Knowing how to find out a manufacture date of a Windows computer (laptop or desktop) can be useful in many ways. For example, if you are purchasing a second-hand computer you may want to know how old is it to determine the warranty status or to negotiate the price. This note shows 3 different ways […]
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Check Windows License Type – Volume | OEM | Retail
There are three types of Windows licenses: Retail, OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) and Volume. If you wonder which of these licenses is applied to your system, you can easily find this out using a Windows command prompt (CMD) or PowerShell.
Generate SSH Key in Windows
Starting from Windows 10 build 1809, Windows has a native SSH client that is based on the OpenSSH port. The OpenSSH client in Windows includes an ssh-keygen – the command-line tool for creating authentication keys for SSH. To create a pair of SSH keys in Windows, the ssh-keygen command can be executed from a Windows […]
Bad owner or permissions on ‘.ssh/config’ [SOLVED]
Starting from Windows 10 build 1809, Windows has a native SSH client that is based on the OpenSSH port. If you try to connect to some host from a Windows command-line prompt (CMD) or PowerShell using the ssh command, you may receive the error as follows: Bad owner or permissions on C:\\Users\\<username>/.ssh/config This short note […]
PasswordNeverExpires: Disable Password Expiration
A password expiration is a feature in Windows that forces users to change their passwords after a certain number of days. When it is time to change your password, Windows will send you a “Consider changing your password” notification. In this note i will show several ways of how to disable the password expiration of […]
What Active Directory Groups Am I In?
If your computer is running in a corporate environment, one day you may wonder which Active Directory (AD) groups your current user is a member of. The easiest way to see what AD groups i am a member of is by executing the appropriate commands from a command prompt (CMD or PowerShell) and this short […]
Windows: Get a User’s SID – CMD & PowerShell
Any user, group or computer in Windows has a unique SID (security identifier) assigned. The SIDs are used to control access to various Windows resources like files, registry keys, network shares, etc. Below i will show you how to get the user’s SID and how to do the reverse SID lookup (get the user name […]
Change Computer Name – Windows CMD & PowerShell
To show a computer’s name in Windows, simply execute the hostname command from a Windows command prompt (CMD) or PowerShell. There may be multiple reasons to rename the computer. In this article, i will show you how to change your computer’s name in Windows using the CMD and PowerShell.
Windows: `lsusb` Equivalent – PowerShell
The lsusb command in Linux, known as the “List USB” command, is widely used to list the connected USB devices and display the information about them. One of the quickest ways to list the connected USB devices in Windows is by using the “Device Manger”: simply press the ⊞ Win key to open the “Start […]
Get Members of AD Group in PowerShell
Get-ADGroupMember command in a Windows PowerShell is used to get the members of an Active Directory (AD) group. To able to get the AD group members using the ADGroupMember command you need to have an “Active Directory Users and Computers” tool installed and you should be logged into a domain-joined computer as an Active Directory […]