In this article, I am going to explain the difference between a samAccountName and a userPrincipalName which are often used in an Active Directory context. samAccountName It was used with an earlier version of windows (pre-windows 2000). User login name is in the format of DomainName\testUser. It should be less than 20 characters. It should be ... Read more
You can use the read-host command-let to get an input from a user during program execution. PowerShell Input Example Here is a related example, the program gets two numbers in string format and converts them into integers and then sums up those numbers and finally displays the result. The -prompt parameter is used to display a ... Read more
You can read a text file and display its content using get-content cmdlet in PowerShell. Read textfile example Execute the following command on PowerShell with elevated privileges. Get-Content c:\scripts\test.txt This command will display the contents of the file test.txt which is located in c:\scripts\
When you have to generate random passwords for users, you can execute the get-random command let on PowerShell to create it. Generate Random Number get-random -maximum 2000 -minimum 100 This command, when executed on PowerShell, creates a number between 1999 (not 2000 and always set one number higher in maximum) and 100.
Whenever you, say, set an alarm or connect to WiFi on your Android phone, a corresponding icon appears in the status bar. Have you ever felt like removing any of these icons, but couldn't do so because of lack of knowledge on how to go about doing it? If that's the case, then you've come ... Read more
If you have recently installed a new Windows Server 2016, it is a good practice to assign it a user friendly server name and change its date, time and time zone to match your location. Changing the Server Name Step 1: Press Windows icon key + X on your keyboard and click on System. Step 2: Click on ... Read more
A Printer is one of the most important devices for an offic network and being a system administrator you should be able to deploy it. This tutorial will walk you through the steps to install and configure a print server on your windows Server 2012 R2 machine. Prerequisites Following are the requirements for this tutorial: ... Read more
PowerShell commands are an easy way to save a lot of time as system administrator. In this article, I'll show you how to configure DHCP from PowerShell. I have following information including scope, and router gateway IP. DHCP DNSServerIP="192.168.1.10" DHCPServerIP="192.168.1.10" StartRange="192.168.1.150" EndRange="192.168.1.200" Subnet="255.255.255.0" Router="192.168.1.1" Following is the configuration break down: Installing DHCP Adding DHCP scope ... Read more
If you are one of those who prefer using keyboard over mouse wherever and whenever possible, I am sure you must be aware of what Alt+Tab does. For starters, this key combination lets you switch between windows of the currently open/active applications. While Alt+Tab is good for making a switch across applications, it's not an ... Read more
You can enable or disable notifications for specific apps to appear in your action center. This article will help you to: Enable or disable notifications from specific apps in Windows 10. Change notifications priority for certain Apps Change the number of notifications that can appear in action center. Enabling and Disabling Notifications for Specific Apps in ... Read more