https://evotec.xyz/fr/tags/windows/index.atom.xml2023-04-16T15:04:57.0000000ZEvotechttps://evotec.xyz/fr/blog/simplify-notifications-about-ubiquiti-unifi-stock2023-04-16T15:04:57.0000000Z

I am a pretty big fan of Ubiquiti and their Unifi products line. Whether it’s network equipment or their camera systems, Unifi Protect, I have it all, and I’m pretty happy with how it works. However, over the last two years, some of their stocks in the store were very hard to find. For example, I’ve searched for Unifi Protect G4 Doorbell Pro for over six months. I’ve tried local shops all around Europe, even in the Ubiquiti Europe store, to never found any of them.

https://evotec.xyz/fr/blog/powerbginfo-powershell-alternative-to-sysinternals-bginfo2023-01-01T15:51:00.0000000Z

When I created ImagePlayground, I thought about how to show its usefulness to the general community. On how to deliver what PowerShell can do. Then I saw on some forum people asking BGInfo to expand and allow running PowerShell scripts so that the data on the BGInfo Wallpaper can be gathered from PowerShell rather than VBS. I thought this was a great idea to create BGInfo using PowerShell without the necessity of using BGInfo at all.

https://evotec.xyz/fr/blog/encrypting-and-decrypting-pgp-using-powershell2021-09-12T15:14:12.0000000Z

Some time ago, I decided that having an easy-to-use PGP PowerShell module is a way to kill my boredom. Four months have passed, and I decided to share it with the world, as it may be helpful to some of you. Today I would like to introduce you to PSPGP – PowerShell module that provides PGP functionality in PowerShell.

https://evotec.xyz/fr/blog/powershell-everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-event-logs2019-02-20T13:22:19.0000000Z

If you feel this title is very familiar to you it’s because I actually have stolen the title from Kevin Marquette. I’m in awe of his posts that take you thru topic from beginning till the end. No splitting, no hiding anything, everything on a plate, in a single post. That’s why I’ve decided to write a post that will take you on a trip on how to work with Event Logs, something that is an internal part of Windows Administration. If you’ve never worked with Events and you’re in IT you most likely should make an effort to find out what it is and how you can eat it.

https://evotec.xyz/fr/blog/how-to-find-different-server-types-in-active-directory-with-powershell2019-02-06T18:25:30.0000000Z

Working as a freelancer is a great thing if you can handle it. Each day, each week something new happens and a new problem shows up on my doorstep. It also means it’s almost never boring at your job and you get to play with new stuff. But there’s one drawback to this. You’re often thrown at the problem, told to fix it but often that’s about as much information as you get. It wasn’t very different today. I was told to switch Office 365 from ADFS to Password Synchronization. While reasons for this are not really important, the important question here is what is the name of AD Connect server that’s responsible for this configuration?

https://evotec.xyz/fr/blog/active-directory-how-to-track-down-why-and-where-the-user-account-was-locked-out2019-01-24T15:25:31.0000000Z

I’ve been working with Windows Events for a while now. One of the things I did to help me diagnose problems and reporting on Windows Events was to write PSEventViewer to help to parse the logs and write PSWinReporting to help monitor (with use of PSEventViewer) Domain Controllers for events that happen across the domain. It’s handy and I, get those excellent daily reports of what happened while I was gone.

https://evotec.xyz/fr/blog/how-to-change-your-own-expired-password-when-you-cant-login-to-rdp2019-01-23T10:41:40.0000000Z

I must admit that it was a bit embarrassing to see my Administrator password expired when I tried to log in as Domain Admin to Domain Controller. I got this little message saying This user account’s password has expired. The password must change to logon. Please update the password or contact your system administrator or technical support.

https://evotec.xyz/fr/blog/windows-server-2019-desktop-path-for-all-users-cwindowssystem32configsystemprofiledesktop2019-01-22T14:31:49.0000000Z

I’ve got a strange request a few days ago regarding users getting a prompt about their Desktop location pointing to…

https://evotec.xyz/fr/blog/sixteen-powershell-modules-that-ive-worked-on-in-20182019-01-06T17:39:32.0000000Z

A look back at the PowerShell modules built in 2018, what they solved, how they grew, and why some were merged, retired, or kept simple.

https://evotec.xyz/fr/blog/windows-2019-how-to-add-language-pack2019-01-02T13:38:16.0000000Z

Today I’ve been setting up a new server on Windows 2019. By default, I install Windows with English version even if Client works in their language such as German, Polish or Swedish. While some people install Windows in a language they desire to work with, years of experience taught me that installing English and then adding Language Pack is the best way to go. All errors, windows events, and general troubleshooting is much easier if those are in the native English language. Each version of Windows made it easier to install the language pack and have that up and running in no time. In Windows 2019 it’s even more comfortable… or is it?

