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Run Startup Commands Automatically with a Powershell Profile

by Jacki Moody | Apr 17, 2014 | PowerShell

If you have commands you want to run every time you run Powershell, such as import-module to get commands for specific software, you can do that by creating a Powershell Profile. You can find your profile path by running the command: $profile Test to find out if the...

SSL Errors Part 2: Binding SSL Certificate Gives Logon Errors

by Jacki Moody | Mar 25, 2014 | IIS, Windows

There are two common issues when binding SSL certificates on IIS: disappearing certificates and certificates that error when binding SSL. I am working on Server 2012 R2, but this issue can occur with older versions of IIS too. This post, “SSL Errors Part...

SSL Errors Part 1: Certificate Disappears After Installation

by Jacki Moody | Mar 25, 2014 | IIS, Windows

There are two common issues when binding SSL certificates on IIS: disappearing certificates and certificates that error when binding SSL. I am working on Server 2012 R2, but this issue can occur with older versions of IIS too. This post, “SSL Errors Part...

Delete files over 30 days old

by Jacki Moody | Mar 14, 2014 | Windows

You can delete files older than a specific age using the forfiles command. This command first became available with Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista. If you are on Windows XP, you can copy the forfiles.exe command from a 2003 server and run it since they share...

Add multiple tempdb files

by Jacki Moody | Feb 26, 2014 | SQL

Microsoft recommends servers with many CPUs and cores start out with 8 tempdb files to prevent contention. From there you can monitor and adjust the number of files. There is a bug that will prevent the use of multiple tempdb files if they are not all the same size....