In a previous article we had a look on how you can set folder permissions by using VBScript and the Secedit tool which comes natively in the OS. But if you work in PowerShell, it doesn’t make sense to make a separate VBScript just to set permissions. PowerShell adds […]
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In a previous article we had a look on how to close a specific java process. If you have multiple Java applications opened and start up the Task Manager, you will only see the Java.exe process running, and you cannot know which process belongs to which application. So if you […]
In a world where we have so many cloud solutions for backup (like OneDrive, DropBox, Google Drive, etc), there might be still people like me who like to keep their personal files somewhere safe offline. Now, i usually keep my important files on a network attached storage, but for this […]
In many infrastructures, the Microsoft Store is disabled or removed completely from the machine. In this article we are going to take a look on the different methods you could use to achieve this. Method 1: Group Policy Probably the easiest method to disable the Store is via […]
Before we dive into how to apply permissions with VBScript, we must first understand what secedit is. The secedit tool comes by default with Windows Os. Secedit configures and analyzes system security by comparing your current security configuration against specified security templates. To apply permissions with secedit, all that is […]
Tableau Reader is a free desktop application that you can use to open and interact with data visualizations built in Tableau Desktop. Filter, drill down and discover. It is a very popular application which can be found in many enterprises. However, I’ve seen many cases where IT Pros will struggle […]
During the packaging of a certain application, there might be cases where a specific configuration file must contain some dynamic settings. For example, let’s assume that you need to write a specific IP, or a specific location in a config.txt file during installation, and let’s assume the configuration file has […]
The hosts file in Windows OS is an operating system file that maps hostnames to IP addresses. The hosts file is used to resolve hosts names before DNS, and it can be found in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\. It’s not very popular nowadays for applications to place anything in this file, back in […]
If you are working in a company which has many java applications and you do a lot of installers, you might end up in the situation where, during the install or uninstall process you might want to close a java process. However, if you open up task manager you will […]
Python is cool, easy to use, and one of the most popular programming languages out there. But python has a big downside when it comes to running scripts. First of all, a normal user doesn’t have python installed on his machine. Second of all, it’s tricky for a simple user […]
In a previous article I was quite excited that Windows finally gets a package manager. Not only that it’s open source, but it also supports every single Windows 10 installation down to 1709. Recently, Microsoft added an experimental feature to the WinGet command-line tool to also install apps from the […]
On 31st of December 2020, Adobe Flash is officially EOL (end of life). Flash was truly ahead of it’s time when it was launched back in 1996, and more than 20 years later I still found myself to have a bit of nostalgia and go to miniclip.com to play some […]