by skufel | Dec 5, 2013 | Automation, Infrastructure, Scripting, Windows
Some handy wmic commands which might be helpful when automating OS deployment: wmic bios get serialnumber wmic computersystem get manufacturer wmic computersystem get model
by skufel | Nov 24, 2013 | Apple, Windows
NOTE: iTunes version 11.1.4.62 or above is free from that issue. When trying to access iTunes Store from iTunes installed on Windows 8.1 it crashes. Problem is that iTunes can’t find specific DLL which is used to display content of the store. In order to fix...
by skufel | Nov 19, 2013 | Windows
Some handy keyboard shortcuts you can use in Windows 8.1 WINKEY - Toggles between Desktop and Start Menu Esc Key - If you have the Desktop running it will exit to desktop whenever in Start Menu WINKEY + , Provides Peak of Desktop if open WINKEY + B Switch to the...
by skufel | Oct 24, 2013 | Automation, Infrastructure, Scripting, SysAdmin, Windows
Handful list of parameters possible to use in CMD scripts: %~I - expands %I removing any surrounding quotes ("") %~fI - expands %I to a fully qualified path name %~dI - expands %I to a drive letter only %~pI - expands %I to a...
by skufel | Sep 10, 2013 | Infrastructure, Network, Scripting, SysAdmin
If you need to identify your public IP and have no possibility to run web browser of any kind you can use telnet. In order to identify public IPv4: telnet v4address.com In order to identify public IPv6: telnet v6address.com Once connection is established autoresponder...
