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Windows SID to username and vice versa

Old school: learn how to convert a Windows SID (security identifier) to an username, or vice versa (username to SID) using PowerShell and VBScript. Because sometimes you just need to convert a Windows SID to an username, don’t you?


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IIS 6.0: stop, start or recycle application pools

Somewhere in my archives, I found this VBScript for stopping, starting and recycling an IIS 6.0 application pool. It doesn’t use adsutil.vbs. It might come in handy, because it’s always very time consuming to start the Computer Management console, click through Services and Applications > Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager > Application Pools to find the Application Pool you want to start, stop or recycle.