Regenerate AD automatic site link

Delete all the site links in AD. Run the following command in all DCs, repadmin /kcc site:sitename. Manually replicate in all DCs. All done.

Running PowerShell Scripts from Command Line with Parameters

There are plenty of samples on the Internet about how to run PowerShell scripts from command line. However, I have huge trouble passing parameters, especially when the parameters contain space. After hours of trial and error, here is what I got it working.

powershell -NonInteractive -NoProfile -Command “& “””C:\Directory with Space\PowerShellScript.ps1“”” -NoSpaceParameter value1 -Time “””12/9/2010 7:00:00 PM“”” -Comment “””test abc“”””

Basically, the Command parameter is surrounded by one double quote, and to use double quote in PowerShell command itself, you need to use triple double quote. Have fun quoting. J

My HD/SSD Benchmarks

Crucial M225 SSD 128GB


Samsung PM800 SSD 128GB


WD Raptor SATA 160GB


Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 750GB


WD Caviar Blue SATA 640GB

Retrieving Service Tag/Serial Number in Command Line

wmic bios get serialnumber

Here is the list what expected depends on different hardware vendor,

• Dell: Service Tag
• VMware: VMware – uuid (e.g. VMware-50 29 d4 45 5b d6 5b 21-f3 8c 82 7f 75 25 b1 1f)
• Lenovo: Serial Number

Disable Spell Check for One Style in Microsoft Word