Tech Enthusiast, Infrastructure Specialist, #PowerShell toolmaker, Keep it Simple

Joined October 2007
142 Photos and videos
Has anyone figured out which KB is required to apply a Windows 10 ESU license?
79
Has anyone purchased and installed any Windows 10 ESU licenses yet? I'm trying to determine why there are two license IDs for ESU year 1. Get-WmiObject -Query "SELECT Name,ID,LicenseStatus FROM SoftwareLicensingProduct" | where name -like *client-esu-year1* | select name,id | fl
3
110
Mr. Automaton 🤖 retweeted
27 Feb 2025
The next version of on-premises Exchange Server is going to be subscription-based! @mderooij talks on RunAsRadio at runasradio.com/Shows/Show/97… about how Exchange server continues to evolve!
1
2
123
Mr. Automaton 🤖 retweeted
Ransomware and breaches and threats, oh my! 2025 looks to be a challenging year in security for sysadmins - but there are some great tools to help! Being a SysAdmin in 2025 on RunAsRadio at buff.ly/4iZCqA1
2
5
779
Give a man a phish, you steal his identity for a day. Teach a man to phish, you incarcerate him for a lifetime.
3
54
Check out this suite of handy utilities.
Announcing: the SysNocturnals Tools, a new set of signed executables (with source code) for troubleshooting, management, and informational purposes on Windows. ZombieFinder, AppLockerPolicyTool, RunAsUsers, SddlHelp, and more. github.com/AaronMargosis/Aar…
2
53
My IT career goals were not to advance and make more money, but to distance myself as far as possible from printer support.
2
104
Mr. Automaton 🤖 retweeted
28 May 2024
Windows 11 adoption has been slow in the enterprise... but Windows 10 primary support ends October 2025. Now what? @thurrott talks on RunAs Radio at runasradio.com/Shows/Show/93… about the options coming - going out of support, paying for extended support, or making the migration.
2
4
641
Mr. Automaton 🤖 retweeted
Today we explore your @Tanium agent perf questions with Principal Escalation Engineer @WindowsPerf. youtube.com/@Tanium_Inc/sear… #windows #linux #macos #virtualmachine #vdi #informationsecurity #informationtechnology #infosec #itops
1
2
224
Friends don't let friends SELECT *
3
120
Mr. Automaton 🤖 retweeted
I see a lot of new developers struggling to find their way, and here's my advice: First, you have to love what you do. If you don't, now is the time to try truck driving school or some other venture. You can make money in software engineering, but if you wouldn't do it for free (for your own purposes), it's not clear to me that it could ever be satisfying. Second, you need to DO what you love. You need to be coding either at home or after work or, if you're really blessed as I was, at work AND home. I wrote things like Windows Zip Folders and started Task Manager at home as a creative outlet to tinker with things I didn't get a chance to touch at work. Remember, if you're coding on something that truly ignites your passion, the time invested is never wasted, even if the project doesn't reach its full potential. However, I sincerely hope it does. And when you get 80% done, and the fun is over, force yourself to slog through the website and user signup and promotion and whatever else to "ship it". I never made a dollar off a product I didn't finish. Finishing stuff is what made me unique. I shipped a lot of code, both at work and at home. If you do these things well, eventually you'll find yourself doing PRECISELY what you love all day long.
56
155
1,249
93,825
Mr. Automaton 🤖 retweeted
Did you know that you can open Task Manager without the new XAML/WinUI frame by running "taskmgr -d"?
23
66
625
50,057
Are you domain controllers suffering from a little March Madness? Install the out of band patches with @Tanium. help.tanium.com/bundle/Domai… #patch #tanium

1
41
OOB Patches released for domain controllers. techcommunity.microsoft.com/…

42
Mr. Automaton 🤖 retweeted
📢The latest Windows Server updates are causing domain controllers to crash due to a memory leak in the LSASS process. Admins should uninstall KB5035855 and KB5035857 updates until Microsoft issues a fix! 🖥️🔒 #Cybersecurity #WindowsServer #MemoryLeak
1
2
1
258
February 29! It's so good to see you. It's been...what? four years? You look good.
4
195