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Display network connections (equivalent to netstat)</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-display-network-connections-equivalent-to-netstat/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-display-network-connections-equivalent-to-netstat/</guid><description>Display network connections (listening ports, active connections...)</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2025 12:58:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PowerShell - Testing name resolution (equivalent to nslookup)</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-testing-name-resolution-equivalent-to-nslookup/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-testing-name-resolution-equivalent-to-nslookup/</guid><description>PowerShell commands to test name resolution (equivalent to nslookup)</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2024 09:21:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PowerShell - View and manage DNS configuration of network interfaces</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-display-and-manage-dns-configuration-of-network-interfaces/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-display-and-manage-dns-configuration-of-network-interfaces/</guid><description>PowerShell commands to display and manage DNS configuration of network interfaces</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:04:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PowerShell - Managing IP configuration of network interfaces</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-managing-ip-configuration-of-network-interfaces/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-managing-ip-configuration-of-network-interfaces/</guid><description>PowerShell commands to view and modify the IP configuration of network interfaces</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2024 15:55:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PowerShell - Managing the status and configuration of network interfaces</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-managing-the-status-and-configuration-of-network-interfaces/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-managing-the-status-and-configuration-of-network-interfaces/</guid><description>PowerShell commands to view and modify the status and configuration of network interfaces (disable IPv6, enable/disable an interface)</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2024 06:11:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PowerShell and the Left Hand Side</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-and-left-hand-side/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-and-left-hand-side/</guid><description>An important concept in PowerShell, the Left Hand Side</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 09:36:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PowerShell - Managing disks, partitions and volumes</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-manage-disks-partitions-and-volumes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-manage-disks-partitions-and-volumes/</guid><description>How to manage disks, partitions and volumes in PowerShell</description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:58:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PowerShell - Managing System Restore Points in Windows</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-managing-system-restore-points-in-windows/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-managing-system-restore-points-in-windows/</guid><description>How to manage system restore points in Windows</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2024 05:42:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PowerShell - Playing with the Windows clipboard</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-play-with-the-windows-clipboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-play-with-the-windows-clipboard/</guid><description>How to send and retrieve information from the Windows clipboard</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2024 11:01:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PowerShell - Changing the state of a computer (sleep, hibernate, shutdown, restart)</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-modify-the-state-of-a-computer-sleep-hibernate-shutdown-restart/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-modify-the-state-of-a-computer-sleep-hibernate-shutdown-restart/</guid><description>How to change the state of a computer (sleep, hibernate, shutdown, restart) in PowerShell</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 13:03:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PowerShell - Compress-Archive and Expand-Archive to create and extract ZIP archives</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-compress-archive-and-expand-archive-to-create-and-extract-zip-archives/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-compress-archive-and-expand-archive-to-create-and-extract-zip-archives/</guid><description>PowerShell, through the Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive module, allows us to create, update and extract ZIP archives</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 11:05:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PowerShell - Export-Csv versus Export-Clixml</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-export-csv-versus-export-clixml/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-export-csv-versus-export-clixml/</guid><description>PowerShell - Export-Csv versus Export-Clixml, or the limits of Export-Csv</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2024 10:06:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PowerShell - Overview of Where-Object basic syntax and its limitations</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-presentation-of-where-object-basic-syntax-and-its-limits/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-presentation-of-where-object-basic-syntax-and-its-limits/</guid><description>Basic Where-Object syntax for a single comparison, its limits (several conditions, nested properties) and when to use -FilterScript.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2024 09:56:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PowerShell - Hyper-V - Give a custom name to a virtual network adapter</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-hyper-v-give-a-name-to-the-virtual-network-adapter/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-hyper-v-give-a-name-to-the-virtual-network-adapter/</guid><description>Hyper-V defaults to naming virtual machine NICs as network adapters. 