UDM Parameters for Google Search

Detailed guide to Google Search UDM (Universal Display Mode) parameters, each with descriptions and example searches.

Troubleshoot Crashing Apps with ProcDump & WinDbg

Step‑by‑step guide for capturing crash dumps with ProcDump and performing post‑mortem analysis in WinDbg.

Automated IIS Application Pool Restart with PowerShell

A PowerShell script for safely restarting IIS application pools with comprehensive logging, including pre and post-restart process details and error handling.

Managing Microsoft Office Versions with OfficeC2RClient

A comprehensive guide to managing Microsoft 365 versions using OfficeC2RClient, including checking current builds, consulting version history, and rolling back or updating Office installations.

Automated Batch Image Compression with Python

A Python script that automatically compresses PNG images by gradually reducing quality and color depth until a target file size is reached, using PIL (Python Imaging Library).

How to Find Your Public IP Address

A collection of methods to retrieve your public IP address using command-line tools like nslookup, curl, and PowerShell, as well as web-based solutions.

Complete DNS Records Reference Guide

A comprehensive reference guide for DNS record types and configurations, including DMARC, SPF, DKIM, MX, and other essential DNS records with examples and best practices.

Network Subnet Visualization Tools

Tools and scripts for visualizing and analyzing network subnets, including IP address ranges and network topologies.

Visualizing and Analyzing Windows Folder Permissions

A comprehensive guide to exporting and visualizing Windows folder permissions using PowerShell and Python, including treemap visualizations of user access rights.

Troubleshooting Group Policy Objects (GPOs)

A collection of useful commands and steps for troubleshooting Group Policy Objects (GPOs) in a Windows Active Directory environment.

Active Directory User Lockout and Password Report

A PowerShell script that generates an HTML diagnostics report for user lockouts in Active Directory, including password age, expiration details, and account status.

Window Monitoring with Machine Vision

A guide to setting up a window monitoring system using the Moondream2 machine vision model for real-time window content analysis.

Remote and Local DNS Configuration Guide

Comprehensive guide on changing DNS settings remotely and locally, with a focus on network troubleshooting and management using WMIC and PowerShell.

Local AI API: Image-to-Text, Text-to-Speech, and LLM APIs

A practical collection of Python Flask API implementations for running various AI models locally, including image-to-text using Moondream, text-to-speech with Coqui TTS, and text generation via local LLMs with OpenAI-compatible interfaces.

Troubleshooting N-Central Take Control

Steps to take when N-Central’s Take Control remote access feature isn’t working, including how to restart the necessary services.

Graphing a LAN with PyVis

A guide to visualizing Local Area Network (LAN) topologies using Python and pyvis for interactive network graphs.

Visualizing Directory Structures with PyVis

A guide to visualizing Windows directory structures using Python and pyvis for interactive network graphs.

Generating Knowledge Graphs with LLMs and PyVis

An experimental approach to extracting structured knowledge graphs from literary text using Mistral-7B LLM, demonstrated with the opening passage of The Hobbit and visualized as connected node-edge relationships.

Setting Up a Local Large Language Model (LLM) Environment

A guide to setting up a local large language model (LLM) environment for TheraFit, a project focused on matching clients with therapists.

PSWindowsUpdate: Managing Windows Updates with PowerShell

Install Windows Updates with the PSWindowsUpdate PowerShell module.

Gmail Photo Downloader

A Google Apps Script that automatically downloads embedded images from specific emails and organizes them into a Google Drive folder.

Disco Ball

A JavaScript implementation using p5.js to generate a black and white disco ball visualization.

Python NetworkX Library for Network Graph Visualization

A comprehensive guide to creating visually appealing network graphs with Python’s networkx library, including node positioning, custom coloring, edge labeling, and group visualization with ellipses.

Mapping Network Drives Using PowerShell and SID

This blog post discusses a PowerShell script that can map a network drive using a Security Identifier (SID), even without being logged in as that user.

Join a Workstation to Active Directory with Shell and PowerShell

A comparison of efficient one-liner commands in both Shell and PowerShell for joining workstations to Active Directory domains with proper credential handling and automatic restart functionality.

QR Code Generator with Python

A Python script using the qrcode library to generate customizable QR codes with error correction, including options for masking specific areas of the code.

Deforum Cheat Sheet

This is a cheat sheet of animations showing what the various 3D translation and rotation settings do in Deforum Stable Diffusion.

3D Photo Inpainting with Python and PyTorch

A comprehensive guide to setting up and using 3D Photo Inpainting on Windows, including Miniconda environment setup, dependency installation, and usage instructions.

