How to change browser URL bar default search behavior

As a system administrator, you might encounter a common issue where you need to paste a hostname into the address bar to access an internal website or console. The challenge is that most modern browsers default to searching the pasted content using the default search engine, which is often not the desired behavior for me. However, this issue does not occur when using the full FQDN, as the browser correctly identifies it as a URL and opens the intended site directly.

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Using Powershell to Uninstall Applications

Automating to uninstall software from a Windows machine can sometimes be a cumbersome task, especially to uninstall applications based on the versions installed. In such cases, PowerShell can come to the rescue by leveraging the Windows Registry to find and uninstall the application in question. Today, I’ll share a script that will uninstall almost any type of application, which can be used along with SCCM or MDM solutions as well.

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