https://www.staffordnet.uk/ 2026-04-05T18:35:56+00:00 https://www.staffordnet.uk/ https://www.staffordnet.uk/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=favicon.ico text/html 2022-11-23T12:49:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.staffordnet.uk/doku.php?id=windows:auto_lock&rev=1669207782&do=diff Windows Auto Lock Computer Configuration choose | Policies | Administrative Templates | System | Power Management | Video and Display Settings | double click on Turn off the display (plugged in) setting. Enable the setting and set value to '0'. Run text/html 2023-05-26T10:32:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.staffordnet.uk/doku.php?id=windows:cli_tools&rev=1685097159&do=diff Download on CLI When you don't have tools like wget or curl on a Windows box, you can use the following to download files on the CLI using certutil. certutil.exe -urlcache -f "https://wiki.jbstafford.co.uk/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/images/logo.png" "C:\Users\user\Desktop\logo.png" text/html 2022-11-23T12:49:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.staffordnet.uk/doku.php?id=windows:create_certificate_with_pki&rev=1669207782&do=diff Create Certificate with Microsoft PKI * Import the Root cert of the MS CA into the Palo Alto Networks. * Go to <https://server_ip/certsrv> (where server_ip is the IP or DNS name of the Windows Server that is running the MS Certificate Authority) * Click the link Download a CA Certificate, certificate chain or CRI text/html 2024-07-22T14:16:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.staffordnet.uk/doku.php?id=windows:dns&rev=1721657795&do=diff Disable SMHN on Microsoft Group Policy Editor Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Network > DNS Client > Turn off smart multi-homed name resolution Windows DNS Cache ipconfig /displayDNS ipconfig /displayDNS > %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\dns.txt text/html 2024-12-27T15:26:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.staffordnet.uk/doku.php?id=windows:dns_and_dhcp&rev=1735313177&do=diff Microsoft DNS and DHCP From here - The default replication interval is 180 minutes, or 3 hours. The minimum interval is 15 minutes. With MS DHCP you can only assign DHCP Filters to the DHCP Server. With Infoblox you can assign DHCP Filters to a particular range text/html 2022-11-23T12:49:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.staffordnet.uk/doku.php?id=windows:edge&rev=1669207782&do=diff Edge Easter Egg in Edge web browser. Go to edge://surf/ text/html 2022-11-23T12:49:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.staffordnet.uk/doku.php?id=windows:enumerate_domain_data&rev=1669207782&do=diff Enumerate Domain Data See if endpoint is joined to domain (run as Administrator) dsregcmd /status List all domain controllers nltest /dclist: Display a Global Catalog Server nltest /dsgetdc: Display all users in the domain net users /domain > domain-users.txt text/html 2022-11-23T12:49:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.staffordnet.uk/doku.php?id=windows:export_domain_ca_cert&rev=1669207782&do=diff Windows Export Domain Certificate On a Windows machine, this will get you the Active Directory root CA public certificate. certutil -viewstore -enterprise ntauth text/html 2022-11-23T12:49:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.staffordnet.uk/doku.php?id=windows:extend_server_licence&rev=1669207782&do=diff Extend Server Licence On Windows Server, you get 180 days trial. You can then extend it with this command slmgr -rearm To check if you are using KMS and how long you have left run the following command from command line and look out for the “Volume Activation Expiration text/html 2023-11-15T20:18:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.staffordnet.uk/doku.php?id=windows:file_hash&rev=1700079507&do=diff File Hashes SHA-256 Load PowerShell Get-FileHash filename.txt MD5 Load PowerShell Get-FileHash filename.txt -Algorithm MD5 text/html 2023-04-19T08:43:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.staffordnet.uk/doku.php?id=windows:licence&rev=1681893834&do=diff Windows Licence Show the current edition of your Windows Server dism /online /get-currentedition Show the edition of the Windows that you can upgrade to dism /online /get-targeteditions Upgrade the server to Standard Full Edition dism /online /set-edition:serverstandard /productkey:put_your_key_here /accepteula text/html 2022-11-23T12:49:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.staffordnet.uk/doku.php?id=windows:master_control_panel&rev=1669207782&do=diff Master Control Panel Shortcut Control Panel Create a folder called ANYTHING_YOU_LIKE.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} Format The general folder shortcut format is <FolderDisplayName>.