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A Developer's Strange Love, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Windows
Windows is a hassle. But that hassle is the hassle of an OS that has carried real-world business on its back.
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Practical PowerShell Command Recipes — Growing the Small Tools You Use Every Day
A practical roundup of PowerShell commands for everyday work, covering where to use Measure-Object, Group-Object, Select-String, Compare-Object, Tee-Object, ...
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Applied PowerShell Scripting — Safely Automating Log Investigation, Archiving, and Reporting
Practical steps for safely automating log investigation, CSV reporting, archiving old logs, keeping audit trails, and Task Scheduler execution with PowerShel...
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PowerShell Command Basics — The Operations to Learn First and How to Use Them Safely
So that PowerShell beginners never get lost in real work, this article covers how to find cmdlets, the pipeline, file operations, CSV processing, execution p...
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Why Windows Shows "Windows protected your PC"
Why your app triggers "Windows protected your PC": SmartScreen checks publisher reputation, not just signatures. Compare OV/EV certs, MSIX, and the Store.
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A Guide to Breaking Free from IE Mode Dependence
Practical steps for safely extending the life of internal web systems that depend on Microsoft Edge's IE mode while exiting that dependence — covering centra...
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Why ActiveX Stops Working in Office 2024/Microsoft 365 and How to Diagnose It
When ActiveX stops working in Office 2024/Microsoft 365, work through the causes in order: default disablement, 32-bit/64-bit mismatch, COM registration, dep...
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Preparing for VBScript Deprecation: An Audit Guide for VBA and Internal Tools
Preparing for the phased deprecation of VBScript: inventorying VBA, Excel macros, and internal tools, static detection, execution logging, choosing replaceme...
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Why Contact Form Emails Don't Arrive, and How to Fix It
The causes of undelivered contact-form notification emails, organized across SPF/DKIM/DMARC, the From header, external SMTP, shared hosting, PHP mail(), and ...
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What Is GCPW? - Handling Windows Logon with Google Authentication
How Google Credential Provider for Windows (GCPW) works: combining it with Windows device management, existing profiles, first logon, offline use, 2-step ver...