PrintNightmare: secure print configuration
In this “little” tutorial, I will show you how to set up a “secure” configuration. Since the publication of the PrintNightmare flaw, Microsoft has deployed several …
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KB5005033: Allow non-administrators to install printer drivers
To fight against the flaws that affect the print spooler on Windows, the KB5005033 of August 2021, modifies the behavior of Windows 10 by requesting the administrator …
KB5005573 - Error 0x0000011b - Printing
On Windows Server 2016 servers, KB5005573 randomly causes printing error 0x0000011b on computers. As of 9/17/2021, the workaround is to uninstall this update from the …
Use the hosts file to simulate a DNS record on Windows
Location of the hosts file : C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc. Pour ajouter un enregistrement : 1. Start notepad as administrator. 2. Open the hosts file located in …
Jenkins: run PowerShell scripts
To complete the tutorial on Jenkins where I explain how to use it to run scheduled tasks and therefore turn it into a scheduler, I will show you in this tutorial, how to …
Chocolatey: software repository for Windows
In this article, I will tell you about a very practical little program to make it easier for you to install programs on workstations and servers. Chocolatey is to Windows …
Export / Import a scheduled task
In this tutorial, I will tell you how to export and import a scheduled task. This tutorial applies to both Windows Server and the Desktop version (Windows 10). To …
PowerShell and network drives
In this tutorial on “scripting”, I suggest you discover or see how to manage network drives with PowerShell and you will see that it is not that “simple”. In the …
Manage the DNS cache on Windows Server
In this “tutorial”, I will give you some PowerShell cmdlets to manage your DNS server cache on Windows Server. To be more precise, we will see 4 cmdlet PowerShell * …
DISKPART : delete all partitions
In this tutorial, I will tell you how to delete all partitions from a hard drive with DISKPART. I am using this procedure to remove OEM partitions on computers from …
Vbs : delete all files with the same extension in a folder
The next two lines of code allow you to delete all files with a particular extension in a folder. Set obj = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") …
Remove all network printers from a workstation
The script allows you to delete all network printers on a workstation / server. ' ' RDR REMOVE NETWORK PRINTER ' ' ' Dim strComputer strComputer = "." Set objWMIService = …