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Reset a lost local administrator password

There are different ways to reset a lost local administrator password on a Windows system. Boot disk If you have a physical access to the machine, you can use a very useful boot disk and follow these steps: At the

Active Directory Password complexity checker

If you have enabled the password complexity in your Active Directory domain through GPO, you probably have received complaints from the users : “I cannot find a password. Every time I try to enter a new password, a message indicates

Resolve the CBS.log file size problem

System File Checker is a utility in Windows that allows users to scan for corruptions in Windows system files and restore corrupted files. The exe file, sfc.exe, generates a log file called %windir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. The Sfc.exe program writes the details of

Share passwords in a secure way

I have found a tool that will allow you to share passwords in a secure way. This tool has been written by the Pinterest team and need the following requirements: Redis Python 2.6, 2.7 or 3.3+ Snappass Github description: It’s

ServiceNow workflow, Powershell and JSON

ServiceNow provides ITSM solutions and products: Configuration Management Database Edge Encryption Knowledge Management Performance Analytics Reporting Service Catalog Service Portal Designer Subscription Management Visual Task Boards Workflow The last feature is very interesting. Each workflow can contain “activities”. These activities

Add/remove specific user based on AD attributes to/from a group

I have written this simple script to show you how to : work with a user account found with a specific Active Directory attribute (in the example, the attribute employeeID is used) add the user account to the group with

Calculate Kerberos token size

The authentication protocol within a Microsoft infrastructure since the Windows 2000 time frame has been Kerberos. The Kerberos token leverages a predefined buffer to house authorization requests. This predefined Kerberos buffer size is set by the MaxTokenSize setting found in

Password complexity checker

If you have enabled in your domain group policy the password complexity (see below), users will probably have some troubles to find the right password that meet these requirements. The complexity requirements are explained in the “Explain” tab of the

Get the regional settings with Powershell

Sometimes, it can be useful to get some informations through command line instead of using the GUI. It is the case for the regional settings. If you want to compare the regional settings between two user accounts, you can both

Local Security Authority cannot be contacted

Symptom While connecting on a Windows Server 2012 using RDP you might notice the following error: Remote Desktop Connection: An authentication error has occurred. The Local Security Authority cannot be contacted Cause This is probably due to the cached account