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How to get the disabled local user accounts using PowerShell?

Chirag Nagrekar
Chirag Nagrekar
Updated on 17-May-2021 2K+ Views

To get the disabled local user accounts using PowerShell on the local and the remote system, we can use the WMI or the CIM instance method with the Win32_UserAccount class and the Disabled property to filter the result.PS C:\> gwmi win32_useraccount | where{$_.Disabled -eq $true}You can filter out the properties using the specific properties use the Select-Object pipeline command.PS C:\> gwmi win32_useraccount | where{$_.Disabled -eq $true} | Select Name, FullName, CaptionYou can also use the CIM instance method alternatively, PS C:\> Get-CimInstance win32_useraccount | where{$_.Disabled -eq $true}To get the disabled accounts on the remote systems, use the -ComputerName parameter in ...

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How to create a new local user in windows using PowerShell?

Chirag Nagrekar
Chirag Nagrekar
Updated on 17-May-2021 3K+ Views

To create a new local user in the Windows operating system using PowerShell, we can use the New-LocalUser cmdlet. The below command will create the TestUser with no password.New-LocalUser -Name TestUser -NoPasswordOutputName Enabled Description ---- ------- ----------- TestUser TrueTestUser account has been enabled here. To provide the password for the user, the password should be in the secure string format. We can pass the password as shown below.$pass = "Admin@123" | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force New-LocalUser -Name TestUser -Password $passThe above commands will create the TestUser with the password. To add the password and account-related settings we can directly provide parameters ...

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How to retrieve the Azure VM RAM and CPU size using PowerShell?

Chirag Nagrekar
Chirag Nagrekar
Updated on 17-May-2021 8K+ Views

Azure VM RAM and CPU size depend on the hardware profile chosen for the VM. In this example, we will retrieve VM (TestMachine2k16) hardware profile and then we can find how much RAM or CPU is allocated to it.To get the Size of the Azure VM, PS C:\> $azvm = Get-AzVM -VMName 'TestMachine2k16' PS C:\> $azvm.HardwareProfile.VmSizeOutputStandard_DS2_v2You can check the above size on the Microsoft Azure website to know how much RAM and CPU are associated with it and another way using the PowerShell by using the Get-AZVmSize command.PS C:\> $vmsize = $azvm.HardwareProfile.VmSize PS C:\> Get-AzVMSize -VMName $azvm.Name -ResourceGroupName $azvm.ResourceGroupName | ...

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How to retrieve the Azure VM Subscription Name using PowerShell?

Chirag Nagrekar
Chirag Nagrekar
Updated on 17-May-2021 2K+ Views

Once you are connected to the Azure Account, there are possibilities that the Get-AzVM will display the VMs from all the Azure Subscriptions.To find the specific Azure VM Subscription name, we will first retrieve the details of the VM using the Get-AzVM and it has an ID property that contains the Subscription ID and from the subscription ID property, we can retrieve the name of the Azure Subscription Name.PS C:\> $azvm = Get-AzVM -Name TestMachine2k16 PS C:\> $subid = ($azvm.Id -split '/')[2] PS C:\> (Get-AzSubscription -SubscriptionId $subid).NameThe above will retrieve the name of the subscription.

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How to eject the USB device from the system using PowerShell?

Chirag Nagrekar
Chirag Nagrekar
Updated on 17-May-2021 6K+ Views

To eject the USB device from the system, we first need to get the USB device using PowerShell. WMI class Win32_Volume will help us to find the USB device.We know that all removal devices using the DriveType '2'. So we will filter out the USB device among the listed devices.PS C:\> $usbdev = gwmi win32_volume | where{$_.DriveType -eq '2'}The below commands will helpful to unallocated the USB from the system.PS C:\> $usbdev.DriveLetter = $null PS C:\> $usbdev.Put()OutputPath : \localhost\root\cimv2:Win32_Volume.DeviceID="\\?\Volume{6e4d6f1e-a8c2-11eb-9493-005056c00008}" RelativePath : Win32_Volume.DeviceID="\\?\Volume{6e4d6f1e-a8c2-11eb-9493-005056c00008}" Server : localhost NamespacePath : root\cimv2 ClassName : Win32_Volume IsClass : False IsInstance : True IsSingleton : FalseAnd ...

