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Active Directory, PowerShell

Active Directory User Account Control Values

The UserAccountControl value is a 4-byte integer that represents flags on an object in Active Directory. When querying the full set of properties of an object using PowerShell, the value of UserAccountControl can be examined and interpreted to determine additional properties of the object.

Jimmy McNatt
April 1, 2017

Honda CRX Restoration

Engine Removal

The engine and transmission were removed to prepare for painting the engine bay.

Jimmy McNatt
January 30, 2017

Honda CRX Restoration

Front Floor Pan

It was time to tackle the front floor pan. Last week we cut out the driver’s seat rear anchors from the donor car. This week my goal was to remove the rusted anchors, refinish the donor anchors, and install them. I also wanted to undercoat the entire front floor pan. There were some additional blemishes in the driver door and driver…

Jimmy McNatt
December 11, 2016

Honda CRX Restoration

Second Coat of Primer

We needed to block sand the first coat of primer with 320 grit and apply a second coat for that ultimate silky smooth finish. Unfortunately, black paint shows every imperfection on the body. It needed to be perfect. Every bump and groove needed to be sanded smooth. Even though it’s a tiny car, most of the weekend was spent block…

Jimmy McNatt
December 2, 2016

Projects

Check-Service.ps1

This script checks a Windows service's health. It can report on CPU utilization, memory, and paging faults. This script uses WMI to check the state and status of the process as reported by WMI. If CPU, Memory, or Fault warning and critical parameters have been provided, the script will also compare the counters obtained from the process with these numbers.

Jimmy McNatt
November 22, 2016

PowerShell, Quick Tips

PowerShell – Capturing a Redirected URL from a Web Request

I was recently tasked to write an automation script in PowerShell to invoke methods on a REST API. In this case, the API redirected the web requests to a more specific URL with an HTTP/302 response. When attempting to use POST, PUT, or any other methods besides GET, the REST API issued an HTTP/308 response and would not accept the…

Jimmy McNatt
October 23, 2016