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Howto do some things in Windows

Windows: Extract files from a Windows MSU Update File

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Windows builtin utility for extracting cab or msu files is expand
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Windows: Execute a Script at shutdown

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like system startup it is not possible to execute a script at system shutdown with the task scheduler. It must be configured with a group policy. You can choose the GUI way are set it by script:

Let us assume the Script is C:\scripts\shutdownEv.cmd.
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Excel: Add trusted location to execute macros when a document is opened

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Excel can configured to prevent execute macros when a document is opened.

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Windows: Reset WSUS and recreate SUSDB

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here are the steps if you have installed WSUS on Server 2012R2 on the Windows Internal Database to reset the Database and WSUS itself.

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Windows: Join a workgroup or domain from command line

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there are two ways to join or leave a domain. The netdom command or the Powershell Command lets add-computer and remove-computer.
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