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smbclient \\\\server\\sharename password -Uusername -c “prompt;mget *”
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Windows 11 21H2 and Synology NAS
Getting an error 0x800704f8 and/or Windows cannot access \\(server name/ ip address) Check the spelling of the name. Otherwise, there might be a problem with your network. To identify and resolve network problems, click Diagnose Error code: 0x800704f8, What is … Continue reading →
How to Remove Hidden Network Adapters in Windows
Moving virtual guest Windows machines around between virtual hosts, sometimes the network adapters get lost or hidden. This creates a situation where you move a machine and it looks like it forgot the static ip address settings. So you go … Continue reading →
Disk added to QEMU Windows Guest comes up as off line
Add a new disk to a Windows Guest box and go to computer management and a message pops up: Offline (The disk is offline because of policy set by an administrator). As it turned out, this problem may appear … Continue reading →
Windows Member Server jumps to Public or Private after reboot
I have hit this problem several times – a member server changes from “Domain” to “Public” or “Private” network after reboot. Permanent fix I have found Add below registry key and reboot your member server. Once below reg key is … Continue reading →
Delete Hidden/Non-Existent Windows Network Card Using the Device Manager
To uninstall hidden (physically removed) network adapters in Windows, open the Device Manager console in the special mode. Open the command prompt as an administrator; Run the command: set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1 Start the Device Manager console: devmgmt.msc In the top … Continue reading →
Get AD User Home Directory using PowerShell
We can easily retrieve AD user’s home directory path by using the Active Director powershell cmdlet Get-ADUser. In this post, I am going to write powershell script get home directory path for an ad user, users from specific OU … Continue reading →
Transfer FSMO roles using the NTDSUtil tool
First, open the command prompt with administrative privileges. Type ntdsutil and press Enter. Type roles and press Enter. Type connections and press Enter. Type connect to server DC01 and press Enter, where DC01 is the server computer name that will … Continue reading →
Brother Printer Print Quality
I had a problem with a Brother HL-L6200DW with poor print quality on Widows 10. I resolved it as follows: In the “Type here to search” box – type in “Printer & Scanners” Select your printer – then click on … Continue reading →
Determine last person to log onto windows / default logon
I have had a need to determine the default logon username on a windows machine – but I was remote So I ran an rdp session to the machine and I pulled up a command line prompt and executed reg … Continue reading →