Apr 29, 2012 Posted by newlife007

Converting User Names to SIDs with Powershell

While doing some Active Directory work ran across a need to translate a user name to a SID (security identifier)  to help find traces of it in the registry. Here is an easy way to do this with PowerShell function. function getSID($name, $domain=$env:userdomain) { $objUser = New-Object System.Security.Principal.NTAccount($domain,$name) $strSID =... read more

Apr 28, 2012 Posted by newlife007

Converting Adobe Type 1 Fonts AFM for use on Windows 7

Recently ran into an interesting issue where a client had a purchased Adobe Type 1 font the had been using on their Mac OSX systems and need to use the font on their newer Windows systems. Being that the fonts were Adobe Type 1 fonts and only had the .AFM files this was an issue with using the font on a Windows system, so it had to be converted. This was achieved by using Fondu and AfmToPfm. Fondu was run... read more

Apr 22, 2012 Posted by newlife007

Extending PowerShell with modules

With Microsoft adding PowerShell to Windows it opened many different possibilities for the scripter’s and IT Administrators managing hundreds and thousands of servers with automation from their desks. One of the problems with running PowerShell from the desk is that you need modules so you can write such great scripts. In this post I will list a few of the great resources to find the modules and in... read more

Apr 22, 2012 Posted by newlife007

Updating VMWare ESXi Hypervisor 5

Recently I built a VMWare ESXi Hypervisor 5 server for testing and learning purposes. As a good admin you must always patch and VMWare is no exception. First download and install VMWare vCLI from http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vcli/. You must have an account on VMWare to download the products, the account is free. I will be using vCLI installed on Windows 7 x64 Professional, so the path maybe... read more

Apr 16, 2012 Posted by newlife007

Autologon with Windows

Although it is not best practice to have a server set to Autologin with an id after reboot, it is sometimes a needed option for certain applications. Autologon enables you to easily configure Windows’ built-in Autologon mechanism. Instead of waiting for a user to enter their name and password, Windows uses the credentials you enter with Autologon, which are encrypted in the Registry, to log on the... read more