Jul 20, 2015 Posted by newlife007

How To Clean the Windows $RECYCLE.BIN Directory on Windows 2008R2 / 2012R2

Ever wondered how to clean all the specific hidden / user created $RECYCLE.BIN  directories on a servers to reclaim much needed space, well i know I did and went digging. First step is to un-hide the $RECYCLE.BIN directory. Select Root drive (ex: c) click on Organize > Folder options and click on the View tab. Select Show hidden files, folders and drives, un-check Hide protected operating system files.... read more

Jul 16, 2015 Posted by newlife007

No Teaming Software for HP DL360 Gen 9 Servers Issue

Recently received new hardware for installing Windows 2008 R2 on HP Proliant DL360 Gen 9 servers. In the past there has been HP Network software to allow for teaming, but with the new Gen 9 hardware this is  not the case. Luckily the 331T network cards use the Broadcom chipset and was able to download and use Broadcom Control Suite (BASC) First download Broadcom Control Suite from... read more

Jul 16, 2015 Posted by newlife007

How To Retrieve Windows AD Group Members using PowerShell

Introduction As part of daily administration we are constantly being asked by Auditors and managers for a list of the individuals in groups. In the past and current we can still use the venerable net commands to get the access. With PowerShell we can it quickly and in a format easier than before. In this post we will over how to get the information and export it into other formats. To use the... read more

May 25, 2015 Posted by newlife007

How To Add a Banner or Legal Notification Display to Windows 2003 – 2012

So you want to add a Legal notification or banner notification on your Windows servers. There is a very easy way to accomplish this by making a simple change of two keys in the registry. This process works on Windows 2003 – 2012. Select Start > Run > then type “regedit” and press the Enter key. Expand the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft >... read more

Feb 21, 2015 Posted by newlife007

How To Create a CentOS Repository with mrepo

If you are a shop of any size and are building and maintaining CentOS servers, you know the need to maintain a repository with extras, updates and such. In this post we will cover how to build a repository on your network for building and maintaining CentOS. Install mrepo sudo yum -y install mrepo Edit /etc/mrepo.conf and add set the directories Create mrepo config file in /etc/mrepo.conf.d ###... read more