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List all SPNs used in your Active Directory

3 unique methods to list Service Principal Names (SPNs) in your Windows network quickly using PowerShell. An SPN or Service Principal Name is a unique identity for a service, mapped with a specific account (mostly service account).

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On28-02-2018
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Windows Server 2016 VM on Hyper-V stuck at stopping

If a Windows Server 2016 guest VM on Hyper-V hangs while stopping after Windows Updates, and it won't reboot, it might be caused by the recovery debug information type set. Especially when you have moved the Windows PageFile to a different partition / VHDX

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On28-02-2018
Read MoreWindows Server 2016 VM on Hyper-V stuck at stopping
List installed .net framework versions
  • Windows Server

How to: Determine installed .NET Framework versions

Users can install and run multiple .NET Framework versions on their computers. When you develop or deploy your app, you might need to know which .NET versions are installed on a machine and here is how to check the .NET version.

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On07-09-2017
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Release hold queue email in Postfix – postsuper

The postsuper command controls different types of queues in the Postfix mail system, like the deferred or hold queue. This post shows you some Postfix queue operations to maintain your mail servers.

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On06-09-2017
Read MoreRelease hold queue email in Postfix – postsuper
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  • Windows Server

How to unzip a file in PowerShell

Unzip a file on your PowerShell command-prompt may come in handy sometimes, even on your Windows 11/10 workstation. Use Expand-Archive for this, and all that is required is PowerShell 5.0+, or the .NET 4.5+ Framework to use System.IO.Compression.ZipFile.

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On30-08-2017
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Restore single MySQL table from a full mysqldump backup file

Learn how to restore a single table from a full MySQL mysqldump backup file using Bash shell in Linux

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On21-08-2017
Read MoreRestore single MySQL table from a full mysqldump backup file
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  • Windows Server

WsusPool keeps crashing: stops again and again

WSUSPool keeps stopping? Sometimes you find your WSUS server keeps crashing over and over again. The WSUS application pool periodically stops, WSUS is unavailable and/or the WSUS management console hangs.

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On25-05-2017
Read MoreWsusPool keeps crashing: stops again and again
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  • Windows Server

What are 4 important security measures for Windows Server & IIS 10?

In this post I address four (4) important actionable security measures for your servers running Windows Server (AD DS, DFS, IIS) and RDP.

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On15-05-2017
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Detect ethernet network speed in Windows

Being able to 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-prompt, use one of the following PowerShell / WMIC commands.

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On12-05-2017
Read MoreDetect ethernet network speed in Windows
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Enable NTFS long paths through GPO in Windows Server

Windows Server 2016 was finally released last week, meaning we can finally lift the idiotic 260 characters limitation for NTFS paths. For this, you use a GPO or Group Policy Object in Windows Server.

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On20-10-2016
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