tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758614715852658232024-03-12T03:08:52.365-07:00The Funky Tech GuyThe Funky Tech Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10893894480164914268noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775861471585265823.post-16712847223543073252023-01-26T22:40:00.000-08:002023-01-26T22:40:45.409-08:00PowerShell Scripts for Automating Windows Server Management<p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <a href="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1JOXkYy97ZFlDpOjmeotBotO1GHz-hmK5"><img title="Blue Modern Technology News Headline Instagram Post - 1" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" border="0" alt="Blue Modern Technology News Headline Instagram Post - 1" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1ulzp0fZ4UqAsebf9zOaqZWHE-HBnOPqM" width="474" height="474" /></a> <p> </p> <p>PowerShell is a powerful tool for automating and managing Windows Server environments. With its ability to access and control various system components, PowerShell can significantly improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Windows Server management. In this article, we will discuss five advanced PowerShell scripts that can help automate various aspects of Windows Server management.</p> <h1 style="text-align: left;">1. Script for automating the creation and configuration of Active Directory user accounts.</h1> <div>The following script can be used to automate the process of creating and configuring Active Directory user accounts. It prompts the user for the necessary information, such as the user's name, password, and group membership, and then creates the account and configures the appropriate settings.</div> <div> <div><iframe style="width: 100%; height: 320px;" src="https://www.thiscodeworks.com/embed/63d354d67341b500159af92d" frameborder="0"></iframe></div> <h1 style="text-align: left;">2. Script for automating the backup of Windows Server event logs.</h1> <div>The following script can be used to automate the process of backing up Windows Server event logs. It exports the event logs to a specified location, such as a network share or a local drive, and also includes options to specify the types of logs to be exported and the date range for the export</div> <div> </div> <div><iframe style="width: 100%; height: 203px;" src="https://www.thiscodeworks.com/embed/63d357287341b500159af92f" frameborder="0"></iframe></div> <div> </div> <div> <h1 style="text-align: left;">3. Script for automating the monitoring of Windows Server performance metrics.</h1> </div> <div> </div> <div>The following script can be used to automate the process of monitoring Windows Server performance metrics. It retrieves various performance counters, such as CPU usage, memory usage, and disk usage, and then exports the data to a specified location, such as a CSV file or a database.</div> <div> </div> <div><span class="hljs-variable" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><font style="font-size: 10.5pt;">$counters</font></span><font style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-operator" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">=</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-string" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">"<span class="hljs-subst" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box;">\\</span>ServerName\Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time"</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">, </span><span class="hljs-string" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">"<span class="hljs-subst" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box;">\\</span>ServerName\Memory\Available MBytes"</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">, </span><span class="hljs-string" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">"<span class="hljs-subst" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box;">\\</span>ServerName\LogicalDisk(C:)\% Free Space"</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-variable" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">$interval</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-operator" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">=</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-number" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">5</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-variable" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">$duration</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-operator" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">=</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> (</span><span class="hljs-type" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">New</span><span class="hljs-operator" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">-</span><span class="hljs-type" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">TimeSpan</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-operator" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">-</span><span class="hljs-type" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Minutes</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-number" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">30</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">) </span><span class="hljs-variable" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">$path</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-operator" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">=</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-string" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">"C:\PerformanceData.csv"</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-variable" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">$samples</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-operator" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">=</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-variable" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">$duration</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">.</span><span class="hljs-type" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">TotalSeconds</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-operator" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">/</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-variable" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">$interval</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-variable" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">$data</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-operator" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">=</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> @() </span><span class="hljs-keyword" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">for</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> (</span><span class="hljs-variable" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">$i</span><span class="hljs-operator" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">=</span><span class="hljs-number" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">1</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">; </span><span class="hljs-variable" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">$i</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-operator" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">-</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">le </span><span class="hljs-variable" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">$samples</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">; </span><span class="hljs-variable" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">$i</span><span class="hljs-operator" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">++</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">) { </span><span class="hljs-variable" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">$sample</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-operator" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">=</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-type" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Get</span><span class="hljs-operator" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">-</span><span class="hljs-type" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Counter</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-operator" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">-</span><span class="hljs-type" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Counter</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-variable" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">$counters</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-operator" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">-</span><span class="hljs-type" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">SampleInterval</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-variable" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">$interval</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-variable" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">$data</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-operator" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">+=</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-variable" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">$sample</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">.</span><span class="hljs-type" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">CounterSamples</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-operator" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">|</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-type" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Select</span><span class="hljs-operator" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">-</span><span class="hljs-type" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Object</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-operator" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">-</span><span class="hljs-type" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Property</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-type" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Timestamp</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">, </span><span class="hljs-type" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Path</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">, </span><span class="hljs-type" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">CookedValue</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> } </span><span class="hljs-variable" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">$data</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-operator" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">|</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-type" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Export</span><span class="hljs-operator" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">-</span><span class="hljs-type" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Csv</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-operator" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">-</span><span class="hljs-type" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Path</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-variable" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">$path</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><span class="hljs-operator" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">-</span></font><span class="hljs-type" style="border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><font style="font-size: 10.5pt;">NoTypeInformation</font></span></div> <div> </div> <h1> <p>4. Script for automating the management of Windows Server roles and features.</p> </h1> <p>The following script can be used to automate the process of managing Windows Server roles and features. It can be used to install, uninstall, and check the status of various roles and features, such as IIS, DHCP, and DNS.</p> <h1> <p> </p> </h1> <div><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><font style="font-size: 10.5pt;">$role = "DHCP" $feature = "RSAT-DHCP" $computers = "Server1", "Server2", "Server3" $action = Read-Host "Enter 'install', 'uninstall', or 'check' for the role/feature" foreach ($computer in $computers) { Invoke-Command -ComputerName $computer -ScriptBlock { if ($action -eq "install") { Install-WindowsFeature -Name $role, $feature -IncludeAllSubFeature -IncludeManagementTools } elseif ($action -eq "uninstall") { Uninstall-WindowsFeature -Name $role, $feature -Remove } elseif ($action -eq "check") { Get-WindowsFeature -Name $role, $feature | Format-Table -Property Name, DisplayName, Installed } else { Write-Host "Invalid action specified" } } }</font></span></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>I hope this article has been helpful in showcasing the power and versatility of PowerShell for automating Windows Server management. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to leave them in the comments section below. Additionally, if you are looking for more information on PowerShell and Windows Server management, there are a number of resources available online, such as the Microsoft TechNet PowerShell Gallery, the PowerShell documentation on Microsoft Docs, and various community-driven PowerShell blogs and forums.</div> <div> </div> <div>In conclusion, PowerShell is a powerful tool that can be used to automate and streamline many of the tasks involved in managing Windows Server environments. By using the scripts provided in this article, you can save time and effort, improve consistency, and reduce the risk of errors. With the right PowerShell scripts, you can automate repetitive tasks, monitor performance metrics, and manage roles and features across multiple servers. It is a versatile tool that can be used to perform a wide range of tasks, making it a valuable asset for any IT professional managing Windows servers.