tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878051723588189290Sat, 05 Oct 2024 02:03:18 +0000Online ToolsFreewareFavoriteTipsdownloadsuncategoryPowershellFree StuffLinuxNewsBetaScriptActive DirectoryRemote desktopWindows 7HowtoCertificationCommandsFirefoxTivoUbuntuAdguardAdwareCPUESXIIP BlacklistIconia Tab 500McAfeeMobilePartsRaspberry PiVideo TutorialVmwareVsphereXBMCinvitationtorrentIT system Admins Tips, Tweaks, Windows Troubleshooting and hacks http://askvp.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger262125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878051723588189290.post-50625985461560218Tue, 26 Dec 2017 10:27:00 +00002017-12-26T02:27:51.276-08:00McAfeeScript The Below script helps you to download the McAfee virus Definitions from the McAfee website. You can configure a daily schedule task which can automatically do the download. #Source www.askvp.info #This script downloads the latest DAT V2 Virus Definition Updates (DATS) from the website # https://www.mcafee.com/apps/downloads/security-updates/security-updates.aspx $Response = (http://askvp.blogspot.com/2017/12/powershell-script-to-download-mcafee.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878051723588189290.post-5042448609631360231Mon, 09 Jan 2017 10:53:00 +00002017-01-09T02:56:40.940-08:00 I wanted to see how search engines display currency converters. To my suprise Bing shows the good results compared to google, duckduckgo, yahoo etc. http://askvp.blogspot.com/2017/01/search-engines-currency-converter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878051723588189290.post-5497700936131044833Sun, 06 Nov 2016 09:35:00 +00002016-11-06T01:35:47.869-08:00FavoriteTips Yesterday, I wanted to sent a list of 100 names on email. But the list was single column and when I pasted the list on email, the email was too long. So I went to explore how to convert single column into multiple columns using Microsoft Word. It turns out it was very easy. Check out the below GIF to find out how I did it.&nbsp; http://askvp.blogspot.com/2016/11/howto-convert-single-column-data-into.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878051723588189290.post-5146746508975042532Sun, 11 Sep 2016 11:46:00 +00002016-09-11T04:53:03.130-07:00Firefox At work I got task to customize Firefox 45 ESR deployment which was getting packaged. This article explains how to easily lock-down Mozilla Firefox’s settings before I deploy the applications to lots of servers. Main purpose was to prevent people from changing the proxy settings, the homepage, the ability to save passwords, lock-down address bar etc. &nbsp;It’s possible, but it’s little http://askvp.blogspot.com/2016/09/how-to-customize-firefox-esr_11.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878051723588189290.post-5299498431147788965Sun, 11 Sep 2016 07:41:00 +00002016-09-11T01:01:05.640-07:00FavoriteFree Stuff Page Plus is one of the best-known Desktop Publishing prodcut for Windows. With Page Polus you can create page based publication where you can have exact texts layed with exact precision. Creating CV, flyers, brouchers, invitation, book covers are some of the this you can design with Page Plus. The provide link is a free version which doenst allow you to save your finished page as PDF file. http://askvp.blogspot.com/2016/09/page-plus-get-this-publishing-package.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878051723588189290.post-8401041449394831288Wed, 27 Apr 2016 11:55:00 +00002016-04-27T04:55:56.973-07:00 OSBoxes.org&nbsp;offers 40+ prebuilt Virutalbox &amp; Vmware images for Ubunutu, Centos, Debian, Fedora, Remix OS and many more. Just browse to the website and download the Vmware image and use the VMware Player to boot the image. Vmware player can be download from https://www.vmware.com/products/player Virtualbox can be downloaded from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads http://askvp.blogspot.com/2016/04/osboxes-download-ready-to-use-40.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878051723588189290.post-7222063907030177151Mon, 15 Feb 2016 09:56:00 +00002016-02-15T01:56:46.155-08:00 You have bought a laptop year go, you notice that standby on battery last only a hour or less than. Ever wondered how to test the laptop battery? Here is easy and quick way to test your laptop on with following command.&nbsp; On the command prompt type the following&nbsp; powercfg /batterreport&nbsp; This command will save a HTML report on C:\ open it read.&nbsp; Check the designed http://askvp.blogspot.com/2016/02/test-laptop-battery-on-windows-10881.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878051723588189290.post-2522262680840383812Mon, 12 Oct 2015 10:19:00 +00002015-10-12T03:19:33.081-07:00FavoriteFreeware Speechnotes.co is a fantastic speech enabled online notepad that runs on your browser.&#160; It works out of the box. No installation is required. This typically allows you to dictate your thoughts that then converted to text that can easily copy pasted to desired location. Some of you are slow typing&#160; which consumes lot of time. This site id very helpful for those who have difficulty in http://askvp.blogspot.com/2015/10/speechnotesspeech-recognition-notepad.