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what program is locking a file in use

SOLVED: How To Determine What Program is Locking a File In Use

As you can see in the screen shot below after we turned off HIDE HIDDEN SYSTEM FILES, we could see that there was a dumpstack.log.tmp file which is not a good thing: When dumpstack.log.tmp appears there is a serious problem or bug check (commonly known as a Blue Screen of Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 2 days ago
windows 11 minisetup Something went wrong But you can try again OOBESETTINGSMULTIPAGE

SOLVED: Windows 11 Mini-Setup Error – Something went wrong but you can try again OOBESETTINGSMULTIPAGE

We were deploying some new windows 11 Dell laptops when we ran into this error on several of them when we were trying to sign in with new local accounts: Something went wrong But you can try again OOBESETTINGSMULTIPAGE There are a myriad of possible causes for this error from Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 4 daysMay 10, 2025 ago
How To Sysprep Customized Windows 11 With Ease 4

SOLVED: VIDEO: How To SysPrep a Customized Windows 11 Easily

If you’re looking to sysprep a customized Windows 11 setup with ease, this video has everything you need! Whether you’re preparing a system for deployment or troubleshooting common issues, this guide will walk you through the essential steps to ensure a smooth process. HERE ARE THE COMMANDS USED IN THIS Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 5 daysMay 9, 2025 ago
sched task to set default printer - actions - powershell

SOLVED: How To Set Default Printer When Logging In To A Specific Computer – OPTION 2

We recently wrote brief script and article explaining how to set a specific default printer using a simple PowerShell script and Logon GPO. However, we found an even easier way to do the same thing using a simple Scheduled Task: PowerShell Script to Set Default Printer Create The Scheduled Task Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 2 weeksApril 30, 2025 ago
script to set default printer when loging into specific computer

SOLVED: How To Set Default Printer When Logging In To A Specific Computer

We have a client with a new RDS server and they want their all of their staff to have the “CutePDF Writer” as their default printer, but only when on that computer. To that end we wrote this script: NOTE: Change the YOUR COMPUTER NAME HERE to the name of Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 2 weeksApril 29, 2025 ago
are these user profiles still being used

SOLVED: Which User Profiles Are Still Being Used?

We had a client with over 100 user profile folders in C:\USERS, so they wanted to know which ones are still being used and which ones are not. The first thing we did is to click on the START button and typed Advanced System Settings. Then we clicked the SETTINGS Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 3 weeksApril 25, 2025 ago
powershell export all local admins

SOLVED: Script to Export List of All Local Administrators

We brought on a new client with a lot of servers and as part of our due diligence, we needed to review all of the local administrators on each server. We wanted to make sure the previous MSP’s staff were removed and to provide list of questionable admins to our Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 3 weeksApril 21, 2025 ago
Script To Search For Specific Certificate

SOLVED: Script To Search For Specific Certificate

We had a computer with an expired certificate we could not find, but our monitoring software was alerting on. After some time, we gave up opening each certificate, one by one, to see if the thumbprint matched, and just wrote the script below. It searches through all the certificates on Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 1 monthApril 8, 2025 ago
dc with wrong time

SOLVED: Fix Time Drift on a Corporate PC or Domain Controller

Last week we had a client with the Domain Controller that was off by more than three and a half minutes from the PDC. In case you’re not sure yes that is bad. If it gets to five minutes it can be catastrophically bad. What Happens When DC’s Have Different Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 1 monthApril 2, 2025 ago
wsus deprecated dead

SOLVED: Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) Deprecated

This is a very big change for small and medium sized businesses. In Microsoft’s never ending push to paid subscription services, they announced that WSUS would be deprecated. When Is WSUS Deprecated? Here are all the dates you need to know: Deprecation, Not Discontinuation: Microsoft has announced the deprecation of Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 1 monthApril 1, 2025 ago
disk volume number after clone

SOLVED: Users and Computer Changes Syncing But GPO’s and Scripts Are Not

We have a new customer whose Group Policies (GPO’s) and Scripts were not synchronizing between their two Domain Controllers, even though changes to Users and Computers were synchronized. Did you know that Active Directory changes are sync’d between DC’s using two different services? From this we were able to figure Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 2 monthsMarch 26, 2025 ago
DFS State Codes

SOLVED: DFS State Query & Codes Explained

If you have worked with Active Directory on Windows Servers, you may have run into problems with things like GPO’s and Scripts not syncing between Domain Controllers and wondered how to troubleshoot it. In addition to the obvious, like: there is also a very handy command Microsoft Tech Support gave Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 2 monthsMarch 24, 2025 ago
who and when did someone login

SOLVED: Who and When Did Someone Login?

We have one of our very long standing clients wanting to know why some things are being done on a particular server at about 5:30 AM most mornings. We looked through backup schedules, scheduled tasks, and SQL maintenance plans and other things and couldn’t find anything particularly useful. We also Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 2 monthsMarch 20, 2025 ago

SOLVED: Active Directory Object Contains Other Objects. Use Delete Subtree?

If you are trying to delete a user or compute from Active Directory you might be presented with the following popup message: Confirm Subtree Deletion Object {User or Computer Name} you sure you want to delete object {User or Computer Name} and all of the objects it contains? If you Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 2 monthsMarch 19, 2025 ago
script to list all enterprise administrators

SOLVED: Who Is Enterprise Admin?

Microsoft Windows uses forest structure and in that forest are Domains.  Most small companies only have one domain but it is still in a forest… a forest with one domain. Whats The Difference between Enterprise Admin and Domain Admin An Enterprise Admin can make changes to things in the forest, Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 2 monthsMarch 18, 2025 ago
vmware what is the difference between delete and remove

SOLVED: What’s the Difference Between DELETE and REMOVE in VMware

In VMware, the terms “delete” and “remove” have distinct meanings: If you want to keep the VM’s files for future re-registration, you should select “remove from inventory.” If you want to delete the VM and its files permanently, you should select “delete from disk, like you can see we did, Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 2 monthsMarch 13, 2025 ago

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