{<GUID>} where <GUID> is a valid Class ID (CLSID) with a System.ApplicationName entry in the Windows Registry. The technique is documented by Microsoft as text/html 2025-01-07T19:13:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.staffordnet.uk/doku.php?id=windows:netbios&rev=1736277238&do=diff NETBIOS nbtsta t A diagnostic tool for NetBIOS over TCP/IP. Its primary design is to help troubleshoot NetBIOS name resolution problems. The common parameters are: * nbtstat -c: displays the contents of the NetBIOS name cache, the table of NetBIOS names and their resolved IP addresses. text/html 2024-07-11T09:37:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.staffordnet.uk/doku.php?id=windows:networking&rev=1720690644&do=diff Windows Networking Smart Multi-Homed Name Resolution From here. Under Windows 7 all DNS requests were made in simple order of DNS server preference, but this changed in Windows 8 when Microsoft added “‘Smart Multi-Homed Name Resolution” by default. This sent out text/html 2025-03-03T16:38:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.staffordnet.uk/doku.php?id=windows:powershell&rev=1741019938&do=diff Infoblox Powershell Documentation Install and use “Powershell” and NOT “Windows Powershell” winget install microsoft.powershell Install-Module -Name ibPS Run from CMD powershell "& ""C:\Users\username\Downloads\script.ps1""" You can add -noexit before the other parameters to keep yourself in PowerShell. text/html 2024-10-26T22:05:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.staffordnet.uk/doku.php?id=windows:recall&rev=1729980312&do=diff Microsoft Recall DISM /Online /Get-FeatureInfo /FeatureName:Recall DISM /Online /Disable-Feature /FeatureName:Recall text/html 2024-09-28T21:01:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.staffordnet.uk/doku.php?id=windows:recent_items&rev=1727557283&do=diff Microsoft Windows Recent Items %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent Items %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations text/html 2024-12-16T13:59:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.staffordnet.uk/doku.php?id=windows:registry&rev=1734357566&do=diff Windows Registry TrustRecords Note on all files that are allowed to run Macros Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Excel\Security\Trusted Documents\TrustRecords text/html 2024-11-11T14:58:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.staffordnet.uk/doku.php?id=windows:sharepoint&rev=1731337127&do=diff Sharepoint Access Profile Photo As per this page. * Size=S | 48×48 px * Size=M | 72×72 px * Size=L | 300×300 px * Username – replace it by the user email you want to retrieve the photo https://company.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/userphoto.aspx?size=L&username=jsmith@domain.com text/html 2022-11-23T12:49:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.staffordnet.uk/doku.php?id=windows:shutdown&rev=1669207782&do=diff Shutdown Windows To avoid fastboot, use the following to do a full shutdown on Windows. Either hold the shift key while clicking the shutdown option in the main menu OR run shutdown /s /f /t/ 0 Emergency Shutdown CTRL+ALT+DEL, then Ctrl-click the power button in the bottom right, you'll be greeted by a prompt that says the following: text/html 2022-11-23T12:49:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.staffordnet.uk/doku.php?id=windows:smb&rev=1669207782&do=diff SMB MultiChannel Full Article Because of the way that SMBv3 multichannel works in splitting up files, customers should disable the use of multichannel file transfer for maximum protection and inspection of files. As a result, Palo Alto Networks recommends disabling SMB multichannel through the Windows PowerShell. text/html 2022-11-23T12:49:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.staffordnet.uk/doku.php?id=windows:sysprep&rev=1669207782&do=diff Sysprep C:\Windows\system32>Sysprep\sysprep.exe Then click “generalize” text/html 2023-08-24T07:27:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.staffordnet.uk/doku.php?id=windows:tweaks&rev=1692862045&do=diff Windows Tweaks Windows 11 Right Click Menu Disable “new” right click menu in Windows 11 run the following as admin and then reboot. reg.exe add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /f /ve To revert, run the following as admin and then reboot. text/html 2023-06-21T12:14:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.staffordnet.uk/doku.php?id=windows:windows365&rev=1687349689&do=diff Windows 365 Not the same as Windows 10 nor Windows 11. It is normally based on Microsoft's own tenant (not client's Azure tenant). However, Azure Network Connections can be used to make the VM's network interfaces appear in the client's Azure VNet. text/html 2023-06-27T05:47:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.staffordnet.uk/doku.php?id=windows:wsl&rev=1687844874&do=diff WSL Windows Subsystem Linux. Run the following as administrator wsl --install If broken, you can reset with: wsl --unregister ubuntu text/html 2025-03-03T16:43:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.staffordnet.uk/doku.php?id=windows:zero_trust_dns&rev=1741020225&do=diff Zero Trust DNS netsh ztdns show state (or clientcert, exception, server, trustedca)