Windows 10 FlushDNS
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 …
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QuickTip–Delay Functionality In Windows Snipping Tool
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 …
Easy Way To Retrieve Certificate Thumbprint Using PowerShell
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 …
Quick Tip–How To Easily Open Additional Instance or Elevate Applications
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 …
Quick Tip Windows 10 – Unable To Stop Device Notification
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 …
New Netstat Options
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! …
Windows 10 Poor Graphics Performance – Part Deux
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 …
Windows 10 Laptop Not Charging After Enabling Airplane Mode
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 …