I'm running Windows 10 Technical Preview on my Surface 2 Pro. Today I got a new update available, build 10130. Sadly when trying to install it I an error message stating error 0x80246013. First I tried a reboot with no luck, then after some searching the web I found a solution that might work. Stop the services wuausrv, cryptSvc, bits and msiserver Rename the following folders: Start the services again.

I’ve previously written about how to generate a random password and how to output a password in phonetic alphabet. Today I’m going to put those two functions to use in a practical example. Scenario: Carl is a helpdesk agent and today he is feeling a bit stressed out. There has been an outage on one of the business critical systems and the phones are constantly ringing. One of the calls is a user who forgot his password and Carl quickly asks the usual control questions to make sure that the user is who he claims to be, locates the user account and clicks on reset password.

Some times I need to configure specific settings that will apply every time I open PowerShell or load certain functions or variables. This can easily be achieved by using a PowerShell profile script. A profile script could be described as a startup script and is a script that will be run in current scope every time I start PowerShell, perfect for loading custom functions, settings or variables. The location of a users profile script is stored in the variable $profile which contains a string.

I once wrote a post on how to generate random passwords that would comply with Active Directory complexity rules quite a while back. My script on TechNet Gallery has now reached over 2000 downloads and I thought it might be time to revisit the topic with a few updates. First off I’ve just updated the script, mainly for better performance. I’ve also realized that a common scenario is when a user calls the service desk asking for a new password.

[TL;DR: I’ve written a script to bulk restore objects from Active Directory Recycle Bin, it is available on TechNet Galleries] Active Directory Recycle Bin The Active Directory Recycle Bin is a nifty feature introduced with Windows Server 2008 R2 and makes it possible to undo an accidental deletion of an Active Directory object. This means that if the Active Directory Recycle Bin is enabled, all link-valued and non-link-valued attributes of a deleted object are preserved and the object can be restored in its entirety.