CMD: A quick Windows command line to create a bunch of files
January 5, 2018
One liner for creating several files in a directory: Open a command prompt in Windows. Type: FOR /L %A IN (1,1,10000) DO echo importantfile%A.txt > %A.txt By: A. Verma
Windows
Microsoft Outlook 2016 hangs on the splash screen
September 26, 2017
When starting outlook the splash screen displays “starting”, but Outlook never starts. Close Outlook Start the “Run” command Type: outlook.exe /safe You may be prompted for your user credentials. If so, enter them. Outlook should start fairly quickly. It may take a minute or two to sync to the server. Close Outlook Start Outlook as
Windows: Windows 10 Enterprise BitLocker keeps asking for recovery key on reboot
July 24, 2017
After further investigation I have discovered the following: Running tpm.msc I see the TPM status is: The TPM is ready for use, but with reduced functionality. Checked boot type. It is set to Legacy not UEFI Next steps: Decrypt bitlocker Convert disk to GPT Enable UEFI Enable BitLocker. By M. Ketley
Windows: Convert to MBR drive to GPT
Prerequisites A computer able to boot UEFI. You can check that on your computer manufacturer. Also in the BIOS setup should display UEFI boot options. Windows 7/8 x64 (I’m not sure if x86 supports it or how). A computer able to boot from USB or memory card (only for this process). A USB drive or
Linux: Testing a samba printing connection with smbclient
May 24, 2017
I had a case where our AIX system would not print to a Windows 7 print share. I wanted to test it from a Linux workstations. Here is a brief process: 1. sudo apt-get install smbclient 2. touch testing123.txt 3. smbclient //192.168.1.23/sharename -U sambauser -W mydomain -c “print testing123.txt” –debuglevel=10 The debuglevel was an important