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Windows: get CPU information on the console

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/12/28

It still seems that WMIC is the quickest way to get CPU information on the console:

T510-PSO C:\bin\rdp> wmic cpu get name,CurrentClockSpeed,MaxClockSpeed
CurrentClockSpeed  MaxClockSpeed  Name
2667               2667           Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU       M 560  @ 2.67GHz

T510-PSO C:\bin\rdp> wmic path win32_Processor get Name,NumberOfCores,NumberOfLogicalProcessors
Name                                             NumberOfCores  NumberOfLogicalProcessors
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU       M 560  @ 2.67GHz  2              4

Actually, wmic cpu is shorthand for wmic path win32_Processor, so this works fine:

T510-PSO C:\bin\rdp> wmic cpu get name,CurrentClockSpeed,MaxClockSpeed,NumberOfCores,NumberOfLogicalProcessors
CurrentClockSpeed  MaxClockSpeed  Name                                             NumberOfCores  NumberOfLogicalProcessors
2667               2667           Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU       M 560  @ 2.67GHz  2              4

The reason is that cpu is an alias:

T510-PSO C:\bin\rdp> wmic alias cpu list brief
FriendlyName  PWhere              Target
CPU           Where DeviceID='#'  Select * from WIN32_PROCESSOR

Via:

–jeroen

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Sometimes you wish that companies – especially banks – would pay you for testing their sites instead of you paying them for using their sites

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/12/28

People around me often wonder why things that seem so obvious does not work, and ask me if I bump into similar things.

I do, and often wonder why banks do not pay users to do testing for them instead of the other way around.

Below the fold a few Twitter threads. They might be mainly involving ING, but that’s just because I use their business and consumer portals more than those of other banks.

Here are the summaries:

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Chocolatey Software | NirLauncher

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/12/27

The cool thing about the Chocolatey NirLauncher install, is that it not just installs the launcher in the path, but all the NirSoft tools.

I wanted it in the path initially because I needed InsideClipboard to do some investigation (I wrote a similar tool ages ago, but could not readily find the source or executable, but InsideClipboard is better anyway).

This is cool, as I now can start any of the NirSoft tools from the cmd prompt, including [WayBack] NirLauncher itself, [WayBack] InsideClipboard and [WayBack] NirCmd (so I can now set the sound volume to 25% by running nircmd setsysvolume 16000)

To install:

choco install --yes NirLauncher

An older WayBack link notes a few important issues about anti-virus tools:

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Cleaning up your Twitter timeline: run odd tweets through BotOMeter

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/12/27

To help my Twitter timeline clean I run odd messages through: [WayBack] Botometer® by OSoMe:

Botometer® (formerly BotOrNot) checks the activity of Twitter accounts and gives them a score based on how likely they are to be bots. Higher scores are more bot-like. Brought to you by the Observatory on Social Media (OSoMe) at Indiana University.

Next to just analysing one account, it can also analyse the followers of friends of an account.

Note that you need to give Twitter Permissions to BotOMeter, which you can easily revoke from their site as well, see [WayBack] FAQ: Botometer® by OSoMe.

Next to be more versatile, I also found BotOMeter to be more precise than [WayBack] Bot Sentinel Dashboard ‹ Bot Sentinel:

Bot Sentinel is a free platform developed to automatically detect political trollbots and untrustworthy accounts. Bot Sentinel utilizes machine learning and artificial intelligence to identify and track disruptive Twitter users.

Quite a few are now on the mule or block list.

Note that both work better with English than with non-English language, but even with non-English, both are quite good.

A review is on [WayBack] A Review of Popular Bot Checkers – Unhack The Vote.

–jeroen

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SoloPartners – ZZP-er in de zorg? Uitnodiging boostervaccinatie aanvragen!

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/12/27

Als je ZZP-er in de zorg bent kun je ongeacht je leeftijd je boostervaccinatie tegen Covid-19 aanvragen. Dat kan via [Wayback/Archive] SoloPartners: Uitnodiging boostervaccinatie aanvragen.

Daarna kun je je via [Wayback/Archive] Online een afspraak maken: Online aanmelden voor een boostervaccinatie in de wachtrij plaatsen. Soms ben je dan sneller dan wachten op geboortejaar.

Via [Wayback/Archive] Boostervaccinatie voor zzp’ers in de zorg via SoloPartners.

Gerelateerd: [Wayback/Archive] “vaccinatie.solopartners.nl” – Google Search

–jeroen

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Amazon Prime in Nederland – Shopping Forum – GoT

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/12/27

Experiences if Dutch people using Amazon prime on various European sites over time (thread starts in 2017) [WayBack] Amazon Prime in Nederland – Shopping Forum – GoT.

It is quite a historic overview on what Amazon has done and changed with Amazon prime.

–jeroen

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Chirpty circles from @jpluimers

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/12/24

[Wayback/Archive] Chirpty

Circle 1

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Some links on resetting Windows 10 to a different installation language, but keeping the license

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/12/24

I had a few non English Windows 10 systems that I wanted to keep the license for, but otherwise have a clean Windows 10 English install on.

Some links; hopefully I can later make more notes.

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bol.com landvoorkeur weer omschakelen naar Nederland (als die per ongeluk op België staat)

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/12/24

Voeg ?country=NL toe aan je URL

Ik was via Google automagisch op België doorgeschakeld doordat ik naar deze URL werd doorgestuurd: https://www.bol.com/nl/p/brennenstuhl-primera-line-duo-stekkerdoos-10x-belgische-aarding-2-meter/9200000021551992/ en werd doorgestuurd naar https://www.bol.com/nl/l/brennenstuhl-stekkerdozen/N/28919+4287678768/?country=BE#modal_open

–jeroen

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On my list of things to try: adapters to modulate ethernet network over coax cable

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/12/24

One of the problems in our house is that all PVC conduits embedded in the walls and floors have concrete in them.

It means that when you pull out a cable, you can never get a cable back in (I tried that with the phone cables), and that empty PVC conduits cannot be used at all.

This might be an option to get ethernet to the places that have coax wiring (like the TV outlets)

[WayBack] bol.com | EOC05 MoCa Teleste 1G Internet over coax adapter + USB adapter (2020)

–jeroen

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