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Hyper-V - Managing virtual machine configuration versions</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-hyper-v-managing-virtual-machines-configuration-versions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-hyper-v-managing-virtual-machines-configuration-versions/</guid><description>How to update the configuration version of a virtual machine so that it can use the new features available on your new Hyper-V</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The difference between updates and upgrades</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/the-difference-between-update-and-upgrade/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/the-difference-between-update-and-upgrade/</guid><description>A video to explain the terms upgrade, update, quality update and functionality update</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PowerShell - Create a virtual machine for Windows 11 with Hyper-V</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-create-a-virtual-machine-for-windows-11-with-hyper-v/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-create-a-virtual-machine-for-windows-11-with-hyper-v/</guid><description>Here&apos;s how to create a virtual machine in Hyper-V ready to host a Windows 11</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PowerShell - Displaying control panels</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-display-configuration-panels/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-display-configuration-panels/</guid><description>Control panels can be displayed directly from PowerShell commands</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The difference between a printer and a printing device</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/the-difference-between-a-printer-and-a-printing-device/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/the-difference-between-a-printer-and-a-printing-device/</guid><description>A video explaining the difference between a printer and a printing device in Windows 10, Windows 11 and Windows Server.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Windows - How to copy application settings between different user accounts</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/windows-how-to-copy-application-settings-between-different-user-accounts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/windows-how-to-copy-application-settings-between-different-user-accounts/</guid><description>Where Windows stores application settings in the user profile (AppData, Packages) so you can copy them to another user account.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PowerShell - Double redirection with Tee-Object</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-the-double-redirection-with-tee-object/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-the-double-redirection-with-tee-object/</guid><description>Tee-Object performs a double redirection, to standard output and to a file or variable</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Windows - How to run a memory test to detect faulty RAM</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/windows-how-to-test-memory-to-detect-failing-live-memory/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/windows-how-to-test-memory-to-detect-failing-live-memory/</guid><description>Run the Windows built-in memory diagnostic to check whether faulty RAM is causing blue screen crashes, shown in a video.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Windows - Overview of user profiles</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/windows-presentation-of-user-profiles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/windows-presentation-of-user-profiles/</guid><description>Presentation of Windows user profiles in video format</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hyper-V - The LockOnDisconnect feature</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/hyper-v-the-functionality-lockondisconnect/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/hyper-v-the-functionality-lockondisconnect/</guid><description>LockOnDisconnect automatically locks the session when the console is closed in simple mode</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Active Directory - Viewing and protecting unprotected organizational units with PowerShell</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/active-directory-display-and-protect-organisation-units-not-protected-with-powershell/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/active-directory-display-and-protect-organisation-units-not-protected-with-powershell/</guid><description>List the organizational units not protected against accidental deletion with PowerShell, then protect them all in one command.</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to delete personal metadata from Windows files</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/how-to-delete-personal-data-contained-in-files-under-windows/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/how-to-delete-personal-data-contained-in-files-under-windows/</guid><description>How to view and delete personal metadata contained in Windows files</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PowerShell - The $FormatEnumerationLimit variable</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-the-$formatenumerationlimit-variable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-the-$formatenumerationlimit-variable/</guid><description>Overview of the $FormatEnumerationLimit variable and when Format-Table -Wrap won&apos;t work</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hyper-V - Single and extended session modes</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/hyper-v-modes-of-session-simple-and-extended/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/hyper-v-modes-of-session-simple-and-extended/</guid><description>A new video to introduce single and extended session modes in Hyper-V</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PowerShell - Using the Windows Server Best Practice Analyzer</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-use-the-best-practice-analyzer-of-windows-server/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-use-the-best-practice-analyzer-of-windows-server/</guid><description>The Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) is a tool integrated into Windows Server that checks whether certain configurations (mainly roles) comply with best practices</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to customise the Send To menu in Windows Explorer</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/how-to-customize-the-menu-send-to-your-explorer-windows/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/how-to-customize-the-menu-send-to-your-explorer-windows/</guid><description>Customise the Send To menu in Windows Explorer</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Launch software on login with a simple shortcut</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/launch-a-software-session-opener-with-a-simple-shortcut/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/launch-a-software-session-opener-with-a-simple-shortcut/</guid><description>Run a program at sign-in from a shortcut in the startup folders, and remove the startup delay in the registry with PowerShell.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PowerShell - Difference between -Path and -LiteralPath, -Name and -LiteralName parameters</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/difference-between-parameters--path-and--literalpath--name-and--literalname/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/difference-between-parameters--path-and--literalpath--name-and--literalname/</guid><description>Why -Path accepts wildcards while -LiteralPath treats [ ] * ? as plain characters, shown with Get-Item tests and Get-Help output.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PowerShell - Changing the screen resolution on a Windows server</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-change-screen-resolution-on-a-windows-server/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-change-screen-resolution-on-a-windows-server/</guid><description>It&apos;s possible to change the screen resolution easily using PowerShell on Windows servers (with or without a graphical interface). 