• RetiredGeek

    RetiredGeek

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    • in reply to: Powershell #2545358

      Wavy,

      Rick has posted some good info!

      My only addition would be for the common WINDOWS user just keep using Powershell_ISE.exe to get the Integrated Environment. You can also use PowerShell.exe which will just give your the command environment, useful when running already developed and debugged scripts. This is a WINDOWS ONLY version

      Stay away from Power Shell Core 6+ unless you need the specific features it provides.
      Mostly this is for professionals (Network Admins) and those using PowerShell on platforms other than Windows.

      Just my 2 ¢.

      May the Forces of good computing be with you!

      RG

      PowerShell & VBA Rule!
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    • John,

      According to the list linked in the referenced post Intel platforms are NOT affected. HTH

      May the Forces of good computing be with you!

      RG

      PowerShell & VBA Rule!
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    • Here’s a little PowerShell script to check your TPM. Run As Administrator!

      $GCIArgs = @{NameSpace = "root\cimv2\security\microsofttpm" 
                   Class     = "Win32_tpm"
                  }
      
      Get-CIMInstance @GCIArgs | 
         Select SpecVersion, IsEnabled_InitialValue, 
                IsActivated_InitialValue, ManufacturerVersionInfo |
         FL
      

      Output:

      SpecVersion              : 2.0, 0, 1.16
      IsEnabled_InitialValue   : True
      IsActivated_InitialValue : True
      ManufacturerVersionInfo  : Intel           
      

      HTH

      May the Forces of good computing be with you!

      RG

      PowerShell & VBA Rule!
      Computer Specs

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    • in reply to: SSD Longevity #2544864

      Thanks Sue!

      One thing I found interesting is they didn’t have any Samsung SSDs.
      I wonder why as I’ve had nothing but excellent results with them.

      May the Forces of good computing be with you!

      RG

      PowerShell & VBA Rule!
      Computer Specs

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    • in reply to: StartAllBack Update #2544676

      Just updated my Tiny11B2 laptop installation, easy peasy!

      May the Forces of good computing be with you!

      RG

      PowerShell & VBA Rule!
      Computer Specs

    • in reply to: Special note for Samsung users #2544413

      Per this How-to-Geek article.

      Samsung smartphones powered by Exynos chips, such as the European model of the Galaxy S22.

      May the Forces of good computing be with you!

      RG

      PowerShell & VBA Rule!
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    • Being an OLD guy I can’t remember if it was required, but since the whole Idea is to have a small footprint OS I thought it best to start out fresh and deleted all existing partitions from the drive before booting from the install media.

      That said, Formatting a drive will NOT change it from MBR to GPT. You need to use a tool like DiskPart, MBR2GPT.exe or a third party Partition Manager. Of course when selecting the partition to install windows to you use the buttons to delete all the existing partitions that should accomplish the task also. In any case you better have backups!

      May the Forces of good computing be with you!

      RG

      PowerShell & VBA Rule!
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    • Alex,

      You need to convert the OS drive to GPT:

      Support UEFI and Secure Boot Modes in BIOS: As stated earlier, Microsoft has required UEFI support and secure boot modes in BIOS for Windows 11 installation. Therefore, make sure you meet this requirement before proceeding with the installation.
      GPT Disk Type for OS Drive: Your OS drive should be the GPT type to install Windows 11. But, nothing to worry about here because this article is all about installing Windows 11 on the MBR partition.

      Most third party Patition Management software supports this feature, although some only in the upgraded paid versions.

      Source for above quote.

      Update: Nuibi Partition Editor does this in the free version. Note: The current Portable edition does not work, you’ll have to use the installed version or at least try it as I use the portable version.

      May the Forces of good computing be with you!

      RG

      PowerShell & VBA Rule!
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    • From the link provided in Windows Security when I tried to turn it on.

      May the Forces of good computing be with you!

      RG

      PowerShell & VBA Rule!
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    • in reply to: Win 11 with local account #2543814

      Check out Tiny11B2. All the Win 11 good stuff w/o all the trash! No MS Account needed.

      May the Forces of good computing be with you!

