Mastering icacls and takeown
Managing file permissions and ownership in Windows can sometimes feel like navigating a maze, especially when dealing with restricted files…
Set up NIC Teaming in Windows Server
NIC Teaming, or Network Interface Card Teaming, is a feature in Windows Server that combines multiple network adapters into a…
How to enable Remote Desktop by using Group Policies
In enterprise environments, enabling Remote Desktop manually on multiple machines can be time-consuming. Instead, Group Policies (GPOs) provides a centralized…
The Utilman.exe Hack combined with Windows Safe Mode to bypass XDR Solutions like CrowdStrike’s Falcon Sensor or Microsoft Defender for Servers
In this post I will show step by step the Utilman.exe hack on Windows Servers they protected by either CrowdStrike‘s…
Linux handles SSH and SFTP Port Specification different
When working with SSH and SFTP, you may have noticed a curious difference in how ports are specified: SSH uses…
Perform a clean Deinstallation of VMware Tools manually in Windows Guest OS
Upgrading/Installing the VMware tools or uninstallation of VMware Tools sometimes fails with the following errors This is an issue with…
What is PowerShell Dot Sourcing?
Dot sourcing in PowerShell is a method used to execute a script or a function in the current scope rather…
How to monitor Windows Clients in Checkmk
In my last post we saw how we can monitor VMware vSphere environments in Checkmk. In this post we will…
How to repair an Azure VM offline
In my previous post below we saw how we can run Azure VMs in safe mode by using the Azure…
How to run Azure VMs in Safe Mode – RDP Service not available in Safe Mode – Using the Serial Console and Special Administration Console (SAC) for Azure VMs
For Azure virtual machines you doesn’t have a real GUI console like for Hyper-V or vSphere in on-premises environments. In…
