice assistant from Microsoft will be a separate app in the release of Windows 10 build 2004 or 20H1. In our case even disabling Cortana from the Group Policies did not work as effective as we would have liked. Weird bugs started appearing that disabled Cortana on the second screen but did not
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A common issue that I find when helping other people with their computers is that a lot of software is not up to date and sometimes even the out of date version that is installed has known security issues that can be resolved by updating to the latest version of that software. Now on Windows
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When looking around for an easy way to clean up servers and the accounts that use the servers I wanted a way to clear the Recycle Bins for all users. Consultants leave a lot of crap around on servers apparently. However because we use various versions of PowerShell there are various methods of doing so.
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I needed a set off scripts to check the status of Fast Startup on a number of machines because of power plan issues. However running to the machines and checking is not smart at all. So I created a simple set of scripts that can check computers what the current Fast Startup status is and
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Just installing the updates might not be enough in some cases. Some computers needs registry values and keys created and set to enable the mitigations that Microsoft released for Windows 10. To smooth out this process I created a simple script for myself that allows you to remotely set the registry keys and values required
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As I said in the previous post about updating and installing FFMPEG I absolutely love the program especially in combination with PowerShell for me to use as a tool. I am required to use FFMPEG sometimes for users that need assistance in various video compression or editing. Today I would like to share my script
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Let’s begin with saying that I absolutely love using FFMPEG. It’s a great all in one tool for general purposes in video. Because people make various videos I sometimes need to make bulk and quick actions to maybe convert the video in question. However I personally love using the nightly builds of FFMPEG and that
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I am personally in love with Slack. It is a great communication tool for a company or project or whatever you want it to be used for. And as a sysadmin using Slack as your notification channel for your various scripts that run is great instead of the good old email. You can use the
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