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How to check if the USB device is connected to the system using PowerShell?

Chirag Nagrekar
Chirag Nagrekar
Updated on 17-May-2021 4K+ Views

To retrieve the USB-connected devices using Powershell, we need to retrieve all the drives using the WMI object or CIM Instance and need to filter the win32_diskdrive class with the USB as shown below.So basically, USB devices and other removable devices have the drivetype '2'. You can search with the InterfaceType or the DriveType.WMI commands, gwmi win32_diskdrive | where{$_.Interfacetype -eq "USB"}Alternatively, With the CIM commands, Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_DiskDrive | where{$_.InterfaceType -eq 'USB'}orGet-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_LogicalDisk | where{$_.DriveType -eq '2'}If there is no USB device connected to the system, there will be no output. To retrieve the USB disk on the remote ...

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How to create a Test Strategy Document?

Vineet Nanda
Vineet Nanda
Updated on 13-May-2021 607 Views

Before learning about Test Strategy Document, you must understand Test Plan. A test plan is a document containing the scope, methods, and objectives of software testing. Since many companies deal with multiple projects, the project team needs to prepare a goal-centric test plan considering the specific requirements of each project.Regardless of the nature of the project (support or development), proper planning remains the significant stepping stone for any testing process. Apart from a brief introduction to the project, the test plan also contains methods and types of testing that testers should execute during the testing.The Test strategy is a document ...

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Explain Agile Software Process and its Principles

Vineet Nanda
Vineet Nanda
Updated on 13-May-2021 452 Views

The Agile Manifesto first appeared in 2001. It sought to alter the software creation process. The manifesto has four key aspects, but few people are aware of the 12 Agile Principles. They provide more specific explanations of the process in which agile product development can be carried out. After many years, nearly all companies claim that they provide "agile services", but most only pay lip service to the Agile Manifesto's ideas and concepts. The software development industry has also evolved dramatically. It's worth revisiting the agile standards to check their meanings and whether they're still relevant.Timely and Consistent Delivery of ...

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How to convert a .wav file to a spectrogram in Python3?

Rishikesh Kumar Rishi
Rishikesh Kumar Rishi
Updated on 11-May-2021 2K+ Views

To convert a .wav file to a spectrogram in python3, we can take the following steps −Load a .wav file from local machine.Compute a spectrogram with consecutive Fourier transforms using spectrogram() method.Create a pseudocolor plot with a non-regular rectangular grid using pcolormesh() method.Use imshow() method with spectrogram.To display the figure, use show() method.Exampleimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt from scipy import signal from scipy.io import wavfile plt.rcParams["figure.figsize"] = [7.00, 3.50] plt.rcParams["figure.autolayout"] = True sample_rate, samples = wavfile.read('test.wav') frequencies, times, spectrogram = signal.spectrogram(samples, sample_rate) plt.pcolormesh(times, frequencies, spectrogram, shading='flat') plt.imshow(spectrogram) plt.show()Output

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What is the preferred way to set Matplotlib figure/axes properties?

Rishikesh Kumar Rishi
Rishikesh Kumar Rishi
Updated on 08-May-2021 460 Views

To set the properties of a plot, we can get the current axis of the plot. After that, we can perform several set_* methods to set the properties of the plot.StepsCreate a figure and a set of subplots using subplots() method with figsize=(5, 5).Create x and y data points using numpy.Plot x and y using plot() method.Set the title and labels (for X and Y axis) using set_xlabel() and set_ylabel() methods.To display the figure, use show() method.Exampleimport numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt plt.rcParams["figure.figsize"] = [7.00, 3.50] plt.rcParams["figure.autolayout"] = True fig, ax = plt.subplots() x = np.linspace(-1, 1, 10) y = ...

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