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Ansible “Failed to create temporary directory” Error with Windows using SSH

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Post date 2023-10-12
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Create c:\temp and add the vars in the post

Tags Ansible, automation, error, linux, SSH, windows, Windows Server

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Restore Exchange Management Shell Shortcut

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Post date 2023-10-01
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How to recreate the Exchange Management Shell shortcuts

Tags exchange, exchange powershell, exchange shell, management shell, microsoft, microsoft exchange, windows, Windows Server

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Disable “Let’s finish setting up your device” notification in registry

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Post date 2023-08-09
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UserProfileEngagement Change “ScoobeSystemSettingEnabled” (DWORD) to 0

Tags disable finish setting up your device, Let's finish setting up your device, registry, registry key, remind me in 3 days, setting up device, setting up device login message, win10, windows, windows 10

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Show/Hide Protected Operating System Files in Registry

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Post date 2023-06-24
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\ShowSuperHidden
0 disabled
1 enabled

Tags hide protected operating system files, registry, registry key, show protected operating system files, win10, win11, windows, windows 10, windows 11

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Moving VMs from ESXi to Proxmox

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Post date 2023-06-17
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Turn your VMDK into QCOW2 🐄

Tags ESXi, hyper-v, kvm, linux, proxmox, qcow2, raw, virtual disk, VM, vmdk, windows

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How to use SSH keys

How to create, store and connect with SSH keys.

Tags linux, private key, public key, putty, SSH, ssh key, ssh-agent, ubuntu, windows

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Disable Google Chrome Windows Notifications in Registry

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Post date 2022-10-12
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings\Chrome
Create or change “Enabled” (dword) to 0

Tags chrome, google chrome, notifications, win10, windows, windows notifications

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Delete Windows Update Cache

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Post date 2022-09-18
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Stop wuauserv then delete or rename C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution

Tags clear updates, delete update cache, download, reset windows update, update, windows, windows update

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Reset Windows 10 desktop icon spacing

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Post date 2022-07-27
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Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics IconSpacing and IconVerticalSpacing
Default value: -1125

Tags desktop, desktop icon, desktop spacing, icon, icon spacing, reset, spacing, win 10, win 11, windows, windows 10, windows 11

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Checking a File Hash on Windows

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Post date 2022-04-01
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Get-FileHash filename for SHA256

Tags file, file hash, file integrity, filehash, hash, MD5, powershell, SHA, SHA256, win, win 10, win 11, windows, windows 10, windows 11