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Quickly display the code executed by a function</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-quickly-display-code-executed-by-a-function/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-quickly-display-code-executed-by-a-function/</guid><description>It can be interesting to display the code executed by a function, such as that provided natively by PowerShell, for a need or simply out of curiosity</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PowerShell - Playing with the -PipelineVariable parameter</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-playing-with-the-pipelineVariable-parameter/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-playing-with-the-pipelineVariable-parameter/</guid><description>In PowerShell, the -PipelineVariable parameter stores the value of the current pipeline as a variable for a cmdlet in a pipeline</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PowerShell - 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Checking for duplicate array elements</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-checking-for-duplicate-array-elements/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-checking-for-duplicate-array-elements/</guid><description>A little PowerShell code to check for duplicate elements in an array</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Windows Admin Center - Installing extensions using PowerShell</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/windows-admin-center-install-extensions-using-powershell/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/windows-admin-center-install-extensions-using-powershell/</guid><description>I find it quite time-consuming to have to install Windows Admin Center extensions from the interface and PowerShell does it easily</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to display information about your Windows system and use bginfo</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/how-to-display-information-about-your-system-windows-and-use-bginfo/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/how-to-display-information-about-your-system-windows-and-use-bginfo/</guid><description>In this video, I&apos;ll show you several ways of displaying information about your Windows system and also use bginfo to have some of this information at your fingertips</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Windows Admin Center - 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It is also possible to do this in PowerShell using the MSIPatches module</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to reset Windows 10 or Windows 11</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/how-to-reset-windows-10-ou-windows-11/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/how-to-reset-windows-10-ou-windows-11/</guid><description>If you are selling your computer or it is unstable, the reset function may be of interest to you.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to reactivate the F8 menu in Windows 10 and Windows 11</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/how-to-reactivate-the-F8-menu-in-windows-10-and-windows-11/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/how-to-reactivate-the-F8-menu-in-windows-10-and-windows-11/</guid><description>The F8 menu is available whenever your computer starts up and lets you quickly access Windows startup modes such as Safe Mode. It is no longer available by default in Windows 10 and 11, but you can reactivate it</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Excel - Keep rows and/or columns visible</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/keeps-rows-and-or-columns-visible/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/keeps-rows-and-or-columns-visible/</guid><description>How to keep rows and/or columns visible in Excel</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Automatically launch an application as administrator under Windows</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/launch-automatically-an-application-as-an-administrator/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/launch-automatically-an-application-as-an-administrator/</guid><description>A video showing how to launch an application automatically as an administrator in Windows</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Excel - Generate a list of months, days, dates or numbers</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/excel-generate-a-list-of-months-days-dates-or-numbers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/excel-generate-a-list-of-months-days-dates-or-numbers/</guid><description>How to generate a list of months, days, dates or numbers in Excel</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Windows 10 and Windows 11 kiosk access</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/kiosk-mode-device-lockdown-kiosk-of-windows-10-and-windows-11/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/kiosk-mode-device-lockdown-kiosk-of-windows-10-and-windows-11/</guid><description>Video on assigned access, also known as kiosk mode or device lockdown in Windows 10 and Windows 11</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>5 ways to achieve Windows recovery (WinRe) on Windows 10 and 11</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/5-methods-for-reaching-windows-recovery-winre-on-windows-10-and-11/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/5-methods-for-reaching-windows-recovery-winre-on-windows-10-and-11/</guid><description>Five different methods to reach the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRe) troubleshooting tool on Windows 10 and Windows 11.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PowerShell - Using BITS file transfer</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-using-BITS-file-transfer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-using-BITS-file-transfer/</guid><description>BITS (Background Intelligent Transfer Service) is a Windows service for transferring data</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PowerShell - Manage file integrity with a catalogue file</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-manage-file-integrity-with-a-catalogue-file/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-manage-file-integrity-with-a-catalogue-file/</guid><description>It is very easy to check file integrity in PowerShell using a catalogue file, which works in the same way as driver catalogue files</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Managing your storage space in Windows 10 and Windows 11</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/manage-your-storage-space-under-windows-10-and-windows-11/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/manage-your-storage-space-under-windows-10-and-windows-11/</guid><description>Windows 10, Windows 11 and also the Windows Server 2022, 2019 and 2016 versions have features in Settings that give you a better view of how your disk space is being used and help you to tidy things up</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mastering the Windows Device Manager</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/master-device-manager-windows/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/master-device-manager-windows/</guid><description>A new video showing the Device Manager in Windows 10 and Windows 11</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Windows Device Manager</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/windows-device-manager/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/windows-device-manager/</guid><description>A video to help you use Windows Device Manager</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A better understanding of driver and device management in Windows</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/better-understanding-driver-and-device-management-windows/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/better-understanding-driver-and-device-management-windows/</guid><description>A video to understand how Windows manages drivers and devices, for Windows 10, Windows 11 and Windows Server editions.