Lots of interesting profilers in [WayBack] Profiler and Memory Analysis Tools for Delphi – Stack Overflow:
- Non-unicode Delphi
- Unicode Delphi
--jeroen
Archive for July, 2021
Profiler and Memory Analysis Tools for Delphi – Stack Overflow
Posted by jpluimers on 2021/07/27
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Listing information on all active interfaces on MacOS part 2: adding DHCP/BOOTP and routing details
Posted by jpluimers on 2021/07/27
This is a continuation of yesterdays
Listing information on all active interfaces on MacOS part 1: getting the active interface names.
It is based on ideas in these StackExchange posts:
- [WayBack] shell – Extracting ip address and interface name from ifconfig – Stack Overflow
- [WayBack] bash – Show active interfaces in terminal – Stack Overflow
I threw most of the implementation details in the ideas away, as they were way to much based on empirical trial and error, than proper research.
So I tried doing the research and came up with the things below.
Getting the IPv4 address and DHCP/BOOTP information of a NIC
By using the ipconfig command, you can get specific details for a NIC like an IPv4 (with the getifaddr) or DHCP (with the getpacket option to get the latest DHCP packet):
for i in $(ifconfig -l -u); do if ifconfig $i | grep -q "status: active" ; then echo $i; fi; done | xargs -n1 -I_nic_ sh -c 'echo "_nic_: $(ipconfig getifaddr _nic_)"'
or DHCP/BOOTP:
for i in $(ifconfig -l -u); do if ifconfig $i | grep -q "status: active" ; then echo $i; fi; done | xargs -n1 -I_nic_ sh -c 'echo "_nic_: $(ipconfig getpacket _nic_)"'
The latter returns a very long list, which I wanted to shorten into a more readable format.
ipconfig syntax
You can find more information in the [Archive.is] ipconfig(8) [osx man page] / [WayBack] ipconfig Man Page – macOS – SS64.com excerpt:
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Updating a Unifi Controller (either a Cloud Key, or a local installation like a VM)
Posted by jpluimers on 2021/07/27
Note that by now, Unifi Controller is usually named Unifi Network Management Controller (somewhere in between it was called Unify Network Controller).
You can either run a local installation on a Linux box (usually Ubuntu), for instance the CloudKey ESXi Appliance, or from a Cloud Key (if you do, do not get a version 1 Cloud Key; too much SD card and other hardware trouble)
Steps to update both the Unifi Controller Firmware (Cloud Key only) and the Unifi Controller software (both Cloud Key and local installation) are below.
I am assuming that 192.168.71.50 is the IP address of your Cloud Key, and for brevity, I included few screenshots, but opted for URLs.
Devices steps
- Logon to your Cloud Key at https://192.168.71.50:8443/manage
- Go to the devices page https://192.168.71.50:8443/manage/site/default/devices/1/50/uap
- Ensure the filter is “APs” (either through the dropdown when your tab is narrow, or the button when the tab is wide)
- Press the “Start rolling update” button.
- Confirm the rolling update
- Wait for the rolling update to finish
Screenshots for selecting “APs” with narrow and wide tab widths:
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Getting to the Amazon.de chat
Posted by jpluimers on 2021/07/26
- Visit https://smile.amazon.de/gp/help/customer/contact-us/ref=hp_abgt_cu_cu?nodeId=508510
- Click “Prime und Sonstiges”
- In the “Bitte wählen Sie ein Thema” selector, choose “Andere, nicht auf eine Bestellung bezogene Frage”
- In the “Bitte grenzen Sie Ihr Anliegen ein” selector, choose “Sonstige Fragen”
- Now a “Chat” button appears:
–jeroen
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Dani Donovan on Twitter: “therapist: and what do we do when we’re feeling stressed? me: stop making plans, avoid text messages, and accidentally alienate myself from all of my friends therapist: no”
Posted by jpluimers on 2021/07/26
ADHD is hard. Dani Donovan has some great resources on it.
[WayBack] Dani Donovan on Twitter: ”
therapist: and what do we do when we’re feeling stressed?
me: stop making plans, avoid text messages, and accidentally alienate myself from all of my friends
therapist: no”
Via: [WayBack] Ian Coldwater 📦💥✨ on Twitter: “For extra fun, delete your Twitter and avoid messages from your friends across Signal and 15 different Slack teams… “
Related:
- [WayBack] Dani Donovan auf Twitter: “speaking of therapy, i make mental health comics: https://t.co/bcnFCqS7Iv Patreon link in bio if you’d like to support a fellow stressed-out homebody”
- [WayBack] Dani Donovan on Twitter: “speaking of therapy, i make mental health comics: zzzzz Patreon link in bio if you’d like to support a fellow stressed-out homebody”
- [WayBack] Dani Donovan on Twitter: “looks like i’m not the only one who defaults to social isolation as a coping mechanism good to know i’m not alone when i’m feeling alone”
- [Archive.is] Dani Donovan (@danidonovan) • Instagram photos and videos
- [WayBack] Stacey on Twitter: “Me to my friends re. mental health: “Ask for help! Therapy is great! There’s no shame in taking meds! Reach out! Me to me: “Why can’t you just pull yourself together without bothering anyone else?!”… “
It also taught me about Twitter: Moments – Wikipedia (which have been there for way longer than I thought: 2015! [WayBack] Moments, the best of Twitter in an instant)
–jeroen
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Maybe time again to look at Boxstarter
Posted by jpluimers on 2021/07/26
I wrote a tiny post about Boxstarter a long time ago, so maybe it is time to look at it again.
