@dbeato yeah which I had none of that information nor do I know if email delivery was setup.

@jaredbusch
Glad Assuming the drives could be identified as to what is RAID, could you have removed the redundant set, then progressed with the reset and if it worked, great. If not, then you could have put the redundant set back in and not have lost anything other than the time and knowledge that the drives were indeed encrypted?

@Dashrender said in Unifi Controller - Reinstall and adopt APs:

@DustinB3403 said in Unifi Controller - Reinstall and adopt APs:

@travisdh1 Yeah I'm thinking what happened is someone setup a Unifi Controller on windows at some point, then they engaged us and said yeah we don't have access to the AP's but its all still working. So they were sold a physical cloud key, and still the AP's weren't adopted.

Assuming you're at an MSP now, do you host a controller that you could just build a new site for and adopt the APs too?

This is what @Bundy-Associates and @NTG do.

That is the plan, but for now this is just janitorial work.

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@wrx7m said in PowerShell - Off-boarding Script:

@dafyre said in PowerShell - Off-boarding Script:

@wrx7m said in PowerShell - Off-boarding Script:

@dafyre I think I found where you got it - https://www.powershelladmin.com/wiki/Powershell_prompt_for_password_convert_securestring_to_plain_text

Anyway, I am not sure where, in my script, I should place that function.

You'd put the actual function at the top of your script, and then just

$myPassword=convertFrom-SecureToPlain -securepassword $MySecurePassword

Wherever you need the password in plain text form.

Thanks. It mostly works. The only problem is that it isn't actually using the password I specify at the top. It is somehow generating its own and then writing it at the end. I put in

write-host "Plain Text Says: $plainText"

and it shows the password that I typed in for the secure variable at the beginning, followed by the one that it generated.

Plain Text Says: $#@%4#@177 Jof91348

Works fine for me here.... Check and make sure you don't have an extra write-host or anything somewhere.

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Changed, though I already had login verification setup so no way someone else would get in easily.
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@dbeato said in AD User Tool: Bulk AD User:

@Dashrender Then, he needs to force it with Powershell no just a GUI....

Agreed.

@gjacobse said in Surface Pro 3: Boot from USB:

@Minion-Queen said in Surface Pro 3: Boot from USB:

I would but it's a customer machine so off to MS to get fixed it goes.

I still like the sledgehammer option

Frisbee?

@gjacobse said in Linux Mint: Reset Windows Password:

WHile I asked, I also searched:

Reset Windows using Linux Mint

You can use Linux live CD and a program named chntpw will do the rest. You don’t have to install that OS to your hard drive. I am showing you how to do it using Linux Mint. Visit Linux Mint website and download ISO. Burn it to a disc and boot up your computer using that bootable disc. Go to Menu>Accessories>Terminal. Type sudo apt-get update. Press Enter. Type sudo apt-get install chntpw. Press Enter and keep that terminal open. From desktop go to Computer and then just open the drive where Windows is loaded. It will mount that drive. In the terminal type cat /proc/mounts. Hit Enter. It will give output like /dev/sda1 /media/CA123DD456EA6512. This long serial no will vary in your case. Change it accordingly in next command. Type cd /media/ CA123DD456EA6512. Hit Enter. Type cd Windows/System32/config/ and Press Enter. Type sudo chntpw SAM and Press Enter. You will get a menu with all users of the system. Default is Administrator. Type 1 and press Enter to clear user password. If you need to reset password for a specific user, type sudo chntpw -u username SAM and follow previous instructions. Close everything and reboot system.

I was going to suggest the chntpw. As far as I know that's compatible up to Windows 8.1... Never had to use it on Win10 yet.

@BRRABill said in How to Reset your Wordpress Admin Password:

@IRJ said in How to Reset your Wordpress Admin Password:

@scottalanmiller How do you put your scripts on here. I was looking for a toggle in the toolbar for it. Is there some code that you use?

use the ` character 3 times

you mean this? you mean this?

cool beans