Work the Network
How can you determine if a user is VPN connected?
Ping the domain. (i.e. ping bockstael.local)
How do you view someone's Browser History?
BrowsingHistoryView.exe
Change a registry entry for Local Machine
regedit
net stop | net start
restart-service
services.msc (click restart)
Reset Local Administrator Password
net user administrator *
How to Check User's Internet Speed
Speed Test.exe
Name the application you use to find large files on the Hard Drive
SpaceMonger.exe
(or WinDirStat)
Force a user's Desktop Icons to reappear (redirected folders lost network connection temporarily)
Restart explorer.exe using;
Stop-process explorer
or
ProcessHacker.exe
Enable .Net 3.5
Windows Optional Features
Schedule a task to run on user login
Task Scheduler
Determine what interface the user is connected to the corporate network with using powershell
test-netconnection -computername bockstael.local
(interface alias)
How do you register/deregister bluebeam licenses?
Open Bluebeam from the program files path and change the license.
Override Group Policy for Local Computer
gpedit.msc
Join a Computer to the domain
GUI - System Properties
or
PS - Add-Computer
Make Standard Domain User a LOCAL ADMIN
netplwiz
or
Add-localgroupmember
Download a file from a website with powershell
Start-BitsTransfer
invoke-webrequest
Change the Data Source for a MS Access Application (i.e. IME)
ODBC Data Sources
Change Registry for a user who is not logged in
Regedit >
HKEY_USERS > GUID > "volatile Environment" Username.
Then use that hive to make changes
Enroll for Certificate as System
certlm.msc
or
get-certificate
Allow User to RDP to their own machine
System Properties / sysdm.cpl
Remote > Allow > Select Users
Check Signal Strength of WiFi Connection from command line
netsh wlan show interfaces
Command to install a MSI installer silently from c:\temp\install.msi
msiexec /i c:\temp\install.msi /qb
netsh wlan show profile <profilename> key=clear
Force System to boot into "Alternate OS" (Bootcamp)
msconfig.msc
List all printer's connected as the current logged on user. (which are local?, which are off the server?)
ProcessHacker.exe
Run as This User;
powershell.exe -command " Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Printer " > c:\temp\output.txt
get-content c:\temp\output.txt