TIPS of the Day

Shows you the cached passwords on your Windows machine

rundll32.exe keymgr.dll,KRShowKeyMgr

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Reference

=TEXT(MID(A1,1,FIND(".",A1)),"000")&"."&TEXT(MID(A1,FIND(".",A1)+1,FIND(".",A1,FIND(".",A1)+1)-1-FIND(".",A1)),"000")&"."&TEXT(MID(A1,FIND(".",A1,FIND(".",A1)+1)+1,FIND(".",A1,FIND(".",A1,FIND(".",A1)+1)+1)-1-FIND(".",A1,FIND(".",A1)+1)),"000")&"."&TEXT(MID(A1,FIND(".",A1,FIND(".",A1,FIND(".",A1)+1)+1)+1,LEN(A1)),"000")

Insert a picture into an excel cell

Smart Sizing

Add the following line to your default.rdp config file.

smart sizing:i:1
  • Your MSTSC window will now always show full screen no matter what size the MSTSC window is. i.e. it will dynamically resize.
  • How to find your RDP config file?
    • Open MSTSC –> Show Options → “Save As”  

Use Powershell and the below get-content command

get-content <filename> -tail 5 -wait

Tail example with a 'grep like' filter using “select-string”

get-content CCBU.2020-01-07T15-51-53.187.startup.log -tail 5 -wait | select-string "REST"
  • Check TCP connectivity / FW rules using the command
    utils network connectivity <host> <port>

Adding audio from powerpoint to your webex

  • Download this and install: https://www.vb-audio.com/Cable/index.htm
  • On Windows click on the speaker icon and change audio device to be 'CABLE INPUT…'
  • Open WebEX meeting
  • Click three dots and check audio connection is set to PC
  • Click three dots and select Speaker, Microphone and Camera
  • Change Microphone to be 'CABLE OUTPUT…'
  • Open the Powerpoint PPT
  • Go to webex and click on Share/ Share Content and select Powerpoint
  • Lock Video (for everyone) on eGain EMEA
  • Click play in Powerpoint
udp port 5060 or (udp and portrange 1024-32767)

Command Line Command to install dsa.msc this on Windows 10.

DISM.exe /Online /add-capability /CapabilityName:Rsat.ActiveDirectory.DS-LDS.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0

This works in Ireland.
Tested on eir mobile - need to test on other networks.

  • #31# - To DISABLE your number from been presented
  • *31# - To ENABLE your number (even if configured to block)
  • general/tipsoftheday.txt
  • Last modified: 2023/10/11 11:01
  • by gerardorourke