Do you wonder how to find out what version of Windows is running? The Windows version can be checked in multiple ways. In this short note i am showing the easiest way to get information about the Windows version using the winver command from the “Run” dialog or using the systeminfo command from a command-line […]
Ctrl+Shift+Key Not Working – Ubuntu, Linux Mint
If you select the Ctrl + Shift combination to switch a keyboard layout in Ubuntu or Linux Mint, any other hotkeys with Ctrl + Shift + <Key> may stop working. This is a known bug in Xorg that can be fixed by applying this patch. This is a short note about how to fix the […]
BusyBox (initramfs): Ubuntu Boot Problem Fix
The “initramfs boot problem” on Ubuntu or Linux Mint is a situation when a computer does not boot up properly and instead of going straight to the login screen, drops you to the BusyBox shell with the initramfs command-line prompt. This error usually occurs when the partition containing the operating system got corrupted. Luckily this […]
Kibana: Wildcard Search – Query Examples
A wildcard operator is a special character that is used in Kibana search queries to represent one or more other characters. Kibana supports two wildcard operators: ?, which matches any single character in a specific position and *, which matches zero or more characters. In this note i will show some examples of Kibana search […]
Kibana: AND, OR, NOT – Query Examples
Kibana Query Language (KQL) supports boolean operators AND, OR and NOT (case insensitive). They are used as conjunctions to combine or exclude keywords in Kibana search queries, resulting in more focused and productive results. In this note i will show some examples of how to use boolean operators AND, OR and NOT in Kibana search […]
Kubectl Apply – All Files in Directory
kubectl apply command is used to manage applications by creating and updating Kubernetes resources declared in configuration files. In addition to possibly to manage resources through individual files, there is a way to apply all the YAML files in a folder. In this short note i will show how to use the kubectl apply command […]
Change Local Account Password in Windows – CMD & PowerShell
If you have forgotten a local user password in Windows but you can still log in to the computer with PIN, picture password or another administrator account, you can easily reset the forgotten password from a command-line prompt (CMD) or using a PowerShell. In this note i will show how to change the forgotten local […]
Check If User Is In Domain – CMD & PowerShell
In Windows, a Local User is the user created in the local system, whose username and password are stored on the computer itself. A Domain User is one whose username and password are stored on a domain controller (e.g. Active Directory) rather than the computer the user is logging into. In this note i will […]
Run Batch File (.BAT) on Startup in Windows
The easiest way to run a batch file on a system startup is to place it in the Windows “Startup” folder or drop there a shortcut. Programs placed in this folder are meant to run automatically whenever the computer boots up. In this note i will show how to run a batch file on a […]
Create Batch File (.BAT) to Run EXE Program
In Windows you can run any program with the .exe extention from a batch file that is very useful in different automation scenarios. For example, you may want to create a batch file to use it as a launcher for the program that you want to execute with some parameters. In this note i am […]