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QuickTip – Capture Network Without Installing Wireshark

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]
Converted ETL To Wireshark

Wireshark is the industry tool for packet inspection, but you don’t always want, or are able, to install this onto production systems without a change request.  Whether you’re troubleshooting or investigating an issues, there are alternative ways to capture meaningful network traffic without installing Wireshark.  Ultimately we want to produce PCAPs easily without having to mess with switchport mi… Read the rest “QuickTip – Capture Network Without Installing Wireshark”

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Using PowerCfg To Set Server Power Plan From Command Line

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]
Set Power Plan Via Command Line

Being able to automate and set Power Plan options via the command is useful for both automation and tasks on Server Core.  We can use powercfg.exe to control power plans - also called power schemes - to use the available sleep states, to control the power states of individual devices, and to analyze the system for common energy-efficiency and battery-life problems.

Below are multiple examples of the … Read the rest “Using PowerCfg To Set Server Power Plan From Command Line”

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Stale DNS Server Blocking Captive Portal Or Simply Inaccessible

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]
Stale DNS Server Entries Causing Issues On Windows 10 and 11

It’s always DNS.  That’s the typical mantra when troubleshooting AD issues.

But what about a fully updated Windows 10/11 machine totally ignoring the DNS server it was told to use via DHCP?  Yes, that unfortunately was a recent problem.  On the machine it appeared to have the public Google DNS server (8.8.8.8) stuck.  Regardless of what network the machine connected to, it ignored the DNS server as… Read the rest “Stale DNS Server Blocking Captive Portal Or Simply Inaccessible”