</div> </div>The Funky Tech Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10893894480164914268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775861471585265823.post-44371353157061748802022-09-14T06:22:00.003-07:002022-09-14T06:31:12.033-07:00Update now! The use of zero-day flaws attacks PCs, prompting Microsoft to release critical security updates<p> <a href="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1cJVpeYrb1QOaY6AZ5a2ozjASgUUJG-P1" style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Grey Minimalist Tips Blog Banner" border="0" height="364" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1tl29fGfD2J06oA0fiD4MbhU-U4WbN39W" style="background-image: none; display: inline;" title="Grey Minimalist Tips Blog Banner" width="644" /></a></p><p> </p> <p>New zero-day vulnerabilities have been discovered in Windows 10. As a result, Microsoft has released critical security updates for users to install. But you'll want to do it right away, because hackers are already exploiting these flaws.</p> <p>Microsoft has once again urged Windows users to upgrade their PCs with the most recent security patches after finding serious flaws, some of which are currently being used in the wild or may be used to spread a worm quickly.</p> <p>Microsoft corrected more than 60 security flaws in its products in its most recent "Patch Tuesday" update, including five "critical" vulnerabilities.</p> <p>A privilege escalation bug in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) that includes publicly available attack code is perhaps the most important vulnerability to address.</p> <p>Researchers from four different security vendors reported the zero-day flaw to Microsoft, suggesting that its use has not been limited to one organization, but could be exploited by many. Microsoft warns that CVE-2022-37969, was reported to Microsoft by four different security vendors, suggesting that it may be exploited more widely than just one target organization.</p> <p>It is obvious that things would get worse if hackers were able to execute remote code on a targeted system if the vulnerability allowed them to do so, but since exploit code has already been available and reports of exploitation have been made, it is still a serious vulnerability that needs to be addressed.</p> <p>The Windows TCP/IP service has a remote code execution flaw, <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-34718" target="_blank">CVE-2022-34718</a>, which could be exploited by a worm without user interaction.</p> <p><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-34718" target="_blank">CVE-2022-34718</a> is also a serious vulnerability in the Windows TCP/IP service, allowing a worm to spread without user interaction.</p> <p>It is possible for an attacker to send a specially crafted IPv6 packet to a Windows node where IPSec is enabled, making the vulnerability more likely to be exploited."</p> <p>This, and other flaws it has patched in its latest security update, have been labelled as "exploitation more likely" by Microsoft without providing much information to the public about why they were labelled this way. Due to the lack of transparency, it is more difficult for companies to determine which vulnerabilities need to be patched first, or which mitigations need to be implemented, especially when the company is concerned about disrupting its other business activities.</p>The Funky Tech Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10893894480164914268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775861471585265823.post-86048477813216281352022-01-02T05:32:00.002-08:002022-01-02T05:54:32.024-08:00Message deferred by categorizer agent<p> </p> <a href="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1hbrXjhy78nfuIivnmsWYhqzmRVwU2l6Z"><img title="Message deferred by categorizer agent" style="border: 0px currentcolor; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;" border="0" alt="Message deferred by categorizer agent" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1bxaGVUp6GFUr1aX_kt8iC523UqRtbgn1" width="320" height="480" /></a> <p> </p> <p>I woke up to a new years surprise in January 2022,  as did many e-mail , infrastructure and network admins out there.</p> <h2>The Issue:</h2> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>E-mail is down and messages are piling up in the message queue. You did the usual things already like check exchange server resources, disk space, cpu ,memory , check back pressure mode , restart Exhange transport services and even restart the servers themselves. </p> <p> </p> <h2>The Cause</h2> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Due of a latent date problem in a signature file utilized by the malware scanning engine inside Exchange Server, messages are blocked in transport queues on Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019. When the problem arises you will notice the following error messages:</p> <h3>Error messages</h3> <p>In the message queue you see error message “message deferred by categorizer”</p> <p><a href="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1uG9dudrHpJTNezKzN_ub8IDUJ6RdBZdy"><img title="clip_image001" style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;" border="0" alt="clip_image001" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1Lltf_zT3chMTGgHuaxc1N37XdylxNQc3" width="436" height="484" /></a></p> <p>you'll observe problems in the Exchange Server's Application event log, notably events 5300 and 1106 (FIPFS), as seen below:</p> <h4><font style="font-weight: bold;">Event ID 5300</font></h4> <p>The FIP-FS "Microsoft" Scan Engine failed to load. PID: 38648, Error Code: 0x80004005. Error Description: Can't convert "2201010009" to long.</p> <p><a href="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1TASJSHwexF8p18NHiA5yPfiDipRxA5l0"><img title="clip_image001[4]" style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;" border="0" alt="clip_image001[4]" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=12uYuTNGGiXmPbpKAm5CyJqULN3yZwDKf" width="644" height="134" /></a></p> <h4><font style="font-weight: bold;">Event ID 1106</font></h4> <p>The FIP-FS Scan Process failed initialization. Error: 0x80004005. Error Details: Unspecified error</p> <p><a href="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1eg4bDsqgBV0fryJAlZNLecKqGG6Qi8e-"><img title="clip_image001[6]" style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;" border="0" alt="clip_image001[6]" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1G_m5O92uCjvHDuKQkZ-tBgJC30Ak4vN8" width="644" height="133" /></a></p> <h4>Additional Errors:</h4> <p><strong>Event ID 5801</strong> <br /><strong>Source: MSExchange Antimalware</strong></p> <p>The anti-malware agent encountered an error while scanning. MessageId: <a href="mailto:XXXXXXX391.1641112993320.JavaMail.SERVER$@DOMAIN.COM">XXXXXXX391.1641112993320.JavaMail.SERVER$@DOMAIN.COM</a> Message sent: 2022-01-02 08:43:13 AM From: <a href="mailto:EMAILADDRESS@DOMAIN.COM">EMAILADDRESS@DOMAIN.COM</a> Size: 6756 Bytes Error: Microsoft.Filtering.ScanAbortedException: Exception of type 'Microsoft.Filtering.ScanAbortedException' was thrown.</p> <p>at Microsoft.Filtering.InteropUtils.ThrowPostScanErrorAsFilteringException(WSM_ReturnCode code, String message)</p> <p>at Microsoft.Filtering.FilteringService.EndScan(IAsyncResult ar)</p> <p>at Microsoft.Exchange.Transport.Agent.Malware.MalwareAgent.OnScanCompleted(IAsyncResult ar) </p> <p> </p> <h2>The Workaround</h2> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>1. Find the exchange scripts folder and run the disable antimalware script. Its not instant so give it a minute or two.</p> <p><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">cd "C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\Scripts"</font></p> <p><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">.\Disable-AntimalwareScanning.ps1</font></p> <p><a href="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1lWzbCutx2fVR8yxi66wM4yK7HtOrKQFD"><img title="clip_image001[8]" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" border="0" alt="clip_image001[8]" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1fePjGitXOd0vUs6CA426w2CzOumOhHET" width="644" height="65" /></a></p> <p>2. Restart the Microsoft Exchange Transport Services</p> <p><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">Get-Service MSExchangeTransport |Restart-Service</font></p> <p><a href="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1K7EvOlT8W2KmowgBKVVUVCEeUGMa7UTh"><img title="clip_image001[10]" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" border="0" alt="clip_image001[10]" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1gy6PF787g7HE9x8WgCP4bprx2FuF9oV4" width="644" height="141" /></a></p> <p>I hope this has been helpful to you and saved you some New Years time <img class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" alt="Smile" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1XIWLJE2z9xi2izZBjTfYN2h89Qm8wME6" /></p> <p>Let me know in the comments down below.</p> <p>Additional Information can be sourced from:</p> <p><a title="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/email-stuck-in-transport-queues/ba-p/3049447" href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/email-stuck-in-transport-queues/ba-p/3049447">https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/email-stuck-in-transport-queues/ba-p/3049447</a></p> <p><a title="https://www.itwriting.com/blog/11910-exchange-emails-stuck-in-queue-because-message-deferred-by-categorizer-agent-happy-new-year-admins.html" href="https://www.itwriting.com/blog/11910-exchange-emails-stuck-in-queue-because-message-deferred-by-categorizer-agent-happy-new-year-admins.html">https://www.itwriting.com/blog/11910-exchange-emails-stuck-in-queue-because-message-deferred-by-categorizer-agent-happy-new-year-admins.html</a></p> <h2>Update:</h2> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/email-stuck-in-transport-queues/ba-p/3049447" target="_blank">Source</a>:</p> <pre><strong>[PS] C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\Scripts>.\Reset-ScanEngineVersion.ps1</strong><strong><br /></strong><strong>EXCH1 Stopping services...</strong><strong><br /></strong><strong>EXCH1 Removing Microsoft engine folder...</strong><strong><br /></strong><strong>EXCH1 Emptying metadata folder...</strong><strong><br /></strong><strong>EXCH1 Starting services...</strong><strong><br /></strong><strong>WARNING: Waiting for service 'Microsoft Filtering Management Service (FMS)' to start...</strong><strong><br /></strong><strong>WARNING: Waiting for service 'Microsoft Filtering Management Service (FMS)' to start...</strong><strong><br /></strong><strong>WARNING: Waiting for service 'Microsoft Filtering Management Service (FMS)' to start...</strong><strong><br /></strong><strong>WARNING: Waiting for service 'Microsoft Filtering Management Service (FMS)' to start...</strong><strong><br /></strong><strong>WARNING: Waiting for service 'Microsoft Exchange Transport (MSExchangeTransport)' to start...</strong><strong><br /></strong><strong>EXCH1 Starting engine update...</strong><strong><br /></strong><strong>Running as EXCH1-DOM\Administrator.</strong><strong><br /></strong><strong>--------</strong><strong><br /></strong><strong>Connecting to EXCH1.CONTOSO.com.</strong><strong><br /></strong><strong>Dispatched remote command. Start-EngineUpdate -UpdatePath </strong><a href="http://amupdatedl.microsoft.com/server/amupdate"><strong>http://amupdatedl.microsoft.com/server/amupdate</strong></a><strong><br /></strong><strong>--------</strong><strong><br /></strong><strong>[PS] C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\Scripts>Get-EngineUpdateInformation<br /></strong><strong><br />Engine                : Microsoft</strong><br /><strong>LastChecked </strong>      <strong>: 01/01/2022 08:58:22 PM -08:00</strong><br /><strong>LastUpdated </strong>       <strong>: 01/01/2022 08:58:31 PM -08:00</strong><br /><strong>EngineVersion         : 1.1.18800.4</strong><br /><strong>SignatureVersion      : 1.355.1227.0</strong><br /><strong>SignatureDateTime     : 01/01/2022 03:29:06 AM -08:00</strong><br /><strong>UpdateVersion         : 2112330001</strong><br /><strong>UpdateStatus </strong>         <strong>: UpdateAttemptSuccessful</strong></pre>
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<h4>Manual Solution</h4>
<p><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/email-stuck-in-transport-queues/ba-p/3049447" target="_blank">Source</a>:</p>
<p>In lieu of using the script, customers can also manually perform steps to resolve the issue and restore service. To manually resolve this issue, you must perform the following steps on each Exchange server in your organization:</p>
<p><strong>Remove existing engine and metadata</strong>
<br />1. Stop the Microsoft Filtering Management service.  When prompted to also stop the Microsoft Exchange Transport service, click Yes.
<br />2. Use Task Manager to ensure that updateservice.exe is not running.
<br />3. Delete the following folder: %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\FIP-FS\Data\Engines\amd64\Microsoft.
<br />4. Remove all files from the following folder: %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\FIP-FS\Data\Engines\metadata.</p>
<p><strong>Update to latest engine</strong>
<br />1. Start the Microsoft Filtering Management service and the Microsoft Exchange Transport service.
<br />2. Open the Exchange Management Shell, navigate to the Scripts folder (%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\Scripts), and run <em>Update-MalwareFilteringServer.ps1 <server FQDN></em>.</p>
<p><strong>Verify engine update info</strong>
<br />1. In the Exchange Management Shell, run <em>Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.Forefront.Filtering.Management.Powershell</em>.
<br />2. Run <em>Get-EngineUpdateInformation</em> and verify the UpdateVersion information is 2112330001.</p>
<p>After updating the engine, we also recommend that you verify that mail flow is working and that FIPFS error events are not present in the Application event log.</p>The Funky Tech Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10893894480164914268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775861471585265823.post-15162750477250536142019-03-08T01:19:00.000-08:002019-03-08T01:19:16.910-08:00how to convert a shared mailbox back to normal - Microsoft Exchange<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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At some point in time you may be required to convert an exchange mailbox from a shared mailbox back to a normal mailbox.<br />
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It should be as simple as <b><i>set-Mailbox -Identity [mailboxname] -type regular</i></b><br />
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However,I got the following error (See above)<br />
