I like how I'm seemingly the only contingent of person in society required to pay taxes, as everyone else takes a perpetual vacation from responsibility to the civic order beyond posting reels of their heckin doggos in Whole Foods. If you don't pay taxes on dog food you should turn in your voter ID.

I spent nearly 4 months investigating the inner workings of a North Korean state-sponsored hacking group. Here's what I learned: 🧵 - The group used generative AI tools to aid in almost every part of their operation. - They exfiltrated 26,584 cryptocurrency wallets from 2,726 victim systems. 1/3

I've got a locally patched winget that is magnitudes faster both for single winget commands and concurrent winget commands. Take a look at that - between 30 seconds and several minutes, down to a consistent 1 second with my patches 👇

Analyst: Watch this replay. (Player crosschecks a guy.) Analyst: See that one’s OK. (Same crosscheck.) Analyst: No problem there. (Same crosscheck.) Analyst: Just good hockey. (Same crosscheck.) Analyst: Love it. (Same crosscheck, ref calls it.) Analyst: You just can’t do that!

Every time you hear a conservative demand “neutrality”, know that they want favoured treatment for their entirely discredited and unsupported beliefs. And to eventually prohibit opposing views. Yet centrists fall for it over and over again.

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First day of the #MVPSummit! Looking forward to meeting a lot of awesome people this week!

Leon Draisaitl left the game tonight after taking a hit from Ozzy Wiesblatt. He came back for a shift at the end of the first period, but isn’t on the bench for the start of the second. Per X/TSNRyanRishaug

I found this classic novel

Published a new module called AvaloniaUIShell, (the world's first?) cross-platform desktop GUI framework for PowerShell. github.com/mdgrs-mei/Av... It's using the same mechanism as WinUIShell and takes care of all threading and non-blocking UI operations. #PowerShell

New episode! 🚨 I cover interesting speculation on Windows 12 and its potential release in 2026, an update on the recent cyber attack on a hospital system, lots of AI related news and much more! 📺 View: youtu.be/hfw-tigCSbs 🔊 Listen: on.soundcloud.com/h14a0fF0JqLl...

The Windows App for Windows now supports connecting to Windows PCs directly 👇 $RegPath = "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsApp\Flights" New-Item -Path $RegPath -Force -EA SilentlyContinue New-ItemProperty -Path $RegPath -Name "PeerToPeerConnectionsEnabled" -Value 1 -Force

I created a small demo project on how to ship a #PowerShell 7.5.4 script as a single EXE file to 64-bit Windows machines without installing PowerShell on said target machines. github.com/markekraus/P...

I made a blog post about the commands you can use with slmgr.vbs thedxt.ca/2026/01/slmg... #Windows #slmgr

Hot off the press, a new PowerShell module PSNetDetour which you can use to hook any (caveats of course) .NET method and have it run your ScriptBlock instead. Great for experimentation, debugging, testing github.com/jborean93/PS...

And so, I call on the wisdom of BlueSky for advice on whether hearing aids really help for total hearing loss in one ear, and if so what brands or settings or hearing specialists I should investigate. I'm in Vancouver, BC, FWIW. Thoughts? Experiences?

So I’ve encountered a situation that enrages me a fair bit. My dad gets his news from Facebook and will send me his “rage” news articles… things that make him upset. He just saw this one on Facebook (WARNING: THIS IS FAKE) tic-sante.ca/new-senior-d...

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Here's how to create the Horizon locked.properties file, including all the settings I could find. thedxt.ca/2025/11/hori... #Omnissa #OmnissaTechInsider #Horizon #EUC #VDI #WeAreOmnissa @omnissacommunity.bsky.social

Years ago I complained about Windows creating 39+ page-zeroing pages on 96-core machines, which made memory zeroing much slower. The vast majority of the CPU time was consumed by fighting over a lock. randomascii.wordpress.com/2022/07/11/s...

Here are my thoughts on AI from #msignite 2026: Agents, agents, agents. While I personally doubt most organizations are using a lot of AI agents *today*, I wouldn't be surprised if we're just a year early on that front. I personally haven't used agents much yet, there's so much on the to-do list

I haven't seen anything official, so it may not be the case, but this looks like the end of SCVMM: "Introducing Windows Admin Center: Virtualization Mode (vMode)" techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows...

Here's a typical use case for me using -Outvariable in an interactive PowerShell command line where I'm searching for a file so I want visual output as it searches but I also want the results in a variable so I can access more properties later if I need them without searching again

I understand that Canadian officials can't blatantly tell Trump off. That makes perfect sense. But this TV commercial thing should also show you that there's no point in trying to work with him at all. He's an angry toddler. He can't be negotiated with. Find other trade partners and allies.

