VMware: Upgrade VMware tools without reboot

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by default when upgrading the VMware tools of an VM and a reboot is requested the VM autmatically reboots after installation.
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Windows: Download appx packages from Microsoft Store (Example install the new Windows Terminal offline)

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the store itself does not have an option to download appx packages directly from the Windows store.
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Powershell/Excel: Check if a excel document contains macros

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this script can be used to check if excel contains some active code. It opens the excel file in an safe way and looks for VB content and write the full file path to the console if macros are found.
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Windows: Change application for a file extension from command line

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Windows has two command line utilities to alter the application associated with a file extension.
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ActiveDirectory: Determine the kms activation server by DNS

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to determine the KMS, the server to activate Windows installations, you can query the DNS by nslookup.
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