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I recently came across an entry in c’t Magazin‘s FAQ about backing up Windows drivers for a fresh Windows installation. Their suggestion was to utilise the pnputil tool that is included with Windows. Further research… … Read more
12 months ago in windows, Windows 100
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Just in case we are not the only ones still using Samba with an NT domain: Windows Update KB5028166 which will automatically be installed on Windows 10 today, breaks compatibility with that domain type. After… … Read more
1 year ago in windows, Windows 100
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So I don’t forget: Microsoft seems to love changing the place where they hide useful configuration options. One that I always turn on is “Underline access keys when available” and in Windows 10 it is… … Read more
2 years ago in windows, Windows 100
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Note to self: If a user cannot change his password on a Samba AD Domain from a Windows (10) computer getting the following error message: Check that the user didn’t already change the password on… … Read more
3 years ago in Samba, windows, Windows 100
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Note to self: If you have anything important running on your Windows 10 computer for a longer time (e.g. over night), make sure to prevent Windows Update to become active. It will force a restart… … Read more
3 years ago in windows, Windows 100
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Microsoft is trying to force everybody to update from the old NT4 domain system to the “new” (as in “was new >10 years ago”) Active Directory system. While that’s probably a good idea for most… … Read more
3 years ago in linux, windows, Windows 100
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Starting with Windows Vista Microsoft has started to take security really serious. That’s a good thing. Unfortunately in typically Microsoft attitude they think they always know best and that the user is an idiot, so… … Read more
4 years ago in windows, Windows 100
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Even after Microsoft abandoned the stupid idea of the Windows 8 start screen and gave us back the start menu in Windows 10 there is still a lot to desire. Of course you can replace… … Read more
4 years ago in windows, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8.10