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Archive for September, 2017

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One day I will find back my Casio 79QGS-39 Universal Calendar watch from the 1980s

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/09/08

I think it’s Jan Wildeboer that referred me to the vongestern Blog: Smartwatch 1986: Casio DBX-100 [WayBack] entry.

It’s about database watches (and also shows the DB-520 and DBC-610) which were of the first smart watch generations and reminded me I’ve misplaced my Casio 79QGS-39 Universal Calendar digital LCD watch from the same era (mine was chrome unlike some of the Casio 79QGS-39 images  around).

Back then smart watches were focusing on very few things, but did them well, unlike today where they try to be jack of all trades: Niemand braucht Computer in Uhren. Der Artikel fängt langsam an, aber macht gute Punkte zum Ende hin. – Kristian Köhntopp – Google+ [WayBack]

Hopefully one day I’ll find my smart watch back, get it working and can post some pictures. The battery should be easy to replace though:

–jeroen

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How to Find Saved WiFi Passwords in Windows – Geeks Gyaan

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/09/07

How to Find Saved WiFi Passwords in Windows – Geeks Gyaan [WayBack]: the rescue is netsh [WayBack].

netsh wlan show profiles
netsh wlan show profile name=network-name key=clear

–jeroen

via: Easily find save WiFi passwords in Windows – Joe C. Hecht – Google+ [WayBack]

Posted in Power User, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 | 3 Comments »

Fedora BTRFS+Snapper PART 2: Full System Snapshot/Rollback « A Random Walk Down Tech Street

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/09/07

Interesting reads:

Need to research how I can fit noatime ino.

–jeroen

Posted in *nix, *nix-tools, btrfs, File-Systems, Power User | Leave a Comment »

how to filter name/value pairs under a registry key by name and value in PowerShell – Stack Overflow

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/09/06

A long time ago I asked this question how to filter name/value pairs under a registry key by name and value in PowerShell? – Stack Overflow [WayBack] but forgot to schedule a post about it.

It’s an interesting scenario, so lets start with a log of the outcome (it’s on my ix500 scanning VM which has Office15 a.k.a. Office 2013 installed) of this script:

$path = 'hkcu:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Extensions'
$key = Get-Item $path
$key

$namevalues = $key | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Property | 
  ForEach-Object { 
    [PSCustomObject] @{ 
      Name = $_; 
      Value = $key.GetValue($_) 
    } 
  }
$namevalues | Format-Table

$matches = $namevalues | 
  Where-Object { 
    $_.Name -match '^xls' `
    -or $_.Value -match 'msaccess.exe$' 
  }
$matches | Format-Table

It outputs this:

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Some links to post helping to detect the compiler used to build an EXE file

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/09/06

These helped me into some past investigation:

–jeroen

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Delphi analog to C# ?? null-coalescing operator and Light Table like debugger evaluation

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/09/05

Interesting stuff:

via:

In more detail:

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Posted in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, Event, Software Development | 3 Comments »

Windows – WorldTransform on the Printer’s Canvas can be a challenge…

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/09/05

// Don't use SetWorldTransform [WayBack] on Printer.
// Some drivers don't handle it correct
// We will only use ModifyWorldTransform [WayBack]
// Let Windows and Driver do the Job

Source: Hello, I use a component that do some nice things on the Printer’s Canvas…… [WayBack]

–jeroen

Posted in Delphi, Development, Software Development, Windows Development | 1 Comment »

Positive Technologies – learn and secure : Disabling Intel ME 11 via undocumented mode

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/09/04

Interesting: [WayBack/Archive.is] Positive Technologies – learn and secure : Disabling Intel ME 11 via undocumented mode

Repository: ptresearch/unME11: Intel ME 11.x Firmware Images Unpacker

More archived links:

Via: [WayBack] The NSA is running Intel machines with ME off, and so can you: http://blog.koehntopp.info/index.php/2508-turning-off-the-intel-management-engine-me/ – Kristian Köhntopp – Google+

–jeroen

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How to Easily Print a Large Image to Multiple Pages in Windows | Scottie’s Tech.Info

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/09/04

Many applications cannot not do that (Paint.net is one of them), but Paint can at least in Windows XP, 7, 8. and 8.1 (I need to check other Windows versions).:

In any case, here’s what you do:

  1. Open the image you’d like to print in Paint
  2. Select: Print -> Page Setup (Vista and 7), or File -> Page Setup (in XP)
  3. Under Scaling, select Fit to and change the setting to something like “3 by 2 page(s)”
  4. Click OK
  5. Print the image from Paint, and make sure to select “All Pages”

Source: How to Easily Print a Large Image to Multiple Pages in Windows | Scottie’s Tech.Info [WayBack]

Note the “3 by 2” has the order “horizontal by vertical”.

–jeroen

Posted in Power User, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows XP | 2 Comments »

How to change the Notepad++ editor’s font – via Notepad++ Community

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/09/04

Paraphrased Steps (thanks guy038); Screenshots below.

  1. Choose the menu option Settings  -> Style Configurator…
  2. In the Style configurator dialog, choose the Global Styles under Language
  3. Then, under Style, select the Default Style (this won’t work for Global Override unless you have that one override everything)
  4. Finally, in the Font Style area, you can select your favourite Font name and/or its Size and apearance (Bold, Italic, Underscore)
  5. Confirm with Save & Close when you like the new font settings.

The cool thing is that if you have a file open, you will immediately see the effects even before pressing Save & Close.

Source: No way to change editor’s font? | Notepad++ Community [WayBack]

–jeroen

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