Category Archives: Windows knowhow

Howto do some things in Windows

Powershell: Convert 18-digit LDAP/Win32 Epoch timestamp to DateTime object

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LDAP use a 18 digit timestamp format. It’s an epoch timestamp.
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Windows: Prevent windows from installing a specific device(driver)

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Windows Group Policies have to ability to prevent installation specific devices.

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Windows: Working with Filter drivers

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Filter drivers can change the behaviour of devices.

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Windows: Inject Process Monitor in an existing Windows installation by Windows PE

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for debugging purposes it’s sometimes necessary to enable the boot logging feature of sysinternals procmon.

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WSUS: Windows Update Server does not deliver newer updates. Error code: 0x80070003

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a customer had no issue that its WSUS server does not deliver new updates (February 2023). The download of the updates ends up in an Error 0x80070003.

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