|
|||
|
|
|
| Home |
| About |
| Hobbies |
| Software |
| Hardware |
| ICT Hotlist |
| Purpose |
React:
ICT-Hotlist
The ICT hotlist is a knowledge base containing the themes listed below:
Expand all /
Collapse all
Active Directory for Experts
| 1. | ADSI Active Directory Scripting Interface scripts | The book "Inside Active Directory" [ISBN 0-201-61621-1] by Sakari Kouti and Mika Seitsonen contains over 60 sample scripts written in VBScript  Read On... |
| 2. | DSADD ou DSADD group DSADD user DSMOD ou DSMOD group DSMOD user DSRM ou DSRM group DSRM user | DSADD (Windows 2003 or better)With Windows 2000 the most flexible way to add a bulk of users to the Active Directory was using VBScript but now there is Read On... |
| 3. | How to upgrade Windows 2000 domain controllers to Windows Server 2003 | Use the English version, it is regularly updated. Read On... |
| 4. | Schema Updates Require Write Access to Schema in Active Directory ® | When the schema master is changed, the access to the schema must be arranged. Read On... |
| 5. | How to remove data in Active Directory ® after an unsuccessful domain controller demotion | When your hardware crashes unexpectedly before you ran dcpromo. Read On... |
| 6. | How to Remove a Dead Domain Controller (DC) from Active Directory ® Using LDP.exe. | Download the PDF document Read On... |
| 7. | How can I delete a failed Domain Controller object from Active Directory ® ? | Extended instructions of the procedure Read On... |
| 8. | How can I forcibly transfer (seize) some or all of the FSMO Roles from one DC to another? | Yes, when your first domain controller crashes, you have large problems Read On... |
| 9. | Get the current policy settings in HTML | As an enterprise network admin you probably know the command GPResult /R to get the overview of the Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) and Active Directory groups. To get a nice HTML overview of the RSoP you can use Read On... |
| 10. | Company Directory information | Petri has published an article on how to enable Active Directory Search as a desktop company directory information service Read On... |
| 11. | Active Directory user photo's | Using PowerShell to update an user image in Active Directory Read On... |
| 12. | Users with empty Manager property | Use PowerShell to create an Excel sheet containing Active Directory users with an empty Manager property Read On... |
| 13. | PowerShell & Active Directory | Using Windows PowerShell Cmdlets to manage Active Directory (AD DS) Read On... |
| 14. | List locked out users | Use PowerShell to list all the Active Directory Domain users that are currently locked out Read On... |
| 15. | Report Network configurations | Use PowerShell to create an Excel report containing Active Directory Sites and Subnets Read On... |
| 16. | List Direct reports | PowerShell script to find all direct reports of a manager in the Active Directory Read On... |
| 17. | ADREPLSTATUS | Finally a ReplMon replacement Read On... |
| 18. | Disable AD Groups | Disable Windows Active Directory Security Groups Read On... |
Business Continuity Management
| 1. | 5 myths of do-it-yourself disaster recovery. Infographics by IBM. | See the infographics Read On... |
| 2. | 10 Reasons Why Disaster Recovery Plans Fail | 43% of companies that experience a disaster never reopen Read On... |
| 3. | BCM test failed at Dutch state broadcast stations | At november 3rd 2013 an emergency power test failed at Read On... |
| 4. | Dictionary of Business Continuity Management Terms. | Download the document here Read On... |
| 5. | Checklist Business Continuity | talkingbusinesscontinuity.com provides a free checklist tool for smaller organisations. This simple tool can be used Read On... |
| 6. | Using Windows Server 2012 with the built-in Hyper-V Replica feature for BCM | Microsoft's SMB organization published a blog post where Hyper-V Replica did in fact keep two small businesses available during Hurricane Sandy. Read On... |
| 7. | Magic Quadrant for Business Continuity Management Planning Software | Gartner published a document about their comparison of 18 BCM planning software suppliers Read On... |
| 8. | Windows High Availability | A great whitepaper giving you a high level overview of Microsoft's High Availability technology. Read On... |
| 9. | The Top Ten Essential Qualities Of A Crisis Manager (Forbes.com) | Whether a major natural disaster, such as a hurricane, earthquake or fire, or a minor one, such as a power outage or hardware failure, crises have the potential to seriously disrupt your business. Read On... |
| 10. | BCM | Business Continuity Management: an introduction. Read On... |
| 11. | BCM | Business Continuity Management: Escalation procedure (ICT). Read On... |
