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...
by skufel | Aug 15, 2013 | Collaboration, Windows
Screenshots from SharePoint Foundation 2010 installation process. Server Farm installation type has been chosen. Account svc-spf has been created in lab.corp (LAB) domain prior to installation. No special permissions set on this account. Initial configuration once...
by skufel | Aug 13, 2013 | Scripting, Windows
Handy quick one to change script execution policy for PowerShell: Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Force Now all scripts should work fine 🙂
by skufel | Aug 10, 2013 | Infrastructure, SysAdmin, System Center, Windows
Quick reference with screenshots and requirements for System Center 2012 SP1 Service Manager installation. Few components from Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Feature Pack will be required. Group Service Manager Admins has been created in lab.corp (LAB) domain prior to...
by skufel | Aug 7, 2013 | Directory Services, Infrastructure, Scripting, Windows
In order to create new Forest and promote Windows Server 2012 Core to be Domain Controller for that Forest, first Active Directory Services Role has to be added: Install-WindowsFeature AD-Domain-Services –IncludeManagementTools Once Active Directory DOmain Services...
by skufel | Jul 2, 2013 | Automation, Scripting, Windows
To download file from URL I used following piece of code: $fileURL = "http://server/file.zip" $fileName = "C:\Downloads\file.zip" $webclient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient...
