Last night I walked into the bathroom to brush my teeth like normal. I grabbed my toothpaste. I noticed it was squeezed almost empty by one of the kids. I’m a roller person. I grab my toothpaste and started rolling it up. Then I stepped in front of the mirror. The heal of my foot […]
Group Policy Troubleshooting – Windows Auto Updates on Servers
A company called me recently about fixing their windows update policy. It turns out that their servers updated at the wrong time. The admin explained that the policy was set to so that the servers would not update without them telling them to update. They stated it has been working for years. All the sudden […]
Group Policy Troubleshooting – Screen Lock Policy
Recently a company called me wanting me to fix a screen lockout policy. This policy would lock the screen of an inactive user after 10 minutes. The policy isn’t that hard of a policy. The company wanted it to follow set users. The reason for this was simple. Upper management didn’t want the policy applied […]
Group Policy Trouble Shooting – Conference Call
I have been working with group policy recently and learned a lot recently. I wanted to share this knowledge with the rest of the world. I’m going to do that through a few scenarios. This first part is gathering information. More information you have, the more likely you will be successful at resolving the issue. […]
Validate MacAddress Pattern
Today I was writing a script to grab the vendor of a network device based on its mac address. I wanted to validate the input was a mac address. The best way to do this is through the validatepattern parameter requirement. The average mac address contains 6 octets and 5 : or – , depending […]