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When combined with Ctrl or Alt: RDP Shift Key Gets Stuck (via: davidbond.net)
When using Windows RDP you have the risk of a Shift key getting stuck. This happens when press Ctrl and Shift. Make sure you release Shift first, otherwise Shift gets stuck. Same with Alt and Shift:...
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Debugging problems with the network proxy (via: The Chromium Projects)
In this case, another tool didn’t obtain the right Proxy settings. Chrome to the rescue as chrome://net-internals/#proxy shows you the system proxy settings: When browsers are experiencing network...
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From batch file or shortcut: start Windows Update (via: Windows 7 Help Forums)
Call either of these from a batch file or Windows shortcut to end up at the Windows Updace screen in the Control Panel: %windir%\System32\rundll32.exe url.dll,FileProtocolHandler wuapp.exe...
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Error 13EC when installing The .NET Framework 4.5.2 means you need to free...
About a year and a half ago, I wrote: My conclusion is that various Microsoft updates now require 3 gigabytes of disk space. This seems to be the case with the .NET Framework 4.5.1 KB 2858725 update,...
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Windows < 8: User variables are not resolved correctly in Windows if they...
Older Windows versions than 8.x will not correctly expand %APPDATA% or %LOCALAPPDATA% in environment variables: User variables are not resolved correctly in Windows.. This even happens when the...
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Saving MMC files as MSC and prevent the “save console settings” dialog.
Two tricks when creating MSC files that contain the snap-in configuration of the MMC (Management Console). Normally you do this once: Start MMC Add some snap-ins Save your configuration as an MSC file...
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logparser – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thanks to Sebastian Gingter for pointing me at Logparser: Logparser […] powerful, versatile tool that provides universal query access to text-based data such as log files, XML files and CSV files, as...
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Translating non-English error messages into English
For a long time, I’ve persuading people to install English versions of their operating systems (especially on server side) at least for some parts of their environment. The main reason is that...
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Batch file to open a specific TCP port in Windows 7 / 2008 Server and up
Thanks to the answer by Kevin Richardson on How to open ports on Windows firewall through batch file, I wrote this batch file that uses the add command of the Netsh AdvFirewall Firewall Commands which...
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Resolving “Unknown SSL protocol error in connection to bitbucket.org:443”
A while ago, I had this error on BitBucket: Running git.exe with arguments "fetch --prune" failed with return code 128 and error output: "fatal: unable to access...
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Windows: Some links around SeBatchLogonRight (Logon as Batch job)
powershell – How to view user privileges using windows cmd? – Stack Overflow. command line – Windows 7 equivalent for ntrights.exe – Super User. Locating the SeBatchLogonRight (Logon as Batch job)...
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Figuring out Windows Registry Permissions: AccessCheck
I had to verify the rights on some parts of the registry were the same for a lot of machines. So I used AccessChk by SysInternals. If there were difference, my plan was to use REGINI to fix them. It...
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Improve Word performance with tables
Apart from the obvious “use less tables” and “break tables apart”, these can also help big time: Run %WinDir%\System32\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe Choose “Ajust for best performance” (it will...
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findstr as alternative for recursive grep search
Usually I use the old Borland grep.exe that still ships with Delphi. Too bad it is 16-bit app which does not recognise Unicode. FindStr does. Though much slower and with limited regular expression...
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ntrights – grant/revoke Logon As Batch Job rights
Sometimes you want to run a batch file from a Task Scheduler task. For that, the user under which the task runs needs to Logon as a batch job right. If it hasn’t, you get this nice error message:...
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Cool Windows tool of the day: RegJump by SysInternals
RegJump.exe is really cool, and has already there for more than a year (: This little command-line applet takes a registry path and makes Regedit open to that path. It accepts root keys in standard...
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Setting your DTAP environments apart: Push a solid colored background to a...
This post summarises it nicely: Push a solid colored background to a Windows Server 2012 or later | Tidbits of Information from Virot. I already knew about the one below, but the post above gives a...
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(Roaming) Profile and Folder Redirection
The article I quote from is about Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP, but still holds for modern Windows Server and Client versions: After you enable roaming profiles for a couple of users, the first...
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windows 7 – Available memory differs by several GiB from what is installed –...
Very interesting question and answers: windows 7 – Available memory differs by several GiB from what is installed – Super User. Basically the missing memory can be due to: Windows licensing limitations...
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Make A Bootable Windows 10 USB Install Stick On Linux With WinUSB Fork ~ Web...
One day I’m going to need this: Make A Bootable Windows 10 USB Install Stick On Linux With WinUSB Fork ~ Web Upd8: Ubuntu / Linux blog So I’m glad WinUSB (which hadn’t been maintained for a long time)...
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