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Author: Dexter

Creating your first Powershell GUI – Part 2

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Dexter

Already seen this part? Check out Part 1, Part 2, and Part3 In part 1, we covered the very basics. A one-line Get-ADUser query, a simple form with one button and output textbox. In this entry, we’ll add more functionality
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Posted in IT BlogTagged Active Directory, Get-ADUser, how-to, Microsoft, PowerShell, PowerShell GUI
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Creating your first Powershell GUI – Part 1

Posted on September 20, 2020 by Dexter

Create your first Powershell GUI, Part 1: the Basics with simple tools and built in Windows 10 functionality

Posted in IT BlogTagged Active Directory, Get-ADUser, how-to, Microsoft, PowerShell, PowerShell GUI
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Ubuntu – Add Google 2FA for SSH

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Dexter
Ubuntu – Add Google 2FA for SSH

The Setup Host: Ubuntu 18.04 “Bionic Beaver” releaseSoftware: Google Chrome Original article found on linuxbabe Super handy, and secure way to ssh into your Linux Box at home. This uses the Android Google Authenticator for the QR code, generated right
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Posted in IT BlogTagged google authenticator, how-to, IT, ubuntu
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Ubuntu Chrome Remote Desktop configuration

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Dexter
Ubuntu Chrome Remote Desktop configuration

The Setup Host: Ubuntu 18.04 “Bionic Beaver” releaseSoftware: Google Chrome I thought this was weird: I couldn’t actually download the Chrome browser. Couldn’t do it from firefox (the Ubuntu default), or chromium (the open-source O.G Chrome package). I thought that
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Posted in IT BlogTagged chrome remote desktop, how-to, IT, ubuntu
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Oracle VirtualBox – Configure Guest-VM network to communicate with Host network

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Dexter
Oracle VirtualBox – Configure Guest-VM network to communicate with Host network

This is going to focus on configuring an Oracle Virtualbox VM to do a few things:-make it so the host, and local host network can see, ping, remote and use fileshares to the Oracle Box guest VM-Enable the Oracle box
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Posted in IT BlogTagged how-to, IT, IT problems, Microsoft, Networking, VirtualBox
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GPO enable VSS in Win 7

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Dexter
GPO enable VSS in Win 7

Volume Shadow copy has saved my butt on file, exchange, and SQL servers.  Typically, IT departments discourage previous versions on desktops mainly because it opens up issues with disk space and if it’s really worth saving or rescuing an MP3
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Posted in IT BlogTagged Group Policy, how-to, IT, VSS, Windows 2008
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GPO add corporate picture to your AD logon account

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Dexter
GPO add corporate picture to your AD logon account

Group Policy to set default Windows 7 Account pictures.

Posted in IT BlogTagged Group Policy, how-to, IT, Windows 2008

Disable .exe’s from running inside any user %appdata% directory – GPO

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Dexter
Disable .exe’s from running inside any user %appdata% directory – GPO

The Cryptolocker virus out there in the wild and I’ve seen it happen on a few computers and it’s certainly not pretty. The details are sorrid, but in a nutshell what happens is a crytolocker virus gets onto your computer,
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Posted in IT BlogTagged computer, Cryptolocker, Group Policy, how-to, Virus, Windows Server 2008
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Editing Office 2013 installs via Group Policy

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Dexter

 With the new Office getting pushed out, I was running into problems with PST files, namely I didn’t want them in my environment cluttering things up and causing a ruckus on local computers. After a bit of research I found
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How to get Green ticks on Google Drive back

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Dexter

I’ve been using Google Drive to sync files for some time now, because it’s great having 15GB of storage sitting in the cloud that I can access anytime.  I’m not here to point out the merits of having a google account that needlessly
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Posted in IT BlogTagged computer, Google Drive, how-to, useful, Windows
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