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Windows: Update builtin openssh to the latest version

Hi,

when you have install openssh by

PS D:\> Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Client~~~~0.0.1.0

then the installed version will never get updates.

Some older version (8.x.x) might have scp performance issues and therefore an update makes sence :-).
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Windows: Removing Appx failed with 0x80070032: This app is part of Windows and cannot be uninstalled on a per-user basis.

Hi,

since the latest Edge updates an Appx Package Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge is installed on a “per user basis”.
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Windows: Invoke-RestMethod =>The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a receive.

Hi,

Invoke-RestMethod or Invoke-WebRequest uses by default TLS 1.0. This protocal is outdated and would be not accepted by the most Webservers anymore.

Usually this results in the following error message:
The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a receive.

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Windows: GPO Logon/logoff scripts

Hi,

User GPO logon/logoff script definitions are stored in an extra place. They are not part of C:\windows\System32\grouppolicy\user\registry.pol nor they can be exported my secedit.
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Linux: Disk recovery with ddrescue

Hi

‘ddrescue –direct’ will open the input with the O_DIRECT option for uncached reads. ‘raw devices’ are not needed on newer kernels. For older kernels see below.
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