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​Stop “installing” autonomous AI agents on your daily driver. You are doing it wrong. Our hero, Jolty (Zoë Roth AKA Disaster Girl) being told to ‘gonnae no dae that!’ a beautiful Scottish expression (please don’t do that) as a fire blazes in the background. This phrase perfectly sums up my feelings on MoltBot and the…

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  • Getting the path of AppData using PowerShell

    Getting the path of %AppData% using PowerShell + $env: usage

    There are 2 ways to find the folder location of AppData on a  PC, and to check appdata path.

    The first method uses the simple $env: command. This command has long been used by C# users to make multi platform software, in the case where your AppData or any other environmental variable may be living somewhere other than the normal factory set location.

    Simply open up powershell and type:

    $env:APPDATA

    Getting the path of %AppData% using PowerShell + $env: usage

    Method 2 is basically doing the exact same as above, but this time using a call and answer approach:

    Get-Childitem env:APPDATA | %{ $_.Value }

    path of %AppData% using PowerShell + $env: call

    Below are some extra $env: variables that you may find useful;

    Name                           Value
----                           -----
TEMP                           C:\DOCUME~1\bob\LOCALS~1\Temp
SESSIONNAME                    Console
PATHEXT                        .COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.PS1;.PSC1
USERDOMAIN                     WINGROUP
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE         x64
SystemDrive                    C:
APPDATA                        C:\Users\bob\Application Data
windir                         C:\WINDOWS
USERPROFILE                    C:\Users\bob

     

  • Windows 10 release set for July 29th 2015

    After a batch of updates over the weekend, Windows is now providing more info on the long awaited FREE windows 10 upgrade
    Windows 10 release set for July 29th 2015

    Windows 10 release set for July 29th 2015

    The popups, now appearing on some windows 7 and 8 PC’s are causing quite a stir. With some people on reddit calling it both ‘intrusive’ and ‘malware-like’ 
    It would appear that it is KB3035583 that installs this notification, but that requires Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.1 to function correctly, at the bottom of the article we have included a step by step guide in forcing this update in order to be able to reserve your own copy of Windows 10

    Below, the sirst 5 screens, then taking you through to the final offer, of ‘reserving Windows 10’

    win101 win103win102  Windows 10 release set for July 29th 2015 Windows 10 release set for July 29th 2015 Windows 10 release set for July 29th 2015 Windows 10 release set for July 29th 2015

    If you are still looking to get a hold of the update supplying this notification then Reddit user FearGX_ explains that you can force the update to do its thing. We’ve reformatted his instructions below.

    1. Open the Control Panel, choose Administrative Tools, and then fire up the Task Scheduler.
    2. Expand Task Scheduler Library, then Microsoft, then Windows, and finally scroll down to expand Setup.
    3. Click the folder GWXTriggers and on the far right hit Run.

    Again, this will only work if you’re running a legitimate copy of Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.1, have KB3035583 installed, and have all the latest updates.

  • Quick and dirty way to transfer or recover FSMO roles

    Here are the basic steps you can use to transfer or recover FSMO roles during or after migration;

    Without going into detail about how this process works, or what it does, If you have just migrated a new Server and are ready to make it the live master for the forrest and domain, simply open up a command prompt (CMD) and enter the following lines in one after the other;

    transfer or recover FSMO roles

    Ntdsutil
    Roles
    Connections
    Connect to server *New Server Name*
    Q
    Seize infrastructure master
    Seize naming master
    (if success – continue to the below)
    Seize PDC
    (Server “*Server Name*” knows about 5 roles)
    Seize RID master
    Sieze schema master
    Q

    Finito. (<– dont type that!)

    Why do we need to transfer FSMO Roles, or what are they anyway!?

    Because an Active Directory role is not bound to a single DC, it is referred to as a Flexible Single Master Operation (FSMO) role. Currently in Windows there are five FSMO roles:

    Schema master
    Domain naming master
    RID master
    PDC emulator
    Infrastructure master

    And that is your FSMO roles all transferred over using simple command line. Please keep your eyes peeled for further posts looking deeper into each of the FSMO Roles,

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