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878051723588189290.post-7443735090745805506Fri, 18 Sep 2015 10:56:00 +00002015-09-18T03:56:42.842-07:00Freeware SimpleWMIView is a simple tool for Windows that displays the result of WMI queries in a simple table, and allows you to easily export the data to text/csv/tab-delimited/html/xml file, or to copy the selected items to the clipboard and then paste them to Excel or other spread sheet application. Examples for what you can get with WMI Win32_Service - Lists all Windows services. http://askvp.blogspot.com/2015/09/simplewmiviewwmi-viewer-for-windows.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878051723588189290.post-4094210729212619467Fri, 18 Sep 2015 10:35:00 +00002015-09-18T03:35:22.505-07:00FavoriteFreeware &#160; Secure Eraser is very good free software let you secure delete the drive. Secure Delete is something you must do before our sell your laptop/PC to someone. This will ensure that your documents are erased from hard drive and cannot be recovered by using any tools out there. Secure Eraser overwrites drive with random data, its also offers the approved US Dod 5220.22-ME and U.S.DoD http://askvp.blogspot.com/2015/09/ascomp-secure-eraser-erasing-laptoppc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878051723588189290.post-1536834438235830569Sun, 13 Sep 2015 07:58:00 +00002015-09-13T00:58:34.347-07:00 Kodi (has been renamed from XBMC) is one of the superb media center software you can find. If you using XBMC you might think if there a way to control the XBMC from your smart phone. Yatse is an Android App that I highly recommend to you.&nbsp; http://askvp.blogspot.com/2015/09/yatse-is-must-have-android-app-for-xbmc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878051723588189290.post-7996951424378532656Sat, 02 May 2015 11:38:00 +00002015-05-02T04:42:57.251-07:00AdguardFavorite Adgurad is the best way to get rid of annoying ads, online tracking and to protect your computer from malware. This is stand along application runs on your machine to protects from phishing, malware sites, blocks all type of ads (video ads, flash ads, text banners etc), blocks website with content inappropriate for&nbsp;children&nbsp;&amp; most of helps save bandwidth.&nbsp; It works with http://askvp.blogspot.com/2015/05/most-advanced-ad-blocker-from-webpages.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878051723588189290.post-4902627899514712018Fri, 09 Jan 2015 02:28:00 +00002015-01-08T23:29:02.001-08:00Parts Wish we had a transparent casing of the harddrive so that we all could see that head/platter spinning. Unfortunately all the harddrive case come be with black case, we cannot see through.&nbsp; Friend of mine, Ricky was kind enough to give away a poked Server grade SAS drive. I took a screw driver and took the harddrive apart. There may be lot of you out there wondered what inside the compact http://askvp.blogspot.com/2015/01/di-section-of-ibm-option-4200421-sas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878051723588189290.post-3429154262254897687Thu, 08 Jan 2015 08:26:00 +00002015-01-08T01:34:44.563-08:00FavoriteFreewareThis Windows Program keeps windows computer Safe and secure by making sure at installed application is the latest version out there. PatchMyPC is a free utility with a click of a button checks all the applications install on machine and check whether there is any updated version of the application is available. You can download the utility at https://patchmypc.net/freeupdater/PatchMyPC.exe. http://askvp.blogspot.com/2015/01/patchmypcfree-utility-for-updating.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878051723588189290.post-837294349045220212Wed, 07 Jan 2015 08:43:00 +00002015-01-07T00:43:39.776-08:00uncategory I had a ADATA 8GB SD HC card which as a Class 10 memory card. Due to bit of mishandling the plastic case got damaged. I got curious to know what was inside the SD plastic Case. So I took a box cutter and peeled the protective casing and this what I found.&nbsp; http://askvp.blogspot.com/2015/01/di-section-of-adata-8-gb-sd-card.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878051723588189290.post-840168066220783422Tue, 30 Dec 2014 01:09:00 +00002015-01-07T02:58:50.604-08:00FavoritePowershellScript The following are the top 12 powershell scripts for any IT Systems Administor to use: 1.&nbsp;PowerShell Script to check IP address Blacklist: (Updated) http://www.askvp.info/2014/03/powershell-script-to-check-multiple-ip.html 2. Powershell Script to find CPU type:http://www.askvp.info/2014/11/powershell-oneliner-to-find-kind-of-cpu.html&nbsp; 3. PowerShell Script to check status of website: http://askvp.blogspot.com/2014/12/top-13-powershell-script-for-it-systems.