Windows 11 Battery Heatlh Report
Running a battery report periodically can be helpful for a few reasons:
Category Archives: Windows
Setting the IP Address from the Command Line
When you are building a Windows server from the command line, GUI interfaces are not available. Here are two methods of setting IP configuration from the command line.
Connect to Network Printer via TCP/IP
Sometimes you are unable to connect to a printer via the print server. Maybe your driver is unavailable, or for some reason you may not have rights to print to that printer. You can bypass the print server, most times, and print directly to a network printer.
Re-Enable Aero Shake
Microsoft is removing Aero Shake, or shake to minimize from Windows 10.
Get rid of the lock screen
In an office environment a lock screen is required, but not so much on your home machine.
Remove Bing Search from Windows Search
By default, the built-in Windows Search function also includes search results acquired from Bing Search. If you would rather not have Bing results mixed in with your local search results, follow these steps.
303 Keyboard Shortcuts
By utilizing keyboard shortcuts, or hotkeys, you can use your operating system and applications at a much higher level of productivity and efficiency.
Show Seconds in Taskbar
By adding this DWORD value, you can add the display of seconds to the Windows 10 taskbar clock. You’ll have to restart Explorer in order for the changes to take effect.
Restart Windows Explorer
When performing certain operations, such as registry edits, you may be directed to restart Windows. However, some items only require the restart of the Windows Explorer process. Here’s how to do it.
Get Windows Product Key with PowerShell
Retrieve the windows product key of a specified machine using WMI, via PowerShell.