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Powershell Script to Generate Pwpush.com Links

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

READING TIME: 6 MINUTESIn 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…

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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

READING TIME: 5 MINUTESThe 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…

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Powershell Script to Open Multiple URL’s in a Browser

by Danny February 23, 2021
by Danny February 23, 2021

READING TIME: 2 MINUTESIf you’re looking for a simple one-line Powershell script to open a webpage (or multiple webpages), then this tutorial will work perfectly for you. I use this script to…

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Powershell Script to Create New Active Directory User

by Danny February 23, 2021
by Danny February 23, 2021

READING TIME: 6 MINUTESFor the longest time, part of our user onboarding process was to manually create user accounts in the Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) widget. It doesn’t take very…

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How to Create a Powershell Menu GUI

by Danny February 23, 2021
by Danny February 23, 2021

READING TIME: 8 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you an incredibly simple way to create a menu to display all of your most-used Powershell scripts. In this tutorial, I am…

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How To Export LAPS Passwords from Active Directory with Powershell

by Danny February 9, 2021
by Danny February 9, 2021

READING TIME: 5 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to export the LAPS passwords from Active Directory using a 3-line Powershell script. This script automatically exports all LAPS passwords…

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How To Enable Photo Viewer on Windows Server 2016 or 2019

by Danny December 6, 2020
by Danny December 6, 2020

READING TIME: 4 MINUTESI’m in the middle of migrating my Plex media server from my daily driver Windows 10 PC to Server 2019 Standard. I ran out of space (and hard drive…

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How To Limit Bandwidth in PfSense

by Danny November 23, 2020
by Danny November 23, 2020

READING TIME: 8 MINUTESAre you a PfSense user? Interested in setting up a firewall rule to “limit” the amount of bandwidth each device can upload/download? If so, then you are in luck!…

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Configure Watchdog 15 Temperature Sensor in PRTG using SNMP

by Danny November 13, 2020
by Danny November 13, 2020

READING TIME: 9 MINUTESChances are that if you are reading this article, you have purchased a Geist Watchdog 15 temperature sensor to monitor the temperature of your server rooms. These temperature sensors…

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How To Integrate Duo 2FA Into OpenVPN

by Danny October 21, 2020
by Danny October 21, 2020

READING TIME: 11 MINUTESThis guide will show you how to configure Duo Security into OpenVPN Community Open Source Project. Note: If you’re using OpenVPN Access server, the instructions provided by Duo are…

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Hey there! I'm Danny, owner and writer of Smart Home Pursuits. I've worked as an IT Manager for 8 years and enjoy using my knowledge to make my smart home "smarter".

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