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878051723588189290.post-434148674875076854Thu, 27 Nov 2014 09:37:00 +00002015-01-04T18:43:16.332-08:00Tips This method allows you to find out the Wifi Password of your current connection. This helps if you are using the long system generated key which are more difficult to remember.&nbsp; 1. Open Command prompt 2. &nbsp;Type netsh wlan show profile name="yourwirelessname" key=clear http://askvp.blogspot.com/2014/11/how-to-find-wifi-password-in-windows.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878051723588189290.post-498322599469862822Sun, 16 Nov 2014 09:24:00 +00002014-11-16T01:24:04.466-08:00Windows 7Following are the links to download the official Windows 7 SP1 ISO from Microsoft website. This will come in very handy where you have lost your Windows 7 Installation disk or damaged it accidentally. You can always download a copy of your Windows 7 ISO files from Microsoft.&nbsp; All the Windows 7 SP1 ISO's have 30 days trial period perfect for creating test lab if you require to play with http://askvp.blogspot.com/2014/11/windows-7-sp1-iso-64bit-32bit-download.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878051723588189290.post-4582178704146023607Sat, 15 Nov 2014 03:48:00 +00002014-11-14T19:49:47.554-08:00I am quite thrilled to write this how to article as I have successfully flashed my Nexus 4 device to Android 5 (LollyPop) successfully. Here are the steps to flash the Android factory Image: Download the SDK and image Download the factory image for Nexus device: &nbsp;https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images Extract all the contents of the&nbsp;http://askvp.blogspot.com/2014/11/how-to-flash-nexus-4-with-lollypop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878051723588189290.post-4469658667150999304Mon, 03 Nov 2014 04:49:00 +00002014-11-27T01:51:03.965-08:00AdwareFreewareAdwCleaner is one of the best freeware that I found easily removes Adware (ads softwares), PUP/LPI (Potentially Undesirable Programs), Toolbars, Hijacker (Hijack of the browers homepage). This little tool will search and delete the above. It's compatiable with Windows XP and higher in 32 &amp; 64 bits. Downloadlink:&nbsp;https://toolslib.net/downloads/viewdownload/1-adwcleaner/ http://askvp.blogspot.com/2014/11/adwcleaner-freeware-removes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878051723588189290.post-9027086757699412803Sun, 02 Nov 2014 11:10:00 +00002014-11-02T03:10:14.642-08:00PowershellThe following Posh one liner command will enable you to find out what kind of CPU you have or Motherboard model or RAM slot &amp; manufacturer details.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Get-Wmiobject Win32_PhysicalMemory &nbsp;(RAM) &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Get-WmiObject Win32_BaseBoard (Motherboard) PS C:\Users\User&gt; Get-WmiObject Win32_PhysicalMemory __GENUS : 2__CLASS : http://askvp.blogspot.com/2014/11/powershell-oneliner-to-find-kind-of-cpu.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878051723588189290.post-6557337382106524206Tue, 12 Aug 2014 10:41:00 +00002015-01-08T12:40:10.327-08:00PowershellScript Here is &nbsp;a script to check the status of a website $HTTP_Request = [System.Net.WebRequest]::Create('http://www.blogger.co.nz') $HTTP_Response = $HTTP_Request.GetResponse() $HTTP_Status = [int]$HTTP_Response.StatusCode If ($HTTP_Status -eq 200) { &nbsp; &nbsp; Write-Host $HTTP_Request.Host &nbsp;"is OK!" } Else { &nbsp; &nbsp; Write-Host "The Site may be down, please check!" } $http://askvp.blogspot.com/2014/08/powershell-script-to-check-status-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878051723588189290.post-8349280518012761643Wed, 06 Aug 2014 10:55:00 +00002014-08-06T03:55:45.623-07:00Powershell Here is how I would find files less than 24 hours old in a certain directory. $filescreatedin24hrs = Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\Microsoft Exchange\" -Recurse | Where-Object { $_.CreationTime -gt (Get-Date).AddHours(-24) }| Select FullName http://askvp.blogspot.com/2014/08/powershell-script-how-i-would-find.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878051723588189290.post-6119226948754796611Wed, 02 Jul 2014 10:11:00 +00002014-12-30T15:06:40.200-08:00PowershellScript Below is the Powershell which may come in handy at time where you don't have Static IP $ExternalIPAddress = (Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'http://checkip.dyndns.com').Content -replace '[^\d\.]' $ExternalIPaddress # This will display the external IP address assigned to themachine Pretty Cool aha!! <!-- small banner --> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); http://askvp.blogspot.com/2014/07/powershell-script-to-get-external-ip.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878051723588189290.post-2234800466000426919Sat, 31 May 2014 12:06:00 +00002014-05-31T05:06:22.937-07:00PowershellThe following the Powershell oneliner to get the system uptime. (Date)-([Management.ManagementDateTimeConverter]::ToDateTime((gwmi Win32_OperatingSystem).LastBootUpTime)) http://askvp.blogspot.com/2014/06/powershell-oneliner-to-get-system-uptime.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0