- Remote Desktop
- Screenshots
- Start At Login
- MMCs
- WinDirStat - Disk Space Analysis
- Commands
- WSL - Windows Subsystem for Linux
- GitHub Repos
- Meme
You can find your corporate workspace by downloading Remote Desktop app from the Apple Store and then Add Workspace and entering this URL:
https://rdweb.wvd.microsoft.com/api/arm/feeddiscovery
You'll be prompted for your Microsoft login, enter your company corporate email and password, and your RDP session will be seen as an icon to click through to.
This icon will remain under Workspaces, not PCs when you are starting RDP again to connect.
This conveniently also reconnects if you leave the app running and move locations / wifi as a digital nomad or even just going home.
On Mac use the Cmd key as the Windows key.
Screenshots can be tricky when using WVD above from a Mac
as the Print Screen key isn't available on Mac and shortcuts like Windows-Shift-S
don't work.
Pull up the Snipping Tool from the task search and use that to take a screenshot of a given area.
On Mac hit the Cmd key which is equivalent of the Windows key inside the WVD session to bring up the task bar search
and then typesnip and enter.
Once the Snipping Tool is up, click New and then drag a selection window and save it as a screenshot file to share.
To have any program start at login, such as Teams or Outlook to save you clicks (especially if you're starting new WVD sessions every day or every 4 hours):
Start -> Run:
This opens the Startup folder for your user account:
shell:startup
Then just drag a shortcut of the app into that folder:
eg. Start and drag the icon of the app over that Startup folder to create the shortcut.
Test by logging out and back in.
Microsoft Management Consoles are UI utilities to administer the system.
You can launch them from Start -> Run menu and typing their name which ends in .msc:
| Command | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
compmgmt.msc |
Computer Management | Comprehensive console with tools like Disk Management, Task Scheduler ... |
diskmgmt.msc |
Disk Management | Manages disk drives and partitions |
taskschd.msc |
Task Scheduler | Automates task execution based on specific conditions |
services.msc |
Services | Displays and manages all services installed on the system |
devmgmt.msc |
Device Manager | Interface to view and manage hardware devices installed on the computer |
dsa.msc |
Active Directory Users and Computers | Manages users, computers, and objects in a domain |
lusrmgr.msc |
Local Users and Groups | Manages local user accounts and groups |
gpedit.msc |
Group Policy Management | Centralized management environment for configuring Group Policy settings |
perfmon.msc |
Performance Monitor | Monitors system performance, displaying real-time data about system usage |
eventvwr.msc |
Event Viewer | Allows viewing and managing system, application, and security event logs |
Use the excellent WinDirStat tool to visually see what is occupying your disk space.
Disk Inventory X for Mac and KDirStat for Linux are inspired by this.
Show the current time:
time /t
(without the /t switch it prompts to set a new time)
See Networking doc.
fsutil volume list | findstr :
powershell "Get-PSDrive -PSProvider FileSystem | Select-Object Name, @{Name='FreeSpace(GB)';Expression={($_.Free/1GB).ToString('F2')}}, @{Name='UsedSpace(GB)';Expression={((($_.Used)/1GB).ToString('F2'))}}, @{Name='TotalSize(GB)';Expression={($_.Used+$_.Free/1GB).ToString('F2')}}"
chkdsk c:
output:
Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems.
No further action is required.
51796991 KB total disk space.
30478208 KB in 771533 files.
438244 KB in 283686 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
1194783 KB in use by the system.
55232 KB occupied by the log file.
19685756 KB available on disk.
4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
12949247 total allocation units on disk.
4921439 allocation units available on disk.
where bash
output:
C:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe
fsutil volume diskfree c:
Set owner of file administrator:
icacls "D:\test\test.txt" /setowner "administrator"
Recursively change /app directory and its contents be readable by all users
icacls "D:\test\test.txt" /grant "users:(R)" /t
Grant full control permission to administrator:
icacls "D:\test\test.txt" /grant "administrator:(F)"
Grant read and execute to all users:
icacls "D:\test\test.txt" /grant "users:(RX)"
Use the native certutil command:
certutil -encode "%file%" "$base64_file"
You'll need to strip off the leading -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- and trailing -----END CERTIFICATE----- in that file
before you use it.
For text files only (like the above base64 file):
set "file=C:\path\to\your\file.txt"
type "%file%" | clip
or using PowerShell:
# For text files
Get-Content "path\to\your\file.txt" -Raw | Set-Clipboard
# For binary files (converting to base64 first)
[Convert]::ToBase64String([System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes("path\to\your\file.jpg")) | Set-ClipboardIn cmd:
powershell -command "Get-Clipboard" > "%file%"
or in Powershell:
Get-Clipboard | Out-File -FilePath "%file%start "%file%"or if the filename has spaces in it:
start "" "%file%"wsl --list --oneline
shorter version:
wsl -l -o
wsl install
You will be prompted for a username and password with admin privileges.
You will need to reboot (you won't even be able to run wsl -l -o again until you do):
shutdown /r
scipag/HardeningKitty- Raphire/Win11Debloat - PowerShell script to remove pre-installed
apps, disable telemetry, customization, declutter and improve your Windows experience. Works on Windows 10 and 11
How many of you dweebs are still using Windows instead of Linux or Mac?
Mac falls somewhere in between the two, depending on the problem...