| 12. | BCM | Business Continuity Management Example: selection process disaster / calamity preparation. Read On... |
| 13. | BCM | Business Continuity Management Example: selection process failure preparation Read On... |
| 14. | BCM | Epidemics and Business Continuity Read On... |
| 15. | BCM | "Best of Breed" versus an integrated software solution, a BCM analysis Read On... |
| 16. | BCM | Free download British style "Keep Calm Use a Business Continuity plan" Read On... |
Citrix® Program Neighborhood / XenApp / VDI
| 1. | Citrix 101 | This web page provides an overview of Citrix XenApp to help you, the end user, getting the most out of this great tool. Read On... |
| 2. | Citrixtools.net | Just register and download great tools by Pierre Marmignon et al. for managing your Citrix® XenApp environments. Read On... |
| 3. | Citrix® XenApp 6.5 Powershell SDK | The Citrix® XenApp 6.5 PowerShell SDK enables customers to manage XenApp 6.5 farms using Microsoft PowerShell scripting Read On... |
| 4. | Citrix XenApp licensing error. | Console popup message :” Citrix XenApp cannot contact the license server” on Windows 2008(r2) with XenApp 6.0 or 6.5. When your Citrix XenApp 6.0 or 6.5 server Read On... |
| 5. | Running XenApp 6.5 on Windows 2008r2 and your published application File Explorer (explorer.exe) is stopping regularly? | The Solution is here: Read On... |
| 6. | Microsoft Software Protection | Have one or more Citrix XenApp 6.5 user(s) that receive popups stating Windows is not Genuine? Read On... |
| 7. | Citrix® PowerShell blog | If there is one functionality that has been requested by many it is the ability to import/export applications. With the XenApp 6.5 cmdlets Read On... |
| 8. | Welcome to DUCUG | A Dutch community driven Citrix User platform Read On... |
| 9. | Regional Settings | If you have problems setting the correct keyboard layout with the registry Read On... |
| 10. | Regshot | Regshot is an open-source (LGPL) registry compare utility Read On... |
| 11. | Remove Terminal Server Client Access Licence or Remote Desktop Client Access License | Having lots of spare Windows Remote Desktop or Terminal Server client access licenses, but a user keeps getting error messages Read On... |
| 12. | Quickly producing a XML/Excel download file containing all the Citrix XenApp Application parameters. | Do you want to produce a download with all the applications configured in your Citrix XenApp Farm with PowerShell? (Contains script and full examples) Read On... |
| 13. | Disabling Adobe Reader XI Updates Using Group Policy | Petri.co.il produced a clear article about disabling Adobe Reader XI Updates using Windows Group Policy or a registry key Read On... |
| 14. | XenApp application security information | Get XenApp application security information with PowerShell Read On... |
Hard to find quality Clustering tips
| 1. | Best practices checklist - adding storage capacity to a ProLiant DL380 Packaged Cluster using Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | Great checklist on how to create a clustered disk, also usable for other brands of servers Read On... |
| 2. | How to create file shares on a cluster | Follow the step by step instruction on the creation of a share in a cluster Read On... |
| 3. | Error 3 When Creating a File Share on a Cluster with the Application Wizard | A problem exists within Windows 2003 Enterprise server. Shares must be created on the node the disk was created on. Read On... |
Database tips
| 1. | About Log Shipping (SQL Server 2012 or newer) | Data is typically replicated between servers to support the following applications and requirements Read On... |
| 2. | Add System DSN | This registry file creates an ODBC System DSN to the MS-SQL database server Read On... |
| 3. | Backup Compression (SQL Server 2012 or newer) | This topic describes the compression of SQL Server backups Read On... |
| 4. | Error 5 restoring or backing up SQL database | Backup of SQL Server fails with error 5 [Cannot open backup device 'drive:\foldername'. Operating system error 5(Access is denied.).] Read On... |
| 5. | How to export a table from Microsoft SQL server 2008r2 to Excel using PowerShell | Before PowerShell you had to use the Microsoft SQL Query Analyzer to export data to Excel. This tip compares a simple query using SQL Query Analyzer versus PowerShell. Read On... |
| 6. | You should not disable the guest user in the msdb database in Microsoft SQL Server all editions | SQL Server Books Online recommends that you disable the guest user in every SQL Server database as a best practice for securing the database server. Read On... |
| 7. | How to Prove It's a SAN Problem and Not a SQL Tuning Problem.