https://evotec.xyz/fr/blog/import-module-this-script-contains-malicious-content-and-has-been-blocked-by-your-antivirus-software2018-12-12T14:02:21.0000000Z

I’ve been working today on a little project when suddenly my modules stopped working. It was weird because I have not touched anything that could cause it. A message was a bit cryptic mentioning that my PSWriteColor module is required but not available. I’ve decided to try and load PSWriteColor manually using Import-Module command.

https://evotec.xyz/fr/blog/azure-ad-connect-completed-export-errors-permission-issue2018-11-29T11:15:53.0000000Z

If Azure AD Connect shows completed-export-errors with permission-issue, the sync connector account usually lacks the rights it needs somewhere in the Active Directory path.

https://evotec.xyz/fr/blog/azure-agent-where-did-my-space-go2018-11-28T16:19:01.0000000Z

If a Windows Azure VM suddenly loses disk space and Explorer does not explain it, the Azure guest agent and its logs under C:\WindowsAzure are worth checking.

https://evotec.xyz/fr/blog/outlook-the-primary-account-cannot-be-removed-unless-it-is-the-only-account-in-the-profile2018-11-23T22:39:44.0000000Z

Fix the Outlook error about removing the primary account by handling Office 365 migration profiles without forcing full mailbox re-downloads.

https://evotec.xyz/fr/blog/psblacklistchecker-added-discord-support2018-11-03T20:33:45.0000000Z

It’s been less than 24 hours since I’ve released PSBlackListChecker with support, among other improvements, for Microsoft Teams and Slack and I’m now adding Discord to the mix. Discord was a popular request (well not really, just one person asked, but let’s pretend everyone loves PSBlackListChecker so much that they are too shy to ask for feature requests!).

https://evotec.xyz/fr/blog/powershell-environment-path-is-missing-or-overwritten2018-11-03T12:07:35.0000000Z

If PSModulePath is suddenly missing default module locations, PowerShell can stop discovering built-in or installed modules even though nothing seems broken at first glance.

https://evotec.xyz/fr/blog/update-module-packagemanagementinstall-package-unable-to-find-repository2018-10-19T17:04:49.0000000Z

I was installing newest version of my PSWinDocumentation module on Windows 2016 when I noticed I can’t really get anything…

https://evotec.xyz/fr/blog/pswindocumentation-audit-active-directory-passwords2018-10-07T17:57:42.0000000Z

Audit Active Directory passwords with PSWinDocumentation and breached-password data to find weak, reused, or exposed credentials before attackers do.

https://evotec.xyz/fr/blog/pswindocumentation-version-0-1-with-word-excel-export2018-08-23T20:07:04.0000000Z

A few weeks ago I’ve released my first version of PSWinDocumentation. It was simple, one command module where you start it and get some basic AD stuff into Microsoft Word document. Today… I’m releasing a new version that has a bit bigger feature set. Are you ready for it? Let’s go!

https://evotec.xyz/fr/blog/windows-10-youll-need-the-internet-for-this-0xcaa7004-or-0xcaa301942018-08-08T08:16:46.0000000Z

Resolve Windows 10 sign-in and connectivity problems behind the You will need the internet for this message and errors 0xCAA7004, 0xCAA30194, and 0x80072EFD.

https://evotec.xyz/fr/blog/working-with-windows-events-with-powershell2018-05-28T09:28:21.0000000Z

Work with Windows Event Logs in PowerShell more effectively by querying events, filtering noisy data, and building repeatable troubleshooting workflows for servers and clients.

https://evotec.xyz/fr/blog/sync-folder-windows-to-onedrive2018-02-16T12:31:50.0000000Z

OneDrive is great piece of software but at the time of writing it misses some of the features that competitors…

https://evotec.xyz/fr/blog/microsoft-discontinues-active-directory-replication-status-tool2016-03-21T15:34:26.0000000Z

The old AD Replication Status Tool was a convenient GUI for spotting replication problems, but modern AD troubleshooting should focus on supported tools like repadmin and dcdiag.

https://evotec.xyz/fr/blog/windows-server-snmp-service-tabs-missing2016-03-06T13:37:01.0000000Z

If the SNMP service installs but the Agent, Traps, and Security tabs are missing, the usual problem is that the SNMP management tools component was not installed alongside the service itself.

https://evotec.xyz/fr/blog/powershell-change-dns-ip-addresses-remotely2016-02-09T14:57:22.0000000Z

Use PowerShell to change DNS server addresses on remote Windows machines with a safer pattern that validates adapters and returns the final configuration.