Category

Microsoft

Windows, Windows Server, Microsoft 365, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Edge, Bing, SQL Server, Visual Studio, Active Directory, Dynamics 365, Power BI, Power Apps, Xbox, Game Pass, Surface, Intune, Defender, Exchange, Hyper-V, .NET, Dataverse, Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, Microsoft Fabric, Power Platform, Windows 11, Windows 10, WSL, Windows Subsystem for Linux

Page 9
Set File System Auditing via PowerShell

Set File System Auditing via PowerShell

For last few days, I was trying to figure out how to set file system auditing via command line. I was looking for this as I had to apply some specific audit policy on multiple file servers. From GUI, we could do this, but it will take hours of manual activity. As requirement, I had to set Success Audit policy on Delete subfolders and files, delete and change permission. There…

Saugata Datta2 min read41.2K
AWS EBS Snapshots Automation (Disaster Recovery) from Windows PowerShell

AWS EBS Snapshots Automation (Disaster Recovery) from Windows PowerShell

It is always a good idea to reduce hardware dependencies by moving your data to the cloud. Cloud is much more flexible than traditional hardware infrastructure including VMWare. But you still have to consider the ability of recovering data as and when required. This always helps you to keep your business running with minimal interruption. In AWS, there are several possibilities for implementing an effective backup strategy. EBS snapshots are…

Saugata Datta3 min read22.8K
First official Windows 8.1 tablet in India lunched by Acer

First official Windows 8.1 tablet in India lunched by Acer

Acer announced the Iconia W4, successor of the Iconia W3 back in October. Today, the company launched the tablet in India. The Iconia W4 has a 8-inch (800 x 1280 pixels) multi-touch IPS display, powered by a 1.8 GHz quad-core Intel Atom Bay Trail T processor with integrated Intel HD Graphics and runs on the latest Windows 8.1. It comes pre-loaded with Microsoft Office Home and Student 2013 and packs…

Saugata Datta2 min read8.1K
Restrict Creator/Owner from altering NTFS permission

Restrict Creator/Owner from altering NTFS permission

Target: Restrict creator / owner from altering any NTFS permission on newly created files & folders. Scenarios: Regardless of NTFS permissions, the owner, which is by default the person who creates the folder/files, can always alter the permissions. This actually causing a lot's of problem, with this special privilege users can also block inherited permission and alter current permission. This might cause additional pain for administrators. Solution: Initially to test…

Saugata Datta1 min read17.1K
NTFS Permission issue with TAKEOWN & ICACLS

NTFS Permission issue with TAKEOWN & ICACLS

Most of us using TAKEOWN or ICACLS for taking ownership from command prompt, and both of them are simple to use. We generally use TAKEOWN or ICACLS with following switches to taking the ownership. takeown /F "PATH" /R /D Y /A icacls "PATH" /T /setowner Administrators But unfortunately, TAKEOWN & ICACLS both might failed on certain scenario, as there are some undocumented limitation. We had incident where we tried to…

Saugata Datta2 min read49K
SkyDrive Updated with Modern UI

SkyDrive Updated with Modern UI

Microsoft has announced a massive update to SkyDrive, bringing the user interface of the Windows 8 app to the website. The new SkyDrive features the new, modern design for desktop and tablet browsers with instant search, contextual toolbar, thumbnail multi-select, drag-and-drop organization, and HTML5 sorting. Pictures are now finally sorted from newest to oldest and users can specify the sort order for any folder.   Microsoft also sped up synching…

Saugata Datta2 min read6.7K
Nokia Lumia 800 Review – Amazing Everyday

Nokia Lumia 800 Review – Amazing Everyday

I was N8 user for last 1 year, and till now technically it’s the best phone out there on the market. I was happy with my N8. Amazing Day 1: After announcement of Lumia 800 from Nokia, I decided to take my chance with new Lumia 800, so I pre-ordered my Lumia with 3000/- from Nokia Store, and I was really surprised with their pre-order gift . Amazing Day 2:…

Saugata Datta5 min read19.5K
WINDOWS 2008 R2 FAILOVER CLUSTER on VMWARE

WINDOWS 2008 R2 FAILOVER CLUSTER on VMWARE

For windows 2003 cluster, check my old tutorial on following link. https://technochat.in/2008/11/configure-cluster-on-vmware-using-iscsi/ Windows 2008 R2 Cluster Requirements: 1. Two Systems with Same Hardware Configuration. 2. Two Network Card 3. Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition on both systems with same patch level. 4. Active Directory 5. Shared Storage( SAN or iSCSI) 6. Both servers should be the member of same domain. 7. We need a normal domain user id which will…

Saugata Datta3 min read11.8K
Domain Tools v1.2 Final – For Delegating Users ID related Calls – Update

Domain Tools v1.2 Final – For Delegating Users ID related Calls – Update

Previous Version: https://technochat.in/2010/08/domain-tools-v1-0-for-delegating-users-id-related-calls/ Main Window Configuration Window Features: Easy Delegation of ID related calls. No need to share Users ID and password. No need to delegate jobs in AD Level. Configuration user ID & Password will be stored in Config.ini file as encrypted format, so end user will not able to know which user id is using for doing id and password relate task Ability to detect Admin users and…

Saugata Datta1 min read6.6K
How to configure Home Folder with extra security

How to configure Home Folder with extra security

If you are having a domain controller, and decided to give a personal drive for all users, then home folder configuration is the best way to do it. But if you want to make it secure for every users, then you have to configure something extra with ntfs security and share security. Our current requirement as follows: Deploy home folder for 500+ users Make it secure, so that one user…

Saugata Datta3 min read16.5K
Domain Tools v1.0 – For Delegating Users ID related Calls

Domain Tools v1.0 – For Delegating Users ID related Calls

As being a Windows Administrator, I found that almost every day we spend ¼ of our working time for resetting password and unlocking user ids. I decided to delegate this job to someone else (Yes, I know that it can be done via OU Delegation, but in some complex environment, it's not a good idea), hence I start coding a tiny tool which will do the job for you. This…

Saugata Datta1 min read8K
Using JAF on Windows 7 – Tutorial

Using JAF on Windows 7 – Tutorial

Following things you need... Nokia PC Suite 7.1. **Don't use OVI Suite. http://nds1.nokia.com/files/support/global/phones/software/Nokia_PC_Suite_eng_web.exe JAF v1.98.6 PKEY Emulator v5 Following steps you have to follow… Install Nokia PC Suite 7.1 & Connect your Phone to finish installing all drivers and restart your system Install JAF v1.98.62 after restart (But don't install Nokia Cable Driver comes with JAF Installer). Now close Nokia PC Suite from Task Manager before you connect your phone…

Saugata Datta1 min read73.3K
🧰

Free Tools: IP, DNS, SSL

40+ free network and other tools in one place. No signup. Click explore or visit https://technochat.in/tools

Explore