Category Archives: Windows knowhow

Howto do some things in Windows

Windows: Open Registry Editor regedit.exe at a given key

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regedit.exe does not accept any command line parameters for opening a given key.
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Windows: Locate the CA in your Active Directory Infrastructure

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there are two ways to determine the Certitification Authority in your Active Directory environment.
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Windows 10: Remove the defender notification icon from systray/notification area

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the executable which shows the the Windows Defender Notification icon in systray or notification area is %ProgramFiles%\Windows Defender\MSASCuiL.exe.

This program is simply started by a run key in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. So if you want that the icon is gone and no longer being shown delete the run key.

C:\> reg delete  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run /v SecurityHealth /f

If you want it back recreate the key

C:\> reg add  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run /v SecurityHealth /t REG_SZ /d "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Defender\MSASCuiL.exe" /f

Michael

Windows: Enable or disable Internet Explorers Developer tools

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the Internet Explorer is shipped with its own Developer Tools for developing, analyzing or modifing Websites in real time.

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VMware: Windows Guest VM does not boot due to Error 0xc000186 ntoskrnl.exe

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in some circumstances a Windows guest VM does not boot and stops with Error:

  • Stoperror: 0xc000186
  • Boot critical file C:\windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe is corrupt.

 
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