IIS Set Connection String in web.config using the Web-Administration powershell module So in the web.config file for “MyApplication” application under “Default Web Site”, I have a connection string called “MyChartsConnection”, that I want to change the connection string as I am modifying it for Production use , changing server name and username password, plus some […]
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DFS Issue – “the value does not fall within the expected range” when adding replication group – SOLUTION
Occurs on any .net framework 4.6.1 and higher. It is due to the CLR.DLL. Upgrading the .Net framework will not fix it. CLR.DLL version 4.7.2102.0 to 4.7.2558.0 is the issue What will fix it is
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Disaster Recovery – Get A List Of All Automatic Services Not Started
The following script contacts all the windows servers in the domain and returns a list of stopped services that are set to Automatic to a CSV file.
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KB3139398 March 2016 Update Failing Issue [Solution]
In the setup event log you see KB3139398 and probably a bunch more KBs failing to install
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Metltdown Spectre Firmware updates Dell and HP
BIOS updates for Meltdown / Spectre Acer HP Workstations https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c05869091 HP Servers https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-a00039267en_us Dell NVIDIA Lenovo Microsoft More here https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/list-of-links-bios-updates-for-the-meltdown-and-spectre-patches/ OS Updates MS operating systems https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/how-to-check-and-update-windows-systems-for-the-meltdown-and-spectre-cpu-flaws/ https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/microsoftsecure/2018/01/09/understanding-the-performance-impact-of-spectre-and-meltdown-mitigations-on-windows-systems/ VMWare advisory https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0002.html SCCM Compliance Settings https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/configmgr_geek_speak/2018/01/09/configmgr-speculation-control-ba… Performance Hit https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/01/heres-how-and-why-the-spectre-and-meltdown-patches-will-hurt-performance/ Also further reading https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/configurationmgr/2018/01/08/additional-guidance-to-mitigate-spec…
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November 2017 Patch Tuesday Issues
List of issues relating to November 2017 Patch Tuesday Windows Updates
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Vmware Horizon View – View Powercli Cmdlet Get-DesktopVM user_sid and user_displayname is blank
I found the reason I could not see any user_sid or user_displayname data when running Get-DesktopVM.
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Powershell – List Users Logged Into A Range Of Computers
So this script get a list of users logged into computers. It uses my personal favourite RDS PowerShell module but works on PCs. Note: some firewall rule(s) inbound may be required.
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Powershell – Check That SCCM User Environment Is Setup
SCCM is a bit fiddly it has its “own” powershell console that is a tad inconvenient. Also a lot of assumptions are made that the user is all good to go with SCCM cmdlets and that is usually far from the truth. The following script is does few prerequisite checks to ensure it is all […]
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Reasons For SCCM Status Message Error 10025
So these are the reasons I see for the Status Message error 1025
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