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
And then when you need that particular configuration, each time:
Open the MSC file
Perform some actions
Close the MMC
Answer No to this question:
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Microsoft Management Console
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Save console settings to [filename].msc?
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Yes No Cancel
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When browsers are experiencing network problems, generally the first thing to test is your network proxy settings. Misconfigured settings, or misbehaving settings, can have a profound impact on your network traffic possibly resulting in pages not loading at all.
As a follow up on the Cntlm configuration post last week, here is a small batch file that will find Cntlm.exe (on x86 and x64 systems) then start it in verbose mode.
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OpenSSL: Documents, openssl(1), as I always forget this nice list of commands:
openssl [ list-standard-commands | list-message-digest-commands | list-cipher-commands | list-cipher-algorithms | list-message-digest-algorithms | list-public-key-algorithms]
I’ve converted them to batch files that run fine when copied to the directory where you put the x86 or x64 Windows version of OpenSSL (they assume %~dp0openssl.exe for the location of the OpenSSL.exe binary, just in case it is not on the path, or you have various tools that scattered around incompatible copies of OpenSSL binaries).
OpenSSL defaults to PEM format (that has text base64 strings), so if you get DER format (binary) you need to convert them.
This error means that the recipient of the email does not match the certificate you pass in. What happens is that OpenSSL tries to decrypt the mail, it cannot match the certificate to the mail, and barfs. It usually happens when you have From/To reversed by accident.
Error decrypting PKCS#7 structure
Error decrypting PKCS#7 structure
4948:error:0B080074:x509 certificate routines:X509_check_private_key:key values mismatch:.\crypto\x509\x509_cmp.c:330:
4948:error:2107207F:PKCS7 routines:PKCS7_decrypt:private key does not match certificate:.\crypto\pkcs7\pk7_smime.c:552:
This means somewhere you mixed up a private and public key in the certificate files.
Verification failure
8228:error:21075075:PKCS7 routines:PKCS7_verify:certificate verify error:.\crypto\pkcs7\pk7_smime.c:342:Verify error:self signed certificate in certificate chai
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Despite the link name, you can get the Win64 binaries from there too..
Besides binaries, they also have the source to build them from, and any other redistributable you’d need.
They run on virtually any Windows version, though I only used them on NT based Windows versions of XP/2003 and younger.
Two notes:
you usually need the Visual C++ 2008 redistributables, of which there is both an x86 and an x64 version (the OpenSSL installer just tells you it is missing, and assumes you know if it is the x86 or x64 one).
unless you are a software developer wanting to link to OpenSSL, the “Light” versions of the installs suffice.
Getting at them, I usually start with an EPS file, then downscale to the right resolution, and save the resulting files as PNG images, then assemble those together.
A while ago, I had some icons with nice long diagonal line, then I found out the hard way I should not have used ConvertICO.org. I often prefer on-line tools over off-line, especially for actions I rarely do (this is one of them). It saves you from installing software, and on-line sites usually get better over time.
In this case, I shouldn’t have gone online: Just look at the jagged edges in the 200% zoom below: the image on the right is from ConvertICO.org, on the left it is from IcoFX.
What you clearly see is that ConvertICO messes around with the 256×256 image (it doesn’t mess around with the other resolution), but IcoFX doesn’t mess around.
Cool, I just found out that Wikipedia has a Screenshot topic, listing how to take screenshots (and often shots of the current window) on many platforms, where (*) means I verified them:
Apple Mac OS X
(*) Use “⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift+3” for the screen or “⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift+4” for a part of the screen (as of Mac OS X Tiger, you can press the “Spacebar” to capture a Window in stead of part of the screen). You can press “Ctrl” with these shortcuts to the shot goes to the clipboard, otherwise it gets saved as a PNG file.
Microsoft Windows (*) Use “Prt Sc” for the screen or “Alt+Prt Sc” for the Window
(note that on my laptop and multi-media keyboards, you need to type the “Fn” key in order to press the “Prt Sc”)
Apple iOS
(*) Press the “Home” and “Lock” button at the same time.
Google Android
Hold the “Volume down” button, then press the “Sleep/Wake” button.
(*) Or press the “Sleep/Wake” and the “Home” button at the same time.
HP WebOS
Press the “Orange/Gray Key+Sym+P” at the same time.
Or press “Home Key+Power” at the same time.
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