Archive for June, 2016
Posted by jpluimers on 2016/06/07
Via the answer below I created the renew alias. I already had the first two aliases.
alias route-and-ipaddresses="netstat -nr | grep 'Internet\|Gateway\|default' && echo && ifconfig | grep '\: flags\|inet\|inet6' && echo more detailed info through ifconfig and netstat -nr"
alias whatismyip="curl http://whatismyip.akamai.com && echo"
alias renew_dhcp="sudo ipconfig set en0 DHCP && echo waiting 10 seconds for DHCP lease to be obtained && sleep 10 && route-and-ipaddresses && whatismyip"
–jeroen
via: network – How can I release and renew my DHCP lease from Terminal? – Ask Different.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/06/06
GWX Control Panel
This is a free tool that can remove and disable the ‘Get Windows 10’ notification area icon on Windows 7 and Windows 8. Recent versions can also disable ‘Upgrade to Windows 10’ behavior in the Windows Update control panel and do much more. See the user guide at the Ultimate Outsider blog. You can still download GWX Control Panel as a standalone executable if you don’t like installers. Please see the “GWX Control Panel Release Notes and Version History” post at the blog for MD5 and SHA-1 checksums of all official releases.
Source: Ultimate Outsider – Software Downloads
Via: Now, that’s going to make them a lot of friends. Good thing I removed the bloody GWX program today from two more PCs. – Thomas Mueller (dummzeuch) – Google+
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/06/03
Windows 7 and up come with a built-in ISO file burner called Disc burner however, some times %windir%\System32\isoburn.exe is not associated with .iso files any more, so you have to re-associate it.
Source: Burn Image context menu item missing in Windows 7 – Super User
Still it doesn’t always recognise burn hardware so I usually revert to installing the latest ImgBurn (given my audio experience with it and that it is a nice tool to create ISO images from and burn them to DVD / CD media; just be sure to uncheck the “optional” software that comes with it).
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/06/03
Do NOT delete the folder "C:\ProgramData\Package Cache".
But you can move it to another storage and link to it so when you change/update/remove Visual Studio 2012, you still have access to it.
More details at windows – Can I delete the the folder C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\? – Super User.
–jeroen
Posted in .NET, Development, Software Development, Visual Studio 2012, Visual Studio and tools | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2016/06/02
Lessons learned
- Don’t trust online text entry.
- Always compose answers in an external text editor, preferably one that understands the markup used (Atom often is a good choice).
- Post when ready.
- Wonder why every forum software seems to have invented their own markup.
The story
A few weeks ago, while composing an extensive answer on the Scooter Software: Home of Beyond Compare (a tool which – like any development tool – I really love, but sometimes hate): Keyboard handling driving me nuts: how to make it work like BC for Windows, I pressed the “Image” button which:
- Made all the edited text to dim and non-selectable
- Failed an image selection to show
It was more than an hour of work, so I was determined to try obtaining at least the post text.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/06/02
Since they’re hard to find on-line, and sometimes I need them when not having access to my collective browser or email history:
Notes:
- The AQTimeDemo.exe is the same as the latest AQTime###.exe (functionality depends in license).
- The installation from Windows Explorer sometimes fails with the below message. Installation from the command-prompt works, but you need to run it from an Administrator command-prompt:
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E:\TEMP\AQtime824.exe
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Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item.
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OK
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To get going for my special case, I watched some sample videos (which I did get to work in Internet Explorer but not in Chrome forty-something):
I needed it to do some profiling comparisons of services running under different configurations.
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Posted in .NET, Debugging, Delphi, Development, MAP Symbol Information, Profiling-Performance-Measurement, Software Development, TD32/TDS Symbol information, Visual Studio and tools | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2016/06/01
Reminder to self: see if lego set 42056 has been released yet:
The Danish brickmaker’s new Technic 911 GT3 RS set is beautiful, desirable and slightly scary — not unlike the actual car.
Source:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/06/01
I needed to find the symlinks in /etc pointing to directories and know both the name and place they point to.
revue:~ # ls -al `find -L /etc/ -xtype l -type d`
find: ‘/etc/ssh/broken/ssh_host_dsa_key’: Too many levels of symbolic links
find: ‘/etc/ssh/broken/ssh_host_ecdsa_key’: Too many levels of symbolic links
find: ‘/etc/ssh/broken/ssh_host_key’: Too many levels of symbolic links
find: ‘/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key’: Too many levels of symbolic links
find: ‘/etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key’: Too many levels of symbolic links
find: ‘/etc/ssh/ssh_host_key’: Too many levels of symbolic links
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 May 7 15:43 /etc/apparmor.d/cache -> /var/cache/apparmor
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Sep 28 2014 /etc/rc.d -> init.d
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 May 23 13:50 /etc/squid/errors -> /usr/share/squid/errors/de
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Mar 25 22:07 /etc/ssl/certs -> /var/lib/ca-certificates/pem
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Apr 30 14:20 /etc/xdg/systemd/user -> ../../systemd/user
–jeroen
via: bash – How do I find all of the symlinks in a directory tree? – Stack Overflow.
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