By now, there are way more scripts, so here are some links:
- [WayBack] PowerShell script to install Chocolatey and a list of packages – Stack Overflow (thanks [WayBack] User ddieppa – Stack Overflow)
- [WayBack] Accidentally From macOS to Windows and WSL · request / response
- [WayBack] My BoxStarter Scripts · GitHub
- [WayBack] GitHub – microsoft/windows-dev-box-setup-scripts: Scripts to simplify setting up a Windows developer box
- [WayBack] chocolatey setup and boxstarter
- [WayBack] Chocolatey Gallery | Packages matching WindowsUpdate
- [WayBack] GitHub – chocolatey/boxstarter: Repeatable, reboot resilient windows environment installations made easy using Chocolatey packages
- [WayBack] GitHub – microsoft/windows-dev-box-setup-scripts: Scripts to simplify setting up a Windows developer box
Click link to run Description Full Desktop App Windows Desktop App Development (Visual Studio, Windows SDK, C++, UWP, .NET (WPF and Winforms)) UWP Desktop App Windows Desktop App Development (Visual Studio, Windows SDK, UWP) .NET Desktop App Windows Desktop App Development (Visual Studio, Windows SDK, .NET (WPF and Winforms)) C++ Desktop App Windows Desktop App Development (Visual Studio, Windows SDK, C++) Web Web (VS Code, WSL, Multiple Browsers) Web NodeJS Web Dev with NodeJS (Web + NodeJS LTS)¹ Machine Learning Windows Machine Learning with only Windows native tools Machine Learning Linux Machine Learning with Linux tools running on WSL DevOps Azure Client setup for DevOps with Azure - [WayBack] Boxstarter
- [WayBack] Boxstarter: WebLauncher
- [WayBack] Boxstarter: Why Boxstarter
- [WayBack] Boxstarter
…
Disable-BingSearch
Disables the Bing Internet Search when searching from the search field in the Taskbar or Start Menu.
Enable-RemoteDesktop
Allows Remote Desktop access to machine and enables Remote Desktop firewall rule.
Enable-MicrosoftUpdate
Turns on the Windows Update option to include updates for other Microsoft products installed on the system.
Enable-UAC
Enables UAC.
Install-WindowsUpdate
Finds, downloads and installs all Windows Updates. By default, only critical updates will be searched. However the command takes a
-Criteriaargument allowing one to pass a custom Windows Update query.For details about the
Install-WindowsUpdatecommand, run:Help Install-WindowsUpdate -Full
Move-LibraryDirectory
Libraries are special folders that map to a specific location on disk. These are usually found somewhere under $env:userprofile. This function can be used to redirect the library folder to a new location on disk. If the new location does not already exist, the directory will be created. Any content in the former library directory will be moved to the new location unless the DoNotMoveOldContent switch is used. Use Get-LibraryNames to discover the names of different libraries and their current physical directories.
Move-LibraryDirectory "Personal" "$env:UserProfile\skydrive\documents"
This moves the Personal library (aka Documents) to the documents folder off of the default SkyDrive directory.
Set-StartScreenOptions
Sets options for the Start Screen in Windows 8/8.1
Set-StartScreenOptions -EnableBootToDesktop -EnableDesktopBackgroundOnStart -EnableShowStartOnActiveScreen -EnableShowAppsViewOnStartScreen -EnableSearchEverywhereInAppsView -EnableListDesktopAppsFirst
It is also possible to do the converse actions, if required.
Set-StartScreenOptions -DisableBootToDesktop -DisableDesktopBackgroundOnStart -DisableShowStartOnActiveScreen -DisableShowAppsViewOnStartScreen -DisableSearchEverywhereInAppsView -DisableListDesktopAppsFirst
Set-CornerNavigationOptions
Sets options for the Windows Corner Navigation in Windows 8/8.1
Set-CornerNavigationOptions -EnableUpperRightCornerShowCharms -EnableUpperLeftCornerSwitchApps -EnableUsePowerShellOnWinX
It is also possible to do the converse actions, if required.
