Knowledge Base – Page 10

Use Outlook 2016 without an email account

October 19, 2017December 30, 2017 By Matt Comment Closed

To use Outlook 2016 as a personal information manager without an email account, use the following steps. Click the Windows key and then type Run. In the Run window, type Outlook.exe /PIM <your profile name> and then click OK. This will create a new profile in Outlook without an email account. You can then use Outlook to store your contacts, tasks, and calendar information. ...

Enable bitlocker without compatible TPM

October 19, 2017September 13, 2020 By Matt Comment Closed

1) Press the windows key and R and type gpedit.msc and click OK 2) Go to Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > BitLocker Drive Encryption > Operating System Drives And double-click the “Require additional authentication at startup” option 3) Enable and tick both to allow BitLocker without a compatible TPM ...

Stuck Office 365 Login in Chrome, Firefox, IE

October 16, 2017December 30, 2017 By Matt Comment Closed

Chrome: Settings > Show advanced settings > Content settings > All cookies and site data.. > Search for office365.com > Click "Remove all shown" Firefox Select Options > Privacy > Click "remove individual cookies." > Search for office.365.com > Click Remove All Internet Explorer Select Internet Options > Click Settings under the General tab > Click View files >Search for and delete any cookies from office365.com > back in IE Navigate to the Caches and databases tab > Select office365.com and click Delete...

AD – View disabled accounts

October 16, 2017November 12, 2017 By Matt Comment Closed

Get-ADUser -Filter * -Property Enabled | Where-Object {$_.Enabled -like “false”} | FT Name, Enabled -Autosize Example: Name Enabled ---- ------- Guest False krbtgt False AdaxU False MEtest False...

AD get when created and last Changed

October 16, 2017November 12, 2017 By Matt Comment Closed

$DateCutOff=(Get-Date).AddDays(-30) When Created Get-ADUser -Filter * -Property whenCreated | Where {$_.whenCreated -gt $datecutoff} | FT Name, whenCreated -Autosize When Changed Get-ADUser -Filter * -Property whenChanged | Where {$_.whenChanged -gt $datecutoff} | FT Name, whenChanged -Autosize...

AD Get last password set and expiry info

October 16, 2017November 12, 2017 By Matt Comment Closed

get-aduser -filter * -properties passwordlastset, passwordneverexpires |ft Name, passwordlastset, Passwordneverexpires to Export to CSV Get-ADUser -filter * -properties passwordlastset, passwordneverexpires | sort-object name | select-object Name, passwordlastset, passwordneverexpires | Export-csv -path c:\temp\user-password-info.csv...

Enable or disable hibernate in Windows

October 16, 2017November 12, 2017 By Matt Comment Closed

hiberfil.sys file will take up space on your HDD/SSD depending on RAM and is allocated at 75 percent of your installed RAM 8GB Ram = 6GB file 16GB Ram = 12GB file Open Command Prompt as Admin To turn off powercfg.exe /hibernate off to turn on powercfg.exe /hibernate on...

disable (turn off) the default Windows 2012 Administrator Complexity

October 16, 2017October 19, 2017 By Matt Comment Closed

If the server is not on a domain 1. On the start menu type Administrative Tool 2. Select Local Security Policy. 3. Change the password Must Meet Complex Requirements option to Disabled. In a domain enviroment Group Policy Management Expand Forrest >> Domains >> Your Domain Controller. Right click on the Default Domain Policy and click on the Edit from the context menu. Now Expand Computer Configuration -> Policies -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Account Policies -> Password Policy Double-click on the Passwords Must Meet Complexity Requirements option in the right pane. Select Disabled under define this policy setting: Click Apply then OK all the way out and close the GPO window. In order to refresh the policy type the following command: “gpupdate /force” in the CMD window and click ENTER. ...