Category: Tips & Trics

Quickest Powershell as an Administrator

🔒Secure Bits💡 𝗧𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 on your computer: 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘄𝘀 + 𝗫 > 𝗔 After UAC prompt (I hope you got one), Powershell as an Administrator should be opened. I consider this to be the fastest way, that also works on Windows 11. Do you use anything else ?

Open PowerShell as Administrator in Current Directory

🔒 Secure Bits 💡 Quickest way to open Powershell as Administrator in current directory ? No more of cd C:tools…. There is much easier way: ALT > F > S > A Press mentioned buttons on your keyboard in sequence (not at once).

MMC & Console Shortcuts

🔒 Secure Bits 💡 While conducting cybersecurity audits, I always struggle when the default language isn’t English, as everything in Windows and Active Directory gets very creative. Suddenly, the audit takes more time because we’re constantly searching for things. I would be lost without MMC/Console shortcuts; fortunately, they are always the same. It’s much faster […]

AD Drink Attribute

🔒Secure Bits💡 Did you know there is a 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁 ? With this knowledge we can finally track favorite drink for your employees ! “𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑘 (𝐹𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝐷𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑘) 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑡𝑦𝑝𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 (𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛).” Wow…next Christmas are going to be sooo much easier 😀

Change Password in RDP in VM?

🔒Secure Bits💡 How to 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗗𝗣 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗮 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲? Recently I have found out, that many administrators are not aware of this trick to change your password in RDP while working inside a VM. So I thought it might be worth sharing with you guys ! It is very simple, in […]

Attribute Editor Missing

🔒 Secure Bits 💡 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 “𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿” tab when searching for users? Many admins run into this issue—but did you know there’s a simple trick to access it without manually navigating through the OU hierarchy? Here’s a 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱 that many admins overlook: 1️⃣ Search for the user in Active Directory Users & Computers […]

Add Drink Attribute to AD

🔒Secure Bits💡 How to add 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 ? I promised to share with you, how to make this attribute working. It is very simple task to do, you would definitely nail this on your own. Active Directory – Add drink Attribute 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀 for more insights and free courses.

End Task Feature in Windows 11

🔒Secure Bits💡 Did you know you can add “End Task” feature to Windows 11 ? No more looking for processes in Task Manager. We appreciate this functionality.

Task Scheduler GMSA

🔒Secure Bits💡 Struggling to Use a 𝗚𝗠𝗦𝗔 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲𝗿? Ever tried using a Group Managed Service Account (gMSA) in Task Scheduler?It looks simple in the GUI, right? You select the account, try to find it… but nothing appears. Here’s the trick: By default, the search includes multiple object types within Entire Directory (Built-in […]

MS Intune Windows Firewall Rules

🔒 Secure Bits 💡 Did you know 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 in Windows Firewall (WF) console? I’ve seen 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 by this, so here’s a little trick. 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗚𝗣𝗢𝘀, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗲𝗲: “𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝐺𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑝 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑦.” With Intune, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 in […]