In the US, you have ICE agents. In Canada, we have NICE agents. This agent was part of the ‘This Hour Has 22 Minutes’ Canadian television show. He was interviewing Americans and letting them pose for a Canadian passport ID. People were getting a kick out of it and having fun. Good on you Canada! 🇨🇦❤️

It’s oddly true. A Roomba can read the room better than most people

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If you want to quickly figure out if & where a process is writing a logfile, create a filter (ctrl l) in @SysInternals procmon for your process(es) and also Category = Write & turn off registry & network capture in the toolbar

Need to turn %USERDNSDOMAIN% into canonical form, eg for ADSI ? "DC=$(($env:USERDNSDOMAIN -split '\.') -join ',DC=')"

So this has driven me nuts. If you set Default File Associations via Group Policy (I assume Intune policy as well) it is so slow to apply. It does appear Microsoft starts applying it asynchronously, but will block logons until it completes.

Here's an article I've written on configuring strong authentication for AVD/W365. It includes a demo of what the UX is like, and why things might not work exactly as you expect. stealthpuppy.com/avd-w365-sec...

Here's how to get your VMware Home Lab licenses after passing the VCP-VCF exam. thedxt.ca/2025/09/vmwa... #HomeLab #VMware #licenses #VCF #vExpert

During your troubleshooting adventure, it's common that you want to filter to all write access. That's very easy with Process Monitor. You can just filter to Category is Write. That will work for file and registry activities. #sysinternals

Good news, everyone! We've released a beta version of new Pebble app for iOS and Android. It works with ALL old Pebble watches! See what's working so far: ndocs.repebble.com/changelog Pls report bugs - button in app! iOS testflight.apple.com/join/T17YYZYq Android play.google.com/apps/testing...

same people convinced they can use computer programs to replace workers are the ones convinced nobody can use computer programs to replace being in a building together -- @[email protected]

A clear sign it’s time to reboot the computer

New Diary Of A Sysadmin podcast episode drop. 🎤 @rorymon.com talks App-V, community, and insights he's learned on his podcast (5 Bytes Podcast) Really enjoyed learning about his IT journey! Go check it out on all podcast platforms and YouTube Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0dXI...

Had a fun chat with Fabian! The episode is available now, you can check out below ⬇️

New episode! 🚨 I cover problems caused by recent Windows Updates, Gartner’s update to the DaaS Magic Quadrant, Windows 10 ESU concerns and much more! 🎧 Listen: on.soundcloud.com/Mtn6A4Z9kDhi... 📺 View: youtu.be/YzI5GFo5KXc?...

trust but verify alternate title: I Found Out Recently That I Am Bad At Corporate Politics

New blog post! 📰 Microsoft Remote Desktop (MSRDC) is going away 😱 — and recent updates broke MsRdpEx support. Learn how to pin a stable version, disable auto-updates, and save it while you still can! ☀️💻👇 awakecoding.com/posts/saving...

Free, but not basic. Remote Desktop Manager Free (Solo edition) comes loaded with features IT folks actually use, without the upsell. 🔐 Secure vaults 🖥️ Session management 🤝 Credential sharing 💸 $0 Learn more in this article 👉 devo-inc.net/3Gj6Q1Y What's your go-to free tool?

If you're an #Evergreen user, you'll need to prepare for some changes: stealthpuppy.com/evergreen-ch... I'm finally splitting the per-application functions from the Evergreen module, hopefully making it easier to update

Anyone out there still using Citrix UPM or Citrix Profile Containers? Do you have any tricks or settings that are MUST HAVES to make it go faster?

It's here - a first release of RdpCredProv, a Windows credential provider with autologon capabilities better than the original! 🚀 Yes, it works even with the Hyper-V enhanced session mode! Grab a copy from github.com/Devolutions/... and then follow the instructions from the readme 👇

The Winlogon registry keys for autologon don't work with the Hyper-V enhanced session mode, so I undusted an old credential provider in C++, made it load default credentials from the registry, and poof, it works! This will be very useful for lab environments 👇

I'm trying to upgrade my scripts to install Windows Admin Center V2 - why does it feel like a task of reverse engineering installers? It's a .exe installer now instead of an .msi, options have changed, and it's frankly not very straightforward: blog.markic.org/2025/03/03/d...

New blog post! 📰 Disabling the Windows 11 Taskbar Search Box for All Users ⚙️ Cloning Windows images? Setting up lab machines? Make sure that bloated search box stays hidden—by default—for every user 🧼 PowerShell + Registry = Clean taskbars 👇 awakecoding.com/posts/disabl...

Thinking to myself: “this is going to be a good day and I’m going to start it off on the right foot” Windows: