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How to install Flash Player in Windows Server 2019

December 14, 2018 by Paulie Leave a Comment

Windows Server 2019 does not come with Flash Player installed by default. But it can be installed very easily, here is how to do it:

How to install Flash Player on Windows Server 2019

Copy and paste the below command into a command prompt:

dism /online /add-package /packagepath:"C:\Windows\servicing\Packages\Adobe-Flash-For-Windows-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.17763.1.mum"

You should get output like the following if you had a successful installation:
You can verify if the installation was successful by visiting:
https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player.html
you should be able to see that Flash Player shows as installed and detected as per the following:

If you need to install Flash Player on other versions of Windows Server, instructions are here:

How to comment a block of code in the Office VBA Editor

November 28, 2018 by Paulie Leave a Comment

Being able to comment a block of code is a standard operation in any IDE, but for some reason the Microsoft Office VBA Editor does not include that functionality by default. However, the functionality is there and waiting to be used, it’s just hidden in the “Edit” toolbar which is not visible be default.

How to add the comment & uncomment buttons to the Office VBA Editor

Open the VBA Editor (Alt + F11).
Right click anywhere on the toolbar.
Select the “Edit” Toolbar.
You will now be able to quickly and easily comment a block of code (or uncomment) using these new buttons on your toolbar:
Done!

Here is a short video showing how to enable the edit toolbar to get access to the comment and uncomment buttons:

Hope this helps!

How to install telnet client on Windows Server 2016 or 2012

November 28, 2018 by Paulie Leave a Comment

Windows Server does not install Telnet by default, it’s such a tiny executable I cannot understand why it is left out by default. however it is very easy to enable telnet on Windows Server 2016 or 2012. If you do not have telnet installed you will see this message from the command line:

Image showing telnet not available in Windows Server — Telnet is not recognized as an internal or external command.

Install Telnet Client on Windows Server 2016 or Windows Server 2012 using the command line

The command line is the quickest way of installing the telnet client, very simply just type:

dism /online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:TelnetClient

Install Telnet Client on Windows Server 2016 using Server Manager

You can use Server Manager to install the telnet client, but it is a much longer process than doing it via the command line, here is a short video of the correct options to select.

Check that Telnet is installed

To check if your installation was successful, just go into a command prompt and type “telnet” and you should come to the interactive telnet prompt, like this:

How to change network profile on Windows Server 2016

November 27, 2018 by Paulie Leave a Comment

Under some circumstances Windows Server will automatically select a network profile for you which does not match your needs. It’s not very clear how to change it between public and private within the network and sharing center. In my opinion the easiest way is to use Windows Powershell to change network profile on Windows Server 2016.

Here is how to change the profile from public to private for your network connection on Windows Server 2016. There are several methods of doing this but I find the GUI method to be very unclear. So here I am going to document how to change the network profile using Powershell.

How to change network profile on Windows Server 2016 to Private using Powershell

Open Powershell
Type Get-NetConnectionProfile
If you have only one network connection you can change the profile to private by typing:
```
Get-NetConnectionProfile | Set-NetConnectionProfile -NetworkCategory Private
```
If you have multiple network interfaces and would like to change a specific adapter use the Interface Index Property like this:
```
Set-NetConnectionProfile -InterfaceIndex 3 -NetworkCategory Private
```
You can then verify the change has taken place by running Get-NetConnectionProfile again:

Obviously you can also use this method to switch back to a public profile:

Switch to public network profile

Set-NetConnectionProfile -InterfaceIndex 3 -NetworkCategory Public

Switch to domain network profile

You cannot use this method to switch to a domain profile because that happens automatically.

How to append to a file with PowerShell

November 15, 2018 by Paulie Leave a Comment

It’s easy to append text to a file with Windows Powershell with the Add-Content cmdlet, here are some examples:

Create a sample text file using notepad. I have created mine like this:
Open a Powershell Window and type:
```
Add-Content C:\temp\test.txt "Test"
```
If you open the text file again, you will see the text has been appended on to the end of the existing line:

The above example is fine, but as you can see the data was not written to a new line.

Example PowerShell to append text to a file on to a new line

To append content on to a new line you need to use the escape character followed by the letter “n”:

So to continue the example above you could use:

Add-Content C:\temp\test.txt "`nThis is a new line"

And then the resulting text file would look like this:

Append formatted data with Powershell by using tabs and new lines

This example creates a tab formatted file, the output looks like this:

The Powershell to create the above example is:

Add-Content C:\temp\test.txt "`nItem`tQty`tValue`tTotal"
Add-Content C:\temp\test.txt "`nPants`t4`t32.22`t128.88"
Add-Content C:\temp\test.txt "`nSocks`t3`t5.07`t15.21"
Add-Content C:\temp\test.txt "`nShoes`t12`t136.57`t1638.84"

As you can see, the tabs are added with the special character “`t”.

Disable Server Manager when logging in to Windows Server 2016

November 8, 2018 by Paulie Leave a Comment

By default, when logging in to Windows Server 2016, Server Manager automatically starts with your session. I find it really annoying. Here are three ways to disable automatic startup of Server Manager:

Method One: Disable Server Manager using server manager properties.

Within Server Manager click on manage and then “Server Management Properties”:
Within Server Manager Properties, tick the box that says “Do not start Server Manager automatically at logon”:

Method Two: Use Group Policy Editor (Will change the setting for all users)

Run gpedit.msc to edit the policy of the local machine or domain wide Group Policy Management Console
Go to Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Server Manager:

Method Three: Disable Server Manager from Task Scheduler

Open Task Scheduler
In the left hand navigation pane, go to Task Scheduler Library -> Microsoft -> Windows -> Server Manager
Right Click on the “ServerManager” Task and choose disable:

Method Four: Use PowerShell to disable the Server Manager Scheduled Task

Run Windows PowerShell
Enter the command:

Get-ScheduledTask -TaskName ServerManager | Disable-ScheduledTask -Verbose

You should see output like this:

So many methods to achieve the same result. Depending on how many servers you are looking after will determine which is the best option for you. I hope this helps.