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How To Run VMware Workstation Virtual Machine in the Background

by Danny April 6, 2021
by Danny April 6, 2021

In this guide, I will show you how to run your Vmware Workstation VM in the background and automatically after startup, using either a batch file or Windows Task Scheduler. This means…

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How To Automatically Connect USB Drives to VMware Workstation On Power On

by Danny April 6, 2021
by Danny April 6, 2021

After spending a few hours migrating Home Assistant from a raspberry pi to VMware Workstation, and passing the my Nortek GoControl USB dongle successfully from my Windows 10 PC to the VM,…

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How to Setup HASS Workstation Service in Home Assistant

by Danny March 30, 2021
by Danny March 30, 2021

In this guide, I’m going to show you how to install HASS Workstation Service in Home Assistant. HASS Workstation Service is an application that lets you use use Home Assistant to control…

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Find Computers Recently Joined To Active Directory

by Danny March 10, 2021
by Danny March 10, 2021

If you’ve been looking for a Powershell script to find the most recent computers that have been joined to your Active Directory domain, then you’re in luck. This Powershell script is super…

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How To Find Next Available Computer Name in Powershell

by Danny February 28, 2021
by Danny February 28, 2021

In the IT world, it’s common practice to name all of the computers you join to the domain with the same naming convention. For example, we use company abbreviations-operating system-next in line…

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Loaner Laptop Checkout/Checkin Powershell Script

by Danny February 28, 2021
by Danny February 28, 2021

If you work in the IT department, chances are that you loan out laptops to your users every once in a while. They may need something temporary to use when giving a…

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How to Automatically send IT Welcome emails with Powershell

by Danny February 25, 2021
by Danny February 25, 2021

Whenever a new employee starts at your organization, chances are that you typically send out an email template with all the necessarry info they’ll need. These include things like how to submit…

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How To Move A Computer Object to a Different OU in Powershell

by Danny February 25, 2021
by Danny February 25, 2021

In this guide, you’ll learn how to move a computer object from one OU to another. This is a great step to automatically moving computers or servers to the correct group using…

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Powershell Script to Generate Pwpush.com Links

by Danny February 25, 2021
by Danny February 25, 2021

In case you haven’t heard of or used Password Pusher, or pwpush.com, it is a service that allows you to enter passwords into a web browser, which is then turned into a…

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Powershell Script to Copy Full VM (.VBK) Backup Files to External Drive (excluding .VIB)

by Danny February 24, 2021
by Danny February 24, 2021

The title is a little wonky, but let me explain. We use Veeam for backups at our company. We have a pretty standard backup procedure: incremental backups are taken on weekdays, and…

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