Microsoft changed the signing of update packages for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 devices on the August 2019 Patch Day for the first time. The company signs packages only with SHA-2 since August 2019; it signed them with SHA-1 and SHA-2 previously but decided to drop SHA-1 because of known weaknesses.
Two updates need to be installed on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 systems so that SHA-2 signed updates are installed correctly:
We can get the list from our AD of users who have the change their password at the next logon set in Active Directory powershell cmdlet Get-ADUser.
Get-ADUser -LDAPFilter “(pwdLastSet=0)” -SearchBase “OU=Staff,OU=Org Users,DC=Domain,DC=internal” | Select Name,distinguishedName
It’s possible to to use Powershell to export lists of users who are allocated different licences in Office 365. This guide will help you export a csv file that contains a list of the users who have a specific license type.
Part 1 – Connecting to Office 365 with Powershell
$UserCredential = Get-Credential
Connect-MsolService -Credential $UserCredential
Part 2 – Listing Licences in your account
Enter the command:
Get-MsolAccountSku
This will display a list of licences and the number of each you own and are utilised.
AccountSkuiD: <instancename>:<licencename>
ActiveUnits: The number of licences available based on your subscription
WarningUnits: Licenses in warning state
ComsumedUnits: Licenses in use and assigned to users.
Part 3 – Exporting the Data for a specific Licenes Type
Enter the following command, this will export a list of users with Power BI Standard license assigned to them. Remember to change <instancename> to match the instance name displayed in your output from part 2.
get-MSOLUser -All | where {$_.isLicensed -eq "TRUE" -and $_.Licenses.AccountSKUID -eq "<instancename>:POWER_BI_STANDARD"} | select displayname,userprincipalname,isLicensed | export-CSV c:\crmstandardusers.csv
You will now have a CSV file containing a list of the users with the specified license. You can perform this with any licenses listed from the Get-MsolAccountSku command.
The following is a guide to enable Strict Transport Security on IIS (Internet Information Server).
Open up IIS Manager and navigate to the the Server Name
Select HTTP Responce
Click on Add, and enter the values as follows
Click ok and then click on the server name again, select the restart option from the actions pane.
You server should now pass Qualys SSL Test for Strict Transport Security.
When building fat Windows 10 Images it is necessary to sometimes install Windows Store apps, however you can’t just install them from the standard Windows Store, doing so will cause sysprep to fail. At no point should you try to run any Windows store apps when building an image.
DISM can be used to provision the app for all users in your image. The following is an example command using Microsoft Reader, it’s dependance of Microsoft VCLibs and finally it’s licence file:
Dism /Online /Add-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackagePath:Microsoft.Reader_2017.612.315.3642_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe.AppxBundle /DependencyPackagePath:Microsoft.VCLibs.120.00_12.0.21005.1_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe.Appx /LicensePath:Microsoft.Reader_8wekyb3d8bbwe_e5086f30-ff13-cf16-91fb-0cc6ed9c5613.xml
To obtain the app files you must download them from the Microsoft Windows Store for Business. Sign in with a user account and find the package you are looking for.
Once you have found the app you’re looking for select offline for the licence type.
Click Manager, then no the next screen click Get App.
Now Select your Processor architecture, if 32 bit windows select x86, for 64 bit select X64, Finally select your language. Ignore the Download button at the end of the line this will download a JSON file not required for this process.
Scroll down and click the Download link under “Download the package for offline use”, this will download the Package for Reader.
The next link down the page is the licensing file for Offline install, download this preferably to the same location.
Finally after the licence link you will see “Required frameworks”, this of course depends on the app you are trying to download, these may be architecture dependent also. Download these files into the same location as well.
Once you have all the files in a single folder or location open a command prompt or powershell window with administrator privileges and change directory to the location of your downloaded files from the Windows Store.
Execute the DSIM command like the following:
Dism /Online /Add-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackagePath:PackageFileName /DependencyPackagePath:DependencyPackageFileName /LicensePath:LicenceFilename
Once this as executed the package will install for all users, and your windows image will seal correctly.
TechNet – DISM App Package (.appx or .appxbundle) Servicing Command-Line Options
The following is a quick guide on how to get a count of the number of mailboxes in Office 365 for user mailboxes, room mailboxes and shared mailboxes.
Open an administrator powershell
$UserCredential = Get-Credential
The above command should trigger a prompt for a username and password, enter the details of an Office 365 administrator.
$Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/-Credential $UserCredential -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection
Import-PSSession $Session
Now use one of the following commands in powershell:
Retrieve number of user mailboxes:
(Get-Recipient -RecipientTypeDetails usermailbox -ResultSize Unlimited).count
Retrieve number of shared mailboxes:
(Get-Recipient -RecipientTypeDetails sharedmailbox -ResultSize Unlimited).count
Retrieve number of room mailboxes:
(Get-Recipient -RecipientTypeDetails roommailbox -ResultSize Unlimited).count
From your Windows 10 Home running Version 1511, enter the Windows 10 Pro Default key under change product key.
VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T
This default key will not activate the system, just take you to Pro so you can activate using a valid Pro key that you will provide.
