When a domain user logs on to Windows, their credentials are saved on a local computer by default (Cached Credentials: a user name and a password hash). This allows the user to logon to the computer even if the AD domain controllers are unavailable, powered off, or the network cable is unplugged from the computer. Domain account credentials caching is convenient for laptop users who can access their local data on a device when the corporate network is not available.
In this article we will look at how to find out the date a user was created in Active Directory; how to use PowerShell to get information from the domain…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows Server 2016
PowerShell: Check Free Disk Space and Disk Usage
May 28, 2021In this article we will show you how to check the free disk space and disk usage on a local or remote Windows host using PowerShell. Also, consider how to…
You can use the built-in telnet command line tool to connect to a remote SMTP server and send a test e-mail. This is the easiest and fastest way to test…
- Group PoliciesWindows 10
Apply a Local Group Policy to Non-Admins or a Single User with MLGPO
May 25, 2021You can use Local Group Policy to configure Windows or user settings on computers in small workgroup networks (without an AD domain). Earlier, the main disadvantage of a local GPO…
- Windows 10Windows Server 2016Windows Server 2019
How to Disable Windows Error Reporting and Clear WER\ReportQueue Folder on Windows?
February 27, 2023The Windows Error Reporting service (WER) is used to collect the debug information about system and third-party app failures and send error reports to Microsoft servers. This information should be…
- ExchangeMicrosoft 365PowerShell
Connect to Exchange Servers and Microsoft 365 with Remote PowerShell
April 27, 2022In this article we will show how to remotely connect to an on-premises Exchange Server or Microsoft 365 (Exchange Online) from the PowerShell console.
- VirtualizationVMWareWindows 10
Adding a Sound Card to a Virtual Machine on VMWare ESXi
September 15, 2022By default, there are no sound devices in VMWare ESXi virtual machines. If you want to get sound from a guest Windows VM, it is easier to use the RDP…
- Active DirectoryPowerShellWindows Server 2016Windows Server 2019
Time-Based (Temporary) Group Membership in Active Directory
April 18, 2022The version of Active Directory in Windows Server 2016 introduces an interesting feature that allows you to temporarily add a user to an AD security group. This feature is called…
PowerShell has a lot of features to manage processes on a local or a remote computer. Using PowerShell, you can get a list of running processes, suspend a hung-up process,…