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Enable RDP on Windows 10 using Powershell

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Just a small reminder for myself (and you): If you ever need to enable RDP (mstsc) on a Windows 10 machine, and you can’t get to the System control panel item, use Powershell to enable RDP: # Enable Remote Desktop (Get-WmiObject Win32_TerminalServiceSetting -Namespace root\cimv2\TerminalServices).SetAllowTsConnections(1,1) | Out-Null (Get-WmiObject -Class “Win32_TSGeneralSetting” -Namespace root\cimv2\TerminalServices -Filter “TerminalName=’RDP-tcp'”).SetUserAuthenticationRequired(0) | Out-Null …

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Get rid of BroCoiner!rnf in my UE-V application

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Today was a special today. I -finally- upgraded to Windows 10 1709. Fall Creators update has reached ITExperience! Woohoo! ;-) Together with that update, I was also updated to the latest Windows Defender Security Center with lots of improvements. And it was this update that notified me of a nasty coinminer virus: Trojan:HTML/Brocoiner!rfn My Windows Defender …

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How to configure multiple UPN’s for specific users

The larger an IT organization is the more struggling you face when needing changes in Active Directory. An action that technically takes 60 seconds to complete may take a few days if you have to comply with the customer procedures. This is for example the case when you need to add a custom user Principal …

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