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<i><span style="color: #444444;">Error on proxy command </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #444444;">Active Directory operation failed on [DC name] The value provided for the new password does not meet the length and complexity requirements</span></i><br />
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As we know a shared mailbox is usually disabled and no password set.<br />
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Solution</h2>
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Simply set a password for the mailbox in Active Directory and run the command again.The Funky Tech Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10893894480164914268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775861471585265823.post-58879480173006417242018-02-07T04:10:00.001-08:002018-02-07T04:38:33.523-08:00How to use BITCOIN on Takealot.com<p><br></p><p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-s64E2uIayro/WnruhfRENEI/AAAAAAAAFJI/L7mjEV6-Iv46FpEvxQc6DnUNx3H1MaERQCHMYCw/s1600-h/image%255B28%255D"><img width="895" height="354" title="image" style="border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZDVI7kiDtl8/WnruiOS-ZkI/AAAAAAAAFJM/HjsrLZuIz5MZSFGYLm0XXIF3T-uzyh-QgCHMYCw/image_thumb%255B10%255D?imgmax=800" border="0"></a></p><p>Bitcoin has seen a large uptake in recent months pushing it to record highs until recently when it experience a quite remarkable crash. Each person has their opinion on the value of bitcoin and the difference between price vs value. A debate that by itself can take hours. </p><p>On a lighter note, why not use some of that bitcoin to spoil yourself and go buy something on takealot. Takealot does allow you to buy with your bitcoin its very very hidden. Not sure why though. </p><p>So this is how to buy on takealot with bitcoin.</p><p>1. Select your product</p><p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5lOrH5IMbYY/WnrsfQigbSI/AAAAAAAAFH4/vN0h-tbC_cUBPWQLEEpCv8Rcu1MgLYLEQCHMYCw/s1600-h/image%255B5%255D"><img width="181" height="208" title="image" style="border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TFaR-cgNW_E/Wnrsgbx3hPI/AAAAAAAAFH8/gGg6dzheR0UbCW9fXap--0F8MgvI4PCjQCHMYCw/image_thumb%255B1%255D?imgmax=800" border="0"></a></p><p>2. Click <strong>Add to Cart</strong></p><p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-by_hdJ5cVC4/WnrshK0XeQI/AAAAAAAAFIA/gtTUx0lmCukg7ze5rrEgAiHR-tKDW8nJgCHMYCw/s1600-h/image%255B8%255D"><img width="279" height="187" title="image" style="margin: 0px; border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Vj8txhlQzR4/Wnrsidy0z3I/AAAAAAAAFIE/b1LsgnTuL9Q1H3TgXjh1YIavmznKv3CWgCHMYCw/image_thumb%255B2%255D?imgmax=800" border="0"></a></p><p>3. Click your Cart</p><p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SqwD6lybMvw/Wnrsjn8cWRI/AAAAAAAAFII/k3nhvEexSgoJEXYMJ2XmsHwJYIzMINIYwCHMYCw/s1600-h/image%255B11%255D"><img width="481" height="145" title="image" style="margin: 0px; border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3_e9U_dV370/WnrskwdkSwI/AAAAAAAAFIM/UmzdnT1IYMUWMzfRwbJc1TtajsXwkJihwCHMYCw/image_thumb%255B3%255D?imgmax=800" border="0"></a></p><p>4. Proceed to Checkout</p><p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-t68ms4MG8-U/WnrsmFmdcTI/AAAAAAAAFIQ/arJRs6EplEIvIGRK2qbe0dxyKICg0dkzACHMYCw/s1600-h/image%255B14%255D"><img width="640" height="239" title="image" style="margin: 0px; border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ydjhgZXub9s/WnrsnMKlc6I/AAAAAAAAFIU/MwaAkk1WAw43zwpmyraO9bHaOw6EpSImQCHMYCw/image_thumb%255B4%255D?imgmax=800" border="0"></a></p><p>5. Here's the “hidden” section.</p><p> Select <strong>ETF</strong> & <strong>ETF with PayFast</strong> then click <strong>Proceed</strong> at the bottom</p><p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7drUkKI6aPQ/WnrsoNQ-iQI/AAAAAAAAFIY/Fb8RigLh4gk327Xp1JTduYWV6dcgcGKvQCHMYCw/s1600-h/image%255B17%255D"><img width="593" height="480" title="image" style="border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NYwZqm_gJs0/WnrspNNHHRI/AAAAAAAAFIc/WTUKmz3nFxYmkUAib5K-2iN4DWam2b3ZgCHMYCw/image_thumb%255B5%255D?imgmax=800" border="0"></a></p><p>6. On the next page verify your order information and click <strong>Proceed</strong> again.<br><br><!-- adsense --></p><p><br></p><p>7. Click Pay Now when choosing a Payment Method</p><p>8. Select <strong>Bitcoin</strong></p><p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lZWJMbzP2-4/WnrsqBbNPSI/AAAAAAAAFIg/_mScOJQ5BFE7DWvEfH_Dxs47awtZLVT0QCHMYCw/s1600-h/image%255B20%255D"><img width="585" height="426" title="image" style="border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dOAFphod65I/WnrsratO0lI/AAAAAAAAFIk/AbgjQOKc9hEo7Q2JvitqAli4PACtlYDqACHMYCw/image_thumb%255B6%255D?imgmax=800" border="0"></a></p><p>9. Pay the specified amount of bitcoin to that wallet address and click <strong>I have completed payment</strong></p><p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zpIma811uIU/Wnrssw59psI/AAAAAAAAFIo/31irKPM3-hglXw6PM1bu-akEtZNNMKikQCHMYCw/s1600-h/image%255B24%255D"><img width="333" height="480" title="image" style="margin: 0px; border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xToJHdtpesE/WnrsuPYUdOI/AAAAAAAAFIs/MTbXwDjceFUpAK4XMKoPgJevu1KIeaJ8ACHMYCw/image_thumb%255B8%255D?imgmax=800" border="0"></a></p><p>10. That's it</p><p><br></p><p>What do you think of the recent Bitcoin crash? Do you think it will recover?</p>The Funky Tech Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10893894480164914268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775861471585265823.post-31688192194240279962017-12-18T02:23:00.001-08:002017-12-18T02:23:59.788-08:00How to buy mobile data with Bitcoin or Ethereum<p><br></p><p><br></p><div class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" id="scid:77ECF5F8-D252-44F5-B4EB-D463C5396A79:4c518d16-0016-47f3-be0c-185f1fc246b6" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: none; display: inline;">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Bitcoin" rel="tag">Bitcoin</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Mobile" rel="tag">Mobile</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Ethereum" rel="tag">Ethereum</a></div><p><br></p><p>So bitcoin is the latest craze, it solves a world problem and is very attractive to many people. It has a level of anonymity, if you so choose, its decentralised and its very nice to know that no government or federal reserve can own it. However ,the currency is not mainstream….yet and hence there isn't many things you can buy with it unless you sell it for another currency, but why do we have to? Well here is at least one simple way of buying mobile date and airtime with your bitcoin using Luno.</p><ol><li>From within the Luno mobile app click on <strong>Prepaid</strong><br><br><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QU__F46nQAk/WjeXD11hhAI/AAAAAAAAFFA/vjF7gMuU_-QAnjkdmGgBTXMJZjGfE24zgCHMYCw/s1600-h/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2017-12-12%2Bat%2B19.37.41%255B4%255D"><img width="274" height="484" title="WhatsApp Image 2017-12-12 at 19.37.41" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="WhatsApp Image 2017-12-12 at 19.37.41" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1FlBPEiOEV8/WjeXFchV4oI/AAAAAAAAFFE/l-6fuJmQ3yA5g9hqLuH61RwJBTX8bt6VQCHMYCw/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2017-12-12%2Bat%2B19.37.41_thumb%255B4%255D?imgmax=800" border="0"></a><br><br></li><li>Enter the mobile number you buying for. You can buy for yourself or someone else<br><br><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YG2JKJkpRXA/WjeXGZboQcI/AAAAAAAAFFI/2o4rqVnrhxcUvHlkm-4-0e0Sf1IRyEXjgCHMYCw/s1600-h/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2017-12-12%2Bat%2B19.37.41%2B%25281%2529%255B1%255D"><img width="274" height="484" title="WhatsApp Image 2017-12-12 at 19.37.41 (1)" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="WhatsApp Image 2017-12-12 at 19.37.41 (1)" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-i1p9Vc5ibb4/WjeXHe-fvzI/AAAAAAAAFFM/jsS1okn8ic0868WU9ii2SL0lFTjM7nkpACHMYCw/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2017-12-12%2Bat%2B19.37.41%2B%25281%2529_thumb%255B1%255D?imgmax=800" border="0"></a><br><br></li><li>Enter beneficiary name and select your mobile network<br><br></li><li>Enter your pin code or sign in with your finger print<br><br><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aWi4E6iumAY/WjeXISne0KI/AAAAAAAAFFQ/vdK8RB6GTsoKZSGajF8u3cUQeixXWuSMwCHMYCw/s1600-h/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2017-12-12%2Bat%2B19.37.42%255B2%255D"><img width="274" height="484" title="WhatsApp Image 2017-12-12 at 19.37.42" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="WhatsApp Image 2017-12-12 at 19.37.42" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-T9w5dK3fX_k/WjeXJYjq0KI/AAAAAAAAFFU/lUs0x0uHSC4guVgqz98M-NARmS7l6ipfQCHMYCw/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2017-12-12%2Bat%2B19.37.42_thumb%255B2%255D?imgmax=800" border="0"></a><br><br></li><li>Specify the type and amount of data or airtime you wish to buy with your bitcoin or ethereum.<br><br><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8wbotxYP56I/WjeXKHez1aI/AAAAAAAAFFY/5PqVN7JpuRozNeNcjWTiwvLeEgqsR5OOACHMYCw/s1600-h/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2017-12-12%2Bat%2B19.37.42%2B%25281%2529%2B-%2BCopy%255B2%255D"><img width="274" height="484" title="WhatsApp Image 2017-12-12 at 19.37.42 (1) - Copy" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="WhatsApp Image 2017-12-12 at 19.37.42 (1) - Copy" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9tHpL9yeUGs/WjeXLIeJAKI/AAAAAAAAFFc/hD_qqjac6qEm0Tfsp6b2E3J9Y8M6u-qoQCHMYCw/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2017-12-12%2Bat%2B19.37.42%2B%25281%2529%2B-%2BCopy_thumb%255B2%255D?imgmax=800" border="0"></a><br><br><br><!-- adsense --><br><br></li><li>Enter an optional reference number for the transaction and select if you want to buy with your Bitcoin or Ethereum wallet<br><br><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ytato8rO2Cc/WjeXMD-4QoI/AAAAAAAAFFg/Zj_87R6FkQcltbqH6H--P0Iilm6C7dBYACHMYCw/s1600-h/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2017-12-12%2Bat%2B19.37.43%255B1%255D"><img width="274" height="484" title="WhatsApp Image 2017-12-12 at 19.37.43" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="WhatsApp Image 2017-12-12 at 19.37.43" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fTI93_0FOVg/WjeXNG2t6oI/AAAAAAAAFFk/1xYoMRpq9bEAlAn3m-JKM8J8kS2QRYYtQCHMYCw/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2017-12-12%2Bat%2B19.37.43_thumb%255B1%255D?imgmax=800" border="0"></a><br><br><br><br></li><li>Confirm your purchase details and Enter your pin code or use finger print authentication<br><br><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZJzMrgXh79k/WjeXODARLnI/AAAAAAAAFFo/L1fwagWMdcYIN3cuD6WfA6uv1XGDym8EwCHMYCw/s1600-h/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2017-12-12%2Bat%2B19.37.43%2B%25281%2529%255B1%255D"><img width="274" height="484" title="WhatsApp Image 2017-12-12 at 19.37.43 (1)" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="WhatsApp Image 2017-12-12 at 19.37.43 (1)" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ev3eOKsX58o/WjeXPRGZOwI/AAAAAAAAFFs/xXTn-s863FggP_clTfRmlzDtPX0NnkIUgCHMYCw/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2017-12-12%2Bat%2B19.37.43%2B%25281%2529_thumb%255B1%255D?imgmax=800" border="0"></a><br><br></li><li>That's it. Good job on your first purchase using Bitcoin or Ethereum.</li></ol><p><br></p><p>Let me know in the comments below if you think bitcoin is the currency of the future or if its just a bubble? Also if you found this help don't forget to share.</p>The Funky Tech Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10893894480164914268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775861471585265823.post-56700324958335927452017-12-07T01:13:00.000-08:002017-12-07T01:13:10.866-08:00Recover GUI in Windows Server 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today, while trying to fix another issue on my SCCM server I created another.<br />
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I was trying to uninstall and reinstall .NET 3.5 and 4.5. After a successful removal I rebooted the server and after logging in I was confronted with a Server 2012 alternative shell command prompt. I rebooted and still server 2012 r2 only boots to command prompt.I could CTRL+ALT+DEL and open the task manager and open things like firefox but not able to reinstall it. Obviously, I learned the hard way the effects of removing .NET as a windows server feature.<br />
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The Fix</h2>
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On the command prompt window, run the following and wait till it asks you to restart. See Image below.<br />
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This solution worked perfectly for me.<br />
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Be sure to let me know in the comments below if this quick post has been helpful or not.<br />
<br />The Funky Tech Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10893894480164914268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775861471585265823.post-37732377801838303372017-11-22T01:18:00.001-08:002017-11-22T04:42:33.308-08:00UBER HACKED! Massive Data Leak<blockquote>
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Yesterday another large global company became the victim of a data security breach and had 57 million customers and drivers personal data records stolen. <br />
The sad part of it was that the Chief Security Officer (Joe Sullivan) and also one of Ubers executives tried to sweep this breach under the carpet by paying the attackers $100 000. They managed for a whole year and you must question their motives. Stolen data included email addresses , telephone numbers as well as names.Uber said no credit card information or trip location details was taken but considering the fact that they were trying to conceal it I definitely wouldn't take their word for it.<br />
In light of this breach you have to notice that these breaches are becoming more common and attacks occurring more frequently. No company is too large or too secure to be breached and its happening to “reputable” companies. <br />
