Category Archives: Windows knowhow

Howto do some things in Windows

Windows: List remaining “pending moves” from an update

Hi,

outstanding file movements can be shown with Sysinternals pendmoves.exe or via the registry key

PS D:\>  Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager" -Name PendingFileRenameOperations

Michael

Windows Server: Cannot change timezone: You don’t have permissions to perform this task.

Hi,

if you were faced with this error when you try to change the timezone on a Windows Server 2022/2025…

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Powershell 7: Use Powershell 7 as WinRM shell

Hi,

to enter a Powershell 7 shell over WinRM setup the machines as followed:
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Windows: Add a virtual interface for each 802.1q tagged vlan

Hi,

let use assume you have a network adapter with multiple tagged 802.1q vlans on it. Previously, Intel published the Advanced network services. In the past this could be used to create a virtual network adapter for each VLAN id. Unfortunatly the tool is deprected.

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Windows: certutil command line examples

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Windows has a builtin tool for dealing with x509 certificates, certificate stores and much more.
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