Dumb shit that I do that might help you too
DSTIDTMHYT for short
I recently had an issue where an iSCSI volume, formatted in NTFS spat its permissions. We all know the built-in UI for applying permissions is garbage, and as such I used this powershell script to grab each folder, and create a new process per folder, which then recursively applied new permissions. The reason why jobs…
You know what I really hate? When I tell Windows to delete something and bloody TrustedInstaller gets all high and mighty and says “no”… So I then go and take ownership of the file, strip all the permissions off it, and then try to delete it, and then says “Sorry, you need permission from Markus…
If you’re having issues removing an existing domain from Exchange due to the error in the title, try the following: On your Domain Controller, open ADSI Edit Select “Action” in the top bar Select “Connect To…” In the new window, in the dropdown box named “Select a well known Naming Context” and select “Configuration” Click…
So today our WSUS server was flagging up that it was out of drive space. No problem I said, I’ll just clear out some updates and let it run as it has once more, for the past 10 years. Oh dear… This box has 1.5TBs of updates, for every single Microsoft product that requires them,…
Having used Git in the past, and honestly crying at how batshit easy it is to totally ruin your shit at any slight mistep, I can now safely say I now know how to unfuck any fucked Git situation (kinda). Whilst looking to see if my site was being indexed correctly, I noticed a site…
Here’s a trick I used to make my Macrium Reflect boot USB auto-map network drives so that I’d no longer have to manually map them every time I booted it up, but this trick will work for other WinPE setups too, I presume. Firstly, you’ll need the Windows 10 ADK installedSecondly, you’ll need your WinPE…
As per my own experience with this very website, I had the issue where after enabling SSL, my permalinks stopped working. Turns out, the default ssl.conf site config file from Apache, had the <Directory /> settings set to not work with permalinks To fix this, edit your site’s config file:nano /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/yourwebsite.conf Ensure the following areas…
Like me, you may not want to have to deal with a separate executable in order to simply download a trustworthy Windows 10 ISO, whilst on a Windows PC. Below is a 4-step guide to getting an ISO downloading in your browser, just like the old days: Downloading the ISO from MS is simple. Go…