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Quickbooks Service Database Manager Wont Start – DNS Conflict

Sorry I know this is a really old post but in case this helps someone else, this is the best solution that I have found to exclude the ports yet. (takes the guess work out of which ports you need to exclude) https://helpomatic.com/quickbooks-2020-quickbooksdb30-service-database-manager-wont-start/ Run QB Database manager, click the “Port Monitor” tab (for newer versions) Take…

WORDS OF MAGIC:

Stories behind the words and names on Magic cards by Allen Varney [Written 1995; loosely adapted in early installments of the InQuest magazine column “The Name of the Game”] Urza, Mishra, Tawnos, Phyrexia, Mox — seasoned Magic players know these names like they know members of their families. But where did these words originate? It turns out that behind the names…

427: Original Recipe

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They’re Made out of Meat

Someone did a radio play of this… “They’re made out of meat.” “Meat?” “Meat. They’re made out of meat.” “Meat?” “There’s no doubt about it. We picked several from different parts of the planet, took them aboard our recon vessels, probed them all the way through. They’re completely meat.” “That’s impossible. What about the radio signals? The…

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MDT & WDS setup for OS deployment

In this guide, I am going to outline the basics when setting up a WDS server. I am also going to outline the basics when configuring and deploying an image across the network. Prerequisites: – A server running Windows Server 2003 onwards (I am using 2016 standard) – Sufficient space for the OS and applications…

16 Ways to Bypass the PowerShell Execution Policy

When I tested it on one computer it worked fine, but on another it failed as the running of PowerShell is restricted. To avoid this error the PowerShell script can be saved to a file with a ps1 extension and then executed using the following (replace the highlighted section with your filename): powershell -executionpolicy bypass -File…

Windows – Create a user profile without logging in as the user

1. Open a command prompt 2. Type the following command (replacing <domain> and <username> with your information): runas /env /profile /user:<domain>\<username> cmd.exe 3. Press enter to issue the command 4. The user’s profile will be created by the OS as a template from the Default User profile.

How to Automate PowerShell Scripts with Task Scheduler

Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler can help you automatically launch a program or PowerShell script at a certain time or when certain conditions are met. You can also schedule sending emails and even displaying certain messages. In this blog, we will show you how to run a PowerShell script from Task Scheduler that will alert on any software…

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Use PowerShell to download a file with HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP

In PowerShell, you can download a file via HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP with the Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet Download with SMB ^ If you are working in a hybrid IT environment, you often need to download or upload files from or to the cloud in your PowerShell scripts. If you only use Windows servers that communicate through the…