There is a database by an Australian security expert where you can check if any of your data has been compromised. You can visit <a href="https://haveibeenpwned.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="https://haveibeenpwned.com/">https://haveibeenpwned.com/</a><br />
Below is some of the more well known companies that has been compromised and what is available for you to search.<br />
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There is a list of hundreds more so be sure to check if you have been compromised. <br />
You might also want to view these <a href="http://www.thefunkytechguy.co.za/2016/11/security-while-playing-online-games.html" target="_blank">security tips</a> to help you stay safe online.<br />
The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_web" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">surface web</a> is one big play area for hackers and cyber criminals looking to exploit and monetise the information you are already freely providing on the internet. Exercise some caution when using the internet and don’t get caught with your pants down and say you didn't know. Start protecting yourself by using the <a href="https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tor internet browser</a> and take it from there. For further reading on the this hack you can view this <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-21/uber-concealed-cyberattack-that-exposed-57-million-people-s-data" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">post</a><br />
If you have any questions or comments I'd love to hear from you.</blockquote>
The Funky Tech Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10893894480164914268noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775861471585265823.post-17719605792924284812017-11-07T05:31:00.001-08:002017-11-07T05:55:25.597-08:00The easiest way to watch MKV files on your iphone,ipad or imac<br />
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I really enjoy my iPhone, it's simple and easy to use.Well for most things at least but my biggest issue by far has to be how crap iTunes is at managing files. Then just look at how easy it is to copy your movies, books, and music to your Android.<br />
So here is a quick, easy and free way on how copy any video files, most notably .mkv files, to your ios devices. This is also my preferred way to get an episode onto my iphone to watch in the bus on my way home.<br />
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<li><strong>On your Iphone , navigate to the app store and <span style="color: #4f81bd;">install vlc player</span></strong><br /><br /><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XMBoYo70WJw/WgG1RdgRCRI/AAAAAAAAE4g/L_GkVVYRMiENyp_Vr-I3Ob_Iu-bdX8MIwCHMYCw/s1600-h/vlc_mobile%255B1%255D"><img alt="vlc_mobile" border="0" height="480" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dVAlu0AfmTY/WgG1SToYJJI/AAAAAAAAE4k/1wdbtLcm_9wZ7a7cMbeAj9kUCthp1E2hgCHMYCw/vlc_mobile_thumb%255B1%255D?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline;" title="vlc_mobile" width="270" /></a><br /><br /></li>
<li><strong>Plug your phone into your PC and <span style="color: #4f81bd;">open iTunes</span> (it usually opens up automatically when plugged in)<br /><br /><br /></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #4f81bd;">Click</span> your phone</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QVbGP6A2-16jsSmuKRUyLB2eW1wImuL3z2X2C826Hpk9ooCBeapRRbeN71_QXdblA264ZEpXVLNdpAFBCui784KsXUkszzgackJsLVVcScJZWSUGwZfStKzJCbhtf5VImeFhd7Hyna0/s1600/itunes.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="117" data-original-width="589" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QVbGP6A2-16jsSmuKRUyLB2eW1wImuL3z2X2C826Hpk9ooCBeapRRbeN71_QXdblA264ZEpXVLNdpAFBCui784KsXUkszzgackJsLVVcScJZWSUGwZfStKzJCbhtf5VImeFhd7Hyna0/s1600/itunes.JPG" /></a><br /></li>
<li><strong>Select <span style="color: #4f81bd;">Apps</span></strong><br /><br /><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BAL_q3j007A/WgG1V1A2dbI/AAAAAAAAE4w/OwYSTxFaVrM0Eumyn-ZUhAshzsBaOA4XACHMYCw/s1600-h/image%255B13%255D"><img alt="image" border="0" height="271" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5Kl3f6Jx4-E/WgG1XSg9ueI/AAAAAAAAE40/l8T-lDqu8QAXv475I7uAAVkgQusvD-skQCHMYCw/image_thumb%255B4%255D?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; margin: 0px;" title="image" width="617" /></a><br /><br /><br /></li>
<li><strong>On the right hand side scroll to the bottem where you will see <span style="color: #4f81bd;">File Sharing<br /><br /><br /><!-- adsense --></span></strong></li>
<li><strong>Click on <span style="color: #4f81bd;">VLC</span> then <span style="color: #4f81bd;">Add File…<br /></span></strong><strong><br /><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2QbgWpdbA5E/WgG1Ygsh1-I/AAAAAAAAE44/yZqIV2fN5msFrdHoQ65geuvVuSXlZewsQCHMYCw/s1600-h/image%255B19%255D"><img alt="image" border="0" height="371" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-L32HfqOgJN0/WgG1ZqvjIgI/AAAAAAAAE48/5gaa_bVNHfg7Rym1oeqARCWxUKcivqtAACHMYCw/image_thumb%255B6%255D?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; margin: 0px;" title="image" width="640" /></a><br /></strong></li>
<li><strong>Select your file and click Open or you can also hold Ctrl+Click to select multiple files</strong><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Rr2pv6ulBw8/WgG1awW1ZsI/AAAAAAAAE5A/7Av7vdmVeIce-1wyP3QBbeWbOuyWmCZ7gCHMYCw/s1600-h/image%255B22%255D"><img alt="image" border="0" height="242" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jItbY7EDCPw/WgG1ce3CMNI/AAAAAAAAE5E/QEiO_8eOFL4o7fmVuEx20FAG2_xagrYTwCHMYCw/image_thumb%255B7%255D?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; margin: 0px;" title="image" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></li>
<li><strong>Wait a few seconds for your files to copy<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_zutgHQGlMQ/WgG1dvupf8I/AAAAAAAAE5I/AS40lI0UQD8bKJYe7jH_U8QdqYnF3EK6wCHMYCw/s1600-h/image%255B25%255D"><img alt="image" border="0" height="338" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4CC2HPR0wuM/WgG1enN2ccI/AAAAAAAAE5M/eAD4CNzntk0d8aeycxeEtjvc37Gq2t6twCHMYCw/image_thumb%255B8%255D?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; margin: 0px;" title="image" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></strong></li>
<li><strong>That's it, <span style="color: #4f81bd;">Open VLC</span> and your movies or episodes will already be on your device. Just open and <span style="color: red;">enjoy</span> <img alt="Winking smile" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-winkingsmile" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPPBe_lZxxlwypBX4ffSzBEjhEQSUOmLB-3HlZCh_6FiQK3F5M-3vq0kE9_7GwG819TmHQMb0Hj47_whPsmTX_MuA7j_zXged3m9TalXPC26fZZ26pea1-PbquHzgKE2Y6EVfwk3JVjtg/?imgmax=800" /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_-yanIe5RpU/WgG1h26cHgI/AAAAAAAAE5U/xSYon3O8j1c7617MRK-avI37scYPY2YKwCHMYCw/s1600-h/image%255B28%255D"><img alt="image" border="0" height="327" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-q68hczOWBwE/WgG1khaUWwI/AAAAAAAAE5Y/tI-vfgIxHE4JW3NFtxrOJ64DqOD6E9WHgCHMYCw/image_thumb%255B9%255D?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; margin: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QDpqyVlHzbI/WgG1nN15rTI/AAAAAAAAE5c/wGzRpw1b6XMZYYJURkhw1SHLkG7H08giACHMYCw/s1600-h/image%255B31%255D"><img alt="image" border="0" height="224" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-miu_NHr3sHc/WgG1qVnXKaI/AAAAAAAAE5g/VGhciIB9PxgmywCsmdy7Dh2qgjCu5i7SACHMYCw/image_thumb%255B10%255D?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; margin: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></strong></li>
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<strong>I hope you found this helpful and comment and let me know if I'm the only one that likes iOS but hates iTunes. </strong>The Funky Tech Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10893894480164914268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775861471585265823.post-77981598207384799302017-10-04T03:08:00.001-07:002017-10-04T06:00:34.224-07:00How to Recover an Active Directory object using the Recycle Bin , 2008 & 2012 Methods<p><br></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dl0PC3vEdHk/WdSy-45I3CI/AAAAAAAAEz4/TMG_odrXZ-IiDfSQejWYXL-NqoK3BKwRACHMYCw/s1600-h/image%255B8%255D"><img width="640" height="317" title="image" style="border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yr55JosknYQ/WdSzAC2zLgI/AAAAAAAAEz8/pkGLJov-EYAXyARpN6Ddh-tsqRQIHtywQCHMYCw/image_thumb%255B6%255D?imgmax=800" border="0"></a></p><p>At some point in your career as an Active Directory Domain Administrator you will have the need to recover an AD object (user,computer,OU etc) and the last thing you want to do is an authoritive restore from backup. </p><p>In a previous post I show you how to <a href="http://www.thefunkytechguy.co.za/2017/10/check-if-active-directory-recycle-bin.html" target="_blank">check if the AD Recycle Bin feature is enabled and how to enable it</a> which is the main prerequisite for this post. </p><h2>In Windows Server 2012:</h2><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>In Server 2012 it really easy using the Active Directory Administrative Center aka ADAC</p><ol><li>Open the the <strong>ADAC</strong><br><br><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yiSW_8lOPQg/WdSzA8RdEiI/AAAAAAAAE0A/CjcdEfwoK401jdJS32YHvjOHLHxuZYFFgCHMYCw/s1600-h/image%255B18%255D"><img width="562" height="237" title="image" style="border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ry-EtKeMvnA/WdSzB8xvxrI/AAAAAAAAE0E/a6fpBkqU69MdbH8eEG_KpxBYjHiNuxNPQCHMYCw/image_thumb%255B12%255D?imgmax=800" border="0"></a><br><br></li><li>Select <strong>Deleted Objects</strong><br><br><!-- adsense --><br><br><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BtfjYqAFyWY/WdSzCrzfWnI/AAAAAAAAE0I/KZkb_4v_VSAzzNvDXOnVeIhEoktQIdIawCHMYCw/s1600-h/image%255B19%255D"><img width="719" height="240" title="image" style="border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9E2BmaH5_Gc/WdSzDouKMxI/AAAAAAAAE0M/Nib2p_Rp-5o4IR1E-TBsPFs1P5zPE0GZACHMYCw/image_thumb%255B13%255D?imgmax=800" border="0"></a><br><br></li><li><strong>Right click</strong> an object on the right and select <strong>Restore</strong> or <strong>Restore To…</strong> then select the location the object should be restored to.<br><br><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-blRY7ZM46HE/WdTarVTxhzI/AAAAAAAAE0c/iOIlQAc1aM82otK3qkIbk-aw-BUzkXUHwCHMYCw/s1600-h/image%255B22%255D"><img width="473" height="228" title="image" style="border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hOchoMJFOyw/WdTasgtQ49I/AAAAAAAAE0g/HdzsND19je8CSlEuHbzahhQiYGFSC6toACHMYCw/image_thumb%255B14%255D?imgmax=800" border="0"></a></li></ol><h2>In Windows Server 2008:</h2><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>There are 3 ways if you’re in a Windows 2008 environment.</p><ol><li>Use the ADAC tools installed on a Windows 2012 Server. This will have the same result and procedure as shown above and is by far the easiest.</li><li>Option 2 is using LPD.exe ,Microsoft has an easy to follow article detailing this procedure.</li><li>Using PowerShell. </li><ul><li>use the <strong>Get-ADObject</strong> command if you want a list of deleted objects</li><li>once found you can simply restore the object using <strong>Restore-ADObject </strong>(See Example below of a computer object being restored. Same applies to users and other AD objects )<br><br><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JVw_b0YBl9Y/WdTbbZOtVBI/AAAAAAAAE0w/wQV0xxz52V853nBDT8Vd6gIRq7kCmyuKACHMYCw/s1600-h/image%255B30%255D"><img width="797" height="367" title="image" style="border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZxaTy49G77I/WdTbcXC92uI/AAAAAAAAE00/jbrxJ_EsWd0t_J8Kj5cGXecVzjydOfTIACHMYCw/image_thumb%255B18%255D?imgmax=800" border="0"></a><br><script src="https://gist.github.com/eugene20022002/79dc18d0356d9ebc232e303d578c73ef.js"></script></li></ul></ol><p><br></p><p>That's It!</p><p>I hope this post has been informative for you. Send a shout out if you found this post helpful or comment if you have any questions.</p>The Funky Tech Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10893894480164914268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775861471585265823.post-57359655304330816342017-10-02T06:39:00.001-07:002017-11-07T05:41:40.488-08:00Check if Active Directory Recycle Bin is enabled and enable AD Recycle Bin<br />
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There may come a time when you want to have a copy of your Facebook data, perhaps you thinking of deleting your account permanently and if you do, you may want to have a look at How to permanently delete your Facebook profile.<br />
You will receive a copy of your data in a zip file in simple website format with ALL your data,from password changes, where you logged in from 5 years ago, the browser you used, the IP address, all your photos, pokes, likes, comments, messages, videos you name it, its ALL there. See Pic Below<br />
For a full list of items you can visit <a href="https://web.facebook.com/help/405183566203254" title="https://web.facebook.com/help/405183566203254">https://web.facebook.com/help/405183566203254</a><br />
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<li>Click <strong>Download a copy of your Facebook data</strong> below your General Account Settings<br /><br /><a href="file:///C:/Users/emyburgh/AppData/Local/Temp/OpenLiveWriter-958281494/supfiles81313A1/image33.png"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAvZNR9SJA0wmdPAGAKcFTdC5f0GetTp-KvcAqdBtRW4g4vB0UusqgPt81vKU_uO1udBll4eDSZrJY6UDk8dEsguLfkmABRcNJIWQdNUF0yp-Q_kZKshAs1Ml7m1zb3ph53NcI8GpZSQA/s1600-h/image_thumb19%255B4%255D"><img alt="image_thumb19" border="0" height="311" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UVdU0xQjnvQ/WRG-aU5wlwI/AAAAAAAAEoM/l_QsphDBAygRhcVvYZ-wj-jBhCtNgTAKwCHM/image_thumb19_thumb%255B2%255D?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image_thumb19" width="400" /></a><br /> </li>
<li>Click <strong>Start My Archive<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOB5lSCN9htKOMCikp1nMsU8jELjz4Y_cwIlDxP3FXmLlxv7tzBzRvZvzocAOKBMDuqsAyoRUwNfILPQ0ss5nbjDSL5mFtF_NXWsLhdS6jsbllfK8r93fYMjJWWIMCciMX-uKtEt1gq3I/s1600-h/image_thumb22%255B2%255D"><img alt="image_thumb22" border="0" height="201" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Innl-so8SF8/WRG-b3neOII/AAAAAAAAEoU/kiOBLTHP5U05Esf5Hnp4GNdfBFhzAQErACHM/image_thumb22_thumb?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image_thumb22" width="400" /></a></strong> </li>
