How to grab an Windows Store APPX file so you can install it offline.
DaleI thought I’d have to do this for the Surface Pro 4 “Pen” application, but Microsoft has bundled the Pen application into Windows 10 Anniversary Version (Build 1607). The Windows…
Saturday Link Roundup–Microsoft KBs
How to enable or disable the CTRL+ALT+DELETE sequence for logging on to Windows XP, to Windows Vista, and to Windows 7 You receive a "The User Profile Service failed the…
“Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art”
This is not the first Impro book you should read. It’s one of those books you should read after other Impro books. This was my first reading of “Free Play”,…
Windows 10 1607 and the removal of the “TPM backup to Active Directory” feature
To back up TPM owner information from a computer running Windows 10, version 1507, Windows 10, version 1511, Windows 8.1, or Windows 8, you might need to first set up…
Another nail in the coffin of the RC4 cipher
Microsoft recently published the following support articles: RC4 cipher is no longer supported in Internet Explorer 11 or Microsoft Edge Windows Update has deprecated support for the RC4 cipher Which…
Saturday Link Roundup–Bitlocker & Display Driver Crashes
Bitlocker Bitlocker Group Policy Settings How can I prevent users from using USB removable disks (USB flash drives) by using Group Policy (GPO)? Limiting Repetitive GPU Hangs and Recoveries Display…
Gender and racial diversity with Microsoft Windows
With Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft introduced customisable user account pictures. This then led to some issues. "Windows XP is racist. It put a picture of a kung fu fighter next…
Dell Model Numbering
wxyz where w is the family series x is the screen size y is the model number z is the type of device. 0 standard device 5 detachable (ie. tablet…
Assorted Link Roundup
VB.Net Creating Windows Task Scheduler with Task Scheduler Managed Wrapper in C# & VB Windows Service System.Timers.Timer not firing Timer events not firing in Windows Service – VB.Net 2008 Other…
How to delay in a batch file
by using the CHOICE command. Which is a hack, but it works. To delay for 5 seconds: choice /T 5 /D Y An explanation follows: /T is the number of…