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How to Modify the Password Policies for Windows Server by Using Commands

The Password complexity is a Local Policy setting named “Passwords must meet complexity requirements” under Computer Configuration/Windows Settings/Security Settings/Account Policies/Password Policy. In a Server Core installation, there is no graphical user interface to set this policy.Instead, use secedit to import and export the security settings from a Full Installation of Windows Server 2008 and later Read More

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How to Disable Sync in SharePoint / Teams Site

Option 1: Disable sync at the library level If you want to generally allow synchronization in your environment, but restrict specific libraries from being synchronized, you can disable sync locally, for a given document library. Here is how to do this: Navigate to the library where you want to disable sync, then click Gear Icon > Library Settings Click on Advanced Read More

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How to Connect a Linux Instance on Oracle Cloud

You connect to a running Linux instance by using a Secure Shell (SSH) connection. The steps to connect to a Linux instance vary, depending on the operating system that you’re connecting from. Most UNIX-style systems include an SSH client by default. Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019 systems should include the OpenSSH client, which you need Read More

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How to Boot Microsoft Surface from a USB device

For all Surface models  Before you start, make sure you don’t have any other USB devices connected to your Surface, including USB mouse devices, keyboards, or other storage drives. Surface will try to boot from any other connected USB devices. Here’s how to boot from a USB.  Shut down your Surface. Insert the bootable USB drive Read More

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How to Convert an SSL Certificate to Other Formats

It is highly recommended that you convert to and from .pfx files on your own machine using OpenSSL so you can keep the private key there. Use the following OpenSSL commands to convert SSL certificate to different formats on your own machine: OpenSSL Convert PEM Convert PEM to DER openssl x509 -outform der -in certificate.pem Read More

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What is The Difference Between SSL Certificate Formats? – PEM CRT DER CER KEY PFX P12 P7B P7C

PEM Format The PEM format is the most common format that Certificate Authorities issue certificates in. PEM certificates usually have extensions such as .pem, .crt, .cer, and .key. They are Base64 encoded ASCII files and contain “—–BEGIN CERTIFICATE—–” and “—–END CERTIFICATE—–” statements. Server certificates, intermediate certificates, and private keys can all be put into the PEM format. Apache Read More