<li>Enter your password<br /><br /><strong><br /></strong><br /> </li>
<li>Click <strong>Start My Archive again</strong><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2DDeO9w6gS8/WRG-cQwFH5I/AAAAAAAAEoY/NVSLQrJfZ3os7eXfgYKWdsNWw8clx0_0gCHM/s1600-h/image_thumb%255B2%255D%255B2%255D"><img alt="image_thumb[2]" border="0" height="141" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ifoqEC76QBE/WRG-dL0Ox4I/AAAAAAAAEoc/_sg7fsKRXiEuksFhzzRv5uCGIdGphuUHwCHM/image_thumb%255B2%255D_thumb?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image_thumb[2]" width="433" /></a><br /> </li>
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<li>Wait for the <b>Download Ready</b> email and click the link in the e-mail<br /><a href="file:///C:/Users/emyburgh/AppData/Local/Temp/OpenLiveWriter-958281494/supfiles81313A1/image[15].png"><br /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tL3bD9nwUbg/WRG-fO1duiI/AAAAAAAAEoo/KWhyGFNpZ0gut1NF0ORYJDOpV6OuDij3ACHM/s1600-h/image_thumb%255B9%255D%255B2%255D"><img alt="image_thumb[9]" border="0" height="216" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CXFA9pgyhwA/WRG-fzl5f9I/AAAAAAAAEos/0bWBnZp_1e4omMOq2IzGwSCD5wKUI-ewQCHM/image_thumb%255B9%255D_thumb?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image_thumb[9]" width="400" /></a><br /> </li>
<li>Click <b>Download Archive</b><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGoNn8P9rKhY14Wt4n8jdnlXoPP3xozI5K8qVUX93AXIE_3sxB22gLCmxjxsyy6DsFXp5NwOh2RucmRa23b8KGFyc0aoCHPL_AvFLvqmN6bWHr3BSC9D1F0sQuqchVZyZvhXU-q1_L5r0/s1600-h/image_thumb%255B12%255D%255B2%255D"><img alt="image_thumb[12]" border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP_uljdAhub9k8rVdf-76SgGcvXJZZBQSKdm_XtEPLaHteeXueZyz6b8vjqDtJTynhwc4BMRd8wZ3swZwXszbueBmIe4EKqCpPQ_23gFhL-HSaFzVeKYrUtFe6LJL5082uM_TNKPLX7cg/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image_thumb[12]" width="400" /></a><br /> </li>
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<li>Once the download is complete be sure to secure your archive . <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ5HwM0bQ9sVXyIChA5ioNjaBLY5mCgz9QeyapiMhs3WxWe5SHlwRn0GHOURDy-xrDa9ffqPZvaYIf8rakHykmPexa5CvySzWRRoz-iNslFoW0NM8DBgEVR3q88z_zb-hCsUWvPJjvSuo/s1600-h/image_thumb%255B15%255D%255B2%255D"><img alt="image_thumb[15]" border="0" height="67" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wjzXkbcSSqc/WRG-ihSk5mI/AAAAAAAAEo8/pVSqPNShOSsDQ1rxfv9c6P5aK3rNIYe1wCHM/image_thumb%255B15%255D_thumb?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image_thumb[15]" width="246" /></a></li>
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So finally, after nearly a decade of pokes, likes, status updates and pictures posted I<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7lZqSoliEyHd2T-EVkVd44T2Dxztm5mPQA7tJeShwXib2GM4_c1Sf6kVgdKBlLxZztD4WSi6jqj6U5PD9qtyY6mCIj7Qxehv9__ppb5QmFxpv1v-9xgzIKW2AGQiK0hC_VmF9U2FaeeE/s1600-h/image10"><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULlnj7eDmDVnRRZj901-YQcFh1P63UVcTwe8tS3IF8pPsIEy_32-uT3PXige3F7JZlKG7eBHzd4Zx6-oo_2bmPDGvQz5WXKLtOc59z7lfKGgFEgv0yUR9pjthfCIbezII5eA0s8y_eVk/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; float: right; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="155" /></a> decided enough is enough and I am re-claiming the little time I have on this earth. No more checking for social media updates on my phone(Wooo Hoooo). It feels rather liberating, to say the least.<br />
To many users, it might not be that obvious because the setting is hidden from the usual Facebook settings, but you can permanently delete your Facebook account.<br />
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The first thing you want to do is download a copy of your data. If you not sure how then go here. This is optional but wouldn't you rather want to see all the data they gathered on you. If you have an android this might include phone and sms log metadata as well. <br />
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It may take up to 90 days from the beginning of the deletion process to delete all of the things you've posted, like your photos, status updates or other data stored in backup systems. While we are deleting this information, it is inaccessible to other people using Facebook.</blockquote>
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There are many popups asking you “if you are sure” so be sure before you proceed.<br />
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Online gaming websites covers a range of casino games, poker, sports betting, skills based games, social gaming, lotteries, bingo etc. While these sites provide entertainment to millions of people, they could also pose a real security risk to unassuming players.<br />
Since the first online casino offering real money in 1996, several attempts have been made to create industry standards. However, while there has been some progress, there are many sites which are not secure and do not currently meet such industry standards. In 2006, out of an estimated 2,500 online gaming websites, only about 100 were certified by the E-Commerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance (<a href="http://www.ecogra.org/ata/" target="_blank">eCOGRA.org</a>) The organisation “certifies online sites as having prompt payments, safe storage of information, random games, honest advertising, and responsible gambling practices”.<br />
So how do you protect yourself when betting online? Two important security features to look out for when you are betting online are: 1) the website URL; and, 2) the “lock” icon. These features should provide a good indication about the security of the website, in this case online betting sites.<br />
You could also use website security checking sites, which enables you to see how secure a betting website is. Some tools such as <a href="https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/" target="_blank">Qualys SSL Labs</a> apply a grade from A to F to enable you to compare the security offered by different websites. A website graded C and lower should raise concern about their ability to protect your cash and your information.<br />
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The following tips will help you to avoid the pitfalls of unsafe betting practises: <br />
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<li>Find safe and <a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bAn9mxc9vbk/WPj8VKY-h1I/AAAAAAAAElU/mUjGxBrfOzw/s1600-h/image%25255B12%25255D.png"><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="126" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-iMhJst6ffz4/WPj8V8Kn0ZI/AAAAAAAAElY/1Bl3aqsZ9ds/image_thumb%25255B6%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; float: right; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="164" /></a>trustworthy sites by checking the web page URL. The address of a secure website usually starts with https – which indicates that the site has a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) installed</li>
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<li>Check for the "Lock" icon - Click (or double-click) on it to see details of the site's security.</li>
<li>See betting as entertainment not as a way to make money.</li>
<li>Bet on reputable websites, an example being <a href="https://www.bettingtop10.com/gb/">bettingtop10.com</a></li>
<li>Be disciplined when betting - have clear rules for when and how much you’re spending. It is wise to bet only small amounts especially if you are playing at a new website.</li>
<li>Do not bet on impulse or when you are in a bad mood, and only use money you don’t need.</li>
<li>Do not bet on sports you don’t understand.</li>
<li>Use e-wallets for payments – e.g. <a href="https://www.paypal.com/">Paypal.com</a></li>
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Online gambling is an ever expanding and lucrative industry. However, while research is attempting to fill the many knowledge gaps relating to the complex regulatory and legislative aspects of this phenomenon, the millions of players who are enjoying this form of entertainment should remember to always follow basic /general security practises. If they do not, this wise saying - <i>a fool and his money are soon parted</i> - could easily apply. <br />
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As most of you know, and probably the reason why you are here, is because Windows Server doesn’t have a builtin, automated dhcp backups solution to backup the DHCP Server database over the network. <br />
However, did you know that by default DHCP does already backup the database automatically every 60 minutes? Only problem is it does it locally to C:\Windows\System32\dhcp\backup . Thats not going to help if anything happens to the server. <br />
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You want to be able to do automatic DHCP backups to your backup server or any other networked location<br />
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<li>Create a Batch file with the below code or get a copy HERE and store it on the server e.g c:\scripts <br /><script src="https://gist.github.com/anonymous/74bd50612107c52eb15be6d8ef32f0e6.js"></script> </li>
<li>Modify the script by simply changing SERVERNAME to your backup , file server or wherever you want to store the backup. </li>
<li>Create a new scheduled task and configure it as follows<br /><br /><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tHbmYHzCi7w/WJNZkpoprvI/AAAAAAAAEgQ/uq8QrM9o7eo/s1600-h/image%25255B8%25255D.png"><img alt="Automatically Backup DHCP" border="0" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0DRLgHFiTANkqJF0GDNkLU2cboR0PAx7FkRxdV74Glq9Kfagtj6I13fiQohA8eS84fSkS6uZnDgi_CEiyhfNjUs-q62m8SfLG0dL1mJ2cFbKlNfLTypdf2wsh2kc7b2A_6gbQusGiZ4I/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Automatically Backup DHCP" width="640" /></a><br /><br />I’ve set mine schedule to create backups every 2 hours for 8 hours starting at 8am but you can do it once a day depending on your needs. Mine is 20MB small so you don't have to worry about space issues. The script also creates the destination folder based on the current date and time e.g DHCP_20170202_1738<br /><br /><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-F85McmEyMNk/WJNZmMS6tMI/AAAAAAAAEgY/I5Jhk1Ak3lI/s1600-h/image%25255B19%25255D.png"><img alt="Automatically Backup DHCP Over the Network" border="0" height="312" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qRcG4RMoGHI/WJNZm_MxN5I/AAAAAAAAEgc/3WffaUf0vFw/image_thumb%25255B11%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Automatically Backup DHCP Over the Network" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><!-- adsense --><br /><br /><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fFFHMEl4LUg/WJNZoNv5X5I/AAAAAAAAEgg/CPe6qKWCM7g/s1600-h/image%25255B9%25255D.png"><img alt="Backup DHCP Automatically" border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6jP5Jct5GzyP0Jg9QmiuTkiYaszng3sn1nbbpcwnwRp64XpzyofybvRiGyLBncLyiGszZhoh8qNqJWFA16_JNHFSx8_ym_Om0eX_ArbTGTTk31Jmewfdcw-znHqGFPcKW71yF2xQEl7w/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Backup DHCP Automatically" width="457" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqzvpdmtNog5tczH_TvYEawBs_2GthDB4Mv7e8O5vLEMNARiIf9IAMKPeFKXnDjfA7gBWJ8Zb4Nweclzq3C4t0rd2iczCnKi4KDp2Ca4nPGRa02TAKf8oCHXfinb9a4Yt9kxFcqKFlXMU/s1600-h/image%25255B14%25255D.png"><img alt="How to Backup DHCP Automatically" border="0" height="474" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-x-sw2gtjnZM/WJNZqI3yPDI/AAAAAAAAEgs/HL6WPE8smuQ/image_thumb%25255B8%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Step By Step Guide to backup DHCP Automatically" width="640" /></a><br /><br />The rest of the settings are defaults <br /> </li>
<li>Test by running your scheduled task manually and voila!!</li>
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My first post for 2017 and what a year this is starting out to be. I wish you all success in whatever you set out to do. <br />
Today I'm going to show you how to install java to multiple machines or rather how to deploy java with active directory. <br />
Most of us install java by going to <a href="https://www.java.com/en/" title="https://www.java.com/en/">https://www.java.com/en/</a> but doing that on a few hundred machines would be impractical. Also that’s usually the online installer, which is a small file that you execute that downloads the rest from the internet before installing it. You can get the offline installers here <a href="https://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp" title="https://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp">https://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp</a><br />
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You want to install java to multiple machines on your network and need a method of doing it automatically. <br />
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The actually technical bits is pretty simple and its like deploying any other piece of software or .msi via group policy. The tricky bit however is obtaining the software as its not available publicly. What you need is the <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javacomponents/msi-jre8/install-guide/" target="_blank">MSI Enterprise JRE Installer</a> the downside is and I quote:<br />
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The MSI Enterprise JRE Installer is only available as part of <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javaseproducts/overview/index.html">Oracle Java SE Advanced</a> products1 and is available to customers via My Oracle Support (<a href="https://support.oracle.com/">MOS</a>).</blockquote>
So basically It requires a commercial license and most of us won’t have that. We just want Java.<br />
This is where I come in. You can <a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/33624627/jre-8u111-windows-i586.msi" target="_blank">download a copy here</a>.<br />
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How to Install / Deploy</h3>
For the record this is how you would deploy most applications via Active Directory and Group Policy.<br />
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<li>Obtain the software , see link above </li>
<li>Copy it to your file server share or to your domain controllers netlogon share(if you have many remote sites with slow links) and make a note of the location <br />e.g \\servername\share\jre-8u111-windows-i586.msi </li>
<li>Create a new AD Group e.g Java_Installations (Computers in this group will have java deployed to them.) </li>
