powercfg /x monitor-timeout-ac 30 powercfg /x disk-timeout-ac 15 powercfg /x standby-timeout-ac 0 powercfg /x hibernate-timeout-ac...
James McDonald
Adding the Windows Store GIMP 3 executable path to IrfanView
The location of the Windows Store version of GIMP 3 is under C:\Program Files\WindowsApps I tried to navigate into C:\Program Files\WindowsApps to find gimp-3.exe but I get an access denied. Therefore, to add the Windows Store version of GIMP 3 as an external editor...
Show the Temperature of a Cisco WS-C2960L-16PS-LL Switch
show env all SWITCH: 1 SYSTEM TEMPERATURE is OK System Temperature Value: 56 Degree Celsius System Temperature State: GREEN Yellow Threshold : 88 Degree Celsius Red Threshold : 93 Degree Celsius SWITCH: 1 PID: Built-in System Power:(Watts) 173 Max Power Usage:(Watts)...
Meraki – MAC Address Flapping
Note to self: In the Meraki console log area when you see 'MAC Address Flapping' (MAC seen on multiple ports) it can be because the device is a phone and the person is walking around the building and so their MAC is being seen on multiple ports, as they roam to...
Poor mans NMAP. Ping a subnet
Run the following snippet under a cmd.exe prompt on Windows. for /l %i in (1,1,254) do @ping -w 100 -n 1 192.168.99.%i | find /i "bytes=" About the command The @ symbol stops ping echoing to the terminal so you only get the output. If you want each command...
Using Powershell to Enable a Workstation to Reply to a Ping Request from Any Remote Address
Get an Administrative Powershell Session and then run the following # Enable Echo Request Get-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request - ICMPv4-In)" | Enable-NetFirewallRule # Allow ping from any host instead of just localsubnet...
Remove Blue Border from PSA Cams
Settings => Video Analytic => Intelligent Analysis => Intrusion => Enable (toggle to off) => Apply
Hikvision Camera – Parameter Error when trying to save settings from browser
Work-A-round: Install iVMS-4200 and add the cam and edit the settings from the Remote Configuration dialog
Notes on taking a CloneZilla Image and transferring it to Hyper-V
I just have had a Windows 11 virus struck device (SOURCE) HP Elite 800 Mini Desktop G9 512SSD that I wanted to take a full image of, and check that it will boot in Hyper-V. This is the process: Download the latest CloneZilla and copy it to a USB Key using rufus in DD...
RDP clients connecting via RDS Gateway using Entra ID backed Two Factor Authentication don’t have the connecting clients IP Address
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/authentication/howto-mfa-nps-extension-rdg When looking at the sign-in logs for RDP clients that use Entra ID for two factor auth the log entries might show the IP address as the IP Address and Port of the RDS Gateway...