| Getting Event viewer Application log Informational warnings with Event ID 833 such as Read On... |
| 8. | Improving Availability (SQL Server 2008 R2 or newer) | Replication can be used to replicate data to a standby server, which provides increased availability in case of planned or unplanned system outages. Read On... |
| 9. | Improving Scalability and Availability (SQL Server 2008 R2 or newer) | Many applications can benefit from increased scalability and availability. Maintaining continuously-updated copies of data allows Read On... |
| 10. | MS-SQL server ALTER table tip | Best practices for SQL Server database ALTER table operations. Read On... |
| 11. | Microsoft drops OLE DB after SQL Server 2012 (Denali). | The Microsoft SQL server 2012 (former code name Denali) will be the last SQL server database engine that allows OLE DB access. Read On... |
| 12. | Replicating Data in a Server to Server Environment (SQL Server 2008 R2) | It is useful to divide replication into two broad categories Read On... |
| 13. | Quickly query a Microsoft SQL database for column information | This T-SQL statement lists the following information about a Microsoft SQL Server database Read On... |
| 14. | Format your SQL statement in HTML | Quickly format your SQL / TSQL statements in HTML and CSS for use in websites Read On... |
| 15. | Great blog entry about restoring your master database in SQL server 2012 | You probably know that Microsoft SQL server will not start when the master database is corrupt or not available. Read on how to restore it Read On... |
| 16. | Configuring PowerShell for SQL server 2014 | This document describes how to install the SQL-Server PowerShell CMDLets on Windows and performs some test T-SQL queries Read On... |
| 17. | Check your SQL server databases for errors. | Microsoft recommends that you periodically check your databases for errors. See how that easily can be implemented Read On... |
| 18. | SQL server configuration | Use PowerShell to query multiple SQL server configurations. Read On... |
Domain Name Server (DNS) Tips (as referenced in my article in SSWUG.org)
| 1. | DNSCMD | Domain Name Server (DNS) mutations can be performed by scripts using command line commands (Windows 2000 or better) Read On... |
| 2. | DisableStrictNameChecking | Allow DNS Aliases on File Servers. DNS Aliases (CNAME) work for most of the services on a server except Windows File services Read On... |
| 3. | Monitoring DNS for server names | It is possible to configure debugging on the Windows DNS servers so all DNS requests are logged. Read On... |
| 4. | How to re-register a server in DNS | You can reboot a server or restart the NetLogon service, however this command does it on-line Read On... |
| 5. | DNSCMD | Some examples to retrieve information from your DNS Read On... |
| 6. | DNS Tools | My selection of internet based DNS tools Read On... |
| 7. | DNSLint | A command line DNS diagnosis tool Read On... |
Microsoft Exchange 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 and Lync Tips
| 1. | Mail size limit Exchange 2000 / Exchange 2003 | An e-mail message that is larger than the sending message size limit or the receiving message size limit is not delivered with Microsoft Exchange 2000 and Exchange 2003 Read On... |
| 2. | Sharing an Exchange 2007, 2010 or 365 mailbox with the Exchange Management Shell | The command is shown Read On... |
| 3. | How to Migrate from Zarafa to Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 | A great blog about this migration. Read On... |
| 4. | Lync:Meet the master communicator | A great article about the possibilities of Microsoft Lync by Hewlett and Packard Read On... |
| 5. | Exchange 2013 / Office 365 e-mail disclaimer | How to add an email disclaimer for all users or based on Active Directory Group membership. Read On... |
| 6. | Exchange 2016 best practice setup | With the Exchange 2016 Preferred Architecture the Exchange team recommends how to best deploy the new e-mail environment Read On... |
GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)
| 1. | Privacy Shield / DATA PRIVACY FRAMEWORK members | Fast link to members of the Privacy Shield / DATA PRIVACY Framework Read On... |
| 2. | GDPR Handbook: Unlocking the EU General Data Protection Regulation | A practical handbook on the EU's new data protection law Read On... |
| 3. | GDPR:Records of Processing Activities | A presentation: What is it, Why register, How to use... Read On... |
| 4. | AvG Auditing Tool | EDPB provides free website auditing tool Read On... |
| 5. | NIS2 | Is the NIS2 Directive mandatory for my organisation? Read On... |
Genealogy of family van Soest 't Aengevaeren
| 1. | Family tree | Mr. Arno van Soest has digitised the family tree provided by Ms. Peeters - van Soest Read On... |
Globalization of software and Windows™ PC's
| 1. | National Language Support (NLS) API Reference | Select an Operating System from the dropbox and get the LCID Culture Identifier, Codepage information, Read On... |
