PowerShell:- Update a Registry Key value.
Recently we had a request to update a whole stack of servers registry keys. With PowerShell this is easy to do. In the first step you need to set the location of where you...
Category: Windows Server 2019 PowerShell
PowerShell: Show hidden devices in Device Manager on Server 2008 R2
In any operating system, you may want to uninstall or remove a device like a network card for example that may be causing issues. Launching Device Manager does not show the device and as...
PowerShell:- Find a ProcessID and kill the process
Ever had that windows service that will not stop and just stays in a stopping state and you cannot reboot the server. And then when you launch task manager you just cannot see it?...
Windows PowerShell:- Check Active Directory Replication with Repadmin
Have you as an IT admin ever wanted to check the replication status of all your Active Directory Servers in 1 go instead of logging onto each one to check the status? With a...
Windows PowerShell:- Changing time on a Server
Checking and changing the source time server on a VM or host has never been easier than running a simple command to change it. Many times, VM’s and hosts lose time and you end...
Windows PowerShell:- Shuffle DNS on a Server
In a large environment where you have hundreds of servers, imagine now having to go and manually add in more than 2 DNS servers to each of those? That will take a few days...
Windows PowerShell:- Importing modules and adding Roles and features
Importing roles and features on a windows server has never been easier. Lot’s of people prefer the GUI interface but PowerShell makes your life so much easier. Firstly, for PowerShell to understand what you...
Windows PowerShell:- Enable RSS on a Network Adapter
RSS abbreviated for Receive Side Scaling has value by being enabled on a Server as it betters performance. By Default, RSS is enabled on Server 2016 and 2019 but cannot be enabled on Windows...
Windows PowerShell:- Disable IPv6 and Tunneling with a simple command
In PowerShell, you are able to disable IPv6 on a Server using a single command as follows: reg add hklm\system\currentcontrolset\services\tcpip6\parameters /v DisabledComponents /t REG_DWORD /d 0xFF /f Now you can take this a step...
Windows PowerShell:- Change the Execution Policy
As an Admin you can restrict access to PowerShell and what can run. With a simple command you can view the execution policy set on a server: Get-ExecutionPolicy As shown above, it is set...
