Jay Bazuzi's questions

I am enabling SMB encryption with:

Set-SmbServerConfiguration -EncryptData $true -Force

From a monitoring service, I want to verify that only encrypted connections are accepted. How can I attempt to make a non-encrypted connection (to see it get denied)?

I have tried connecting from older Windows that doesn't support SMB3 encryption. That works, but my monitoring service runs on a recent OS.

I have considered disabling SMB3 on the machine, but that requires a reboot. I want something quick that doesn't have long-lasting side effects.

I have registered a few domains for a certain project. If I should vanish from the face of the earth, how can I ensure the other project members get control of the domain with the registrar?

My current registrar is Go Daddy, if it matters.

I considered sharing my Go Daddy credentials with other project members, but I have registered other domains not associated with the same project.

I have a 16GB USB flash drive that I want to set up like this:

• It boots WinPE

• It has useful diagnostic and system maintenance tools

• There are several .ISO files of operating system install DVDs on the flash drive

• I can mount one of the .ISO files and start an OS install.

Perhaps there's a way I can use Virtual CloneDrive within WinPE?

If I have a server with only power and ethernet coming out the back, and suddenly I need to adjust BIOS settings, I gotta plug in a keyboard/monitor/mouse somehow. Either the servers are all on KVM switches of some kind (useful, but expensive) or I gotta bring the server to the keyboard/monitor/mouse or vice versa.

I almost always have a laptop with me, and it has a keyboard, monitor, and mouse built-in. Why can't I use that?

I'd like a way to plug the laptop in to the VGA and USB ports of a server, and have the console.

Is there a way to do that?