Posted inWeb applications
How to extend TinyMCE in Piranha CMS?
How to extend TinyMCE 5 editor in Piranha .NET CMS and add extra plugins to your project using Visual Studio 2022.
Posted inUmbraco
How to add a trailing slash in Umbraco 8
This article shows you how to add a trailing slash to URL's in Umbraco 8, using IIS URL Rewrite Module, without breaking the Umbraco backend. Forcing one particular URL avoids duplicate content, which is important for SEO.
Posted inWindows Server
Adding VirtIO drivers to Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE)
Add VirtIO drivers to your Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) to recover your Windows virtual machine after a hard crash. Learn to customize your Windows System Restore and rescue Windows like a pro!
Posted inWindows Server
Retrieve SSH public key from Active Directory for SSH authentication
Configure SSH public key authentication for Windows Server in Active Directory (AD). In this article I'll explain how to store and get your SSH public keys from Windows Server Active Directory user property.
Posted inWindows Server
Install SQL Server cumulative updates silently
Unpack and install SQL Server cumulative updates using PowerShell to speed up the installation and update process.
Posted inWindows Server
Remove computer object from Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) in PowerShell
How to remove a computer from WSUS using PowerShell. Here is a short snippet for you to remove a computer object from Windows Server Update Services, this may save time compared to accessing the WSUS Administration Console.
Posted inWindows Server
How to add, list and remove IP addresses in Windows Firewall
Here is how to bulk add IP addresses in the Windows Firewall, list an IP address and remove all IP addresses from Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security. In Windows 11, 10 and Windows Server
Posted inWindows Server
Block brute force attacks on SQL Server, block IP addresses in Windows Firewall using PowerShell
This PowerShell solution blocks IP addresses that are trying to brute force your SQL Server logins, by blocking IP addresses in Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security, using PowerShell. You can use this to create your own solution to block offending IP addresses in SQL Server's firewall.
Posted inWindows Server
Windows Defender: Turn off routine remediation
Here is how to (temporarily) turn off routine remediation in Windows Defender Antivirus (WinDefend). During the transition of antivirus software to Windows Defender Antivirus (WinDefend), I don't want Windows Defender remediation on threats it might find. Later, when I have more information about potential threats, I can always choose to remediate that threat, e.g. quarantaine or remove it.
Posted inWindows Server
How to enable HTTP/3 in Windows Server 2022
Learn the steps necessary to enable native HTTP/3 & MsQuic in Windows Server 2022 and IIS 10.0 for hosted websites.
Posted inWindows Server
How to share OpenSSH keys with WSL in Windows 10
Sharing SSH keys between Windows and WSL 2, if you don't want to copy over your ssh keys from Windows to WSL Linux. The OpenSSH config offers the option to share keys using an IdentityFile directive.
Posted inWindows Server
Increase WMI memory to support large volume of queries
WMI stopped working: WmiPrvse.exe would just crash after hitting some memory limit of 512 MB. If you run into the same issue with Windows Management Instrumentation, here is how you can increase WMI Provider Service’s memory quota. Doing so resolved my issues: learn to optimize WMI Provider Host.
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How-to fix “Get-MpComputerStatus : The extrinsic Method could not be executed.”
In my situation, I had Windows Defender Antivirus disabled per GPO ("Turn off Windows Defender Antivirus" in Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows Components/Windows Defender Antivirus), and I wanted to enable Windows Defender in a new GPO, on a specific set of computers. This resulted in an error message "Get-MpComputerStatus : The extrinsic Method could not be executed."
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Install and setup IIS Manager for Remote Administration in Windows Server IIS (step by step)
In this article you’ll learn how to install and setup IIS Manager in Windows 11/10 to manage your website(s). You can also follow these steps to install Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager on a Windows Server Core edition, to locally or remotely manage hosted websites. This post also shows how to install IIS Web Management Service (WMSVC) on Server Core using PowerShell.
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Delete saved RDP credentials from Windows 10 Credentials Manager, using cmdkey
If you want to quickly delete all saved Remote Desktop credentials from your Windows 10 Credentials Manager, here is how. Execute the cmdkey command in an elevated cmd.exe terminal