Yahoo Finance API via RapidAPI

This program loads comma-separated stock symbols from a file named symbols.txt and then queries the Yahoo Finance API using a RapidAPI endpoint. It retrieves prices for every 60 minutes on a max time window.

Key Event Tester

This diagnostic tool allows you to type into a text area and logs keyboard events, providing valuable information such as key codes, key names, and modifier keys (Alt, Ctrl, Shift, Meta). As you interact with the text area, the captured event data will be displayed in real-time. This can be particularly useful for debugging and understanding the nuances of keyboard events in your application.

Deep Floyd IF

My tentative work flow for running Deep Floyd IF locally for image generation.

Windows ACL Management with PowerShell

A comprehensive collection of PowerShell scripts for managing Windows Access Control Lists (ACLs), including permission enumeration, modification, and analysis tools with detailed permission descriptions.

net use

Connects a computer to or disconnects a computer from a shared resource, or displays information about computer connections. The command also controls persistent net connections. Used without parameters, net use retrieves a list of network connections.

Thin Plate Spline Motion Model

A practical guide to using the Thin Plate Spline Motion Model for animating static images by transferring motion from a driving video, with setup instructions and observations about optimal video dimensions and motion tracking limitations.

Managing Global Address List (GAL) Visibility with PowerShell

A comprehensive guide to managing user visibility in the Global Address List (GAL) using PowerShell, covering both on-premises Active Directory and Exchange Online environments with detailed scripts for checking and modifying the msExchHideFromAddressLists attribute.

Random Password Generator

A client-side JavaScript tool that generates secure random passwords with three complexity levels: special characters, alphanumeric, and alphabetic only. Passwords automatically refresh on page load.

Windows Defender Firewall Management Guide

A comprehensive guide to managing Windows Defender Firewall via command line, covering firewall state management, program exceptions, Remote Desktop configuration, and port forwarding.

Windows Remediation

A comprehensive collection of Windows troubleshooting and repair tools including DISM, SFC, DLL registration commands, and PowerShell scripts for reinstalling Windows apps.

OpenAI Whisper Speech Recognition Guide

Whisper is a general-purpose speech recognition model. It is trained on a large dataset of diverse audio and is also a multi-task model that can perform multilingual speech recognition as well as speech translation and language identification.

GitHub Repository

Installation

pip install git+https://github.com/openai/whisper.git 

Fix CUDA not detecting GPU

pip uninstall torch
pip install torch torchvision torchaudio --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu116

Example usage

# Transcribe
whisper input.mp3 --model medium.en --language en --task transcribe
# Translate
whisper japanese.wav --model large --language Japanese --task translate

Available models and languages

There are five model sizes, four with English-only versions, offering speed and accuracy tradeoffs. Below are the names of the available models and their approximate memory requirements and relative speed.

Microsoft LAPS (Local Administrator Password Solution) Guide

Microsoft LAPS (Local Administrator Password Solution) is a tool designed to securely manage local administrator account passwords on Windows domain-joined computers. It automates password generation and rotation, and stores passwords in a secure manner, providing greater control and security over local accounts.

Microsoft Teams PowerShell Management Guide

PowerShell scripts for Microsoft Teams stuff.

Get all owners of all teams and team channels

## Documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/teams/?view=teams-ps
 
# Run the following command to install the latest PowerShellGet:
Install-Module -Name PowerShellGet -Force -AllowClobber
 
# Install the Teams PowerShell Module.
Install-Module -Name MicrosoftTeams -Force -AllowClobber
 
# To start working with Microsoft Teams PowerShell module, sign in with your Azure credentials.
Connect-MicrosoftTeams
 
$user =Read-Host -Prompt 'Input the user name'
$teams = Get-Team -User $user
$teamMemberships=@()
$teamChannels=@()
$teamChannelMemberships=@()
 
$i = 1

$teamMemberships = foreach ($team in $teams) {
    $GroupId = $team.GroupId   
    
    Get-TeamUser -GroupId $GroupId | Select-Object *,@{Name="GroupId";Expression={$GroupId}}
    $channels = Get-TeamAllChannel -GroupId $GroupId | Select-Object *,@{Name="GroupId";Expression={$GroupId}}
    $teamChannels += $channels

    $teamChannelMemberships += foreach ($channel in $channels) {
        $channelDisplayName = $channel.DisplayName
        Get-TeamChannelUser -GroupId $GroupId -DisplayName $channelDisplayName | Select-Object *,@{Name="GroupId";Expression={$GroupId}}
    }

