To create a directory with the help of PowerShell, open the PowerShell console with administrative privileges and use one of the following four ways. Creating a Directory by using PowerShell Method 1: Use the new-item command new-item <path of directory suppose c:\dir1> -itemtype directory Method 2: Use a file system object $fso = new-object -ComObject ... Read more
There are two methods for mapping a shared folder to a network drive (using GUI and group policy). I am focusing on the latter method of using a group policy. I assume you have already shared a folder with the right permissions. You can check my recent article on setting correct permissions for a shared ... Read more
When you apply a group policy on a container or OU, it applies to all users or computers in that container. However, you can exclude a single or multiple users or containers from the policy applied. This tutorial is written to show you how to exclude a single user from a group policy object. Exclude a ... Read more
Sometimes you may be required to automatically shut down domain-joined client computers or you may be required to run a script at some specific time. Group policies and task scheduling can help you in such situations. This tutorial will help you to learn how to schedule a task using group policies in domain controller on Windows ... Read more
To execute PowerShell commands or scripts on a remote computer, you need to create a session. This is also known as PowerShell remoting and it is just like an SSH session to an operating system. There are several ways to create a PowerShell session. I'll list one of the easiest methods here. These are the required ... Read more
You can use the PowerShell add-content cmdlet to append data to a text file. Here are an example and the command-line options that you can use. Powershell add-content example Step 1. Open PowerShell with elevated privileges Step 2. Execute the following command, (change the file path) Add-Content c:\scripts\test.txt "The End" By default, the data is appended after ... Read more
There is no restore point feature in Windows Server 2016. You have to work with Windows Server Backup feature which can create backup including system state. If you are working with a professional virtualization solution such as VMware, you can use the virtualization tool to easily create snapshots. Restore point feature was removed from Windows ... Read more
To create NIC teaming with PowerShell, follow this step-by-step tutorial: Step 1. Open PowerShell with elevated privileges Step 2. Execute the following command, new-NetLBFOTeam [TEAMNAME] “[NIC1]”, “[NIC2]” [TEAMNAME] the name of team of network adapters. [NIC1] the name of first NIC adapter. [NIC2] the name of second NIC adapter. Example: If you have two network ... Read more
If you want to rename NIC adapters with PowerShell, follow this tutorial: Step 1. Open PowerShell with admin privileges Step 2. Execute the following command, Rename-NetAdapter -Name "<Old NIC Adapter Name>" -NewName "<New Adapter Name>" Example If you want to rename an old NIC Ethernet to a new name ManagementAdapter, the command should look like, Rename-NetAdapter ... Read more
Question: What does the number 28 behind the IP address 192.168.1.203/28 mean? Answer: 28 is a subnet mask. IP address has 32 bits in total. 28 denotes network ID while rest of the bits (which are 4 bits) are used for hosts.