| 2. | Windows Keyboard Layouts | Choose a keyboard to view its layouts. To see different keyboard states, move the mouse over state keys such as Shift, Caps or AltGr. Read On... |
Hardware
| 1. | Hewlett - Packard | HP PC Hardware Diagnostics 3-in-1 USB Key Read On... |
ICT, Economics and security
| 1. | Aarts Accountant | A former study friend started his own accountancy office Read On... |
| 2. | How to report a DDOS attack? | ICANN advises to prepare a DDOS attack response plan Read On... |
| 3. | ICT Barometer: a constant in a variable market | The ICT Barometer, EY Leadership research by Ernst & Young, Read On... |
| 4. | Spaarrente.nl | Daily updated lists of the highest Dutch saving interest rates Read On... |
| 5. | Collecting online consumer data: the good, the bad, and the unknown | Held annually on January 28th, Data Privacy Day (DPD) aims to increase awareness of privacy and data protection issues among consumers, organizations, and government officials. Read On... |
| 6. | What is Social engineering and the seven Weaknesses? | According to the research report "Cisco 2010 Annual Security Report"(page 19) internet attacks occur not only by flawed technology, but mostly because of naive users. Read On... |
| 7. | Fact sheet Office macro's | What can you do to protect your organisation and, at the same time, continue using legitimate Microsoft Office macros. Read On... |
| 8. | Improve the Windows 2008 security | The security of a Windows 2008 (r2) Active Directory server can be significantly improved by configuring the server to accept only signed or SSL/TLS LDAP binds Read On... |
| 9. | McAfee 2015 Threats Predictions | McAfee Labs has published their 2015 Threats Predictions Read On... |
| 10. | Passwords | A great example of social engineering Read On... |
| 11. | Poodle / HeartBleed / Diffie-Hellman problems. | Check the SSL encryption on your web-server Read On... |
| 12. | Intel Security | New Intel security (McAfee) report about online marketplaces for account and financial information. Read On... |
| 13. | Windows server security | Free documentation by Microsoft about enterprise security Read On... |
| 14. | Kaspersky Cybersecurity tips | Kaspersky labs has published an eBook with valuable tips about cyber-security. Read On... |
| 15. | Citrix | Citrix Ready Community Verified applications and hardware Read On... |
| 16. | Kaspersky | Kaspersky Lab Virus list Read On... |
| 17. | US-CERT | United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team information pages Read On... |
| 18. | SANS | SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security information Read On... |
| 19. | Find the value of Dutch houses | This webpage shows the tax evaluation of Dutch houses and the new environmental law.. Read On... |
| 20. | Find your domain twins free | KnowBe4 provides a free online tool Read On... |
ICT Helpdesk Call's / Humour
| 1. | Computer Stupitities | A large collection of stories and anecdotes about computer users calling ICT helpdesks. Read On... |
| 2. | HP Disaster Recovery | Very explosive demonstration of a Disaster Recovery from a complete primary to secondary location by Hewlett-Packard. Read On... |
| 3. | BOFH excuse server | Get your actual BOFH excuse here. Read On... |
| 4. | NASA | NASA's Buzzword generator Read On... |
| 5. | Funny Tiles | Tile Sayings Read On... |
| 6. | Online test site | Test your headphone, webcam en microphone online on Read On... |
Magazines (mostly Dutch professional)
| 1. | AG Connect | Dutch magazine about informationtechnology. Read On... |
| 2. | Computable | Independent economic and technical professional online magazine about informationtechnology. Read On... |
| 3. | Personal Computer Magazine NL | Dutch PC magazine. Read On... |
Music
| 1. | ![[Fab Four]](../image/4beatles.gif){kind=small} some home pages of and over the Beatles Read On... |
Network
| 1. | Cisco Systems Inc. | Network/internet switches Read On... |
| 2. | Citrix Xenapp and MDM | Your applications worldwide and safe accessible. Read On... |
| 3. | IPv6 on Windows XP | It is possible to activate IPv6 on a Windows XP Service Pack 2 with the command Read On... |
| 4. | IPv6 information | Final Version of IPv6 Deployment Guidelines by NIST Read On... |
| 5. | Linksys | Linksys networking tools (a Belkin company) Read On... |
| 6. | Microsoft Windows server | Microsoft Windows 2008 r2 / 2012 r2 server homepage Read On... |
| 7. | Netscreen | Netscreen firewalls, vpn and routers (a Juniper company) Read On... |
| 8. | Netcon | Spam and antivirus filtering Read On... |
| 9. | | Netware 4...6, Groupwise support, Suse Linux, Read On... |
| 10. | NTP Time Source | How to configure an authoritative time server in Windows™ Server 2008 (R2) Read On... |
| 11. | NETGEAR ReadyNas WLAN performance hit on Windows Vista and Windows 7. | Had a NETGEAR ReadyNas wirelessly connected to a Windows XP PC that performed well? Read On... |
