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How to unzip a file in PowerShell
Unzipping a file on your PowerShell command line may come in handy sometimes, even on your Windows 10 workstation. Use Expand-Archive for this
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How to determine if a SQL Server backup is compressed?
Compressed SQL Server backups can be verified in PowerShell using a handy PowerShell function. This comes in handy when you need to verify if existing SQL Server backups are compressed.
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How to detect ethernet network speed in Windows
Detect the ethernet network speed using PowerShell or WMI is perfect for Windows Server Core. If you ever need to lookup the speed of your ethernet network card in Windows, on the command-line, use one of the following WMIC commands on your PowerShell prompt
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List all MAC addresses of all Hyper-V Virtual Machines
Learn how to list all MAC address of all VM's in Hyper-Vusing PowerShell. You sometimes need to list and get all MAC addresses of all Hyper-V virtual machines in your network, either for your administration or provisioning. Here is how.
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PowerShell blacklist check script: find an IP address’ blacklist status & reputation
A blacklist check script written in PowerShell. You can use this to lookup an IP address in various blacklists (DNSBL, RBL). Such a check is a great indicator for an IP address' reputation. Basically this PowerShell blacklist checker is a port of my Bash script to check an IP address blacklist status in Linux.
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Get current number of FTP client connections (NonAnonymous) with PowerShell and Get-Counter
Ever wanted to know the current number of active FTP client connections on your Windows Server IIS FTP Service? You can get this statistic using PowerShell, the Get-Counter cmdlet and the Microsoft FTP Service Current NonAnonymous Users performance counter.
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Simple PowerShell introduction for Windows Server administration, automation and scripting
Windows PowerShell is an important tool in Windows Server for administrators. You can use PowerShell for Windows Server administration, software installation, automation, and shell/command-line scripting. Here is a small and simple introduction to Windows PowerShell.
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Always_populate_raw_post_data setting in PHP 5.6 & Magento 2.0
As of PHP 5.6.0 always_populate_raw_post_data is deprecated and is commented out. So this value always equals 0 in php.ini. Here is how to fix upgrades to Magento 2.0 in PHP 5.6 and higher: PHP 7+.
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PowerShell return value, exit code, or ErrorLevel equivalent
PowerShell $? operator and $LASTEXITCODE: How to verify whether an external command in PowerShell was executed successfully or not by checkingits errorlevel, or PowerShell exit code.
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Get Hyper-V guest serial number with PowerShell
Get Hyper-V virtual machine's serial number (BIOSSerialNumber) with PowerShell. Easy to use & unique information in automation, deployments and documentation. Perfect for an automatic, unattended deployment of the guest OS.
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Monitor Windows services with PowerShell
How to monitor Windows Servers with PowerShell. As a Windows Server and IIS administrator, you want your Windows services to run at all times. One can monitor Windows services in many, many, ways. Some of our customers websites may depend on certain services, which may be hard to monitor externally. For those Windows services that need local monitoring, I like to schedule a PowerShell script. Here is one...
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PowerShell Get-FsrmQuota and Set-FsrmQuota
Learn how to get and set File Server Resource Manager NTFS directory quota using PowerShell‘s FileServerResourceManager cmdlets Get-FsrmQuota and Set-FsrmQuota.
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Convert PHP ext/mysql to MySQLi
Learn how to convert PHP mysql functions to PHP MySQLi extension. The old ext/mysql extension is deprecated as of PHP 5.5.0 and therefore it's a must to migrate away from using it and towards MySQLi or PHP Data Object (PDO). This post will show you how.
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PowerShell: find all files owned by a particular user
How to use PowerShell to find all files and folders owned by a specific user in Windows. Find files and folders fast with PowerShell.
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How to set a good PHP realpath_cache_size
Learn how to set a good PHP realpath_cache_size and optimize your PHP performance. . Increasing realpath_cache_size might greatly improve PHP performance, as PHP states: "this value should be increased on systems where PHP opens many files." Setting a correct value for PHP realpath_cache_size can greatly improve PHP performance and optimize WordPress - and other CMS's - websites.