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19th September 2014 · Luca Sturlese

Add DNS forwarding to resolve internet addresses

I am currently in the process of building a new home test lab, and wanted to be able to access the internet from within my test lab domain. The best way to do this is to add my ISP DNS servers as DNS forwards on my domain DNS server. To do this, follow the details below

18th September 2014 · Luca Sturlese

How To – Send an email with PowerShell

This is a quick article on how to send an email with PowerShell. The way I have done this is that I have created a Send-Email PowerShell function which can then be added to your function library and dot sourced in your PowerShell scripts.

Alternatively you could just copy paste this function directly into your script and call it from there. Either way, it is simple and it works. Plus you can send both plain-text and HTML emails. So here it is…

24th March 2014 · Luca Sturlese

PowerShell Encryption Function Library

Hi All,

About a year ago I had a requirement to securely store a few passwords that would then be used to run a PowerShell script. At the time, I thought it would be a good idea to create another one of my PowerShell Function Libraries, such as my PowerShell Logging Function Library.

This article documents my solution and the end product: PowerShell Encryption Function Library….

10th July 2013 · Luca Sturlese

Internet Explorer: Disable “Do you want to open or save this file?” download prompt

Recently I was asked to disable the “Do you want to open this file?” or “Do you want to open or save this file?” prompt in Internet Explorer for all InfoPath Template files (.xsn). Let me tell you it wasn’t easy to workout the solution, even though the actual solution is pretty easy.

23rd April 2013 · Luca Sturlese

ConfigMgr 2012: Prerequisites for Site System Roles

I thought I would create a table with a summary of all the prerequisites required for each Site System Role in Config Manager 2012 (SCCM 2012).

10th April 2013 · Luca Sturlese

Fix – Trust relationship between workstation and primary domain has failed

Today I thought I would do a quick write up about something that has been annoying me for ages and a few months ago I finally found the fix!

8th April 2013 · Luca Sturlese

PowerShell Script: Get a list of printed documents

I thought I would share something I did a few months ago and turned out to be pretty useful… a little PowerShell script to get a list of printed documents.

29th March 2013 · Luca Sturlese

SCCM 2007 Hotfix to manage Windows 8 and Server 2012 clients

There is a SCCM 2007 Hotfix available for download which will allow you to manage Windows 8 and Server 2012 clients without having to upgrade to Config Mgr 2012.

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