</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to install Active Directory via the graphical interface</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/how-to-install-Active-Directory-via-graphic-interface/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/how-to-install-Active-Directory-via-graphic-interface/</guid><description>First of four articles showcasing different methods for installing Active Directory</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Available/used memory VS Committed memory</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/memory-available-used-vs-memory-committed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/memory-available-used-vs-memory-committed/</guid><description>Memory used or, conversely, memory available is a value to be taken into account when analysing memory problems, but the value of committed memory is also important. Video explanation.</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Windows Resource Monitor - Detailed use</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/monitor-resource-windows-detailed-usage/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/monitor-resource-windows-detailed-usage/</guid><description>The Resource Monitor is a tool for displaying information, in real time and in greater detail than the Task Manager, about the use of hardware resources by processes</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Make better use of your keyboard for greater efficiency</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/use-your-keyboard-better-for-efficiency/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/use-your-keyboard-better-for-efficiency/</guid><description>An article on how to make better use of your keyboard to improve your efficiency</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PowerShell - Difference between $? and $LASTEXITCODE</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-difference-between-$-and-$lastexitcode/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-difference-between-$-and-$lastexitcode/</guid><description>Difference between $? and $LASTEXITCODE automatic variables in PowerShell</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Improving the usability of PowerShell on the command line with PSReadLine</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/improving-ergonomics-powershell-with-psreadline/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/improving-ergonomics-powershell-with-psreadline/</guid><description>The PSReadLine PowerShell module replaces the command line experience for PowerShell 3 and above</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Windows - How can you assess the performance of your machine</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/windows-how-to-evaluate-your-machine-performance/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/windows-how-to-evaluate-your-machine-performance/</guid><description>How do you assess the performance of your Windows machine? Windows incorporates a tool called winsat</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Managing the Windows credentials vault</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/managing-the-windows-credentials-vault/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/managing-the-windows-credentials-vault/</guid><description>The Windows log-in vault allows you to save log-ins and passwords. It can be used voluntarily (or involuntarily) by ticking a memorise credentials box when connecting to shares or when connecting to a remote desktop, for example</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Save time using the quick access bar in Office</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/save-time-using-the-quick-access-bar-in-office/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/save-time-using-the-quick-access-bar-in-office/</guid><description>The quick access bar introduced in Office 2013 means that the actions you want are always just a click away</description><pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Windows - Is disabling services a good idea or not?</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/windows-disable-services-a-good-idea-or-not/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/windows-disable-services-a-good-idea-or-not/</guid><description>Is disabling Windows Services a good idea or not? Here&apos;s a video presenting my opinion on the subject, and some advice to help you with this task</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Discover the test/evaluation account in Windows 10 and Windows 11</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/uncover-the-test-evaluation-account-under-windows-10-and-windows-11/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/uncover-the-test-evaluation-account-under-windows-10-and-windows-11/</guid><description>A test account (for Windows 10) or evaluation account (for Windows 11) is used to define a dedicated environment for taking an online test</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Task Manager in Windows 10 and Windows 11</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/task-manager-in-windows-10-and-windows-11/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/task-manager-in-windows-10-and-windows-11/</guid><description>A series of two videos about the Task Manager in Windows 10 and Windows 11, meant to be watched one after the other.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to clean and repair the Windows Component Store</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/how-to-clean-and-repair-the-component-store-windows-winsxs-folder/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/how-to-clean-and-repair-the-component-store-windows-winsxs-folder/</guid><description>The C:\Windows\WinSxS (Windows Side by Side) component store is used by Windows Update to install new components, to activate or deactivate roles or functions...</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to use the free Font Awesome icons in Office</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/how-to-use-free-icons-from-awesome-in-office/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/how-to-use-free-icons-from-awesome-in-office/</guid><description>It&apos;s easy to use Font Awesome&apos;s free icons in Office and other Windows applications</description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How do I change the location of folders such as my documents, images and music?