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Jun 19 2019
RetroPie Install Guide
This original guide is meant for the Raspberry PI 2/3/3B+ (Updated 11/5/2020) *** Click the below link to see the updated version for the RaspberryPi 4B! *** https://sigkillit.com/2020/09/09/retropie-install-guide-raspberrypi-4/ Hardware Used You can easily go cheaper on the hardware by getting USB controllers, getting a smaller MicroSD card, not adding the optional fan, or by not …
Jun 19 2019
Clean No-Intro 2018 ROM Set
IMPORTANT UPDATE 6/07/2023 – Major Rewrite for v6.0!!! Overview I did not want my RetroPie to be cluttered with ROMs I did not want. I only wanted the original games, I did not want duplicates or revisions, and I only wanted games in English so I could read the on screen text. For example, the …
Aug 31 2017
Remove RDS CALs from RDS Server
Background There are many circumstances where you will need to remove a RDS CALs from an RDS Server, or in some cases you want to rebuild the entire RD licensing database. Microsoft allows you to remove an individual CAL license pack using powershell, or rebuild the entire database. However, if neither of those work, it’s …
Oct 28 2016
Missing Power and Search Button On Start Screen
Missing Power and Search Button On Start Screen on Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1 Recently, after installing a Windows 2012 R2 Server VM, I noticed the Start screen was missing the Power and Search buttons. All of my older Server 2012 R2 Server VM’s had the Power and Search button on the start screen, …
Sep 22 2016
Move Off-Screen Window in Windows
Have you ever had a window that ended up off of your screen and were unable to move it back into view? I’ve personally had this occur after disconnecting a monitor from my laptop which I had my desktop extended on. However, there’s a simple trick to move the Window back into view of your …
Jul 14 2016
Complex Password Generator
Function Get-RandomPassword { param( $length = 10, $characters = ‘abcdefghkmnprstuvwxyzABCDEFGHKLMNPRSTUVWXYZ123456789!”??$%&/()=?*+#_’ ) $random = 1..$length | ForEach-Object { Get-Random -Maximum $characters.length } $private:ofs=”” [String]$characters[$random] } Function Randomize-Text { param( $text ) $number = $text.length -1 $indexes = Get-Random -InputObject (0..$number) -Count $number $private:ofs=” [String]$text[$indexes] } Function Get-ComplexPassword { $password = Get-RandomPassword -length 8 -characters ‘abcdefghiklmnprstuvwxyz’ $password …
Jul 14 2016
365 Password Generator
This powershell script bulk generates passwords in a similar style as the password generator in Office 365. The passwords begin with a capital letter, followed by 5 lower case letters, and 2 digits at the end. You can modify the pattern to suite your needs (Note: It’s using the ASCII table ranges as the set …
Mar 03 2016
Determine If Distribution Group is Being Used in 365 Exchange
“What distribution groups are in use?” and “How many emails are sent to a specific distribution group per month?” are common questions I receive with 365 Exchange or Exchange. Unfortunately, there is nothing built in that tracks how many emails on sent to a distribution group. However we can use Get-MessageTrace to count the number …