How to deal with PowerShell cmdlets requiring plain-text passwords
Sometimes cmdlets are asking for plain-text passwords instead of Secure Strings. And the New-SmbMapping cmdlet (developed by Microsoft! Huh!) is one of them…
Sometimes cmdlets are asking for plain-text passwords instead of Secure Strings. And the New-SmbMapping cmdlet (developed by Microsoft! Huh!) is one of them…
You may be probably a little lost when you start working with Powershell cmdlets handling secure strings.
Indeed, one can think that ConvertFrom-SecureString gives you back what you entered with Read-Host -AsSecureString or ConvertTo-SecureString.
But that’s not the case!
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When you are searching Logon or Logoff event ID numbers, you may find a lot of old sites talking about ID 528 and ID 538. However, since Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, these event IDs don’t apply anymore and are completely useless for those more recent operating systems. The Advanced Security Audit Policy […]
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