Author: Dinesh

We can use a simple PowerShell command on Windows 11 or 10 to create random numbers. You can use this technique for certain real use cases, as mentioned at the end of this article. In this guide, let’s see a few examples to generate random numbers from PowerShell. The Get-Random is the main command to output the numbers with few conditions. Case 1: Get Random Number without any conditions Entering only Get-Random cmdlet will output a random number in Powershell. Since we don’t give any range, the number could be anything between 0 to Int32.MaxValue (0x7FFFFFFF, 2,147,483,647). Case 2: Get a Random…

By default, Microsoft Exchange 2013 and 2016/2019 on-premise servers come with a 2GB mailbox size for all users. But as an IT administrator, you will be needing to increase the mailbox size from 2GB to different sizes for a specific user or all users at a time. This guide shows you how to increase mailbox size in on-premise Exchange 2013 and 2016/2019 servers for an individual user or globally (for all users) at the database level. Exchange server mailbox size can be increased either by EAC (Exchange Administration Console) or Powershell. It’s quite easy to expand mailbox size, but you…

I configured and installed the Microsoft Exchange 2013 on Windows 2012 R2 server in the production environment. It was a single server installation with mailbox and client access roles in the same virtual server. The installation went smoothly after checking of prerequisites. But after the installation, I faced some issues in mail flow receiving internal and external emails. Everything seemed set correctly according to Microsoft guidelines including send and receive connectors (installed by default). Update: Though the original troubleshooting steps were done on Exchange 2013, this method is still applicable for most recent versions like 2016/2019 and beyond! After you have…

Here is the VectorLinux VDI download page. What sets VectorLinux different from a variety of other Linux distributions are stability, performance, and speed. VectorLinux is a fast LINUX operating system that is meant for Intel-AMD x 86 compatible systems and is designed upon Slackware – which is one of the authentic Linux distributions. With the help of VectorLinux, Slackware has been improved significantly and is now creating bloat-free, easy-to-install, easy-to-maintain and easy-to-configure operating systems. Thus, VectorLinux is considered to be one of the quicker, open-source Linux distributions available across the globe. The developers of VectorLinux work with a single objective – ‘to keep…

If you want to try and evaluate Microsoft Windows servers by pre-installed VHD files on VirtualBox or VMware, you are at the right place. Using pre-installed virtual hard disks always ease our job by avoiding ISO download, installation, and configuration. You can find out more information about the download links of Windows 2022, 2019, 2016 and 2012 R2 server VHD/VHDX and how to attach them to VirtualBox or VMware in this guide. Note: This guide was originally written for the Windows 2012 R2 server with the older version of VirtualBox and VMware. But the same steps are applicable for the…

Waking up in the morning is not easy for many people and a regular alarm clock or an app is also not enough for them. They keep snoozing their alarms or sleeping through them, which makes them late for work or whatever they have to do in the morning. Getting up fresh in the mornings is the best way to start the day and there are many alarm clock apps for the latest iPhone and other models available to help people wake up fresh in the mornings. Since the built-in iPhone alarm clock app does not give many options, we…

If you want to find the MAC (hardware) address of your network card in Windows 11/10 or earlier versions of computers, here are the simple steps.  You may require MAC (Media Access Control) address to troubleshoot the network issues or secure the network access by using the MAC address filter. For example, you can allow only specific MAC addresses on your home or office Wi-Fi network to access the internet. Let me show you how to find the MAC address on the local and remote computer by using the command prompt. We can easily find someone’s computer (assuming it is…

Is there a way to use the software without installing it on your computer, how can I get software which doesn’t depend on specific hardware requirements or is there any software which doesn’t need to be set up on a network of computers in my office? These are some of the questions which come to mind when we think about the usefulness of portability and ease of access regarding software. There is only one answer to this and that is SaaS. What is SaaS? SaaS or Software as a Service is a cloud service where customers are able to access…