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If you’re like me and find yourself working odd hours—especially over the weekend—you know how frustrating it can be when your PC decides to take a nap every few minutes. I often need to glance at my screen to check logs, monitor tasks, or respond to messages, and having to log back in every five minutes is a productivity killer. That’s why I built a simple PowerShell script that acts as a native replacement for the popular Caffeine software. For those unfamiliar, Caffeine is a lightweight utility that simulates a keypress to keep your machine awake. It’s handy—but many corporate environments block third-party utilities like it, leaving you stuck with default sleep settings. Why PowerShell? PowerShell is built into Windows, making it a perfect candidate for scripting solutions that bypass third-party restrictions. My script uses a loop to simulate activity at regular intervals, preventing the system from locking or going to sleep. No installs, no admin rights, no fuss. Here’s a simplif...

  You may need to test a Windows user account when troubleshooting an issue but the account in questions may not have permissions to say remote desktop etc. To test the account, open a CMD Window and run the following: runas /u:domain.local\user1 notepad.exe You will then be prompted to enter a password. If the password is incorrect you will get the following: c:\>runas /u:domain.local\user1 notepad.exe Enter the password for domain.local\user1: Attempting to start notepad.exe as user "domain.local\user1" ... RUNAS ERROR: Unable to run - notepad.exe 1326: The user name or password is incorrect. If the password was correct Windows Notepad will open.

  1. Boot the server from a Windows installer ISO 2. Select "Repair" and "Troubleshooting" then click to open a command prompt 3. At the command prompt type: move d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe.bak copy d:\windows\system32\cmd.exe d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe 4. Disconnect the ISO media and Reboot the server 5. When at the login screen click the below icon: 6. This will open a command prompt, at the command prompt type: net user <username> <password> 7. Type "exit" to close the command prompt

  I recently had this issue when trying to RDP to a Windows 2012 server and here is how I resolved the issue. 1. Console to the server either by connecting a KVM to it if its physical or via the console session if using vMware and or Hyper-V 2. Browse to: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA 3. Rename the following folder Machinekeys to Machinekeys_backup 4. Open services.msc and restart the "Remote desktop services" service