| 12. | Secure password tips | A strong password is an important protection to help you have safer online transactions. Read On... |
| 13. | "Oops" | "Oops", the sound you don't want to hear in a server room, now also applies to the cloud. Read On... |
| 14. | KCC & RepAdmin | How to force the Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC) on each targeted domain controller to immediately recalculate the inbound replication topology. Read On... |
Microsoft® Office Tips
| 1. | Microsoft Office Tips | Great set of Microsoft Office Tips by CREATE THE FUTURE Read On... |
| 2. | PowerPoint 2010 | Tips for better PowerPoint presentations Read On... |
| 3. | Switch Documents | Working with a lot of open Microsoft® Word™ documents? Use this macro to switch fast between them. Read On... |
| 4. | Add macro's to the Ribbon interface | Office 2010 has received a new interface. This document describes how macro's can be added to the Ribbon Read On... |
| 5. | Microsoft® Outlook 2013 new e-mail popups show longer than 3 seconds | Do you want the Microsoft® Outlook 2013 popups longer on your screen? Read On... |
| 6. | A Modern, People-First Inbox in Outlook 2013 | In Outlook 2013, Microsoft overhauled the message list, focusing on the way most people use it Read On... |
| 7. | Converting AM / PM time notation to 24 hours notation | How to convert US standard time format to 24 hours (military) format using Excel 2013 Read On... |
| 8. | Copying cells | Copying a formula or value in an Excel 2013 column Read On... |
Plants and environment
| 1. | Fassadengrün | Nice German site over espaliers (climbing plants), trellises but above all grapes, types and cultivation and cutting Read On... |
| 2. | Grapes and wine in the Nederlands | Interesting Dutch site about grapes and wine in the Nederlands Read On... |
| 3. | CO2 reduction | The site https://vanSoest.it runs on fully certified green energy, Johan participates Read On... |
| 4. | Light pollution map | Do you want to look at the stars and planets, the northern light or meteors? Use this map Read On... |
Software
| 1. | Baby FTP Server | This donation ware program was build by Pablo van der Meer as a basic FTP server, without a fancy UI or lots of features. Read On... |
| 2. | BlueScreenView | BlueScreenView scans all your minidump files created during 'blue screen of death' (BSoD) crashes and displays the information about all crashes in one easy table overview. Read On... |
| 3. | Clean up Windows 7 updates with the Disk Cleanup Wizard | Requires Windows 7 SP1. Manually download the update at Microsoft KB 2852386, run it, read the more information section and reboot the PC. Read On... |
| 4. | Command Prompt Here | The indispensable "Command Prompt Here" is part of the Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP. On Windows 7 or better Read On... |
| 5. | Embarcadero from Borland | All former Borland programming languages Delphi /Jbuilder / C++ Builder. Read On... |
| 6. | Decay 1.20 or ForFiles | DECAY is a FREEWARE Command-line utility for Windows that allows files and directories to be deleted or moved based on how long ago they were modified or accessed. Read On... |
| 7. | diagram.ly / draw.io | Need to quickly make a quality network drawing and do not have your Visio with you? Read On... |
| 8. | FileZilla | Searching for the best FTP client? Read On... |
| 9. | Free PC based QR-code reader. | CodeTwo software engineering offers a free QR-code reader for your Windows PC Read On... |
| 10. | Gadwin PrintScreen | Gadwin PrintScreen works by taking a "screenshot", letting you make a selection on the frozen screen Read On... |
| 11. | Free disk and hex Editor | Free Hexadecimal file and disk editor Read On... |
| 12. | DataProtector | Enterprise level Backup Software Read On... |
| 13. | Internet Explorer 10 new features | Internet Explorer 10 Caps Lock warning and Internet Explorer 10 Password revealer Read On... |
| 14. | Junior Icon Editor by SibCode | It’s a simple, easy to use free utility for creating and editing Windows icons Read On... |
| 15. | LICEcap | Simple animated screen captures. Read On... |
| 16. | Microsoft Active Directory Topology Diagrammer | The Microsoft Active Directory Topology Diagrammer reads an Active Directory configuration using ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), and then automatically generates a Visio diagram Read On... |
| 17. | Microsoft Developer | Microsoft Windows Developer Network Read On... |
| 18. | Microsoft Technet | Microsoft Network technology Read On... |
| 19. | Microsoft Time Zone | Microsoft Time Zone conveniently runs in the system tray and is perfect when your colleagues work in different time zones. Read On... |
| 20. | paint.net | If you think mspaint.exe is to simple and PictureStore is to complex, why don't you get the free paint.net Read On... |
| 21. | DB Browser for SQLite | Manage any SQLite database with this free program (with example and screenshots) Read On... |