Once you have done this, the system will go through an upgrade process from Home to Pro, but will not be activated on Pro.
You will require a genuine product key to then activate Windows.
The following will allow you to compress all the individual files in a folder to each be inside their own archive / folder.
Prerequisites / Requirements
Install 7-Zip, available at http://www.7-zip.org/
Set the environment PATH variable to include the 7-Zip folder path where the application is installed. e.g. C:\Program Files\7-Zip
The Command
FOR %i IN (*.*) DO 7z.exe a "%~ni.7z" "%i"
Explanation of each variable:
By default 7z will use it’s own file format, you can modify the command as follows to create zip (WinZIP / WIndows Compressed Folders) compatible files.
FOR %i IN (*.*) DO 7z.exe a -tzip "%~ni.zip" "%i"
== Blockchain ==
getbestblockhash
getblock “blockhash” ( verbose )
getblockchaininfo
getblockcount
getblockhash height
getblockheader “hash” ( verbose )
getchaintips
getdifficulty
getmempoolancestors txid (verbose)
getmempooldescendants txid (verbose)
getmempoolentry txid
getmempoolinfo
getrawmempool ( verbose )
gettxout “txid” n ( include_mempool )
gettxoutproof [“txid”,…] ( blockhash )
gettxoutsetinfo
preciousblock “blockhash”
pruneblockchain
verifychain ( checklevel nblocks )
verifytxoutproof “proof”
== Control ==
getinfo
getmemoryinfo
help ( “command” )
stop
== Generating ==
generate nblocks ( maxtries )
generatetoaddress nblocks address (maxtries)
== Mining ==
getblocktemplate ( TemplateRequest )
getmininginfo
getnetworkhashps ( nblocks height )
prioritisetransaction <txid> <priority delta> <fee delta>
submitblock “hexdata” ( “jsonparametersobject” )
== Network ==
addnode “node” “add|remove|onetry”
clearbanned
disconnectnode “node”
getaddednodeinfo ( “node” )
getconnectioncount
getnettotals
getnetworkinfo
getpeerinfo
listbanned
ping
setban “subnet” “add|remove” (bantime) (absolute)
setnetworkactive true|false
== Rawtransactions ==
createrawtransaction [{“txid”:”id”,”vout”:n},…] {“address”:amount,”data”:”hex”,…} ( locktime )
decoderawtransaction “hexstring”
decodescript “hexstring”
fundrawtransaction “hexstring” ( options )
getrawtransaction “txid” ( verbose )
sendrawtransaction “hexstring” ( allowhighfees )
signrawtransaction “hexstring” ( [{“txid”:”id”,”vout”:n,”scriptPubKey”:”hex”,”redeemScript”:”hex”},…] [“privatekey1”,…] sighashtype )
== Util ==
createmultisig nrequired [“key”,…]
estimatefee nblocks
estimatepriority nblocks
estimatesmartfee nblocks
estimatesmartpriority nblocks
signmessagewithprivkey “privkey” “message”
validateaddress “address”
verifymessage “address” “signature” “message”
== Wallet ==
abandontransaction “txid”
addmultisigaddress nrequired [“key”,…] ( “account” )
addwitnessaddress “address”
backupwallet “destination”
bumpfee “txid” ( options )
dumpprivkey “address”
dumpwallet “filename”
encryptwallet “passphrase”
getaccount “address”
getaccountaddress “account”
getaddressesbyaccount “account”
getbalance ( “account” minconf include_watchonly )
getnewaddress ( “account” )
getrawchangeaddress
getreceivedbyaccount “account” ( minconf )
getreceivedbyaddress “address” ( minconf )
gettransaction “txid” ( include_watchonly )
getunconfirmedbalance
getwalletinfo
importaddress “address” ( “label” rescan p2sh )
importmulti “requests” “options”
importprivkey “bitcoinprivkey” ( “label” ) ( rescan )
importprunedfunds
importpubkey “pubkey” ( “label” rescan )
importwallet “filename”
keypoolrefill ( newsize )
listaccounts ( minconf include_watchonly)
listaddressgroupings
listlockunspent
listreceivedbyaccount ( minconf include_empty include_watchonly)
listreceivedbyaddress ( minconf include_empty include_watchonly)
listsinceblock ( “blockhash” target_confirmations include_watchonly)
listtransactions ( “account” count skip include_watchonly)
listunspent ( minconf maxconf [“addresses”,…] [include_unsafe] )
lockunspent unlock ([{“txid”:”txid”,”vout”:n},…])
move “fromaccount” “toaccount” amount ( minconf “comment” )
removeprunedfunds “txid”
sendfrom “fromaccount” “toaddress” amount ( minconf “comment” “comment_to” )
sendmany “fromaccount” {“address”:amount,…} ( minconf “comment” [“address”,…] )
sendtoaddress “address” amount ( “comment” “comment_to” subtractfeefromamount )
setaccount “address” “account”
settxfee amount
signmessage “address” “message”
How to test the individual phone lines on an NEC SV8100 phone system
Each following line is 02, 03, 04 etc. depending on how many lines attached to the system. I frequently feel phone system documentation is hard to find online especially things to do basic testing like this.