Automatically clear an errored Print Spooler using PowerShell
Came across this issue due to users reporting printing PDFs from Microsoft Edge stops the print spooler on the print
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Slow Internet when accessing a remote network via VPN
Right click on the Wireless Icon and click Network & Internet Setting Click Change adapter options Right click your VPN
Continue readingJoin a domain using netdom
You can use netdom to quickly join a domain via cmd, the sytax of the command is netdom join {/d:
Continue readingInstall Windows Updates from CMD
Below are a few one liners you can use to install Windows updates from the command line This one can
Continue readingOpen all ports required for SQL Server via cmd
This is the easiest way I have found to reliably open all ports on a SQL server for access. Quick
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Start all Automatic Services that are currently stopped or not running using PowerShell
After a server reboot I often find that some services don’t start correctly so this script set as a start-up
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Removing orphaned print drivers from Windows Printer Management
Thanks to http://www.craig-tolley.co.uk/ for this one!
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Update Capita Sims.net Solus3 Server hostname after migration
This one took a bit of working out but worked perfectly in the end. A nice easy PowerShell one-liner powershell
Continue readingBacking up Capita Sims.net using cmd and dbattach
I wrote this bit of code a long while back when I inherited a school that had failing Sims.net backups
Continue readingAdd a printer connection for all users via cmd
To Add printers globally, run the following commands from a command promt. The print spooler service must be restarted for
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