Posted by jpluimers on 2017/12/11
schtasks /End [/S <system> [/U <username> [/P [<password>]]]] /TN taskname
Every now and then you have those Scheduled Tasks consisting of batch files that – despite trying – still ask for user input.
If – even after a reasonable time out – the Task Scheduler still hasn’t killed them, you can kill them by hand with the above schtasks in a snap.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/11/20
Via [WayBack] Scott Hanselman @shanselman: Excellent blog post from Jessica on how to setup the best Linux on Windows environment! @jldeen:
[WayBack] Badass Terminal: FCU WSL Edition (oh-my-zsh, powerlevel9k, tmux, and more!)
It’s that time again! The time to write another epic blog post, this time for WSL, also known as Windows Subsystem for Linux.
It requires Windows 10 Version 1709 (Fall_Creators_Update) which has build number 10.0.16299.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/11/03
[WayBack] Anyone having trouble with Windows 10 latest update (build 1709)? – Agustin Ortu – Google+
It looks that for some people, Windows 10 version 1709 (the Fall Creators Update) uninstalls applications.
Not good.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/09/25
For my link archive: Can I invoke Windows Update from the command line? – Super User [WayBack]
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/09/22
Yay!
Windows 10 automatically restart the PC whenever it installed updates that required a mandatory reboot in order to finish installed. User can no longer delay or postpone a restart indefinitely. […]
The source Permanently Disable & Prevent Automatic Restart of Windows Update in Windows 10 – Tech Journey [WayBack] describes steps to fix a bunch of scenarios:
–jeroen
via: How to prevent Windows10 from automatically installing updates & rebooting – Primož Gabrijelčič – Google+ [WayBack]
Posted in Power User, Windows, Windows 10 | 2 Comments »
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 »
Posted by jpluimers on 2017/06/26
Source: The Most Common VPN Error Codes Explained
- VPN Error 800 “Unable to establish connection”
- VPN Error 619 “A connection to the remote computer could not be established”
- VPN Error 51 “Unable to communicate with the VPN subsystem”
- VPN Error 412 “The remote peer is no longer responding”
- VPN Error 721 “The remote computer did not respond”
- VPN Error 720 “No PPP control protocols configured”
- VPN Error 691 “Access denied because username and/or password is invalid on the domain”
- VPN Errors 812, 732 and 734 “The connection was prevented because of a policy configured on your RAS/VPN server”
- VPN Error 806 “A connection between your computer and the VPN server has been established but the VPN connection cannot be completed.”
–jeroen
via: Could be useful. – Joe C. Hecht – Google+
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/06/13
It looks like Microsoft and Embarcadero solved their ends for [WayBack] Windows 10 Creators update and Delphi debugging don’t go well… :
The issue was caused by the Windows LoadLibrary trying to optimise loading which backfired for libraries (PE files like DLL/EXE…) that have multiple import tables in them as generated by the Delphi and C++ Builder linker (and maybe other linkers as well).
Microsoft finetuned their optimisation whereas a future update to Delphi and C++ Builder will generate more optimised import tables.
–jeroen
via [WayBack] Blog post “The Issue with Delphi Runtime Packages and Windows 10 Creators Update”… – Marco Cantù – Google+
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/06/05
Brilliant:
This is small tool that adds Attach and Detach option to contextual (aka right-click) menu of Virtual disk (vhd) files. That enables those operations to be done without trip to Disk Management console. Detach option is available on hard drive contextual menu also (if selected in options).
Source:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/05/26
Source:
History repeating itself: [Archive.is] 31607 – C:\nul\nul crashes/BSOD then, now it’s this:
Via:
All versions prior to Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 seem vulnerable.
So add $MFT to this list:
The following device names have been known to render a system unstable: CON, NUL, AUX, PRN, CLOCK$, COMx, LPT1, and CONFIG$.
In short, Steven Sheldon created a rust package named nul which broke the complete package manager on Windows:
nul is not a valid name in windows 10, so cargo fails to update the registry, and then aborts whatever it was doing (building, searching, ect.).I think this project should be re-published to crates.io under a new name, something like null-strings perhaps?https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-indexBTW: one of my gripes on learning new languages is that they come with a whole new idiom of their ecosystem: rust, cargo, crates, all sound like being a truck mechanic to me.
–jeroen
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