    $percent = [Math]::Round((100 * $i) / $teams.Length)
    Write-Progress -Activity "Search in Progress" -Status "$percent% complete"
    $i++
    }

$teams | Export-Csv -Path "teams.csv" -NoTypeInformation
$teamMemberships | Export-Csv -Path "team-memberships.csv" -NoTypeInformation
$teamChannels | Export-Csv -Path "team-channels.csv" -NoTypeInformation
$teamChannelMemberShips | Export-Csv -Path "team-channel-memberships.csv" -NoTypeInformation

Managing Windows User Accounts with net user Command

The “net user” command is a Command Prompt (Shell) command used to manage user accounts on a Windows operating system. It can be used to create, modify, or delete user accounts, as well as to change passwords and manage group memberships.

Syntax

net user [username [password | *] [options]] [/DOMAIN]
net user username {password | *} /ADD [options] [/DOMAIN]
net user username [/DELETE] [/DOMAIN]
net user username [/TIMES:{times | ALL}]
net user username [/ACTIVE: {YES | NO}]

Add a user

To add a new user account:

Windows Driver Management with pnputil

You can uninstall third-party drivers (such as the WAVES MaxxAudio Pro driver) from the Command Prompt (CMD) by using the “pnputil.exe” utility. Here’s the basic process:

Open Command Prompt as administrator: Press the Windows key + X, and then select “Command Prompt (Admin)”.

Type the following command and press Enter:

pnputil.exe -e
# or export the list to a file
pnputil.exe -e > !drivers.csv

This command lists all the third-party drivers installed on your system.

Phishing Email Decoding Tools

atob() obfuscation

This p5.js script is designed to find and decode base64-encoded strings that are nested within one another. The script has several functions that work together to achieve this goal:

isBase64(str): This function checks if a given string str is a valid base64-encoded string. It uses a regular expression to test the string and the atob() function to try decoding the string. If the decoding is successful, the function returns true; otherwise, it returns false.

PowerShell Script for Azure AD Synchronization Management

This PowerShell script performs the following actions:

1. It retrieves the Windows identity and security principal of the current user account.
2. It then retrieves the security principal for the Administrator role.
3. It checks if the current user is running as an administrator. If the user is not running as an administrator, the script relaunches itself as an elevated process.
4. If the user is running as an administrator, the script displays a menu with three options: “Delta Sync”, “Full Sync”, and “Exit”. The user is prompted to select an option by entering the corresponding number.
5. Based on the user’s selection, the script runs the appropriate command using the Start-ADSyncSyncCycle cmdlet with either the Delta or Initial policy type. If the user selects “Exit”, the script exits.
6. Finally, the script displays a message indicating that it is running and to check the “miisclient” to confirm. It then pauses for 10 seconds using the Start-Sleep cmdlet.

$myWindowsID = [System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()
$myWindowsPrincipal = New-Object System.Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal($myWindowsID)
$adminRole = [System.Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator

if (-not $myWindowsPrincipal.IsInRole($adminRole)) {
    $newProcess = New-Object System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo "PowerShell"
    $newProcess.Arguments = $myInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
    $newProcess.Verb = "runas"
    [System.Diagnostics.Process]::Start($newProcess)
    exit
}

Write-Host '1) Delta Sync (Recommended, unless told to do a full sync)'
Write-Host '2) Full Sync'
Write-Host '3) Exit'

$selected_menu_item = Read-Host 'Which number would you like to run (1 or 2)? (Enter Number and Press Enter)'

switch ($selected_menu_item) {
    1 { Start-ADSyncSyncCycle -PolicyType Delta }
    2 { Start-ADSyncSyncCycle -PolicyType Initial }
    3 { Write-Host 'Exit'; exit }
    default { Write-Host 'Incorrect Input' -ForegroundColor Red }
}

Write-Host 'Running Now.... Check miisclient to confirm'
Start-Sleep -s 10

Microsoft 365 Email Security Management Guide

Block Unwanted Emails

Objective: Prevent sending or receiving emails from specific external email addresses or domains.

Action: Navigate to the Tenant Allow/Block List in the Microsoft Security Center. Configure the settings to block specific email addresses or domains. For direct access, use this link: Tenant Allow/Block List.

Review Past Week of Sign-In History

Objective: Review sign-in history to identify any unusual user activity.

Action: Access the Azure portal’s sign-in history section. Specify the user of interest and examine their sign-in locations and activities. Access the portal here: Azure Sign-In History.

