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Windows 10 update loop
In an elevated CMD type Net stop bit Net stop wuauserv Net stop cryptsvc Rename systemroot\softwaredistribution to softwaredistribution.old And systemroot\system32\catroot2 to catroot2.old Then Net…
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Exporting Mikrotik Firewall Rules
In a terminal windows or via ssh, enter the below line ip firewall export file=firewallrules then find a file called “firewallrules.rsc” in your files…
Read more →Determination
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius…
Read more →Server 2008 R2 BSOD after Bare Metal Restore
After completing the BMR process don’t restart. Select Command Prompt. regedt32<CR> Highlight HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, File>Load Hive>[restored volume]:\Windows\System32\Config\SYSTEM>Open>Key Name = Restored_HKLM>OK. Expand Restored_HKLM\ControlSet001\services and ensure the…
Read more →Migrate Windows DHCP server
A few weeks ago at work, I was tasked with the project of decommissioning one of our older Windows Server 2008 machines and upgrading…
Read more →Set AD Attributes
You can also view and set these values with PowerShell, provided you have the ActiveDirectory module installed. View: Get-ADUser <username> -Properties extensionattribute1 Set: Set-ADUser…
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Mikrotik VPN place rule before dummy rule
/ip firewall filter add chain=forward dst-address=”remoterange” src-address=”localrange” place-before=0 /ip firewall filter add chain=forward dst-address=”localrange” src-address=”remoterange” place-before=0
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