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Find Public IP using command line on Windows

March 16, 2016 by Dan B. Lee 1 Comment

Instead of using an HTTP request through your browser, you can head to your command line and do a DNS request to OpenDNS that will return your current IP Address. Give this a shot: nslookup myip.opendns.com resolver1.opendns.com This works on Windows10, I'm fairly certain it won't have an OS limitation. Let me know how it goes.   … [Read more...] about Find Public IP using command line on Windows

Filed Under: Networks Tagged With: command line, Windows, Windows 10

Windows 10 Change Product Key Freezes

October 20, 2015 by Dan B. Lee Leave a Comment

This was very frustrating for me after upgrading to Windows 10. I know most of my posts are server related, but I hope this helps some of you. Problem: When you try to change the product key of Windows 10 the box just freezes. There's nowhere to enter your product key. Solution: Hit the Windows Key and type in UAC to open up the User Access Control Center If you're like me, you dropped this down to less notifications because you believe in your ability to not be dumb and get … [Read more...] about Windows 10 Change Product Key Freezes

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Product Key, Register Product Key, Windows, Windows 10, Windows Updates

Windows 10 Key for Evaluation Copy Build 10041 and 10049

April 4, 2015 by Dan B. Lee Leave a Comment

So if you go to the website right now you'll see there's a good looking key listed and available. Welp, this won't work for 10041 and beyond. Here's the key for later builds: PBHCJ-Q2NYD-2PX34-T2TD6-233PK Cheers! … [Read more...] about Windows 10 Key for Evaluation Copy Build 10041 and 10049

Filed Under: Microsoft Windows Tagged With: Evaluation Copy, Windows, Windows 10

View Port Bindings via Windows based GUI – CurrPorts

January 8, 2015 by Dan B. Lee Leave a Comment

We use Windows for a reason. It's hard for computer professionals to admit it, but the a GUI and the functionality behind an app, even a small one, can be really helpful. Sometimes there just isn't enough functionality in a command prompt or console. So when little apps come along that make our lives a bit easier, it's important to give them some recognition. CurrPorts is a little executable for Windows computers that helps us out. CurrPorts will give you a table showing all the information … [Read more...] about View Port Bindings via Windows based GUI – CurrPorts

Filed Under: Microsoft Windows, Networks, Security, Windows Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012 Tagged With: netstat, Network, Scanning, TCP/IP, Windows

WinRAR Access is Denied Error

December 1, 2012 by Dan B. Lee Leave a Comment

I was recently moving large VEEAM backup files from one site to another. They were so large that I first needed to compress them. A small side note: VEEAM backup files, which are already almost 45% compressed VMs, compress again very nicely using WinRAR or other compression tools. My backups are separated between Windows and Linux servers, which helps with similar data. I manage roughly 7TB of data for a mid sized company. VEEAM's backups compress that data to about 3.7 TB of backups files in … [Read more...] about WinRAR Access is Denied Error

Filed Under: VEEAM, Windows Server 2008 R2 Tagged With: 7-zip, VEEAM, Windows, WinRAR

Restarting services on a server remotely

September 25, 2012 by Dan B. Lee Leave a Comment

I've run into a few instances where I need to restart haywire services, recently with F-Secure services on Windows 2003 R2 Servers. The high CPU loads make it impossible to log into the server. SC.exe will help with this. Here are a few commands to get your started. Open a command prompt on a server within the same domain as your troubled server and run this command: sc \\servername stop "Service Name" sc \\servername start "Service Name" Before running the "start" command you'll want to … [Read more...] about Restarting services on a server remotely

Filed Under: Windows Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 R2 Tagged With: CMD, Command Prompt, command-line utility, remote servers, Restart Services, Windows, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Servers

Create 100mb file for testing

September 17, 2012 by Dan B. Lee 5 Comments

Scenario: You would like to test speeds from one place on your network to another; nothing fancy, you just want to watch something move from one place to another. Here's how to create a file to do just that: Open an elevated command prompt: Start > Run > type 'cmd' and hit enter, or Windows Key > type 'cmd' and hit enter, or if you find the command prompt shortcut you can right click and choose to "Run as Administrator" Type the following: FSUTIL FILE CREATENEW … [Read more...] about Create 100mb file for testing

Filed Under: Windows Server Tagged With: CMD, Command Prompt, Speed Test, Windows

Using tsadmin in Windows Server 2008 R2

September 5, 2012 by Dan B. Lee 2 Comments

Problem: When you go to start > run > and type in tsadmin and hit enter, you get an error. Solution: At start > run > type tsadmin.msc Explanation: tsadmin was an execuatable program in Server 2003, so excluding the extension didn't matter - you just type tsadmin and it would work. In Windows Server 2008, it's now an MMC Snap-In, so you need to use the ".msc" extension if you are going to run it. Nothing has changed, it still works basically the same. The real name of the … [Read more...] about Using tsadmin in Windows Server 2008 R2

Filed Under: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 R2 Tagged With: Terminal Services, tsadmin, Windows

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