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Using PowerCfg To Set Server Power Plan From Command Line

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]
Set Power Plan Via Command Line

Being able to automate and set Power Plan options via the command is useful for both automation and tasks on Server Core.  We can use powercfg.exe to control power plans - also called power schemes - to use the available sleep states, to control the power states of individual devices, and to analyze the system for common energy-efficiency and battery-life problems.

Below are multiple examples of the … Read the rest “Using PowerCfg To Set Server Power Plan From Command Line”

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Stale DNS Server Blocking Captive Portal Or Simply Inaccessible

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]
Stale DNS Server Entries Causing Issues On Windows 10 and 11

It’s always DNS.  That’s the typical mantra when troubleshooting AD issues.

But what about a fully updated Windows 10/11 machine totally ignoring the DNS server it was told to use via DHCP?  Yes, that unfortunately was a recent problem.  On the machine it appeared to have the public Google DNS server (8.8.8.8) stuck.  Regardless of what network the machine connected to, it ignored the DNS server as… Read the rest “Stale DNS Server Blocking Captive Portal Or Simply Inaccessible”

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Windows 10 FlushDNS

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

One issue when cutting over services or performing datacentre disaster recovery operations consists of three little letters - DNS.

DNS records have a time to live (TTL) and depending on the zone file configuration, it could be several hours or even measured in days.  So if a record was changed, this means that in normal run state clients would continue to connect to the old IP rather than the new I… Read the rest “Windows 10 FlushDNS”

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QuickTip–Delay Functionality In Windows Snipping Tool

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

In current versions of Windows the venerable snipping tool (snippingtool.exe) has been updated with improved functionality.

Windows 7 Snipping Tool

This is the Snipping Tool from a Windows 7 lab machine:

Windows 7 Snipping Tool

Clicking on Options we see:

Windows 7 Snipping Tool Options

 

Windows 10 Snipping Tool

The below were taken from my Windows 10 build 1803 machine. Note that there are now additional buttons present.

Specifically the Mode and Delay b… Read the rest “QuickTip–Delay Functionality In Windows Snipping Tool”

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Easy Way To Retrieve Certificate Thumbprint Using PowerShell

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Since many certificate operations involve knowing the certificate’s thumbprint, it is always useful to to have an easy way to get this information.  In some of the online documentation it mentions you can copy the thumbprint out of the Certificate MMC snap-in and then manually delete the spaces between the data.  No thanks.

However, if you *really* want to do that, or a quick and easy way to launch… Read the rest “Easy Way To Retrieve Certificate Thumbprint Using PowerShell”

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Quick Tip–How To Easily Open Additional Instance or Elevate Applications

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

This tip is for all the folks out there who want a quick and easy way to open an additional instance of an application which they are running or to elevate an application.

The below tips were captured from a Windows 10 build 1709 machine.

The below should work for most applications – if you find one that does not, please leave a comment.

 

Additional Instance

In this example we have a cmd prompt o… Read the rest “Quick Tip–How To Easily Open Additional Instance or Elevate Applications”

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Quick Tip Windows 10 – Unable To Stop Device Notification

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

This is one of those little things that make life much, much easier.  Imagine the scenario; you go to eject a USB disk drive or USB flash and Windows tells you that it is still in use.  How to track down which application is using the drive?

Eject, Eject, Eject

In the below example, the USB flash drive E: will be ejected.  Or at least, we will try...

Eject, Eject, Eject !

Alas, no!  There is a problem ejecting the USB mas… Read the rest “Quick Tip Windows 10 – Unable To Stop Device Notification”

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New Netstat Options

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

New?  Well some options are not that new really.  Others are however!

Sometimes it is the little things in life that can help immensely.  Take our venerable friend, netstat!  Even though it has been around for many moons folks often get into the habit of using only certain options, switches or parameters.   For reference purposes, the Windows XP Netstat options are doc… Read the rest “New Netstat Options”

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Windows 10 Poor Graphics Performance – Part Deux

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Things were running great with my new machine a Lenovo W541 until recently.  When browsing email in Outlook it would take several seconds to collapse/expand folders and when selecting an email to read it took several seconds to render the view.  Highly frustrating.

As noted in a previous post and a semi-related one related to Outlook displaying corrupted information, one of the first things to revie… Read the rest “Windows 10 Poor Graphics Performance – Part Deux”

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Windows 10 Laptop Not Charging After Enabling Airplane Mode

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

One of my colleagues emailed with an issue on their laptop.  After travelling to the customer location, his power supply had “died” as it was not charging the machine.  This was a Lenovo W541 with the new rectangular power connector, which meant there were no spares readily available.

Later that day when I arrived at my hotel, my W541 did the same thing.  Chances of two laptops from … Read the rest “Windows 10 Laptop Not Charging After Enabling Airplane Mode”