GPO: configure default programs
In this tutorial, I will explain how to configure the default applications (browser, PDF reader…) using a Group Policy (GPO) in an Active Directory environment. Puzzle of …
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View Active Directory Group Members in PowerShell
In this tutorial, I will explain how to display the members of an Active Directory group in PowerShell. I already see some reaction of the style, we can have it from the …
Add-WindowsCapability: resolve error 0x800f0954
In this tutorial, I will explain how to solve error 0x800f0954 with the PowerShell Add-WindowsCapability Cmdlet when trying to install a Windows feature. This error …
Install nano on Windows
In this tutorial, I will explain how to easily install nano on Windows (Desktop and Server). If you regularly use Linux, you are certainly familiar with it, for those who …
GPO: schedule the automatic shutdown of computers
In this tutorial, I will walk you through how to schedule computers to automatically shut down using Group Policy. In fact, there is no native functionality in Windows to …
Windows DNS Server: Error 404, 407, 408 with virtual machine on Hyper-V
In this tutorial, which is a special case, I will explain how to solve the 404, 407 and 408 error that can occur on a DNS server with Windows Server under the following …
PowerShell: show the contents of a text file
In this tutorial, I will show you how to display the contents of a text file (txt, yaml, php, vbs…) in a PowerShell window. In fact, it’s very simple, just use the Cmdlet …
Windows Server: disable a cipher suite
In this tutorial, I will walk you through how to disable a cipher suite also call cipher. If you arrive on this tutorial by a search engine, there is a good chance that …
WSUS manually import an update from the Microsoft Update Catalog
In this tutorial, I will explain how to manually import a site updatehttps://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/ in WSUS with PowerShell. By default, this operation is …
Delete a DNS zone on Windows Server
In this tutorial, I will explain how to delete a DNS zone on Windows Server. Open the DNS administration console {#Ouvrir-la-console-d’administration-DNS} On the Windows …
GPO: force updates from the console
Since Windows 2012, it is possible to force the update of group policies from the Group Policy Management console. It is no longer necessary to go through all the …
DFS: delete a namespace on Windows Server
In this tutorial, I will explain how to delete a DFS namespace on Windows Server. In the vast majority of cases, you won’t normally need this tutorial ;) Although this …