| 22. | Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) | Windows update for larger companies Read On... |
| 23. | Microsoft XML NotePad 2007 | Microsoft XML NotePad 2007 is an ideal freeware program for (web)developers creating XML based applications or engineers Read On... |
| 24. | PDFCreator | Open Source solution for printing PDF documents from ANY application Read On... |
| 25. | Robocopy new feature | Starting with Windows 7 and Windows 2008r2 RoboCopy is fully supported by Microsoft and now also has a new option to run Multi-Threaded copies Read On... |
| 26. | Sharepoint 2013 Microsoft Business Intelligence (BI) demo movie | This movie gives you a quick overview about the use of Excel 2013, Power Pivot, Power View, different data sources and Sharepoint 2013 Read On... |
| 27. | Unlocker | Tired of getting messages on your server like: Cannot delete file: Access is denied Read On... |
| 28. | Upload photographs to Active Directory and manage them for Free | You may need to add photographs to Active Directory to show them in internal Outlook 2010 messages, display in Outlook's 2010 contacts and Global Address List (GAL) Read On... |
| 29. | XNResource editor | Free XNResourceEditor works with all resource files (.RES) and PE modules (.EXE, .DLL, etc.) Read On... |
| 30. | Windows Command Reference | This download describes the use of the command-line tools used to perform various tasks related to Windows Read On... |
| 31. | Wink | Wink is a free Tutorial and Presentation creation software Read On... |
| 32. | Free "Batch Icon Extractor" | This easy to use application creates icon files for every icon in a Windows application. Read On... |
| 33. | WinDirStat | WinDirStat gives you a free and clear overview of your current file sizes on your harddisk Read On... |
| 34. | Turn Hibernation off and remove hiberfil.sys | Use the command POWERCFG to delete the hiberfile.sys file Read On... |
| 35. | tail | Want to follow the last lines of a log file on a console while the file is being written? Read On... |
| 36. | Show NTFS ADS | Display alternate data streams of the file with normal command line tools Read On... |
| 37. | Duplicate Cleaner | Quickly find duplicate files on local and network disks. Read On... |
| 38. | Converting video formats | A free and open source solution for properly converting videos is Read On... |
| 39. | Offline web browsing | HTTrack is a free (GPL, libre/free software) and easy-to-use offline browser utility Read On... |
| 40. | Attack Surface Analyzer | A great tool to analyze changes to a Windows system by installing software Read On... |
| 41. | Free Clock | Download the free Clock read more on all the features Read On... |
| 42. | Free Base64 Decoder | Base64 Decoder is ideal for decoding Base64 e-mail components and attachments and can be used with Spam and antivirus filters Read On... |
| 43. | Free ListPrinters | Download the free tool to show printer information on a machine and collect them Read On... |
| 44. | Free DateFormat | DateFormat is a program to generate dates in the format you want regardless of the current regional date format of the server or currently logged on user Read On... |
| 45. | Free Used-Diskspace | Used-Diskspace is a program to display the disk space statistics of the fixed disk(s) of a computer and can be run on the command prompt, in a batch or logon script without administrative rights. When the output is stored as an unicode file on a file server (see examples), command line commands can be used to prepare the data for analysis in Excel. Read On... |
| 46. | Free Merge1File | Merge1File is a program to merge several (unicode) text files in a folder to one resulting file. Merge1File copies the first file completely and drops a specified number of header lines from the consecutive files. Read On... |
| 47. | Free WinDiff | Want to quickly see the differences between two files? Download this program Read On... |
| 48. | Free Account Lockout Status (LockoutStatus.exe) | Want to quickly find if a user is locked out? Read On... |
| 49. | Free FindFileExtension | FindFileExtension is a program to find files with a particular extension (type) on a disk/folder or share Read On... |
| 50. | Convert a website to an image or PDF | Free website tools to create complete prints or images of a website Read On... |
| 51. | LTF viewer | Flawlessly opening very large text files >1GB that Notepad++ can not handle Read On... |
| 52. | XCA | Need to deploy certificates on linux, tomcat or Windows systems and neet to convert PKI formats? This tool can Read On... |
| 53. | ADREPLSTATUS | Finally a ReplMon replacement from Microsoft Read On... |
| 54. | EZViewer | a lightweight document viewer Read On... |
| 55. | MoveFile | Want to remove a file but it is not possible because of a file lock, you can try Read On... |