<li>Open the Group Policy Editor and create a new Group Policy Object (GPO) <br /><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-F0-AxRdBA8c/WJBQCLqioMI/AAAAAAAAEew/Cf9uowZP6vU/s1600-h/image%25255B3%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="459" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjhHuIIxoSni4Fn4kiTjLG9wP5HTY9M2aFpjOi5IsMeo9VBqGmvSZ0ynvKeA83xAZ-_u4OxsB8J_MCLfT4-CyRBBou-zvXRooKMgTWAwso5N7YUa-9XsfT5x7qBHcpLnes_0QMPyPIgPM/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="644" /></a> </li>
<li>Configure the GPO similar to the below: <br /><br /><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-B8oE1xuB7KQ/WJBQDwcXIpI/AAAAAAAAEe4/Od74eRKXhYI/s1600-h/image%25255B7%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="307" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ztve3TC7r6A/WJBQEiwzEpI/AAAAAAAAEe8/W2TPaXp6K20/image_thumb%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="644" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Jqnsqu-bysU/WJBQFBNMJ5I/AAAAAAAAEfA/fHt1MAo56XU/s1600-h/image%25255B11%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh7DJ-V-IzIBec_CX-wf4GLqqZUixJvB5TjHHOkBhRU2rX2ZDFXHRjOKolCjnLwaixelUFnSif94354iKia6o5_a090AGouaRsX3DGlmvgnOgp5G-XSu4t5FXbrFNFfGE4_m22kM1Va18/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="438" /></a><br /> </li>
<li>From a command prompt do the following, its optional but recommended if you are testing and want faster results<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijSbzeR0gK2NHTMGwx7PvoaWYrfz19U8iqcBADhRXzb2kJ5DQpN5-tt2XTJadtpEhzCY_efMMq3tN03wioeKbgbgttwDkrKTvqxzHRZ59Ky9pL3zMNzfUh4MbUv_NJS8ewBcBKCYU-jnM/s1600-h/image%25255B15%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="179" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-e4nO7px57J4/WJBQHe0-D0I/AAAAAAAAEfM/N-pz7zbcOQI/image_thumb%25255B7%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="644" /></a><br /> </li>
<li>This is a computer policy so check that it applied to your machine by running <strong>GPRESULT /R</strong> from a command prompt and check that its applied.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Ft1zapsKMiKRsJW5yzPD8LRCEQyKJ4CjKqYgN2hO2p9m7yvo0lpXiRr0k9RfhCDNj2vFdFAzDbFrhIFujOm6puOJW3IJaiCrNhXXddTpZpXkXV7FvcyQH-DGw9NxdEOhy30pa5vQtKc/s1600-h/image%25255B19%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRgO-gzjI-VPA6iDPydUKKdYvZ-ybS_g05OmBpMNOeeNXSCH0iNZxKXPPg0TEqHNYubCZmvoT1Bn0ejn2S1BhyyEJzJhpWjMA9mfLlIw3FIni4Wz7deqG4kykOcLcCYn7mmVmVGV8GLT0/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="540" /></a> </li>
<li>You may need to reboot twice maybe more to find that it installed successfully </li>
<li>That’s how you deploy java with group policy</li>
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Notes: The Java Uninstall Tool is integrated with the installer to provide an option to remove older versions of Java from the system. The change is applicable to 32 bit and 64 bit Windows platforms. See <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/install/windows_jre_install.html#uninstalling_the_jre_windows">Uninstalling the JRE</a> for more information<br />
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Many of us enjoy gaming and it makes the experience that much more fun when you can enjoy it with friends online. However, have you ever stopped to wonder and ask yourself, how safe online gaming is?<br />
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<i>Online gaming</i> </h3>
Technological developments especially the advent of personal computers in the 1970s greatly accelerated the growth of online gaming. Furthermore, the creation of high-speed (broadband) internet connections has stimulated the evolution of new gaming genres such as the massively popular multiplayer online role-playing games (MMPORGs). Currently, some of the most popular online games are Dota 2 (one of my personal favourites), War Thunder, League of Legends, Planet Side 2, Lineage, and Star Wars: Old Republic. <br />
It is estimated that half a billion people play online games on a daily basis. Most games can now be played on PCs, consoles, and mobile devices. According to a <a href="http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/news/2010/what-americans-do-online-social-media-and-games-dominate-activity.html" target="_blank">US based study</a>, more than 40 percent of online time is spent on 3 activities - social networking (22.7%), gaming (10.2%) and emails (8.3%).<br />
Online gaming has become a huge and lucrative industry. A recent global games market report showed that the global games industry reached revenues of USD99.6 billion in 2016 and could exceed USD102.9 billion in 2017. The popularity of online gambling has also increased and already had an estimated 937 million gamers in 2012. You can now play most of your favorite games such as poker,blackjack, baccarat, and roulette live, interacting with live dealers and fellow players. The thrill and excitement of winning is all the more exhilarating if you play for real world money. People can also <a href="http://www.casino.com/za/slots/" target="_blank">play slots in a secure online casino</a>, lotteries, bingo, as well as place sports bets. Industry analysts predict that revenues derived from the global gambling market will reach USD 1,009 billion by 2020. Unfortunately, because online gaming is such a profitable industry, it is also set to become the next big target of cyber crime.<br />
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The Dangers</h3>
The results of a 2016 crime survey conducted in the UK revealed that 6 million online offences had been committed, and one in ten persons in that country had been victims of various cyber crimes. The report warned that people are “more likely now to be mugged online than in the street.” The most shocking statistics for me is that most of the time you have no idea that you’ve become a victim until it’s too late.<br />
Some of the most common cyber crimes and risks associated with online gaming involve identity theft, fraud, phishing, stealing your banking and credit card information, counterfeiting, privacy violations, software piracy, hacking of email and social media profiles, computer virus attacks, cyber bullying, and kidnapping. Online shopping scams and those involving dating sites are some of the other cyber crimes to be on the lookout for. Crimes involving children are also increasing as they are more exposed and naïve when it comes to the dangers of playing online multiplayer games such as Minecraft. <br />
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Protecting yourself</h3>
So how can you protect yourself when gaming online? How well are you protecting your information from being stolen, used and sold? Some tips are just common sense and being alert and aware<i></i> <br />
<i>To avoid some of the common risks associated with online gaming make sure that you incorporate the following tips to improve your online security.</i> <br />
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<li>Start by just using plain old common sense. E.g. If a deal is too good to be true it usually is. </li>
<li>Be alert, and be cognisant to the fact that the threat is real </li>
<li>Internet security software <ul>
<li>Ensure that you have installed up to date internet security software. This should include secure firewalls, antivirus and antispyware programs. Also secure all remote connections. Some good free software are <a href="http://www.avg.com/ww-en/homepage" target="_blank">AVG</a>, <a href="https://www.avast.com/" target="_blank">Avast</a>, and <a href="https://www.malwarebytes.com/" target="_blank">Malwarebytes</a>. </li>
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<li>Passwords</li>
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<li>There are so many online activities that require a password - online banking, a multitude of social media platforms, forums, gaming, e-mail and tons more. Remember all websites don’t practice the same level of security. That is why you should NOT use the same password for the simple reason that if you have been compromised,they would have only gained access to that one platform.<br /> </li>
<li>Consider using a password manager to encrypt your passwords. Always use strong passwords. I personally prefer to use long phrases e.g SummerIsGre@t , IL0veDota2, SeeingIsntAlwaysBelieving , WhoTheMan? , BigBoysDontCry . These are example of password that are long but easy to remember. </li>
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<li>Personal Information <ul>
<li>NEVER disclose any of your personal information to other players. Also be careful not to reveal your personal information in your username, or where possible when creating a personal profile. Ensure that you delete all personal information should you sell your game consoles (mobile or pcs). </li>
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<li>Avoid Ad supported games <ul>
<li>These games still need to make money and usually do so by selling your information to other websites that often result in unsolicited mail. </li>
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<li>Use reputable gaming platforms <ul>
<li>Steam – a wide range of both free and paid games that practice good security such as two factor authentication, email verification, SSL </li>
<li>Casino.com if you prefer playing games to win real world cash. – Reputable, SSL and fully licensed </li>
<li>Clash of Clans – for mobile gamers on IOS and Android </li>
<li>Choose platforms that offer good email and telephonic support </li>
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<li>Children <ul>
<li>If you are a parent, ensure that you set clear rules and guidelines for your children when they are playing online. It may be best for younger children not to be allowed to play online games with strangers. </li>
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Online gaming is a dynamic and ever changing industry. Today’s gaming genres have come a long way since the early days of Atari consoles and Arcade gaming that was so popular in the 1980s. Gaming has also become firmly embedded in modern popular culture. So where to from here? <a href="http://www.vrs.org.uk/virtual-reality-games/" target="_blank">Virtual reality games</a> and games using artificial intelligence technology are currently being developed. These are new and exciting developments that will keep millions of gamers enthralled. It’s clear that gaming is and will remain a wonderful form of entertainment to connect with friends and family. However, safety should always remain a serious consideration when you are online whether you are gaming, banking, shopping, or connecting with friends on social media.<br />
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Active directory is arguably the most important part of your IT infrastructure – housing all user accounts and password data in a centralized place. Due to its very nature, ensuring the Active Directory is secure is both a complex and necessary task. To protect yourself against insider threats it is important to make sure you keep track of all activities and changes that occur in the past and present in your Active Directory through in-depth reporting and real-time alerting. <br />
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How to track, audit and monitor Active Directory activities and modifications </h4>
There are two main techniques for auditing Active Directory – native auditing and third party solutions. <br />
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1. Native Auditing</h4>
Auditing the Active Directory natively involves enabling the “audit object changes” option in Active Directory Domain Services. This feature can be implemented by enabling the Global Audit Policy and configuring the System Access Control List. By doing this, you can generate audit logs which can be tracked in the event viewer. To avoid generating an excessive number of logs, create audit exceptions through schema. <br />
In previous versions of Windows Server, audit logs provided information solely on who made changes to which active directory object attributes. From Windows Server 2008 onwards, enabling auditing creates logs of old and new values as well. <br />
Although these audit logs do display a substantial amount of information, using native processes like “Event Viewer” or “PowerShell” can be both a time consuming and ineffective method. This is mainly due to the lack of reports, alerts and graphical comparisons that you can get from the tools. For example, in order to perform historical change tracking, you have to manually compile audit data for each change and list them to make comparisons. This is essentially a full time job if you intend to perform regular and in-depth audits. <br />
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2. Third Party Solutions</h4>
Third party solutions can help you address all manner of security, systems management and compliance challenges by pro-actively auditing, monitoring and alerting on critical IT systems. <i><a href="https://www.lepide.com/lepideauditor/active-directory-auditing.html">LepideAuditor for Active Directory</a></i> automates the auditing of Active Directory and provides over 270 pre-defined reports that can be delivered via the console or to any specified email address. Deploying an automated solution like this ensures that you get the maximum detail from your audits with the minimum amount of effort. <br />
<i>Below are some examples of the customized reports generated by LepideAuditor for Active Directory that can be used to track, monitor and alert on historic events/activities happening within the Active Directory:</i> <br />
<strong><span style="color: #4bacc6;">Report I</span></strong> – The following image depicts three trends (in graphical view) as a result of the past events/activities in the Active Directory, including: <br />
1. User Modifications Trend – This displays important operations performed by users, such as create, delete, modify, rename, move, security changes and permissions modifications. <br />
2. Computer Modifications Trend – This report displays computer operations, such as create, delete, modify, move, rename, status change and permission modifications. <br />
3. Group Modifications Trend – This graph shows all the operations performed on specific or numerous groups (a group of user accounts) such as create, delete, modify, rename, move, permission change and membership information (including the addition of new users and deletion of some users). <br />
