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February 24, 2025

Useful Commands for Windows Subsystem for Linux

Check current WSL version in use Set default WSL version. Currently 1 or 2. Convert WSL version to version 2 where Ubuntu-20.04 is the name of the distribution. List distributions available for install.

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November 3, 2024November 3, 2024

Restore original Explorer context menus in Windows 11

These commands should be used in an elevated / administrator command prompt or PowerShell. Set old / original menus as default. Remove Explorer command bar Restart Windows Explorer You can follow the following steps to restore the new context menus and command bar. Beginning with restoring the Windows 11 context menu. Restore the Explorer command…

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December 11, 2023December 11, 2023

Install certificate for LDAPS on Windows Server

To use a certificate in Windows for IIS usage, you can select the certificate in IIS bindings. It is a bit different to use a certificate for LDAPS. There are two things to keep in mind: Troubleshooting Tips Install certificate to NTDS certificate store References

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November 15, 2023November 15, 2023

Network Policy Server (NPS) Notes

Audit policy CLI commands to set the success or failure to enable (Enable – enables logging). Get the current settings of the audit policy.

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June 25, 2023July 16, 2023

Useful Tools

Link Compilation Linux Useful Commands Linux Tool Alternatives

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January 25, 2023July 2, 2025

Set git username and email address in Windows / VSCode

After installing Git for Windows, a username and email address has to be set or VSCode will give you the following error: To add your username and email address, open up a terminal. I used Powershell in this case and type in the following commands: If the email address used is also in your GitHub…

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July 18, 2022July 18, 2022

Network Policy Server Notes

View the status of logging Enable logging Disable logging

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November 24, 2021February 21, 2022

Install syslinux on Windows Server 2019 WDS

Once Windows Deployment Services is installed and running, locate the folder where WDS is installed.My install is in D:\RemoteInstall. Rename pxeboot.n12 in D:\RemoteInstall\Boot\x64 to pxeboot.0. Rename abortpxe.com in D:\RemoteInstall\Boot\x86 to abortpxe.0. Download syslinux. I used version 5.04. Your mileage may vary with other versions. From the syslinux archive, extract core\pxelinux.0, com32\menu\vesamenu.c32, com32\modules\chain.c32, memdisk\memdisk to D:\RemoteInstall\Boot\x86…

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January 12, 2019February 21, 2022

How to resolve incorrect time with Windows Domain Controller

The Domain Controller should be the definitive source for time for the entire Windows Domainnetwork. It needs to sync directly to NTP servers and not the hardware clock of the machine it’s onwhether it’s a virtual machine or a physical server. That means don’t set VMware Tools to sync time for the guest. There are…

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These posts are notes for me. These are not guides and you should not use these instructions as step-by-step instructions without knowing what they do.

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