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How to Create a Windows Task that activates on event in Powershell

Hey I need to create a windows task that acts much like the Logoff Scripts in Group Policy (our environment does not have AD) do. The task needs to run as the logged in user so that the script can ...
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A logon was attempted using explicit credentials. event ID 4648

i am seeing this error on 3 pcs on the network and on our server, they are coming from 1 account that has been deleted and 2 that are still on the PC's. we are on a regular workgroup network with 2012 ...
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Is there a generic Android<==>PC app that exists for events? For example, when my phone rings, I want to mute the volume or run a command on the PC

I am looking for an app that talks to the PC through its own event API, allowing me to trigger events on the PC when something happens on the phone. Similar to how Cerberus App can remote-control ...
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Write Windows shutdown time to logfile

I try to automatically log the startup and shutdown times of my Windows Client (Windows 7 and newer) to a log file for later analysis. Therefore I created a task in Task Scheduler which executes the ...
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Windows Startup, Run An Application After Domain Connection Is Ready

I have an old software which does some work on domain as soon as it started. (Like sending a message to the server using MSMQ). This software should start automatically when computer starts. (When ...
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Efficient short life FTP server on AWS

I have a website for my business that integrates with other services in my industry. Most of those services send files strictly via FTP to their partners. When I receive a file via FTP, I generate an ...
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Windows event id for battery level change

I need to create a task in TS based on battery level change. Let's say my battery drops from 67% to 66%. How can I run a task based on this event. Does Windows log this at all? I couldn't find this ...
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Adding route automatically after a successful VPN connection in Windows 10

I'm trying on my W10 to perform an automatic "route" command after a successful VPN connection. I tried it based on this short description here which is for W7 but seems so similar, but I ...
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What is “call to ScRegSetValueExW failed for FailureActions”?

On a Windows 7 x64 system I find this entry in my eventlog multiple times after startup and once before shutdown. Der Aufruf "ScRegSetValueExW" ist für "FailureActions" aufgrund folgenden Fehlers ...
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Set Windows to close application when the lid is being closed [duplicate]

I need to be able to configure Windows 7+ to close all instances of Microsoft Remote Desktop application when the lid of the laptop is being closed. On MacOS I can achieve this via osascript. Could ...
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Find Windows error in Event Viewer

I am pretty new to Windows administration, however I need to learn fast. I received the following error while trying to diagnose a network interface. "An unexpected error has occurred. The ...
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When was a file last accessed in Windows 7

Is it possible to see when a text file is opened on Windows 7? I looked in the with Event Viewer a little bit but I couldn't find where to see the logs about a specific text file being accessed.
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How to monitor events of process start and exit under Linux?

Under Windows, we can use Process Monitor to monitor various activities of all processes, such as events of process start and exit. Is there a similar tool under Linux?
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How to check ping failure in logs/event viewer?

Ping had failed(Request timed out) to a target windows 7 system(192.168.0.31) continuously (continuous timed outs) for a time period of one minute. In the target system 192.168.0.31(windows server ...
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Auto forward Outlook event invitations as text or Gmail-readable format without notification

I've searched everywhere for a solution but couldn't find anything. I've even found a VBA script that supposedly does this but it showed an error of failing to execute. Is it possible to: ...
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