Crouton #3 - Sometimes You Just Want to Click Your Toast
A technical guide on making Windows toast notifications clickable using the BurntToast PowerShell module, enabling them to open URLs.
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.
A developer shares their experience creating a game called 'Groar' for the Ludum Dare 48-hour game jam, including controls and timelapse links.
Explains how to use PowerShell scripts with Pulseway monitoring software to create custom alerts based on system events.
Discusses the new standard keyboard shortcuts for copy and paste in Windows 10's Command and PowerShell windows.
Highlights from a TechEd Europe 2014 session on best practices for OS deployment using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2012 R2.
A tutorial on setting up Composer and PHPUnit as global commands in the Windows command shell for easier PHP development.
A guide to fixing Windows domain trust relationship issues using PowerShell without requiring a system reboot.
A Surface Pro user shares quick fixes for common issues like disappearing mouse pointers and unresponsive keyboards/touchscreens.