If you use the Windows 10 Photos application to import photos from an SD card or camera, note the following to avoid creating duplicate files: Selecting a folder that was imported previously will cause duplicates of photos. The duplicates will be placed in the same folder but renamed with a number at the end, e.g. … Continue reading Windows 10 Photos Imports Duplicates
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PXE Booting Guide
Configure DHCP ServerConfiguration below is for isc-dhcp-server on Linux: # For hardware LAN Boot ROMs:option tftp-server-address 192.168.1.200;filename “pxelinux.0”;# For HyperV Guests:# option 60 = client identifieroption dhcp-client-identifier “PXEClient”;# option 66 = TFTP server nameoption tftp-server-name “192.168.1.200”;# option 67 = Bootfile nameoption bootfile-name “pxelinux.0”; 2. Configure TFTP ServerOn Linux, tftp-hpa is recommended, with a directory structure … Continue reading PXE Booting Guide
The Windows 10 Backup Mess
Windows 10, in 2018, has a variety of built-in backup mechanisms. Unfortunately these are mostly incongruent with each other and each offers different points of protection. 1) File History This is the native Windows 10 backup component. It requires a second disk or SMB network share, to which data located in the User folders are … Continue reading The Windows 10 Backup Mess
Boot Windows with Syslinux
To install Syslinux on an NTFS partition to boot Windows XP: Download and extract the latest Zip file from: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/This file contains code for Windows and Linux systems, only copy files from within the “bios” folder. Create the directoriy structure on the active NTFS partition: C:\boot\syslinux Within the extracted folders, find and copy from the syslinux-x.xx\bios\com32 … Continue reading Boot Windows with Syslinux
Windows 10 Backup Settings shortcut
To create a desktop shortcut to the Backup settings in Windows 10: Right-click desktop -> New -> Shortcut -> ms-settings:backup -> Next -> Finish Rename the shortcut to “Backup Settings”.Edit the shortcut’s properties to customize the icon. For shortcuts to other settings see: www.nextofwindows.com/the-complete-list-of-ms-settings-shortcuts-to-windows-10-settings-applet
Automate PDF printing from batch file command line
Adobe Reader is not suitable for printing PDF files using a batch file because it remains open after the print is done and there is no simple, safe & reliable mechanism to close it. Instead use Ghostscript commandline as shown below: gswin32c -dPrinted -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -dNOSAFER -q -dNumCopies=1 “C:\test.pdf” *Must be a recent version of … Continue reading Automate PDF printing from batch file command line