Category Archives: Windows

How to add a static route to force specific traffic to go through a specific NIC

route -p add 10.152.212.0 mask 255.255.255.0 10.224.5.1 This will permanently (-p) add a static route so that any request going to an IP in the 10.152.212.0/24 (255.255.255.0) network goes through the network gateway 10.224.5.1 of the other network card In … Continue reading

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How to enable/disable a network interface on Windows from command line

Assuming “Ethernet” is the name of the network connection you need to enable or disable: To enable: netsh interface set interface “Ethernet” enable To disable: netsh interface set interface “Ethernet” disable

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Force uninstall Symantec Endpoint Protection from Windows without password

I figured out it would be much easier to just use the CleanWipe utility from here: https://symwisedownload.symantec.com//resources/sites/SYMWISE/content/live/TUTORIALS/124000/HOWTO124983/en_US/CleanWipe3897.zip?__gda__=1517979685_a3d644edaa4bd0b810351c5a6cab2aa6 Enjoy! Source: https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.HOWTO124983.html

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How to add Ubuntu Server to a Windows Active Directory

Setup: Server: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS 64-bit pbis-open version: 8.3 First of all, install these packages: libpam-winbind (available in repository) nfs-common (available in repository) pbis-open (download latest version from http://download1.beyondtrust.com/Technical-Support/Downloads/PowerBroker-Identity-Services-Open-Edition/?Pass=True) Now that you have all the necessary packages, you have to … Continue reading

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Enable/Disable registration of LibreOffice as default app for opening office files on Windows

First post after a long time! Registration of LibreOffice as default application for Microsoft Office formats can be forced or suppressed by using the following command line switches with the installer: /msoreg=1 will force registration of LibreOffice as default application … Continue reading

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