The rm -rf command in Linux is used to force the deletion of folders and their contents recursively. The rmdir command is a Windows rm equivalent in a Windows command prompt (CMD), that also can be used to force the folders deletion with all their contents. In this note i will show how to force […]
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How to Check How Much RAM Do I Have
There could be numerous reasons behind a computer running slow but the most common is a lack of RAM (memory) caused by too many programs running simultaneously, and you may wonder how much RAM do i have and how to check the RAM usage. This note shows how to check the total amount of RAM […]
Install Minikube on Windows
Minikube is a single-node Kubernetes cluster that can be installed on macOS, Linux and Windows. It lets you to try out Kubernetes locally on your personal computer or use it for daily development work. In this note i will show how to install Minikube & Kubectl on Windows and deploy a first “Hello Minikube” application […]
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 […]
Get Active Directory Groups – PowerShell
Get-ADGroup command in a Windows PowerShell is used to query a Domain Controller and return Active Directory group objects. Particularly it can be used to get a list of all the Active Directory groups in the Domain Controller the computer is connected to. To get the Active Directory groups using the Get-ADGroup command you need […]
Install “Active Directory Users and Computers”
“Active Directory Users and Computers” is a management console used to administer Active Directory (manage users, groups, computers, polices, etc.). By default, it is deployed on a Windows Server host, when it’s promoted to the domain controller during the “Active Directory Domain Services” role installation. But the “Active Directory Users and Computers” can also be […]
Open Command Prompt in Folder – CMD & PowerShell
While browsing files and folders in a default Windows graphical file manager application called File Explorer, sometimes you may want to open a folder in a command prompt (CMD) or PowerShell to execute some commands within the current folder. You can easily open the command prompt or PowerShell directly in the current folder without wasting […]
Open File Explorer from CMD & PowerShell
File Explorer, is a default file manager application in Windows that provides a graphical user interface for accessing the file systems. While working in a Windows command prompt (CMD) or PowerShell, sometimes you may want to open the current folder in the File Explorer to continue working from there. This note shows how to open […]
Increase Image Size in KB (Without Changing Pixels)
Sometimes it is requires to increase an image size without changing its pixels i.e. increase the size of a file without changing a quality, dimension or resolution of the image or photo. You may need this for example in some applications or web-services that don’t allow to upload images if their size is less than […]
Windows: `Echo` Newline (Line Break) [\n] – CMD & PowerShell
In a Windows Command Prompt (CMD) and PowerShell when you execute the echo command to print some text or redirect it to a file, you can break it into multiple lines. In Linux you can do this by using the \n. This short note shows how to break lines and insert new lines using the […]