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OpenVPN Connect 3.8.0 (4528) has had an interface change
Just re-installed my workstation from ISO and installed OpenVPN Connect. The new 3.8.0 version has had an interface re-design. To add your username and password to an OpenVPN Connection profile in the new interface Click Menu Icon => My Profiles => Click the Pen Icon...
Internet Connection Upgrade
A month or so ago I got an email from my ISP (Exetel) that they were bumping me up to a higher speed plan. I had a 100/40 and now my connection is 500/40 on HFC which I believe is using old cable TV infrastructure. But am certainly grateful for, and noticing the...
Tailing a log in Windows with Powershell
# just show the last 20 lines and exit Get-Content MyLogFile.log -Tail 20 # show last 20 lines and follow as content is appended to the log Get-Content MyLogFile.log -Tail 20 -Wait
Cannot delete a file / sym-link with a trailing dot on Windows Server 2019
Unable to delete folder due to "Could not find item. This is no longer located..." attrib -s -h -r "E:\dont migrate\*.*" /s /d Trying rmdir on a parent directory failed rmdir /s Temp Temp, Are you sure (Y/N)? y Temp\OICE_15_974FA576_32C1D314_1788\D93F4BC2. - The...
Attrib doesn’t remove system hidden or read-only attributes from files
Windows 2019 Server attrib wasn't removing the system, hidden and read-only attributes as expected. Make sure you are using an administrative prompt command prompt and then run the command as listed under "# working command" note the addition of "*.*" # failing...
How many Pings?
Q: How many Windows 11 pings are lost (request timed out) while a USW Enterprise 8 PoE switch is restarted? A: 32