- Apr 9, 2014
How to monitor HP ProLiant server drive health via PowerShell and WMI as an alternative to SNMP monitoring, with implementation details for PRTG Network Monitor.
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- Jan 14, 2014
A quick reference for configuring Active Directory Domain Services time synchronization using Group Policy Objects with proper NTP settings.
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- May 20, 2013
A simple one-liner command to check Windows system uptime from the command prompt, with an improved method suggested by a reader.
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- Aug 2, 2012
A practical PowerShell script for batch-converting images to black and white using ImageMagick, while properly handling embedded thumbnails.
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- Oct 20, 2011
A review of 7-Zip, a powerful open-source file archiver with high compression ratio that handles multiple formats including ZIP, GZIP, TAR, ISO, and many others.
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- Aug 19, 2011
A review of Greenshot, a lightweight screenshot tool for Windows that allows quick capture, annotation, highlighting and obfuscation of screenshots.
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- Oct 11, 2010
A VBScript solution to check if the current user is a member of a specified Active Directory group.
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- Oct 16, 2008
A checklist of important considerations when changing IP subnet ranges in a Windows network environment.
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