scotyboy56 Posted February 26, 2015 Posted February 26, 2015 Well. Today I learned Didn't realise it worked there, too. Also on windows 8+ you can press windows key and x to get the options menu in the bottom left hand corner instead of right clicking in the left bottom corner
Ephelyon Posted February 26, 2015 Posted February 26, 2015 (edited) @LosOjos I'm not trying to find out if the computer is running 32 or 64 bit, but whether it is capable of running 64 bit. We are refreshing the whole network and would like to avoid a mixed 32 and 64 bit environment, so I am looking at the older computers wmic cpu get addresswidth Whack this in a batch file to get an instant answer per machine: @wmic /node:"%1" cpu get addresswidth | find "64" > nul && echo 64-bit OS supported on %1 || echo 64-bit OS unsupported on %1 Save that as e.g. Check64.bat and run it from the command line with the target computer name as a parameter, e.g.: Check64 SUITE-01 You'll need to be a logged on as a domain admin to run that against domain-joined machines (WMI passes your user credentials through unless you specify different ones). Edited February 26, 2015 by Ephelyon 3
witch Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 wmic cpu get addresswidth Whack this in a batch file to get an instant answer per machine: @wmic /node:"%1" cpu get addresswidth | find "64" > nul && echo 64-bit OS supported on %1 || echo 64-bit OS unsupported on %1 Save that as e.g. Check64.bat and run it from the command line with the target computer name as a parameter, e.g.: Check64 SUITE-01 You'll need to be a logged on as a domain admin to run that against domain-joined machines (WMI passes your user credentials through unless you specify different ones). Sounds very technical and I'm sure it is lovely but my exe is on the network now and takes seconds to run. And I like it. So there
bushby Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 that you can bump in to a ex anywhere and any when (why did it have to be the crazy one) on the topic i now know how to get the logs from sccm 2012 r2 to be sent to people to tell me whats borked. and that i can handle my department on my own with no boss or jr
sonofsanta Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 An even better way is going Start > Computer > RightClick > Properties There's a similar System screen in 8+, too, by right clicking the bottom-left to get the Power User menu and clicking System (I believe, not able to test right now) Or you can open up windows explorer, and right click This PC -> Properties in windows 8+ But yes your way for windows 8+ does work, just tested it. Well. Today I learned Didn't realise it worked there, too. Or: Windows Key + Pause/Break opens up System Properties. Even quicker 2
Garacesh Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 Or: Windows Key + Pause/Break opens up System Properties. Even quicker But also involves the use of two hands and more brainpower due to multiple instances of hand-eye coordination. Yours may be quicker, but mine is more efficient. That's my story and I'm sticking to it
unixman_again Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 I learned that if you drop the black spindle from an HP P3005 pickup roller onto a black floor, it takes 20 minutes to locate. 1
scotyboy56 Posted March 5, 2015 Posted March 5, 2015 Totally by accident and totally useless, but I learnt that instead of pressing the windows key on your keyboard to bring up the start menu you can press ctrl+esc. Don't know why we would need this but thought it was pretty cool
Norphy Posted March 5, 2015 Posted March 5, 2015 It's a legacy from when we didn't have Windows keys on keyboards
Joanne Posted March 5, 2015 Posted March 5, 2015 Ctrl + Alt + END does the Ctrl + Alt + Delete command in remote desktop... I was pressing insert instead of end!! 1
Norphy Posted March 5, 2015 Posted March 5, 2015 That works for Hyper-V VMs as well. Ctrl+alt+insert is what VMware VMs use for the same thing.
Joanne Posted March 5, 2015 Posted March 5, 2015 Ahhhhh I used to use VMWare.... wondered where that had come from!
sted Posted March 5, 2015 Posted March 5, 2015 Totally by accident and totally useless, but I learnt that instead of pressing the windows key on your keyboard to bring up the start menu you can press ctrl+esc. Don't know why we would need this but thought it was pretty cool add shift to that and it starts task manager 1
Garacesh Posted March 5, 2015 Posted March 5, 2015 Ahhhhh I used to use VMWare.... wondered where that had come from! It's just because CTRL + ALT + DEL is always interpreted by your own shell. So even if you're on a VM, your own machine responds to it, too. Which can get very annoying
LiamH Posted March 5, 2015 Posted March 5, 2015 Ctrl + Alt + END does the Ctrl + Alt + Delete command in remote desktop... I was pressing insert instead of end!! and Ctrl+alt+f4 is ctrlaltdel for VNC (well ultraVNC at least)
mats Posted March 6, 2015 Posted March 6, 2015 Today I learnt that 8Gb Kingston Datatraveller encrypted USB sticks have 2Gb of unencrypted space plus 6Gb encrypted. No prizes for guessing which part the teacher was using. I have had to explain to a number of people that if you don't have to enter a password to use it, it's not encrypted.
Garacesh Posted March 6, 2015 Posted March 6, 2015 and Ctrl+alt+f4 is ctrlaltdel for VNC (well ultraVNC at least) I don't think I'll ever trust anything with an Alt+F4 combo
sonofsanta Posted March 6, 2015 Posted March 6, 2015 I don't think I'll ever trust anything with an Alt+F4 combo Hey, did you know that Ctrl + W opens up an easter egg in Internet Explorer?
mats Posted March 6, 2015 Posted March 6, 2015 Hey, did you know that Ctrl + W opens up an easter egg in Internet Explorer? You've got to keep pressing it if it doesn't work.
LosOjos Posted March 6, 2015 Posted March 6, 2015 You've got to keep pressing it if it doesn't work. On some computers, IE just seems to crash, the trick is to try it on multiple machines until you find one it works on. Such easter egg!
Garacesh Posted March 6, 2015 Posted March 6, 2015 Hey, did you know that Ctrl + W opens up an easter egg in Internet Explorer? You've got to keep pressing it if it doesn't work. On some computers, IE just seems to crash, the trick is to try it on multiple machines until you find one it works on. Such easter egg! Oh gee, wow, how could I have missed this? I got it working on mine! That's totally awesome!
Miscbrah Posted March 6, 2015 Posted March 6, 2015 I quite like this thread! Yesterday I found that if some printers (HP 3505 I'm looking at you) for all users of a machine print a multi-page document on one page (as in, all pages printed ontop of each other just on the one page) you fix it by rending at your clothes and screaming. And then running "printmanagement.msc" and finding the offending driver/s and binning them, then restarting. If you can't bin them then butcher/remove as many as possible of the files there and reinstall/let logon reinstall and it'll work.
abillybob Posted March 6, 2015 Author Posted March 6, 2015 Hey, did you know that Ctrl + W opens up an easter egg in Internet Explorer? I've seriously just tried this.... I've just been trolled *sigh* where's my brew. It was like the time I got told on a Honda Civic Forum there was a special hidden Type S Pen under the passenger seat, was looking for this for days until I finally realised, I was trolled again 4
Garacesh Posted March 6, 2015 Posted March 6, 2015 If you can't bin them then butcher/remove as many as possible of the files there and reinstall/let logon reinstall and it'll work. If you can't can a print driver 'cause it's in use, get it as far as you can before having to press the final 'delete' button, then wait. Open cmd, net stop spooler. Net start spooler. Then be ready to click 'Delete' as soon as the print spooler starts again. That'll do the trick 1
LosOjos Posted March 6, 2015 Posted March 6, 2015 It was like the time I got told on a Honda Civic Forum there was a special hidden Type S Pen under the passenger seat, was looking for this for days until I finally realised, I was trolled again Had to quickly throw this together, totally pictured this:
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