The World According to Mitch

The World According to Mitch

The day to day ramblings of an IT Professional (and so much more…)

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  • How did you know?

    On Quora, someone asked the question’How did your adopted puppy let you know hey chose you?’ This was my response. I got a terrible call on Wednesday. My ex-wife told me that Gingit ran into the street, was hit by a car, and died. I was so upset. That weekend my girlfriend (now ex) and…

    Mitch Garvis

    May 16, 2022
    Dogs
  • F-U Microsoft

    That is all.

    Mitch Garvis

    April 18, 2022
    Uncategorized
  • War and Sanctions and the Economic Casualties of War

    I am in a quandary. This week, Russia invaded Ukraine. We can discuss the reasons behind it, but they are irrelevant. Simply put, Vladimir Putin wants to control the country, while the country wants to join NATO and the European Union. It is clear that Putin is a ruthless dictator who wants to rebuild the…

    Mitch Garvis

    February 25, 2022
    Uncategorized
  • New Notepad?

    When preparing to publish this article, it came as no surprise to me that Notepad, long a feature in Microsoft Windows, was not listed as a blog Category. After all, it’s like writing an article about the carpets in the back seat of your car… who cares, right? They are there, you try to clean…

    Mitch Garvis

    February 25, 2022
    Microsoft Windows, Notepad, Windows 11
  • Troubleshooting Methodology

    I was working on a project for a client recently that involved hundreds of accounts. I would test my process on a couple, make sure that it worked, and then run the script against the entire list. However before I moved the lot to the new location, my customer wanted his account to be a…

    Mitch Garvis

    February 7, 2022
    Methodology, Scientific Method, Troubleshooting
  • Creating AD User Accounts Using PowerShell

    Whenever someone tells me that my insistence that domain controllers should never have a GUI (Graphical User Interface) I introduce them to the Remote Server Administration Tools, and all is well. Yes, you can manage your Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) from the comfort of your Windows 11 (or Windows 10) PC with the…

    Mitch Garvis

    February 3, 2022
    Active Directory, PowerShell, Users
  • Disabling IPv6 with PowerShell

    Let me preface this piece by saying that I usually do not disable IPv6. There are advantages to leaving it on (even if you think you are not using it) which I will not go into here. With that said, I was building a server for a lab environment recently, and IPv6 was interfering with…

    Mitch Garvis

    February 2, 2022
    IPv6, Microsoft Windows, PowerShell
  • Stackable Certifications

    While I have been chasing Microsoft certifications for two decades, I never gave any real thought to CompTIA. I had nothing against them, I just never pursued them. And then a couple of years ago, a training broker reached out and asked me if I would deliver Network+ and Security+ courses for one of their…

    Mitch Garvis

    February 1, 2022
    Certification Exams, Certifications, Certs, CompTIA
  • Another Exam Experience… a harrowing one!

    Someone asked me recently why I used to prefer going into a testing centre to sit my certification exams. I told them that if anything went wrong, the staff had a direct line to get faster support, but that fewer things were likely to go wrong. This week I sat my third exam in the…

    Mitch Garvis

    January 28, 2022
    Certification Exams, Certifications, Certs, CompTIA, Testing
  • Back and Forth…

    **AUTHOR’S NOTE: While I am not, strictly speaking, an IT Security Specialist, I do hold a number of security-related certifications; in my work as well as for my personal usage, I try to do everything securely. I am writing this article without having a full  understanding of the security behind the feature. I know that…

    Mitch Garvis

    January 24, 2022
    Microsoft, Microsoft Edge, Web Browser
  • OW!

    I took a terrible spill today. Read all about it on my weight loss blog, https://LosingAPartOf.Me. Here’s the link: Article

    Mitch Garvis

    January 21, 2022
    Uncategorized
  • Wouldn’t You Know It?

    Last Tuesday I passed a certification exam that was quite valuable. It was a difficult exam, but in the end the system congratulated me. I was extremely happy… and then I had to wait. Minutes, hours… it was not until the next morning that I received the email from CompTIA congratulating me on my new…

    Mitch Garvis

    January 20, 2022
    Certification Exams, Certifications, Certs
  • Exam Retakes

    Certification exams are not cheap. Depending on the certification (and the certifying body) they can range from $100 to… well, much more. That is one of the reasons I have always been nervous about sitting exams – passing is great, but if you fail… not only do you walk out of the exam room with…

    Mitch Garvis

    January 19, 2022
    Certification Exams, CompTIA, Exam Retakes, Second Shot
  • RDP With AzureAD Accounts

    In 2001 I purchased the Gateway desktop computer that I would be using for my certification journey. I had purchased seven classes from a training centre, and I now had two computers to study and prepare. One thing that I was thrilled to be able to do was to configure my server with Terminal Services,…

    Mitch Garvis

    January 17, 2022
    AzureAD, RDP, Remote Desktop Connection, Remote Desktop Protocol
  • Certification Exams… At Home Again.

    · I should go back and see just how many posts I have written about certifications… if I can count that high. It has long been a topic that I have been passionate about, and that has not changed. When I looked at my Microsoft Learning Transcript the other day I was surprised to see…

    Mitch Garvis

    January 14, 2022
    Certification Exams, Certifications, Certs, CompTIA, Exams
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