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PowerShell is proving to be a wonderful tool for Microsoft System Admins. The ability to send emails in a PowerShell script can be quite useful, you can use this simple little function to send an email from PowerShell. You could potentially use this function to send you an email when an automatic PowerShell task runs and …
What is an NDR? NDR stands for non-delivery report. When an email is rejected from an email server you may receive an NDR email, this usually happens because you have sent the email to an email address that does not exist. This list of NDR codes and what they mean may help you for diagnosing your …
To update Windows 10 you can do this two ways. The first way to update Windows 10 is to open the control panel, then select Windows Update. Then check for updates and install them. The second option is to open the Windows Update app. To open Windows Update app just type in update in the …
With Windows 8 and 8.1 computers some of them have been coming out with BIOS embedded product keys. This has done away with the stickers that had the product key on them stuck to the bottom of laptops and stuck on the side of desktops. Activating these when you install from traditional windows installation media(cd, …
***Please note this article is out of date and no longer current** I use these commands to connect to Exchange Online in Office365. To do this you need to open powershell and run these command: $LiveCred = Get-Credential $Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange-ConnectionUri https://ps.outlook.com/powershell -Credential $LiveCred -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection Import-PSSession $Session After the first line it …
This video is made using the windows 10 technical preview. To change your password in Windows 10 is quite easy you can just click ctrl +alt + del and then select change password. You can also change your Windows 10 password using the User settings app.
This error happens when trying to upgrade Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 through the Microsoft Store. If you get this error what you need to do is install all of your Windows updates and then try the upgrade to Windows 8.1 again. You can upgrade Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 for free through the Microsoft …
Secure boot and UEFI BIOS is something that has been introduced with windows 8 and 8.1. Secure boot stops you from accessing the hard drive when booting to CD or USB and therefore stops you using traditional tools to reset your windows password. To bypass this you need to remove your hard drive and connect it …
RDP or Remote Desktop Protocol is used to get a remote session into a Windows or Windows Server operating system. This unlike other tools like telnet gives you a graphical session to your remote computer, this means you can log in and get your normal Windows desktop environment. Microsoft have released official Remote Desktop applications …
Windows 10 Technical Preview has been released and you can now download and install it. I would recommend installing Windows 10 Technical Preview on a virtual machine or old PC not on your physical hardware that you use everyday, as this is a preview of Windows 10 not the final version it may have bugs …