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Set git username and email address in Windows / VSCode
After installing Git for Windows, a username and email address has to be set or VSCode will give you the following error: To add your username and email address, open up a terminal. I used Powershell in this case and type in the following commands: If the email address used is also in your GitHub…
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Install syslinux on Windows Server 2019 WDS
Once Windows Deployment Services is installed and running, locate the folder where WDS is installed.My install is in D:\RemoteInstall. Rename pxeboot.n12 in D:\RemoteInstall\Boot\x64 to pxeboot.0. Rename abortpxe.com in D:\RemoteInstall\Boot\x86 to abortpxe.0. Download syslinux. I used version 5.04. Your mileage may vary with other versions. From the syslinux archive, extract core\pxelinux.0, com32\menu\vesamenu.c32, com32\modules\chain.c32, memdisk\memdisk to D:\RemoteInstall\Boot\x86…
Useful Commands for Windows Subsystem for Linux
wsl -l -v – check current WSL version in use wsl -–set-default-version 1 – set default WSL version. Currently 1 or 2. wsl -–set-version Ubuntu-20.04 2 – convert WSL version to version 2 where Ubuntu-20.04 is the name of the distribution.
How to resolve incorrect time with Windows Domain Controller
The Domain Controller should be the definitive source for time for the entire Windows Domainnetwork. It needs to sync directly to NTP servers and not the hardware clock of the machine it’s onwhether it’s a virtual machine or a physical server. That means don’t set VMware Tools to sync time for the guest. There are…