| 56. | EaseUS MobiMover Free | Free program to copy or back-up your iPhone or iPad data to Read On... |
| 57. | Manage PKI and more | A graphical tool to manage PKI and more Read On... |
| 58. | Manage WSUS and Windows updates better | Push MS Updates naar netwerkcomputers met ABC-Update. Read On... |
| 59. | AvG Auditing Tool | EDPB provides free website auditing tool Read On... |
Software development
| 1. | 10 things non-technical users don’t understand about your software | If you are writing consumer software you have to understand that you and your average user have a very different level of understanding of computers. Read On... |
| 2. | Unskilled and unaware of it | Have you ever noticed that you rarely (if ever) meet someone who admits to having below average driving skills? How aware is a person about his/her own capabilities? Read On... |
| 3. | Test in multiple browsers | Developed a new webpage function or an entire website and want to see how it will look in multiple browsers Read On... |
| 4. | Test your PHP code online | A dedicated test page for testing PHP scripts Read On... |
| 5. | Hack | New TTF font makes code better readable. Read On... |
Unix / Linux tip
| 1. | fhs | Unix and Linux Filesystem Hierarchy Standard for developers,sysadmins and users Read On... |
| 2. | XWiki | How to schedule an url, text or image to appear in XWiki Read On... |
| 3. | whois dig it | Using dig and whois on Windows 10 Read On... |
Web design Tips
| 1. | Display creation date of Twitter tweets | Tim Acheson provides a free ASPtwitter library to display authenticated tweets. To format the tweet creation date I have Read On... |
| 2. | LunaMetrics Cheatsheet | All image sizes and layouts of the Social Media sites in one InfoGraphic Read On... |
| 3. | URLVoid | What is URLVoid and how can it be used with your domain? Read On... |
| 4. | Graph.js | A JavaScript Graph library for HTML 5 Read On... |
| 5. | FavIcon.ico | Convertert your PNG image to ICO format Read On... |
| 6. | XSS | Preventing Cross Site Scripting Attacks in ASP.NET MVC 4 Read On... |
| 7. | Certificates | How can you see if a certificate is DV, OV or EV? Read On... |
| 8. | Certificates | Online generation of a Certificate Signing Request Read On... |
Windows, CLI, Batch, PowerShell™ and Hyper-V Tips
| 1. | Review your computer's reliability and problem history | Do you want a quick overview of your Windows 7 computer's stability? Reliability Monitor is an advanced tool that Read On... |
| 2. | Call :Batch_subroutine | The example shows a batch file that uses subroutines Read On... |
| 3. | Deduplication in Windows 8 and Windows 2012 | Great article on the inner workings and managing the new Deduplication features of Windows 2012 Read On... |
| 4. | PowerShell | Windows PowerShell is Microsoft's task automation framework Read On... |
| 5. | Quickly create large files at the command prompt | For example use Read On... |
| 6. | GodMode in Windows | All your Windows administrative tools are now available in one folder Read On... |
| 7. | netsh diag gui | Graphical network diagnostics tool. (Windows XP or Windows 2003 server) Read On... |
| 8. | Are you missing the Windows XP style "Show Desktop" icon in Windows 7? | Upgraded from Windows XP and you are missing the "Show Desktop" icon next to your Windows 7 Start Button? Read On... |
| 9. | Clear Pagefile.sys | Did you realize that your pagefile can contain sensitive information such as passwords and credit card numbers in plain text? It is easy to increase security Read On... |
| 10. | PowerShellers:He who controls the shell, controls the universe | Blog with tips about Microsoft PowerShell™ Read On... |
| 11. | Trying to activate a Windows 8 MAK code in VAMT and noticed that the product key is not accepted? | You probably have to upgrade to VAMT 3.0. This is not a separate download anymore. Read On... |
| 12. | SET /P variable=[promptString] | This internal batch command makes a batch possible to request user data Read On... |
| 13. | The VMware Admin’s Guide to Hyper-V 3.0 | The VMware Admin’s Guide to Hyper-V 3.0 is a sponsored whitepaper by VEEAM Read On... |
| 14. | Reduce security to run local PowerShell scripts | When you try to run the PowerShell script example "C:\test\HelloWorld.ps1" and always get the following error message Read On... |
| 15. | PowerShell script example: HelloWorld.ps1 | This is the HelloWorld.ps1 PowerShell script example. Read On... |
| 16. | Step wise manual on how to add a Windows XP shared printer to Windows 7 | Share a Printer from XP to Windows 7 by HelpDeskGeek Read On... |
| 17. | Let Windows 2008 Task Scheduler send e-mails to multiple recipients | As you probably know it is possible to send e-mails from the Windows Task Scheduler. Read On... |
| 18. | Where has Startup folder gone in Windows? | For startup items only for a specific user, the folder is located at Read On... |
| 19. | Windows 2008 R2 SP 1 introduces Hyper-V Dynamic Memory | Hyper-V and Dynamic Memory in Depth a Technet presentation. Date: May 17, 2011 by Bryon Surace Read On... |
