Crouton #7 - Superhero Landing
A technical guide on using PowerShell's BurntToast module to create a Windows notification with a hero image for displaying CCTV alerts.
A technical guide on using PowerShell's BurntToast module to create a Windows notification with a hero image for displaying CCTV alerts.
A guide to creating view-models in MVVM applications that automatically handle UI thread dispatching, making them independent of specific dispatcher implementations.
A sample Windows native OIDC client using a custom URI scheme and named pipes to handle authentication responses from the system browser.
A PowerShell function to test if the current date matches complex recurrence patterns, like 'third Wednesday of the month,' for script scheduling.
A technical guide on creating PHP 7 extensions for both Linux and Windows, covering C++ integration and class binding.
Announcement of R 3.4.1 release, detailing Windows-specific bug fixes and providing an upgrade guide for Windows users.
Fixing the 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0 provider not registered' error in IIS by enabling 32-bit applications for the App Pool.
A technical guide on making Windows toast notifications clickable using the BurntToast PowerShell module, enabling them to open URLs.
A guide to checking BitLocker encryption status on remote Windows computers using PowerShell and the manage-bde command.
A guide to deploying AWS AutoScale groups with Windows instances that automatically join a domain and rename themselves using CloudFormation and PowerShell.
A guide to setting up a Docker development environment on Windows and Mac using tools like Chocolatey, Homebrew, docker-machine, and VirtualBox.
A software engineer's critique of Windows 10, focusing on bloatware, privacy concerns, and the inferiority of its command-line tools compared to Linux.
A guide to optimizing Vagrant performance for Symfony development on Windows, covering plugin installation, PHP7 setup, and cache/log configuration.
A technical guide on using PowerShell to correctly remove an iSCSI Target Portal by specifying both the target and initiator addresses.
Guide to creating dual-boot profiles on Windows to switch between Hyper-V and VirtualBox, as they cannot run simultaneously.
Announcement of Open Live Writer, an open-source fork of Windows Live Writer for blog publishing.
Explains the undocumented relationship between Group and DisplayGroup parameters in Windows Firewall rules and how DisplayGroup is set.
A guide to configuring SSH on Windows for easier, secure connections to Linux VMs and Git, eliminating repeated password prompts.
Explains methods to run applications as a different user in Windows 10, including shift-click and command line options.
Discusses the deprecation of the insecure SMB1 protocol in Windows and provides PowerShell commands to disable or uninstall it.