The older at command no longer works for simple scheduling of tasks so now we must use schtasks. To configure a task to run one time, and reboot at 6PM October 13, 2022, I use the following command. schtasks /create /tn “Reboot-Oct13” /tr “shutdown /r /f /t 0” /sc once /st 18:00:00 /sd 10/13/2022 /ru…
Read More Schedule reboot from command line in WindowsI needed a quick way to check activation status of Windows Servers in a domain. This is the solution I came up with using PowerShell to run the slmgr.vbs script for output. I’m not great with PowerShell, and I’m sure this can be cleaned up or made more efficient, but this ‘hack’ worked for me.…
Read More Check Windows Servers Activation StatusI’m not a huge fan of the new right-click context menu in Windows 11 because there are some utilities I use that I constantly need to select “Show More Options…” on. To revert the new style right-click context menu to the old style, a simple Registry modification can be made; here’s the command line. reg…
Read More Restore Windows 11 Right-Click Context MenuI’ve been plagued by the following error when copying small files to/from a NAS on my LAN using Windows 11 22H2. There doesn’t seem to be a rhyme or reason to this. It’s on a TeraStation Pro II NAS. If I copy large files, no issue. Sometimes I can compress the file on the NAS…
Read More Windows 11 – 0x80070026 Reached the end of the file.It can get a bit confusing. The below website summarizes the server releases. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/windows-server-release-info There are two servicing models for Windows server – a long term servicing channel and a semi annual channel. The Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) is like the old server releases of 2008, 2012 etc. They are major releases that are…
Read More Window Server 2019 – 1809, 1903, 1909 Servicing ChannelsClear all the Windows Event Logs, resetting reliability history, from the command line. Command Line Method for /F “tokens=*” %1 in (‘wevtutil.exe el’) do wevtutil.exe cl “%1” Batch Script Method @echo off for /F “tokens=*” %%E in (‘wevtutil.exe el’) do wevtutil.exe cl “%%E” Powershell Method wevtutil el | Foreach-Object {Write-Host “Clearing $_”; wevtutil cl “$_”}
Read More Clear Windows Event Log and Reliability History Command LineI’ve been tasked with resolving an issue that involves printing (my favorite /s). A console application used in Windows 10 and Windows 11 is not printing certain files when it should. Printing is handled by TextPad using the -p command line parameter and passed a filename. To reproduce the issue, I found the file that…
Read More TextPad – Strange Printing BehaviorOne way to hide an application from Add/Remove programs is by settings a SystemComponent registry key for the application in the Uninstall path. For 32-bit applications, the Uninstall path can be found at: Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall For 64-bit applications, the Uninstall path can be found at: Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall Inside the Uninstall path, find the application you want to…
Read More Hide Application from Add/Remove ProgramsWhen you run an elevated command prompt as administrator, the mapped drives are unavailable in the elevated command prompt. This issue also affects other applications that run in an elevated context (run as administrator) and use drive letters to access mapped drives. When UAC is enabled, the system creates two logon sessions at user logon.…
Read More Show mapped drives of user from elevated command promptsThe easiest way to block the Windows 11 update on a Windows 10 system is by adding a policy via the Registry. In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, navigate to SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Create a new Key named WindowsUpdate Add the following items in the WindowsUpdate key: REG_DWORD named TargetReleaseVersion with a value of 1 REG_SZ named TargetReleaseVersionInfo with a value…
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