| 20. | Windows Server Editions and licensing | Feature Comparison: Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008r2 Edition Comparison by Server Role, Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 Licensing Data Sheet Read On... |
| 21. | Starting Windows 7 takes longer after months of use | Are you running Windows 7 for months but is the system taking longer booting with a constant burning harddisk led? Read On... |
| 22. | Clean up the winsxs folder | Noticed how the winsxs folder consumes more diskspace and you want to clean it? Read On... |
| 23. | Virus scanning recommendations for Enterprise versions of Windows | Great article about the files and folders to exclude from Virus scanners. Read On... |
| 24. | sudo for Windows? | Here it is: a pseudo sudo terminal for domain based Windows machines. Read On... |
| 25. | How to add a (printer) driver to your Windows drivers | PnPUtil (PnPUtil.exe) is a command line tool that lets an administrator perform actions on driver packages. Read On... |
| 26. | How to detect you have Update 1 of windows 8.1 | The Command line command VER will not show you if you run Windows 8.1 Update 1 Read On... |
| 27. | Configure Windows Update to receive Office updates | Sometimes Windows Update will not search for Microsoft Office updates. Here is a script Read On... |
| 28. | Uptime of a Windows server or desktop | You probably all know the uptime command for Linux systems. Windows misses that handy command. Read here how to deduce the Windows server uptime Read On... |
| 29. | Problem Steps Recorder | Microsoft has provided a nice tool to help service desks and programmers to find a runtime bug. Read On... |
| 30. | Windows Bootmanager | Disable boot of a Windows server 2008, Vista and newer operating systems Read On... |
| 31. | Open Files and users | How can you quickly see or export all the users currently having open files on a (file) server through shares? Read On... |
| 32. | Active Directory user photo's | Using PowerShell to update an user image in Active Directory Read On... |
| 33. | How to retrieve your FTP passwords from FileZilla | Nowadays the FileZilla passwords are encrypted, just read here how to retrieve them Read On... |
| 34. | Start RDP remotely | What do you do when TeamViewer crashes, VNC is not installed and the domain based Windows PC you need to manage is not running Remote Desktop Services (RDP) in a foreign office outside local office hours? Read On... |
| 35. | Migrate to Windows Server 2012 R2 | Migrating Roles and Features to Windows Server 2012 R2 Read On... |
| 36. | Windows Server 2016 Containers | What are they? How do they work and how are they connected? Read On... |
| 37. | Server Core commands | Important Server Core commands to manage Windows Server 2012 r2 Read On... |
| 38. | Server management from a client PC | Manage Active Directory Domain Services from a Client computer Read On... |
| 39. | Powershell Set-StrictMode | How can the PowerShell Cmdlet "Set-StrictMode" help you make better scripts? Read On... |
| 40. | Hyper-V G2 | Windows Server 2012 R2 introduces Generation 2 Virtual Machines Read On... |
| 41. | Show web links | Using Powershell to show all links on a web page Read On... |
| 42. | SCHTASKS | Remotely monitor and start Windows scheduled tasks using the command line Read On... |
| 43. | Papercut SMTP | The Simple Desktop Email Receiver Read On... |
| 44. | Copy Previous versions | How to copy Shadow Copy Volume/Previous versions schedules between servers? Read On... |
| 45. | Stop RDP sessions | How to stop a RDP session so you can log on to remote desktop again. Read On... |
| 46. | Tombstone Lifetime | How to determine Active Directory Tombstone Lifetime Read On... |
| 47. | Microsoft Software Support Schedules | You can find the support schedules of selected Microsoft software packages Read On... |
| 48. | Show GPO names for an ID | Use PowerShell to show a GPO name for an ID or all GPO ID's Read On... |
| 49. | Find new files with a text string | PowerShell script to find files newer or equal than a specified date containing a text string Read On... |
| 50. | Edge | Restoring your Edge Favorites from a backup Read On... |
| 51. | Choice command | How to correctly use the Choice command Read On... |
| 52. | Is a HotFix installed? | PowerShell script to find if a HotFix is installed on your Read On... |
| 53. | Memory problems | How to check your Notebook/Tablet or Desktop memory in Windows. Read On... |
Generated by WebHalla™ Version 0.1.e.7 : Tuesday 8-10-2024
© Copyright 1995-2024 ing. Johan P.G. van Soest CIPM 
Response Form Cookie- and Privacy statement Responsible Disclosure procedure
Weather in Waalre by 
Temperature 14.98 °C
Wind chill 14.99 °C
Humidity 94 %
Air pressure 998 hPa
Wind speed 5.66 m/s
Wind direction South West 
Sun Rise 7:50 
Sun Set 19:00 
Updated:2024-10-08 08:11:44
