IT Pro and Gadgeteer
During a bit of routine maintenance, I noticed the disk space on a single server was dropping, but for no obvious reason. Looking at the PTRG logs the downward trend had been going on for some time. With a bit … Read More »
We’ve been using Azure MFA cross the board for some time now, and all had been good. Since a password change, one user experienced an odd issue with Outlook 2016. O/S and Office all running the latest builds but after … Read More »
Normally, I close my laptop, it goes to sleep, I open it and all is good. However after obviously fiddling with it, because that’s what I do, it seemed to no longer be going to sleep. From an admin command … Read More »
So, continuing on from my initial PowerShell script engine to control my home automation, I thought it would be nice to check the term dates for the schools around us. Not only are the roads a fair bit quieter out … Read More »
I needed to be able to update a given mail flow rule in Exchange Online. The current rule, “If the recipient’s address includes these words then do the following, reject the message with the explanation…” I wanted to add an … Read More »
A while back I put in a Stanly PAC Access Control system so staff can use a printed ID card to gain access to the head office. This system uses a SQL Server Express database to log everything. So I … Read More »
In an ongoing attempt to increase user security and awareness, this GPO went a little overlooked by myself to could serve as a very useful feature, at the very least to increase all users’ security awareness. Applying this to a … Read More »
Just a quick PowerShell script to set the BIOS admin password for Dell machines. For deeper configuration, you can then use Dell Command Configure Wizard, which I will cover later, but as an initial setting I this script does the … Read More »
For a while, I’ve had little agent rolled out to all domain machines which sits in the notification area and initially it just provided shortcuts and useful user information. I’ve slowly changed it over time to add a bit more … Read More »