MiDaS Depth Estimation Guide

GitHub Repository

During installation, I ran into an issue where the CUDA package wasn’t found. Had to modify environment.yaml to:

name: midas-py310
channels:
  - pytorch
  - defaults
dependencies:
  - nvidia::cuda-toolkit=11.7.0
  - python=3.10.8
  - pytorch::pytorch=1.13.0
  - torchvision=0.14.0
  - pip=22.3.1
  - numpy=1.23.4
  - pip:
    - opencv-python==4.6.0.66
    - imutils==0.5.4
    - timm==0.6.12
    - einops==0.6.0

Commands that were helpful for troubleshooting CUDA:

Frame Interpolation Large Motion (FILM)

A comprehensive guide to setting up and using Google’s Frame Interpolation Large Motion (FILM) TensorFlow implementation, enabling the creation of smooth animations by generating intermediate frames between existing images using deep learning techniques.

Stable Diffusion Scripts

A comprehensive collection of utility scripts for automating image processing tasks with Stable Diffusion outputs, including batch file renaming, color grading, pixel art conversion, and video processing tools.

Mastering Time with Shell and PowerShell

A comprehensive guide to Windows time management using shell and PowerShell commands, covering system uptime, boot times, time synchronization, and timezone configuration.

Download Streams

A guide to downloading HTTP Live Streams (HLS) by locating and using .m3u8 playlists with ffmpeg, including browser developer tools techniques for finding stream sources.

Logistic Map

A C# implementation of the logistic map that visualizes how this simple mathematical model produces complex chaotic behavior when modeling population growth under resource constraints.

Archimedean Spiral

An interactive p5.js sketch that generates Archimedean spirals using polar coordinates, with the ability to export SVG files for physical fabrication.

NVIDIA Maxine Windows Audio Effects SDK

A step-by-step workflow for cleaning poor audio recordings using NVIDIA Maxine Windows Audio Effects SDK with different sample rate configurations.

Download YouTube Videos

A guide to downloading YouTube videos and audio using yt-dlp and youtube-dl command-line tools, including various options for format selection and quality settings.

PowerShell Script to Export WiFi Network Credentials

A PowerShell script that automates the extraction of stored WiFi network credentials using netsh commands, exporting SSIDs and passwords to a CSV file for easy management and reporting.

Record Desktop Silently

A stealth desktop recording solution combining ffmpeg, batch scripting, and VBScript to capture Windows sessions without visible indicators, featuring configurable frame rates and recording durations.

FFmpeg Command Reference

A comprehensive reference guide to FFmpeg commands and filters, covering audio/video processing, screen recording, format conversion, and advanced filtering techniques with detailed parameter explanations and practical examples.

Combining PowerShell Cmdlets

A PowerShell script demonstrating the integration of ExchangeOnlineManagement and AzureAD modules to generate comprehensive email troubleshooting reports by correlating data through UserPrincipalName matching.

Get Group Membership

PowerShell scripts for extracting and reporting group membership information from both on-premises Active Directory and Azure AD, featuring progress tracking and CSV export functionality.

Managing Exchange Calendars

A collection of PowerShell scripts using ExchangeOnlineManagement module to manage calendar permissions in Exchange Online, including bulk operations for granting, modifying, and viewing access rights across multiple mailboxes.

Managing Exchange Online Auto-Expanding Archives with PowerShell

A comprehensive collection of PowerShell scripts for managing Exchange Online auto-expanding archives, including monitoring, configuration, and reporting tools using the ExchangeOnlineManagement module.

k-means Clustering

A Processing visualization of the k-means clustering algorithm, demonstrating iterative centroid-based data partitioning and Voronoi cell formation for different values of k.

Windows Settings URI Reference

A comprehensive reference guide to Windows ms-settings URI schemes, enabling direct access to specific Windows Settings pages through command-line or scripting interfaces.

Remote Reboot With SMTP Status

A PowerShell script that remotely reboots a specified computer and sends an email notification about the reboot status using SMTP.

Remove-AppxPackages

A PowerShell script that removes unwanted Windows Store apps (AppX packages) while preserving essential system apps, using a list of package names to exclude from removal.

Buddhabrot

An implementation of the Buddhabrot fractal rendering technique, which visualizes escape-time trajectories of points outside the Mandelbrot set, creating intricate patterns that resemble a seated Buddha figure.

Daily Donation Report

A Google Apps Script that automates the collection and distribution of Google Forms data by aggregating submissions, converting them to XLSX format, and sending formatted HTML email reports.

Enable AutoAdminLogon with PowerShell

A PowerShell script that enables AutoAdminLogon by configuring registry settings to automatically log in a specified user without prompting for credentials.

