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Dell CommandPowershellSystem Administrator

Using Dell Command Configure to Enable Wake On Lan (WOL)

I’ve been playing with Dell Command Configure recently and will be doing a few posts on my work.

First up is enabling Wake On Lan (WOL) on Dell Optiplex, Latitude, XPS, Insprion, systems. The main advantage is this can be done remotely, through Windows, and can even be scripted.

You’ll need Dell Command | Configure which you can grab from here. If you are interested in more features, you can read up on the full documentation in the Reference Guide here.

After you install it, you can open the aptly named “Command Configure Command Prompt” tool. From there, you can enter all your arguments that you want to change. To change your Wake On Lan settings, simply type in:

cctk –wakeonlan [enable, disable, enablewakeonwlan, lanorwlan]

The options above are what you can do. You can set it to wake on just wireless, or both wireless and ethernet LAN. For both wlan and lan, your command would be:

cctk –wakeonlan lanorwlan

3/19/2020: I have written an updated post with updated information and usage here.

System AdministratorWindows 10

Windows 10 Will Let You Choose Which Drive to Store Default Folders On

With the growing popularity of SSDs, a lot of users have been using SSDs for boot drives and HDDs for storage. In Windows 10, there is an exciting new feature which will automatically and seamlessly let you choose what folders and files get put on a secondary HDD. This includes “My Documents”, “My Pictures”, and even applications.

The setting is under Settings > System > Storage and can be seen below:

Windows10Choice

System Administrator

Fix for Slow Internet Speed While On VPN

I’ve encountered this more times then I’d like to say. Basically, when you create a VPN connection in Windows it automatically routes ALL traffic, even traffic not for the remote LAN over the VPN connection. This slows things down considerably. To stop this, do the following:

  • Go into the Properties of the VPN Connection
  • Go to the Networking Tab
  • Select TCP/IPv4 and click “Properties”
  • Hit “Advanced” and then uncheck “use default gateway on remote network”
  • Click OK until you are out of the menu system

That is it!

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System Administrator

Windows 10 Upgrade Path

In case you’re wondering, the simplified upgrade paths to Windows 10 are as follows:

Free Upgrade to Windows 10 Home:

If you own any of the below editions, you will get the free upgrade to Windows 10 Home edition:

  • Windows 7 Starter
  • Windows 7 Home Basic
  • Windows 7 Home Premium
  • Windows 8.1 (without Pro)
  • Windows 8.1 country specific editions
  • Windows 8.1 Single Language
  • Windows 8.1 with Bing

Free Upgrade to Windows 10 Pro:

Below versions will receive the free upgrade to Windows 10 Pro edition:

  • Windows 7 Professional
  • Windows 7 Ultimate
  • Windows 8.1 Pro
  • Windows 8.1 Pro for Students
Microsoft ExchangePowershellSystem Administrator

Generate Mailbox Size and Usage Report using PowerShell for Exchange 2010 / 2013

An easy way to get a mailbox usage report is via the Get-Mailboxstatistics commandlet in powershell and a combination of other commands. The below script will output a mailbox usage report in HTML format:

 

Get-Mailbox -ResultSize Unlimited | Get-MailboxStatistics | Select DisplayName,
TotalItemSize,ItemCount,Database,LastLogonTime,LastLoggedOnUserAccount | Sort
TotalItemSize -Descending | ConvertTo-Html -Title "Mailbox Stats"|
Out-file "C:\MailboxStats.html"