Perplexity https://perplexity.nl/ The virtual nerd playground of Jeff Tue, 29 Oct 2024 10:42:51 +0000 en hourly 1 85485858 Silently remote deployment the GLPI Agent https://perplexity.nl/windows-powershell/silently-deploy-the-glpi-agent/ https://perplexity.nl/windows-powershell/silently-deploy-the-glpi-agent/#respond Wed, 31 Jul 2024 06:22:30 +0000 https://perplexity.nl/?p=1781 Whenever you are using GLPI for your asset and ticket management it can be very important to use up to date asset information. The GLPI agent and GLPI inventory plugin when used together are a great set of tools to allow for this process to be automated. The only thing that can be a hassle […]

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]]> https://perplexity.nl/windows-powershell/silently-deploy-the-glpi-agent/feed/ 0 1781 Read PSD files without Photoshop https://perplexity.nl/software/read-psd-files-without-photoshop/ https://perplexity.nl/software/read-psd-files-without-photoshop/#respond Tue, 19 Oct 2021 10:31:04 +0000 https://perplexity.nl/?p=1611 Photoshop is a very expensive piece of software and there are times in which you would want to check the content of the PSD file as a normal user. Designers of course have access to Photoshop and the PSD file format is used just like you would use DOCX for Word to exchange information natively […]

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]]> https://perplexity.nl/software/read-psd-files-without-photoshop/feed/ 0 1611 Create simple backups of your PC with Veeam https://perplexity.nl/backup/create-simple-backups-of-your-pc-with-veeam/ https://perplexity.nl/backup/create-simple-backups-of-your-pc-with-veeam/#respond Wed, 10 Feb 2021 10:12:43 +0000 https://perplexity.nl/?p=1552 In a time where we work from home a lot more it is key that you keep your data save. In my case I of course work a lot from cloud services which all have their backups installed and configured however a lot of the time I do offline work or want a specific version […]

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]]> https://perplexity.nl/backup/create-simple-backups-of-your-pc-with-veeam/feed/ 0 1552 How to optimize the Windows Search Indexer https://perplexity.nl/tutorial/how-to-optimize-windows-search-indexer/ https://perplexity.nl/tutorial/how-to-optimize-windows-search-indexer/#respond Thu, 25 Jun 2020 09:53:17 +0000 https://perplexity.nl/?p=1457 The Windows Search Indexer by default may lack in some departments. This post is here for people that want to try to get the most out of the indexer using a simple option. A lot of people use a program like Everything to index the system and search for files that way. I do recommend […]

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]]> https://perplexity.nl/tutorial/how-to-optimize-windows-search-indexer/feed/ 0 1457 Compress PDF files using PowerShell and GhostScript https://perplexity.nl/toolbox/compress-pdf-files-using-powershell-and-ghostscript/ https://perplexity.nl/toolbox/compress-pdf-files-using-powershell-and-ghostscript/#respond Thu, 25 Jun 2020 09:38:14 +0000 https://perplexity.nl/?p=1447 Sometimes you just need to compress your PDF files because they are to large to share via for example mail. A lot of mail providers still use limits per mail message. I had a similiar issue and wanted to not only solve it for 1 time using various techniques but have an actually scriptable method […]

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]]> https://perplexity.nl/toolbox/compress-pdf-files-using-powershell-and-ghostscript/feed/ 0 1447 How to remove Cortana in Windows 10 2004 (20H1) https://perplexity.nl/tutorial/remove-cortana-in-windows-10-2004-20h1/ https://perplexity.nl/tutorial/remove-cortana-in-windows-10-2004-20h1/#respond Wed, 03 Jun 2020 12:24:18 +0000 https://perplexity.nl/?p=1436 Cortana the voice assistant from Microsoft will be a separate app in the release of Windows 10 build 2004 or 20H1. In our case even disabling Cortana from the Group Policies did not work as effective as we would have liked. Weird bugs started appearing that disabled Cortana on the second screen but did not […]

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]]> https://perplexity.nl/tutorial/remove-cortana-in-windows-10-2004-20h1/feed/ 0 1436 How to keep software up to date on Windows https://perplexity.nl/tutorial/keep-software-up-to-date-on-windows/ https://perplexity.nl/tutorial/keep-software-up-to-date-on-windows/#respond Tue, 28 Apr 2020 12:50:27 +0000 https://perplexity.nl/?p=1416 A common issue that I find when helping other people with their computers is that a lot of software is not up to date and sometimes even the out of date version that is installed has known security issues that can be resolved by updating to the latest version of that software. Now on Windows […]

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]]> https://perplexity.nl/tutorial/keep-software-up-to-date-on-windows/feed/ 0 1416 Convert PDF to images using PowerShell and ImageMagick https://perplexity.nl/windows-powershell/convert-pdf-to-images-using-powershell-and-imagemagick/ https://perplexity.nl/windows-powershell/convert-pdf-to-images-using-powershell-and-imagemagick/#comments Thu, 12 Dec 2019 18:03:12 +0000 https://perplexity.nl/?p=1304 Recently I had a lot of PDF files that I needed to convert to images. I needed it mostly for compression purposes. To get this done I started with experiments with GhostScript. However I didn’t get the results I wanted mostly because of my experience with it. So after a while I switched to ImageMagick […]

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]]> https://perplexity.nl/windows-powershell/convert-pdf-to-images-using-powershell-and-imagemagick/feed/ 2 1304 Clear the Recycle Bin for all users with PowerShell https://perplexity.nl/windows-powershell/clear-the-recycle-bin-for-all-users-with-powershell/ https://perplexity.nl/windows-powershell/clear-the-recycle-bin-for-all-users-with-powershell/#respond Fri, 25 Oct 2019 08:35:04 +0000 https://perplexity.nl/?p=1287 When looking around for an easy way to clean up servers and the accounts that use the servers I wanted a way to clear the Recycle Bins for all users. Consultants leave a lot of crap around on servers apparently. However because we use various versions of PowerShell there are various methods of doing so. […]

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]]> https://perplexity.nl/windows-powershell/clear-the-recycle-bin-for-all-users-with-powershell/feed/ 0 1287 Manage Fast Startup with PowerShell https://perplexity.nl/sysadmin/manage-fast-startup-with-windows-powershell/ https://perplexity.nl/sysadmin/manage-fast-startup-with-windows-powershell/#respond Mon, 30 Sep 2019 11:29:11 +0000 https://perplexity.nl/?p=1273 I needed a set off scripts to check the status of Fast Startup on a number of machines because of power plan issues. However running to the machines and checking is not smart at all. So I created a simple set of scripts that can check computers what the current Fast Startup status is and […]

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