By hovering over the values you can obtain further details on the information displayed in the graph. <br />
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In addition to this, <a href="https://www.lepide.com/lepideauditor/active-directory-auditing.html">LepideAuditor for Active Directory</a> can also generate detailed reports that show any changes in the usual trends of permissions being granted to users. This includes permission analysis of the historic events/activities in the Active Directory. <br />
<strong><span style="color: #4bacc6;">Report II</span></strong> – The below report shows domain modifications made by users in an easy to view grid alongside details regarding users whose accounts have been created. You can delve deeper into the reports by filtering based on user path, who created the account, when the account is created, where it is created, “from” field and more. In this image, the custom filters “this month” and “administrator” have been applied to generate a report of the administrator’s activities in the current month. <br />
The detail of each row in the report is displayed on the right hand side under the “Detail” column, as shown in the image. <br />
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<a href="https://www.lepide.com/lepideauditor/active-directory-auditing.html">LepideAuditor</a> Suite includes numerous exclusive features designed specifically to ensure that users are provided with complete visibility into activities taking place in the Active Directory. Some of these include the following: <br />
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LepideAuditor Suite tracks Active Directory modifications and displays all potential changes, along with before and after values, for the objects being modified. <br />
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2. Real-time Alerting </h4>
Whenever any suspicious behavior, activity or event is encountered in the Active Directory environment, LepideAuditor Suite sends real-time alerts in three different ways: Email notifications (sent straight to the inbox), LiveFeed alerts that continuously track changes as they happen and<b> </b>the<b> LepideAuditor app – a mobile application that allows users to receive instant alerts straight to any Apple or Android enabled device.</b><br />
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3. Powerful Search Capability</h4>
<a href="https://www.lepide.com/lepideauditor/active-directory-auditing.html">LepideAuditor</a> Suite possesses a powerful search functionality that allows users to locate relevant data quickly and easily. All searches can be saved directly to the console for future reference. <br />
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Conclusion</h4>
Securing your Active Directory is a critical part of your IT security plan, and tracking the changes (both current and historical) that your users are making in this system is a reliable method of detecting suspicious activity. Third-party solutions, like <a href="https://www.lepide.com/lepideauditor/active-directory-auditing.html">LepideAuditor for Active Directory</a>, provide you with a 360-degree view (both graphical and grid based) of all the events happening within your Active Directory – including displaying “who,” “what,” “when” and “where” details for all changes made. By automating the auditing of your critical IT systems you can ensure that you are getting the maximum amount of detail with the minimum amount of effort. <br />
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When I came across this article I knew that it was something I wanted to share not because of one man's journey towards interplanetary space travel but rather the story of one man, risking everything to achieve his dreams. He has personally pledged his entire fortune on achieving his vision and dream.<br />
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The lesson I take from this is that there is a whole,different life outside of our everyday and sometimes mundane, everyday living. It's filled with routine. Some people never leave their city and some don't even leave their community. To them that is life. That is all they know. They don't know what is out there.<br />
As he famously says:<br />
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<strong>It would be an incredible adventure. It would be the most inspiring thing that I could possibly imagine. Life needs to be more than solving problems every day. You need to wake up every day and be excited about the future, and be inspired and want to live. </strong>~ Elon Musk</blockquote>
When was the last time you woke up in the morning feeling truly excited about something?<br />
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So go out there and live your dreams,however big or small. You may want to take a tip from,in my opinion <a href="http://www.thefunkytechguy.co.za/2016/03/today-i-will-make-difference.html" target="_blank">the most inspirational piece ever written</a>.<br />
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The video below is Elon Musk’s dream. What is your dream? and what have you done recently to bring yourself closer to achieving it.<br />
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Problem:</h2>
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You would like to grant a non domain admin user the rights or permissions ,e.g your servicedesk staff, the ability to modify the group membership but only of certain groups.<br />
There are two very easy ways of doing this and a third more granular approach if required.<br />
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Pre-requisites:</h2>
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Ensure you have created an AD group and assign your users you want to grant access to this group. If possible, create a separate OU to house all the groups you intend to give rights to.<br />
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Option 1 - Delegation of Control</h3>
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<li>Right click the OU where the groups are and click <strong>Delegate Control… </strong>then click <strong>Next</strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw_hwHg_KQiTbAX-clfiwG4_7xovvnpHU531RDusVD6a-juI0pO2vV8evRTOVjvlIYg2S31ZGB7tylGaqHEgp000PnhqsiuMFxNu41NqTwL79ydinNsOoL7vCeXeJXghwpjdrUym8CA80/s1600-h/image%25255B7%25255D.png"><strong><img alt="image" border="0" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiamiBEl6cLpZ0Hkmrk7yMkv7ti0DCqyvxDloh7cNapbJZNn7B6VgBsfotrZbhFFnvnhovmHinqYXEYWYnt9LQ3o-s6O_z-9NT8WVHfaYvWZ5HZfbz9rMqDqN5t1DpYQNdz63rBPrIs8zI/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="183" /></strong></a> </li>
<li><strong>Select your AD Group<br /><br /><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-U-q8TBaKC_U/V-kt9ntsHJI/AAAAAAAADVA/I9QPothSMhc/s1600-h/image%25255B4%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="367" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mwwOdf2j4Eo/V-kt-nYBb0I/AAAAAAAADVE/yulgpZs88yI/image_thumb%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="640" /></a></strong> </li>
<li>Select <strong>Modify the membership of a group </strong>and click next<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXVlFO0uq3edFNTnVbpE4MA16O-Gus0XylGwfkUE4QRSRY8lvvflU8rItxA-Fgby44jNQf1wWK2WXB9DlsKGQUv7hT7TcTCd8MSHXKts6PRPHFvELXaEg8xJSsWyzRKlPa4VkX9RCVigE/s1600-h/image%25255B10%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="375" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pPqerLaWWso/V-kuAbfNfzI/AAAAAAAADVM/XcVwPIvAugo/image_thumb%25255B4%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="497" /></a><br /> </li>
<li>Click Next and Finish</li>
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Option 2 – Managed By</h3>
Note: you can use this on an OU or individual group.<br />
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<li>Right the same OU then click Properties</li>
<li>Click the <strong>Managed By</strong> tab then click the <strong>Change…</strong> button<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4DimWVDh_WoGFus45Y5-31_-Vv2hzwGRq4gKYXaA7_39haosXjjlOatlKpbIcX2BV6X51haBToxTqG-wfAUS4TsxcEfHI8yHipE6CawFoU1c-jCCXgLeBjgFFK0qkpEkrhAnHbSgU_-o/s1600-h/image%25255B13%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="441" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IhnmSigMYlg/V-kuCFWpQLI/AAAAAAAADVU/Esl4qZHmwaA/image_thumb%25255B5%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="398" /></a><br /> </li>
<li>Specify your group and click OK</li>
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Option 3 – Using the security tab</h3>
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<li>Right click either the OU or specific group you would like to grant access or modify right to</li>
<li>Click Properties</li>
<li>Click the Security Tab</li>
<li>Click Advanced</li>
<li>Click Add</li>
<li>Select your Group</li>
<li>On the Object tab Select Descendant Group Objects and enable:<ul>
<li>Read Members</li>
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<li>Click OK until all windows are closed</li>
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Hi,<br />
Today I want to share with you a simple best practise that I have often seen overlooked and not implemented.<br />
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The problem</h4>
Have you ever started at a new company and found that everyone has domain admin access? The technicians,the admins,the non technical boss and even the level 1 service desk staff? I have, in almost every company I started. This without saying,poses a huge risk,not just from a security point of view but also the fact that so many people have the potential to either intentionally or unintentionally $uck $hit up. Either way you have your hands full and enough on your plate to still have to worry about one of your servicedesk staff to start digging in things they learnt about in their mcse class.<br />
So how do we go about mitigating this risk and applying the best practice for least privilege access (You only have access to do the things that enable you to perform your job)<br />
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The Solution</h4>
I usually tackle this in a few ways<br />
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<li>I get the backing of the decision makers by informing them of the risks to the business and what I can do to resolve it. This way if they decide to do nothing you have it in writing that they were made aware of the risk and its all on them.</li>
<li>Next you will usually dish out an e-mail or go speak to the managers of the respective sections to find out their needs and roles. Essentially you need to know who does what before you can even begin with the technical bits</li>
<li>Now that you have that information on who does what its allot easier to go into AD and create some groups. In my example I have 3 levels of support which is what I found most common at all the companies I worked. They are<ul>
<li>Level 1 Support – Service desk- They do your quick fixes and generally require the following permissions<ul>
<li>Reset password</li>
<li>unlock an account</li>
<li>change password</li>
<li>Read Access to all users attributes.</li>
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<li>Level 2 Support – Desktop Engineers ,technicians generally have a few more:<ul> <ul>
<li>Reset password</li>
<li>change password</li>
<li>unlock account</li>
<li>read attributes of an AD user</li>
<li>Create users</li>
<li>modify Active Directory Groups</li>
<li>Join Computers to the domain</li>
<li>Rejoin Computers to the domain</li>
<li>Unjoin computers from the domain</li>
<li>move computers to the proper OU</li>
</ul>
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</li>
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<li>Level 3 Support – Network or Systems Admins usually have domain admin access depending on the size and organic structure of the company. Larger companies will have more granular roles,rights and permissions where as the the generalist Admin will usually have domain admin rights and whatever he/she grants to themselves <img alt="Smile" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5FlARw4hyYA/V-URZ8x5ojI/AAAAAAAADRQ/_naz0j0loO4/wlEmoticon-smile2.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none;" /></li>
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<li>I create NEW administration aka adm accounts for each support user. e.g For the user John Black with a username of jblack I create admjblack. I simply add adm as a prefix.</li>
<li>I then create AD security groups e.g Sevicedesk_Firstline , ServiceDeskdesk_Secondline and so on. Be sure to give good descriptions.</li>
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We are in 2016 and Microsoft has released another version of <a href="https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msmea/en_IE/cat/categoryID.67655400" target="_blank">Microsoft Office 2016</a>. If you have deployed any Office 2013 settings then you will need to install the new administrative templates in order to deploy settings to Office 2016.<br />
1. <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49030" target="_blank">Download Office 2016 Admin Template files</a><br />
2. Once downloaded, run the downloaded file and extract the contents to your machine , e.g c:\2016templates <br />
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3. go into the admx folder and copy all the .admx files to YOUR domain controller \\DOMAINNAME\SYSVOL\DOMAINNAME\Policies\PolicyDefinitions<br />
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4. Now copy the .ADML files (Language files) to \\DOMAINNAME\SYSVOL\DOMAINNAME\Policies\PolicyDefinitions\en-us<br />
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5. All you need to do now is test that it worked. Open your group policy editor,edit an existing or create a new policy and navigate to User Configuration –> Policies –> Administrative Templates<br />
You should see all the Office 2016 Apps available to you.<br />
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That's it. This is how you install Microsoft Office 2016 Administrative Templates<br />
Are you customising office in your organisation? If so what have you implemented that has been either requested or helpful.<br />
I hope this has been informative for you. Please like,follow and comment if you have any questions.
