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Windows

Windows 11 - enable seconds on clock (again) - may 2023 update

Windows 11 - enable seconds on clock (again) - may 2023 update

Windows 11's patch of may 2023 brings back seconds to the system-clock - if you enable it through registry. Let's do this!

Daniel Nachtrub
Daniel Nachtrub
Windows
Migrate a netadapter configuration in an atomic command

Migrate a netadapter configuration in an atomic command

You know the situation: You need to perform multiple commands that will disconnect you in the middle. Functions to the rescue!

Daniel Nachtrub
Daniel Nachtrub
Network
openvpn 2.6.0 released

openvpn 2.6.0 released

The new openvpn 2.6.0 has some very nice and shiny features you might want to starting using soon. This post highlights some of them.

Daniel Nachtrub
Daniel Nachtrub
Linux
Create a TPM backed certificate request (on windows)

Create a TPM backed certificate request (on windows)

Certificates are everywhere - sometimes you want to keep them even more secure than just on the filesystem (or operating system store). This guide shows how to create TPM backed certificates on windows.

Daniel Nachtrub
Daniel Nachtrub
Windows
Windows 11 22H2 - stuck RDP session establishment when using UDP transport

Windows 11 22H2 - stuck RDP session establishment when using UDP transport

Windows 11 22H2 currently has an issue when connecting using the Remote Desktop gateway or Remote Desktop Connection Broker. This article gives some information and possible workarounds.

Daniel Nachtrub
Daniel Nachtrub
Windows
Fixing WinSXS manually, when DISM resigns

Fixing WinSXS manually, when DISM resigns

WinSXS corruption (the component store is repairable) is often a tedious task to repair, especially when working on Windows Server 2016 where builtin commands might not be able to fix this out of the box. This guide shows a way that worked in most circumstances to get WinSXS consistent again.

Daniel Nachtrub
Daniel Nachtrub
Windows
Replace tls cert using commandline (netsh)

Replace tls cert using commandline (netsh)

TLS endpoints on windows are often served by the operating system itself. Related certificate bindings can be managed using the command line easily. This guide shows how to replace a certificate using the commandline.

Daniel Nachtrub
Daniel Nachtrub
Windows
Fixing a corrupt vhdx file manually

Fixing a corrupt vhdx file manually

Recently, I've had a corrupted VHDX file that has not been able to mount or repair using regular tools ("The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable"). This guide describes the steps that fixed it.

Daniel Nachtrub
Daniel Nachtrub
Windows