</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/windows-how-to-change-the-location-of-such-folders-as-my-documents-my-images-my-music/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/windows-how-to-change-the-location-of-such-folders-as-my-documents-my-images-my-music/</guid><description>How can I change the location of folders such as my documents, images or music under Windows? This can make it possible to move this data to another volume to reclaim space on the C: volume</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PowerShell - 5 ways to remove duplicates</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-5-methods-for-deleting-duplicates/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-5-methods-for-deleting-duplicates/</guid><description>Here are 5 case-sensitive and case-insensitive techniques for removing duplicates in PowerShell</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Using SMB compression under Windows Server 2022 and Windows 11</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/using-smb-compression-under-windows-server-2022-and-windows-11/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/using-smb-compression-under-windows-server-2022-and-windows-11/</guid><description>Use SMB compression under Windows Server 2022 and Windows 11 to reduce data transfer times on network shares</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PowerShell - Sorting with Sort-Object</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-sort-with-sort-object/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-sort-with-sort-object/</guid><description>Sort-Object allows you to sort and filter unique values. The cmdlet offers sorting options that you may not have taken the time to explore</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Using File History in Windows 10 and 11 to back up your files</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/use-file-history-under-Windows-10-and-Windows-11/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/use-file-history-under-Windows-10-and-Windows-11/</guid><description>Windows 10 and 11 have a feature that lets you save your files and different versions of them, called File History</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Backing up and restoring drivers quickly under Windows</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/back-up-restore-rapidly-your-drivers-under-windows/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/back-up-restore-rapidly-your-drivers-under-windows/</guid><description>You can back up and restore your drivers on Windows without third-party software (the method used works from Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016)</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to disable NetBIOS on Windows</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/how-to-disable-netbios-on-windows/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/how-to-disable-netbios-on-windows/</guid><description>There are two ways to disable the old NetBIOS network protocol on Windows, via DHCP or manually (graphically or from the command line)</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The history of the clipboard in Windows 10 and Windows 11</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/clipboard-history-under-windows-10-and-windows-11/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/clipboard-history-under-windows-10-and-windows-11/</guid><description>The clipboard history in Windows 10 and Windows 11 lets you save and reuse text that has already been copied and replaced in the clipboard</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to define several fixed IPs on a network interface in Windows</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/how-to-define-several-ip-fixes-on-one-interface-in-windows/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/how-to-define-several-ip-fixes-on-one-interface-in-windows/</guid><description>It is possible to define several fixed IPs on a network interface in Windows</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to deactivate Hibernation with or without Quick Start</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/how-to-disable-hibernation-keeping-or-quick-start/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/how-to-disable-hibernation-keeping-or-quick-start/</guid><description>Here&apos;s how to disable hibernation, with or without Quick Start</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Windows - Set the priority for using network cards</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/windows-set-the-priority-for-using-network-cards/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/windows-set-the-priority-for-using-network-cards/</guid><description>If the network card used by Windows is not the one that suits you (for example, the Wi-Fi network card rather than your wired network card, when both are connected to the same network), you can set the priority for using the network cards</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Check the health of your battery on Windows</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/check-the-health-battery-status-on-windows/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/check-the-health-battery-status-on-windows/</guid><description>How do you generate and interpret a battery health report on Windows?</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PowerShell - Convert-Path and Resolve-Path</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-convert-path-and-resolve-path/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-convert-path-and-resolve-path/</guid><description>Convert-Path and Resolve-Path can also enable interesting actions</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The check disk and its new features since Windows 8</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/check-disk-new-features-since-windows-8/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/check-disk-new-features-since-windows-8/</guid><description>The check disk (chkdsk) is used to check and correct errors on the file system</description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PowerShell - Join-Path to join paths</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-join-path-to-join-paths/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-join-path-to-join-paths/</guid><description>Join-Path allows parent and child paths to be combined (PowerShell 5.1), and more with PowerShell 7 thanks to the -AdditionalChildPath argument</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PowerShell - Split-Path to cut a path</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-Split-Path-to-cut-a-path/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/powershell-Split-Path-to-cut-a-path/</guid><description>The Split-path command is used to split a path from a provider. The existence of the path is not checked by default, to do this, use the -resolve or Test-Path argument</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Managing NTFS file system and share security rights</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/management-rights-security-ntfs-and-shares/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/management-rights-security-ntfs-and-shares/</guid><description>Two videos on managing security rights for the NTFS file system and shares</description><pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Joining an Active Directory domain with ICD provisioning</title><link>https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/join-active-directory-domain-with-icd-provisioning/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/join-active-directory-domain-with-icd-provisioning/</guid><description>The Imaging and Configuration Designer or ICD allows you to create provisioning packages to configure a computer. 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