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AdminScripts: May 2025 update

This post contains a summary of changes to my GitHub’s AdminScripts repo, where I share my open-source code with the public.

AdminScripts: January 2025 update

This post contains a summary of changes to my GitHub’s AdminScripts repo, where I share my open-source code with the public.

HP z440: CSM setting change, six beeps, then no beeps at all

Today, I changed the CSM setting on an HP z440 system. (More accurately, I turned off CSM and enabled Secure Boot). As a result, the PC refused to produce any display output, instead generating six beeps. The power light also went red. In response, I reset the CMOS using the CMOS Reset key inside the…

Ctrl+Shift+V: A false rumor

Have you ever heard the rumor about the Ctrl+Shift+V key combination? Allegedly, it is a universal Windows shortcut that pastes the content of Windows clipboard without formatting, i.e., in plain text. But does it?

What every Windows user must know about DISM and SFC

Microsoft Windows offers two built-in utilities for repairing the operating system: DISM and SFC. As of this writing, these utilities have gained farcical popularity! People who see the slightest sign of something wrong with their dog run them. This article briefly covers what everyone who would ever run these tools must know.

Top themes of Visual Studio 2022… and their defects

Microsoft released Visual Studio 2022 (VS2022) on 8 November 2021. I had been expecting this release with enthusiasm because Microsoft had promised that VS2022 would support better color themes, on par with what you see in VS2022’s more celebrated sibling, Visual Studio Code (VSCode).

Nine months have passed since the initial release. Did Microsoft make…

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