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Making Windows 11 useful for me!

Modifications for Windows 11 Laptop Windows Terminal System Clipboard suggestion – get rid of it!

Installing Windows 11 w/o Microsoft Account

I make machines for temp use and I don’t want to attach my account to them, but Windows 11 makes it more difficult to do this… but not elbissopmi! I found the info here

Remove SSH known hosts on Windows

The quick: Open a Windows File Explorer and type: This brings you to the .ssh directory that has the known_hosts file in it. Open the known_host file delete the key that is causing you problems. Source: https://superuser.com/questions/311886/where-is-the-known-hosts-file-for-openssh-for-windows/318749#318749?newreg=7793b32b40354caeab6d06206035d9f0 A bit more bloggy: Due to the nature of the work I do, I often use the same…

Most useful answer on Microsoft Help

Direct link: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/useful-microsoft-download-links-for-office-direct/7bcaa971-9493-44b6-a1ba-0db4c6957c47 I copied it below so I could find it easy. Useful Microsoft download links for Office (direct links) Office Home and Business 2016 64bit: https://c2rsetup.officeapps.live.com/c2r/download.aspx?productReleaseID=HomeBusinessRetail&platform=X64&language=en-US&TaxRegion=pr&correlationId=6c9987bc-6b60-435e-bd02-55bbd2f99308&token=faaf32f6-6d4e-437a-8829-62f924252076&version=O16GA&source=O15OLSOMEX Office Home and Business 2016 32bit: https://c2rsetup.officeapps.live.com/c2r/download.aspx?productReleaseID=HomeBusinessRetail&platform=X86&language=en-US&TaxRegion=pr&correlationId=7b126833-942c-436e-8cdf-ad9d938e4923&token=faaf32f6-6d4e-437a-8829-62f924252076&version=O16GA&source=O15OLSOMEX Office Backup Setup: http://office.microsoft.com/backup OFFICE 365 HOME(Direct Download LINK):- 2013 version: https://c2rsetup.officeapps.live.com/c2r/download.aspx?productReleaseID=O365HomePremRetail&platform=X86&language=en-US&TaxRegion=pr&correlationId=7e21dd05-491e-4160-9092-2def0c1f1548&token=03ec93e1-7670-4b54-ae66-c70b47d595b2&version=O15GA&source=O15OLSOMEX 2016 version: https://c2rsetup.officeapps.live.com/c2r/download.aspx?productReleaseID=O365HomePremRetail&platform=X86&language=en-US&version=O16GA&source=O15OLSO365 Office 2013 Office 2013 Pro Plus: http://care.dlservice.microsoft.com/dl/download/2/9/C/29CC45EF-4CDA-4710-9FB3-1489786570A1/OfficeProfessionalPlus_x86_en-us.img…

Moving Windows backup partition

I cloned my disk to a larger one and learned that I should move my Recovery partition so I can make my windows one larger contiguous partition, and keep my Recovery Partition at the end of the disk. No need to write it myself because The DXT did it perfectly here: https://thedxt.ca/2023/06/moving-windows-recovery-partition-correctly/

Turning off BitLocker

I want to clone my drive to another disk so I can start debugging my Laptop. I have a suspicion that the Video Hardware is having issues, but it could simply be a software corruption on Windows 10 that caused the headaches. I noticed this video glitch while designing a 6 layer PCB in Altium…

Overriding Win 11 ‘Prt Sc’ to for SnagIt

I got a new Windows 11 Pro laptop and as I was setting it up, my SnagIt SW wasn’t operating in the manner expected – I couldn’t set it up to capture images by ‘prt sc’ button, I was relegated to using the ‘ctrl’ + ‘prt sc’ Normally this doesn’t negatively impact my screen capture,…

WSL install on Windows 11

Install using Command prompt in Administrative mode Execute: wsl –install I didn’t reboot my machine, because the instructions I was following didn’t say to, and I was curious. So I went on to see the distros available. See below: See the linux releases by typing: I accidentally typed wsl -install again and it automagically told…

Quick way to open new Outlook to transfer PCs!

Yes – I’m using outlook – it is for a contract… If you’re on a new computer, that has never run outlook, just follow these directions from Microsoft Here is all y’all have to do: (the “JxA” is the profile name – choose your own so we don’t get confused) That’s it – it opens…

Uninstalling Microsoft ‘PowerToys’

I installed MS PowerTools on my new Windows 11 Computer so I could remap my print screen for SnagIt Screen Capture SW. Once I installed it, I realized it required a MS keyboard, and I’m trying to use it on my laptop. I didn’t want to look for workarounds, so I immediately & unsuccessfully tried…