Stop Internet Explorer From Loading Automatically

Stop Internet Explorer From Loading Automatically

Internet Explorer seemed to have a life of its own. No matter what I did, it kept loading automatically and trying to go to Bing. It was not in msconfig startup. It was not in the startup menu. It was not in the registry as run or run once, yet it kept popping up. It...
Command Line to Retrieve Serial Number from Bios

Command Line to Retrieve Serial Number from Bios

There is an easy way to retrieve the serial number from BIOS without having to reboot and go into the BIOS.  The WMIC command line will retrieve the serial number for you with no elevated rights required. Open a command prompt and run: wmic bios get serialnumber...

Shortcut to Windows Startup Folder

There are two startup folders in windows, which are fairly deep in the folder tree. The shortcut to get to them is shell:startup or shell:common startup You can execute this in the run menu, or from the Start Menu on Windows 8.x and Server 2012 or Server 2012 R2....
LDAP Query to Find an OU by Contains

LDAP Query to Find an OU by Contains

Active Directory does not provide “contains” as an option for searching.  If you want to find an OU by its partial name, you can do an advanced search.  For example, if you want to find every OU that contains the letters “grp,” you and find it...
Turn off ScreenSaver with Powershell

Turn off ScreenSaver with Powershell

Turning off the screensaver can be done by using PowerShell to change three registry settings. You can check your current settings in your registry at this location: HKEY Current User\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop  Run this code in...