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Hi all, In a previous guide on <a href="http://funkytechguy.blogspot.co.za/2015/09/how-to-setup-sickbeard-and-sabnzbdstep.html" target="_blank">How to Setup Sickbeard and SABnzbd – Step by Steb Guide</a> as well as How to Setup NZBDrone now known as Sonarr you will undoubtedly hear me refer to your news servers, either using the ones from your ISP or using a free for life server such as <a href="https://www.xsusenet.com/" target="_blank">Xsusenet.com</a><br />
Below is a list of news servers you might find useful<br />
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Most Common South African ISPs specific News Servers</h4>
You can find a full list of ALL South African ISPs <a href="http://ispa.org.za/membership/list-of-members/" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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South Africa ISPs with FREE News Servers</h4>
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<b><i>ISP</i></b></div>
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<b>Host</b></div>
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<b>Connections</b></div>
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<b>Retention (Days)</b></div>
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<b>Ports</b></div>
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<i>Telkom</i></div>
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News.saix.net</div>
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2</div>
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10</div>
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119</div>
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<i>Internet Solutions</i></div>
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News.is.co.za</div>
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3</div>
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119</div>
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<i>Afrihost</i></div>
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News.afrihost.co.za</div>
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10</div>
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200</div>
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119</div>
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<i>Axxess</i></div>
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News.internet.co.za</div>
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5</div>
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200</div>
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119</div>
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<i>Cybersmart</i></div>
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None</div>
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None</div>
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None</div>
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None</div>
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<i>Mweb</i></div>
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None</div>
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None</div>
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None</div>
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None</div>
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<i>WebAfrica</i></div>
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News.wa.co.za</div>
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5</div>
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90</div>
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119</div>
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<i>Crustal Web</i></div>
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News.crystalweb.co.za</div>
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15</div>
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2000</div>
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119</div>
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<i>Vox</i></div>
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None</div>
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None</div>
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None</div>
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Internationally Free USENET Servers</h4>
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There really is only one news server that I use and would recommend. Thats <a href="https://my.xsusenet.com/signup.php?ref=419646" target="_blank">Xsusenet</a> . Its free for life and has been really reliable for the past 5 years now atleast. You will see me use them in my videos. <br />
Here you can find a rather comprehensive list of other free news hosts @ <a href="http://www.freeusenetnews.com/" target="_blank">http://www.freeusenetnews.com/</a> <br />
Xsusenet Limitations – 2Mb/sec download limit<br />
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<strong><u>Connections</u></strong></div>
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<strong><u>Retention</u></strong></div>
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<strong><a href="https://my.xsusenet.com/signup.php?ref=419646" target="_blank">Xsusnet</a> <img alt="Thumbs up" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-thumbsup" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kp3OsN_QknQ/V5DK1dBP2GI/AAAAAAAABIo/Glk3d-dxy3Y/wlEmoticon-thumbsup%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none;" /></strong></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">free.xsusenet.com</span></div>
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The Funky Tech Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10893894480164914268noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775861471585265823.post-42779139627673803472016-07-07T03:05:00.001-07:002016-09-25T05:32:03.985-07:00Vmware vCenter Converter – Unable to locate the required Sysprep files. Windows 2003 Server<script>
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You about to convert a windows 2003 Server machine and get the error above.<br />
<em><span style="color: #666666;">Warning: Unable to locate the required Sysprep files…..</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666;">Luckily there is an easy fix.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666;">1. Mount or insert the 2003 Server CD/DVD or .ISO</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #666666;">2. Use something like <a href="http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm" target="_blank">winrar</a> or even better <a href="http://www.7-zip.org/download.html" target="_blank">7zip</a> to copy or extract the contents from deploy.cab which can be found on the CD at X:\SUPPORT\TOOLS</span></em><br />
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3. Copy the files from the deploy.cab file to C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\sysprep\svr2003<br />
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Close the Converter and re-open it. You should no longer have this issue.<br />
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There are thousands of websites lurking in the dark web, wait for any passes by to pounce on. The use various tactics to gather or steal or information, from IP addresses,geo location to credit card information.<br />
Below is a list of websites you should NOT visit because its almost guaranteed to be malicious, especially to naïve,unprotected internet users. If you have the urge to click on any link below, I urge you DON’T,unless off course your an infosec (Information Security) student and doing it for research purposes.<br />
<strong>*Misspellings or misrepresentation Tactics*</strong><br />
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<a href="http://www.aresgalaxy.com/">http://www.aresgalaxy.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.edonkey-software.com/">http://www.edonkey-software.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.edonkey-mp3.com/">http://www.edonkey-mp3.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.emule-software.com/">http://www.emule-software.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.poilet.com/">http://www.poilet.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.kaaza.com/">http://www.kaaza.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.kazza.com/">http://www.kazza.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.kaza.com/">http://www.kaza.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.kazaalite.com/">http://www.kazaalite.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.kazaa-lite.tk/">http://www.kazaa-lite.tk</a><br />
<a href="http://www.k-lite.tk/">http://www.k-lite.tk</a><br />
<a href="http://www.kazaalite.nl/">http://www.kazaalite.nl</a><br />
<a href="http://www.kazaa-download.de/">http://www.kazaa-download.de</a><br />
<a href="http://www.kazaagold.com/">http://www.kazaagold.com</a><br />
<a href="http://k-litetk.com/">http://k-litetk.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.kazaalite.de/">http://www.kazaalite.de</a> - Beware, links on the page prompt for download of star dialer.<br />
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<a href="http://offerforge.net/?a=27257&c=311291&p=r&s1="><img src="http://a04296f070c0146f314d-0dcad72565cb350972beb3666a86f246.r50.cf5.rackcdn.com/311291_Get More Pay Less 728x90.jpg" alt=""></a><img src="https://offerforge.net/i.ashx?a=27257&c=311291&p=r&s1=SUB_ID" width="1" height="1" border="0" />
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<a href="http://www.kazaa.de/">http://www.kazaa.de</a> - Same as kazaalite.de. Again, beware of star dialer.<br />
<a href="http://www328.ws1.internetservice.com/">http://www328.ws1.internetservice.com</a> - Same as kazaa.de and kazaalite.de.<br />
<a href="http://www.kazaa-file-sharing-downloads.com/">http://www.kazaa-file-sharing-downloads.com</a> - Fishy executable present here.<br />
<a href="http://www.klitesite.com/">http://www.klitesite.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.klite.tk/">http://www.klite.tk</a><br />
<a href="http://freewebhosting.hostdepartment.com/k/kazaalitetk">http://freewebhosting.hostdepartment.com/k/kazaalitetk</a> - Redirects to klitesite.com.<br />
<a href="http://kazaa.freakin.nl/">http://kazaa.freakin.nl</a><br />
<a href="http://www.kazaa-gold.com/">http://www.kazaa-gold.com</a> - I discovered this site while reading Sharmans copyright infringment complaint to google.com.<br />
<a href="http://www.kazaamedia.com/">http://www.kazaamedia.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.kazaaplatinum.com/">http://www.kazaaplatinum.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.kazaa-plus.net/">http://www.kazaa-plus.net</a><br />
<a href="http://www.kl-kpp.net/">http://www.kl-kpp.net</a><br />
<a href="http://www.kazaa.co.kr/">http://www.kazaa.co.kr</a><br />
<a href="http://www.ikazaa.net/">http://www.ikazaa.net</a><br />
<a href="http://www.supernova.org/">http://www.supernova.org</a><br />
<a href="http://www.suprnova.com/">http://www.suprnova.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.slsk.org/">http://www.slsk.org</a> - Old soulseek domain, that now links to a mainpeen dialer (scumware).<br />
<a href="http://www.sharaza.com/">http://www.sharaza.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.winmx-download-winmx.com/">http://www.winmx-download-winmx.com</a> - WinMX based scam.<br />
<a href="http://www.musicdonkey.net/">http://www.musicdonkey.net/</a><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Regular P2P scam type sites</span></u></strong><br />
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<a href="http://www.fileminer.com/">http://www.fileminer.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www2.music-download-network.com/">http://www2.music-download-network.com</a><br />
<a href="http://filmgimp.org/">http://filmgimp.org</a><br />
<a href="http://www.filesharingfriends.com/">http://www.filesharingfriends.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mp3ebook.com/">http://www.mp3ebook.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.symynet.com/educational_software/kazaa_light.htm">http://www.symynet.com/educational_software/kazaa_light.htm</a> - Looks to me to be just a cheap plug for an amazon.com product (an MP3 CD player).<br />
<a href="http://www.bolton-heaton.freeserve.co.uk/kazaa.htm">http://www.bolton-heaton.freeserve.co.uk/kazaa.htm</a> - Not only do they link to yet another scam site, they also link to many forms of adware and spyware including<br />
gator and aluriaaffiliates.<br />
<a href="http://www.emp3downloadhq.com/">http://www.emp3downloadhq.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.unlimitedshock.com/">http://www.unlimitedshock.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.songs4free.com/">http://www.songs4free.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mp3u.com/">http://www.mp3u.com</a><br />
<a href="http://download-central.mp3u.com/">http://download-central.mp3u.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.americamp3network.com/">http://www.americamp3network.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mp3university.com/">http://www.mp3university.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.downloads-unlimited.com/">http://www.downloads-unlimited.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.download-mp3-now.com/">http://www.download-mp3-now.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.imusicshare.com/">http://www.imusicshare.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.musicdownloadcentral.com/">http://www.musicdownloadcentral.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.downloadsociety.com/">http://www.downloadsociety.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mp3musiczone.com/">http://www.mp3musiczone.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mp3rocks.net/">http://www.mp3rocks.net</a><br />
<a href="http://www.247downloads.com/">http://www.247downloads.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mymusicinc.com/">http://www.mymusicinc.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mp3advance.com/">http://www.mp3advance.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.songfly.com/">http://www.songfly.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mp3musicworld.com/">http://www.mp3musicworld.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.charliespiano.com/downloadable_music.php">http://www.charliespiano.com/downloadable_music.php</a> - Links to an existing scam site.<br />
<a href="http://www.freeality.com/emusic.htm">http://www.freeality.com/emusic.htm</a><br />
<a href="http://www.free-mp3-music-player-downloads.com/">http://www.free-mp3-music-player-downloads.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mp3yes.com/">http://www.mp3yes.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mp3.abandonware.nu/">http://www.mp3.abandonware.nu</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mp3high.com/">http://www.mp3high.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mp3shock.net/">http://www.mp3shock.net</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mp3advance.com/">http://www.mp3advance.com</a> - This one was being displayed on BeatKing through the Google ads<br />
<a href="http://www.my-free-music.com/">http://www.my-free-music.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.findanymusic.com/">http://www.findanymusic.com</a> - Claims it's legal; obviously a scam.<br />
<a href="http://www.xvidmovies.com/">http://www.xvidmovies.com/</a> - The main culprit is (<a href="http://www.xvidmovies.com/movies/)">http://www.xvidmovies.com/movies/)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.moviedownloadcity.com/">http://www.moviedownloadcity.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.hqmovies.net/">http://www.hqmovies.net</a><br />
<a href="http://www.gettingmovies.com/Movies.html">http://www.gettingmovies.com/Movies.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.compareshopsave.com/moviesites">http://www.compareshopsave.com/moviesites</a><br />
<a href="http://k-lite-legal.com/">http://k-lite-legal.com</a> - Another claim of legality.<br />
<a href="http://www.imovieshare.com/">http://www.imovieshare.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.easymusicdownload.com/">http://www.easymusicdownload.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.flicksunlimited.com/">http://www.flicksunlimited.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.completemovies.com/index2.html">http://www.completemovies.com/index2.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.download-mp3-music.com/">http://www.download-mp3-music.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.freemovieserver.com/">http://www.freemovieserver.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mp3perfect.com/">http://www.mp3perfect.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mp3downloadcity.com/">http://www.mp3downloadcity.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.downloadshield.com/">http://www.downloadshield.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.legacymp3.net/">http://www.legacymp3.net</a><br />
<a href="http://www.crazymp3s.org/">http://www.crazymp3s.org</a><br />
<a href="http://www.21-century-mp3.nu/">http://www.21-century-mp3.nu</a><br />
<a href="http://www.greekmusicmp3s.com/">http://www.greekmusicmp3s.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.filesharingcenter.com/">http://www.filesharingcenter.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.unlimitedshock.com/">http://www.unlimitedshock.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mp333.com/">http://www.mp333.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mp3madeeasy.com/">http://www.mp3madeeasy.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mp3grandcentral.net/">http://www.mp3grandcentral.net</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mp3-network.com/">http://www.mp3-network.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.morpheusultra.com/">http://www.morpheusultra.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.flixs.net/">http://www.flixs.net</a><br />
<a href="http://www.charliespiano.com/downloadable_music.php">http://www.charliespiano.com/downloadable_music.php</a><br />
<a href="http://www.compareshopsave.com/moviesites">http://www.compareshopsave.com/moviesites</a><br />
<a href="http://www.completemovies.com/index2.html">http://www.completemovies.com/index2.html</a><br />
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