      RG

      PowerShell & VBA Rule!
      Computer Specs

    • Yeah, well it’s not enabled on my machine and it doesn’t look like it will be!
      Windows 10 Pro Main driver circa 2017

      Learn how to resolve problems with incc
      drivers
      BrUsbSib.sys          Brother
      LGBusEnum.sys         Logitech
      LGJoyXlCore.sys       Logitech
      LGJoyHidFilter.sys    Logitech
      LGVirHid.sys          Logitech
      lv302a64.sys          Logitech
      Ivrs64.sys            Logitech
      Ivrs64.sys            Logitech
      LVUSBS64.sys          Logitech
      LV302V64.SYS          Logitech
      wdcsam64_prewin8.sys  Western Digital Technologies
      LGBusEnum.sys         Logitech Inc.
      LGJoyXlCore.sys       Logitech Inc.
      LGVirHid.sys          Logitech Inc.
      lv302a64.sys          Logitech Inc.
      Ivrs64.sys            Logitech Inc.
      LVUSBS64.sys          Logitech Inc.
      LV302V64.SYS          Logitech Inc.
      

      That’s one long list of drivers that I’m not going to play with since the machine is running just fine.

      FYI: I used the PowerToys Text extractor to grab that list and then just edited it. Sure saves a lot of time and typing errors!

      Windows Tiny11B2 Pro Dell Laptop circa 2015.

      igdkmd64.sys  Intel Corporation
      igdkmd64.sys  Intel Corporation
      

      Don’t know why it shows up twice but it does. I may try to fix this one

      I’m going to assume my Test Dell Win 10 Pro circa 2013 has just as many problems as my daily driver!

      Per MS:

      Turning on the Memory integrity setting would block these incompatible drivers from loading. Because blocking these drivers might cause unwanted or unexpected behaviors, the Memory integrity setting is turned off to allow these drivers to load.

      If you want to restore the Memory integrity setting, you can try to resolve a driver incompatibility by seeing if an updated and compatible driver is available through Windows Update or from the driver manufacturer. Microsoft does not recommend that you delete drivers to attempt to restore this setting.

      May the Forces of good computing be with you!

      RG

      PowerShell & VBA Rule!
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    • Hey Y’all,

      Just successfully installed the March cumulative update in Tiny11B2!

      2023-03-Cumulative-Update-Success

      I’m lovin’ this on my 8 year old laptop. Currently in the process of setting it up to mimic my daily Win10-Pro driver. So far so good!

      Just upgraded my 2 StartIsBack licenses to StartAllBack (3.99! what a deal). I really love this program on W11 looks great and feels like what I’m used to including giving me back my custom toolbars on the taskbar, I was really missing this!

      May the Forces of good computing be with you!

      RG

      PowerShell & VBA Rule!
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    • in reply to: Using Winget to install your favorite software #2543583

      Well, this gets interestinger and interestinger!

      I just did an clean install of SysInternals and I got Funny Resulds:

      Search for AutoLogon.exe (known quanity)
      SysInternals-Search
      Open the Folder containing the files:
      SysInternals-Empty-Files
      Open the Secondary Directory with a funny name:
      SysInternals-Search2

      Rick, you’ll notice that they were not in the directory you suspected but rather in:

      
      C:\Users\Bruce\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps
      

      and

      
      C:\Users\Bruce\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Sysinternals_823kyb3d8bb23
      

      Of course they are all zero length files not very useful.

      Note: the ones in NonInstPrograms\Sysinternals are ones I copied from another machine.

      May the Forces of good computing be with you!

      RG

      PowerShell & VBA Rule!
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    • in reply to: Using Winget to install your favorite software #2543500

      SysInternals is the one I’m having problems with.

      May the Forces of good computing be with you!

      RG

      PowerShell & VBA Rule!
      Computer Specs

    • in reply to: Using Winget to install your favorite software #2543263

      Rick,

      Even with both switches I still get this when I try to open the app.
      OpenAppDialog

      May the Forces of good computing be with you!

      RG

      PowerShell & VBA Rule!
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