Delete saved RDP credentials from Windows 10 Credentials Manager, using cmdkey
Execute the following command in an elevated `cmd.exe` command-prompt terminal to quickly delete all saved Remote Desktop credentials from your Windows 10 Credentials Manager
Getting more out your Windows Performance Counters monitoring for web applications - part 3
Zabbix monitoring for your websites and ASP.NET applications in IIS using _Process Performance Counter.
Monitor IIS application pools in Zabbix, part 1
Here is a small introduction to query the number of running w3wp.exe processes per IIS application pool in Zabbix so you can start monitoring Microsoft Windows Server IIS with Zabbix.
ASP.NET web application monitoring in Zabbix, part 2
When you host multiple websites in IIS, and you need to monitor them, Zabbix is one of your options. In Zabbix, you can take advantage of Windows Server performance counters. And in this article I show you some important Windows performance counters you can use to monitor your ASP.NET web application in Zabbix.
Disable Joomla Contacts component (com_contact) in MySQL / phpMyAdmin
The built-in Joomla contact forms component (com_contact) is abused by spammers, I explain how to disable these forms and combat this abuse.
Disable WordPress XCloner Plugin logger in MySQL / phpMyAdmin
If XCloner Logger option is enabled, it will store a log file inside the xcloner-XXXXX folder inside the backup archive. This can generate a huge amount of temporary files and log files, slowing down your file system.
Force HSTS in Apache .htaccess
Learn how to enable HSTS in Apache .htaccess configuration file to start using HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)
Install OpenSSH in Windows Server
OpenSSH is an ideal and secure way of performing remote maintenance & administration on your servers. Even on Windows Server! :-)
Emulate ternary operator in PowerShell
For example when determinering if the server you are servicing is a Windows Server Desktop Experience version or Server Core
How to remove IIS from Windows Server using PowerShell
How to remove IIS from Windows Server using PowerShell
Force BITS to download WSUS updates in the foreground in Windows Server
WSUS uses BITS for downloading updates, and it does so in background mode. Unfortunately, this utilizes remaining bandwidth of the server instead of its full capacity. To speed up WSUS downloads, you can configure BITS in WSUS to use foreground priority.
Securing privileged access
Protect your privileged admin credentials!
Hugo development environment in WSL 2
Using WSL it is pretty easy to install Hugo, set up your development environment and configure Hugo to listen on your Ubuntu's IP address, here is how.
Quickly view all symbolic links, junctions points and hard links in a folder
When you migrating a file server and transfering data, you may need to recreate junction points, as they cannot be copied using (for example) Robocopy. This makes it a must to know where you have junction points, and that is where PowerShell and even plain old cmd.exe DIR come to the rescue.
How to Fix Yoast SEO for WordPress DeleteDuplicateIndexables MySQL error
A possible fix for Yoast broken DeleteDuplicateIndexables statement