Set-CornerNavigationOptions -DisableUpperRightCornerShowCharms -DisableUpperLeftCornerSwitchApps -DisableUsePowerShellOnWinX
Set-WindowsExplorerOptions
Sets options on the Windows Explorer shell
Set-WindowsExplorerOptions -EnableShowHiddenFilesFoldersDrives -EnableShowProtectedOSFiles -EnableShowFileExtensions -EnableShowFullPathInTitleBar -EnableOpenFileExplorerToQuickAccess -EnableShowRecentFilesInQuickAccess -EnableShowFrequentFoldersInQuickAccess -EnableExpandToOpenFolder -EnableShowRibbon
It is also possible to do the converse actions, if required.
Set-WindowsExplorerOptions -DisableShowHiddenFilesFoldersDrives -DisableShowProtectedOSFiles -DisableShowFileExtensions -DisableShowFullPathInTitleBar -DisableOpenFileExplorerToQuickAccess -DisableShowRecentFilesInQuickAccess -DisableShowFrequentFoldersInQuickAccess -DisableExpandToOpenFolder -DisableShowRibbon
Set-TaskbarOptions
Sets options on the Windows Taskbar
AlwaysShowIconsOn/AlwaysShowIconsOff allows turning on or off always show all icons in the notification area
Set-TaskbarOptions -Size Small -Lock -Dock Top -Combine Always -AlwaysShowIconsOn
It is also possible to do the converse actions, if required.
Set-TaskbarOptions -Size Large -UnLock -Dock Bottom -Combine Never -AlwaysShowIconsOff
Update-ExecutionPolicy
The execution policy is set in a separate elevated PowerShell process. If running in the Chocolatey runner, the current window cannot be used because its execution policy has been explicitly set.
If on a 64 bit machine, the policy will be set for both 64 and 32 bit shells.
Related: Boxstarter: quickly setup a machine with just a Gist
–jeroen
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Android: Island – app freezing, privacy protection, parallel accounts
Posted by jpluimers on 2021/07/23
Requires admin privileges, but can be worth your effort: [WayBack] [APP][5.0+][BETA] Island – app freezing, pri… | Android Development and Hacking
“Island” is a sandbox environment to clone selected apps and isolate them from accessing your personal data outside the sandbox (including call logs, contacts, photos and etc) even if related permissions are granted. Device-bound data is still accessible (SMS, IMEI and etc).
Isolated app can be frozen on demand, with launcher icon vanish and its background behaviors completely blocked.
Via:
- [WayBack] Island – Apps on Google Play
- [WayBack] Tweakers Podcast #62 – Peperdure Mac Pro, een gekke E3 en onzichtbare selfiecams – Beeld en geluid – .Geeks – Tweakers
–jeroen
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Microsoft Rosebud was MSDAIPP – Wikipedia
Posted by jpluimers on 2021/07/23
On an old system, I found some x86 installers with names like RbudLR.cab, RosebudMUI.msi, RosebudMUI.xml, setup.xml.
They appeared to be the (now deprecated and never released as x64): MSDAIPP – Wikipedia (Microsoft Data Access Internet Publishing Provider).
Searching for RosebudMUI many returned detection scams like solvusoft, but somewhere further down was this only meaningful result: [WayBack] What is the RosebudMUI AddOn in Visio 2007?
–jeroen
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PostNL International Parcel Tracking
Posted by jpluimers on 2021/07/23
When local tracking fails use PostNL International Parcel Tracking
Convert the URL
- from: https://jouw.postnl.nl/#!/track-en-trace/3S………../NL/9999AA
- to: https://www.internationalparceltracking.com/Main.aspx#/track/3S………../NL/9999AA
For instance when this happens:
- [WayBack] Jeroen Pluimers on Twitter: “Beste @PostNL hoe kan het dat een tracking code in https://t.co/y4tg777VAp aangeeft dat die niet bestaat, maar op https://t.co/nWm7KNZzQ6 wel? (zending van NL naar NL) CC @KommaGo @Routershop… https://t.co/kFqDyAeTqo”
- [WayBack] PostNL on Twitter: “Ha Jeroen, dat is inderdaad wel wat gek zeg. Kan je mij de Track&Trace code samen met de postcode en huisnummer van de ontvanger sturen? Dan kijk ik even wat er aan de hand is.” .
–jeroen
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Windows: batch file to logoff all other users (run as Administrator)
Posted by jpluimers on 2021/07/22
Based on zzz but filters current user, and listener session.
:: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36715033/how-to-logoff-all-users-on-windows-from-command-line-as-a-domain-administrator :: The findstr bit filters out the current session (starts with ">") and session 65536 (which is the listener) for /f "skip=2 tokens=2,3 delims= " %%a in ('query session ^| findstr /v /b ">" ^| findstr /v "65536 Listen"') DO ( echo %%a|findstr /xr "[1-9][0-9]* 0" >nul && ( logoff %%a ) echo %%b|findstr /xr "[1-9][0-9]* 0" >nul && ( logoff %%b ) ) goto :eof
–jeroen
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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 