Category: How To
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Building a script to find all members of a given group
Some time ago, I was asked to provide a list of everyone with access to a specific system. After communicating with the client, it transpired that they were particularly interested in knowing who were the members of a set of Active Directory groups. While this can be done manually, I wanted to try my hand…
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Five tips for getting better tech support
One issue I meet from time to time, is the fact that many of my users do not understand how to approach tech support in a way that is conducive to receive good support in a timely manner. While this list is in no way exhaustive, following the tips and tricks will get you slack…
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Removing all trace of Zoom from your Mac
Over the past couple of weeks, a story has been breaking that video conferencing vendor Zoom leaves a back door on your Mac when uninstalling it, which will let them run their service and reinstall that much quicker in the future. For details, I recommend this Medium article. Long story short, even if you uninstall…
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Removing Google Chrome AutoFill suggestions
I could have sworn I wrote about this years ago. When I looked for it the other day, however, I couldn’t find it, so here goes. I love the fact that Google Chrome has combined the search and address bars into one cohesive unit. While it does, on occasion, mean that I search when I…
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How to run a PowerShell script
As has been the case so many times before, this week I’m bringing you the direct result of a customer request. The customer in question needed to know how to run a .ps1 script. As you may or may not know, double-clicking the script defaults to editing the script. At any rate, here’s how you…
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Educate yourself on phishing today!
Email has long been a vector for more or less targeted attacks such as virus attacks, phishing, and spearphising. In my years of working in IT, I have seen a number of examples of this, including one which in effect took down most of the fileshare in a corporate environment for as much as a…
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MS Office: Pin items
Many companies, my employer included, uses spreadsheets on a more or less consistent basis in order to track such things as vacation planning and KPI reporting. For me, as an employee, keeping track of these spreadsheets can, from time to time, be a bit annoying. Much to my surprise, at some point in the past…
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iMovie: Change project resolution
I’ve been using Adobe Premiere pro for a while now, but am finding that I can’t really defend the cost of Adobe Creative Cloud. While having multicamera support has been very nice, the product quite simply is cost prohibitive for me, especially as it really only offers a single feature I need; the ability to…
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How to search effectively on Twitter
In the past year or so, I have been using Twitter a fair amount, and I have found that, despite all of the systemic issues of bullying and harassment, there are also plenty of communities from which to learn, exchange ideas, and commiserate. From time to time, I need to find a specific tweet, and…
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Posting Netatmo data to Weather Underground
I am a big believer in the principle of putting information out there, for the world to see. This blog is part of pursuing the goal of achieving just that. It made sense to me, then, to ensure that the data from my weather station would be made available to as many people as possible. I’ve…
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Drives mapped through login scripts unavailable from Windows Explorer
Every so often, a customer will call in, saying that they are unable to access one of the servers that are mapped through their login script. There are generally two reasons for this; either there’s an issue with the network connection, or the drive letter is already being used for another device. To troubleshoot the…