Recently I wrote a couple of scripts to clear the browsing history and cache for IE, Firefox and Chrome Internet Explorer (Powershell) $t_path_7 = “C:\Users\$env:username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files” $c_path_7 = “C:\Users\$env:username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches” $d_path_7 = “C:\Users\$env:username\Downloads” $temporary_path = Test-Path $t_path_7 $check_cache = Test-Path $c_path_7 $check_download = Test-Path $d_path_7 if($temporary_path -eq $True -And $check_casheRead More →

Making backups of virtual machines running on Azure using snapshot technology is a nice feature. But sometimes you don’t want to revert the whole snapshot but only want to restore a single file. Now this is possible. It uses the same backup/Snapshot technology you probably are already using. Open theRead More →

For a MDM project I had to make an dump which users are using which devices to (active)sync with their Office 365 mailboxes. This is how I did that : Get-Mailbox -ResultSize Unlimited | ForEach {Get-MobileDeviceStatistics -Mailbox:$_.Identity} | Select-Object @{label=”User” ; expression={$_.Identity}},DeviceModel,DeviceOS, lastsuccesssync | Export-csv F:\powershell\activesync.csv Running the above commandRead More →

FreeNAS 9.10 has just been released. Based on FreeBSD 10.3, FreeNAS 9.10 combines hundreds of FreeBSD improvements with dozens of bug fixes and feature requests, while retaining the familiar user interface. Topping the list of FreeNAS 9.10 features are greater speed and scalability, dozens of new hardware drivers, USB 3.0Read More →

Some time ago I wrote about Nakivo Backup & Replication, more info here. In this blogpost I’m going to write about some special features I especially like about Nakivo Backup & Replcation (NBR from this point on..) Flash VM Boot Flash VM Boot enables you to run (boot) VM’s directly fromRead More →

The VMware OS Optimization Tool helps optimize Windows 7/8/2008/2012/10 systems for use with the VMware Hypervisor. The optimization tool includes customizable templates to enable or disable Windows system services and features, per VMware recommendations and best practices, across multiple systems. Since most Windows system services are enabled by default, theRead More →

Description In complex environments, where distributed applications are deployed across the network utilizing numerous physical servers and workstations, connectivity can be reduced in general and/or per session basis. Connection Quality Indicator is a tool which provides feedback to the user when the network has been impacted to the point thatRead More →

For those people who are (also) running WordPress. Hereby the recommended filesystem security settings (for Linux servers running WordPress) : Name Recommended Permissions root directory 755 wp-includes/ 755 .htaccess 644 wp-admin/index.php 644 wp-admin/js/ 755 wp-content/themes/ 755 wp-content/plugins/ 755 wp-admin/ 755 wp-content/ 755 wp-config.php 644Read More →