Blending Textures With Open Simplex Noise

A Processing implementation that combines Open Simplex Noise with image blending techniques to create smooth, organic animations of texture transitions.

Robo Mirror

A batch script that leverages robocopy to perform automated file mirroring based on a predefined list of target paths.

Cube Wave

A Processing implementation of a 3D cube wave animation using PeasyCam for camera control, featuring dynamic lighting and orthographic projection for a mesmerizing visual effect.

Lorenz Doll

A Processing visualization where each pixel of an image is transformed into a Lorenz System, with the system’s velocity mapped to the original pixel’s brightness values.

Fridge Magnet Simulator

An interactive p5.js simulation recreating a collection of fridge magnets with realistic physics, allowing users to drag and arrange virtual magnets on a digital refrigerator.

Orbiting Pixels Utility

A p5.js interactive visualization that transforms images into dynamic grids of orbiting objects, where each object’s rotation phase and characteristics are mapped to pixel brightness values.

Barnsley Fern

A Processing implementation of the Barnsley Fern fractal, demonstrating iterative geometric transformations to create a self-similar fern-like pattern with applications in computer graphics and chaos theory.

Ulam Spiral

An interactive p5.js implementation of the Ulam Spiral, featuring adjustable grid size, animation controls, and the ability to search for diagonal prime number patterns in the spiral.

Comparing Java Distance Functions

A Java program that compares various distance calculation methods, including Manhattan, Euclidean, and Chebyshev distances, and visualizes their differences using Processing.

Faster Java String Inputs

A high-performance Java input reader class optimized for programming contests, providing fast integer and double parsing with automatic tokenization and buffering options.

Kruskal's Algorithm Visualized With Processing

A Processing implementation of Kruskal’s algorithm for finding minimum spanning trees in weighted graphs, demonstrating the O(E log E) greedy approach to network optimization.

Collatz Conjecture + Unit Circle

A Processing visualization of the Collatz Conjecture mapped onto a unit circle, creating 360 distinct branches with 1-degree turns, featuring an interactive exploration of number paths.

Minimum Spanning Tree Visualized

A Processing visualization of Prim’s Algorithm creating a minimum spanning tree on procedurally generated terrain using Perlin noise height maps and orthographic projection.

Basic Prime Checker, C++

A C++ program that efficiently checks for prime numbers using optimized division tests and square root-based factorization.

AT&T Hackathon

A reflection on participating in the AT&T Hackathon, focusing on Android game development, optimization techniques, and rapid prototyping of 3D scene building functions.

Merge Sort using WEBGL

An interactive 3D visualization of the Merge Sort algorithm using p5.js and WEBGL, featuring step-by-step animation with camera controls and real-time sorting visualization.

10PRINT Image Filter

An interactive p5.js implementation of the classic 10PRINT algorithm, offering customizable image filtering with options for both precise and hand-drawn style maze patterns.

Insertion Sort using WEBGL

An interactive 3D visualization of the Insertion Sort algorithm using p5.js and WEBGL, featuring real-time sorting animation with camera controls and step-by-step progression.

Generating Terrain with Open Simplex Noise

A Processing implementation of a Minecraft-style terrain generator using Open Simplex Noise, featuring 3D voxel-based terrain with performance analysis of random walker agents.

Open Simplex Noise

A Processing implementation exploring 4D Simplex Noise to create smooth, organic looping animations through a 2D grid of pixel objects with variable noise scaling.

Flipping Tiles

A Processing sketch creating mesmerizing animations of tiles that flip based on either random patterns or Perlin noise algorithms, demonstrating creative uses of procedural animation.

Juno Cam Image Processing

A Java program that reconstructs and processes raw image data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft’s pushframe camera, combining multiple filter strips to create high-resolution composite images of Jupiter.

Demonstrating Procedures and Console Output

An x86 MASM assembly program showcasing procedure implementation and colored console output manipulation through low-level system calls.

Sieve of Eratosthenes

An x86 MASM implementation of the Sieve of Eratosthenes algorithm that finds and counts prime numbers up to a given value n, translated from Java to assembly language.

Nth Fibonacci Number

An x86 MASM assembly program that calculates and displays the nth Fibonacci number, demonstrating basic assembly programming concepts and memory management.

A Java implementation of the counting sort algorithm, a non-comparison based sorting method with O(n+k) time complexity, demonstrated using Processing.

An interactive p5.js sketch that generates 2D terrain using Perlin noise, with different colors representing water, sand, and grass based on elevation values.

Interactive Array Visualization

An interactive p5.js visualization demonstrating arrays of objects, allowing users to explore array manipulation through a graphical interface.