Tag Archives: Windows 10

DNS Server repair for Windows VPN

It look like that Windows 10 gives VPN connections a higher or same priority as your standard network connections. This can end in the situation where you can not access your companies Server and Application anymore when you open a VPN connection. A good example is that you can not access DFS resources anymore. Root cause is a false DNS Server entry order because of wrong connection prioritization.

I created a small script that start a VPN connection and increase the VPN connection interface metric to a high value (lower priority), so that your other connections get priority when it comes to DNS Server entry selection.

Have fun.

#DNS Server order repair for Win VPN connection usage
#It start a VPN connection and change InterfaceMetric of this connection.
#V1.02
#Author: Andreas Neufert
#Website with most up to date version: andyandthevms.com
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#Input
$vpnconnectionname = "Veeam VPN SPB"

#Start Powershell as Administrator (found at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7690994/powershell-running-a-command-as-administrator)
if (!([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal][Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] “Administrator”)) { Start-Process powershell.exe “-NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File `”$PSCommandPath`”” -Verb RunAs; exit }

#Start VPN Connection
rasdial $vpnconnectionname

#Lookup which DNS Server is used
write-host “DNS Server”
$pinfo = New-Object System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo
$pinfo.FileName = “nslookup.exe”
$pinfo.RedirectStandardError = $true
$pinfo.RedirectStandardOutput = $true
$pinfo.UseShellExecute = $false
$pinfo.Arguments = “www.google.de”
$p = New-Object System.Diagnostics.Process
$p.StartInfo = $pinfo
$p.Start() | Out-Null
$p.WaitForExit()
$stdout = $p.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd()
$stderr = $p.StandardError.ReadToEnd()
#Write-Host “stdout: $stdout”
#select-string -Pattern “Address” -InputObject $stdout
#$c = $stdout.split(‘:’) | % {iex $_}
[string]$a = $stdout
[array]$b = $a -split [environment]::NewLine
$b[1]
write-host “=============================================================================================================”

#change the Interface Metric to a high number so that the other connections and their DNS settings become higher priority.

write-host “Changed to:”
Set-NetIPInterface -InterfaceAlias “Veeam VPN SPB” -InterfaceMetric 100

#output the new DNS Server address
$pinfo = New-Object System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo
$pinfo.FileName = “nslookup.exe”
$pinfo.RedirectStandardError = $true
$pinfo.RedirectStandardOutput = $true
$pinfo.UseShellExecute = $false
$pinfo.Arguments = “www.google.de”
$p = New-Object System.Diagnostics.Process
$p.StartInfo = $pinfo
$p.Start() | Out-Null
$p.WaitForExit()
$stdout = $p.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd()
$stderr = $p.StandardError.ReadToEnd()
#Write-Host “stdout: $stdout”
#select-string -Pattern “Address” -InputObject $stdout
#$c = $stdout.split(‘:’) | % {iex $_}
[string]$a = $stdout
[array]$b = $a -split [environment]::NewLine
$b[1]
pause

 

Windows 10 background and menue colors – We want the old menue options back!

Hi everybody,
if you are used to see a special color at menue bar and desktop background, you will be likely irritated by the reduced color selection options of Windows 10.

The following commands open the old menues where you can exactly set these colors the old way.

%windir%\system32\control.exe /name Microsoft.Personalization /page pageColorization
%windir%\system32\control.exe /name Microsoft.Personalization /page pageWallpaper

CU… Andy