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5 04, 2016

Using powershell to change remote computer description

By Miłosz Engel|2016-04-05T15:55:35+02:00April 5th, 2016|Powershell, Windows 10, Windows 7|2 Comments

Changing or viewing remote computer's description, name and other options related to Win32_WmiObject and class Win32_OperatingSystem is relatively easy with powershell. Just type in new script in PoweShell ISE or in notepad and save it as .ps1 file. $OSValues = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_OperatingSystem -ComputerName "remote_computer_name" $OSValues.Description = "remote_computer_description" $OSValues.put() You can as well display current [...]

18 03, 2016

Migrate local profile to domain profile

By Miłosz Engel|2016-04-07T19:48:31+02:00March 18th, 2016|Active Directory, Windows, Windows 7|11 Comments

If you are joining to Active Directory computers that are already in use by users you need to migrate their profiles from local to domain. Same thing happens when you migrate such a computer from one domain to another. Of course, user may still their local accounts but this is quite pointless :) Migrate local [...]

24 09, 2015

Session “Circular Kernel Context Logger” failed to start with the following error: 0xC0000035

By Miłosz Engel|2015-09-24T11:22:58+02:00September 24th, 2015|Errors and fixes, Windows 7|4 Comments

If your Windows 7 Event Log is getting filled with the following error: Session "Circular Kernel Context Logger" failed to start with the following error: 0xC0000035 With details like: Log Name: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-EventTracing/Admin Source: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-EventTracing Date: 15/09/2009 14:48:38 Event ID: 2 Task Category: Session Level: Error Keywords: Session User: SYSTEM Computer: Picsoetje-PC Description: Session "Circular Kernel [...]

11 08, 2015

How to switch from IDE to AHCI mode in Windows 7

By Miłosz Engel|2016-12-22T21:35:10+01:00August 11th, 2015|Errors and fixes, How-To's, Windows 7|3 Comments

Recently I received a notebook that once didn't load Windows, USB stick (bootable) - at all. The first thing was to enable booting. The problem occurred after reset of the BIOS. I assumed the CMOS battery has depleted. Generally, no big deal. Switch off UEFI boot option and enable legacy instead. After booting, however a [...]