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Jupyter Notebook in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

Posted 24th October 2023

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Here’s a procedure for enabling Jupyter Notebooks to run on a Windows brower from a Linux environment on the same machine.

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Enable NTLM Single Sign On in Firefox

Posted 14th May 2018

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A simple procedure for enabling Single Sign On (SSO) in Firefox.

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Unzip .tar.gz files in Windows

Posted 24th November 2016

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Use this one-liner in the command prompt to extract the contents of .tar.gz files on Microsoft Windows machines.

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Use a batch file to run your PowerShell scripts

Posted 1st August 2016

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This simple batch file will enable a PowerShell script file (*.ps1) to execute with Administrator permissions in Windows.

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DOS 8.3 short paths via PowerShell

Posted 5th July 2016

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Use this PowerShell script to discover the DOS 8.3 path name for any selected folder in Windows.

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Use PowerShell to copy all files with a certain name or extension

Posted 2nd September 2015

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Use this simple PowerShell script to batch copy files from one location to another on your computer.

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Script to list files by type and size, export to Excel

Posted 1st July 2014

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Instructions for using a Windows PowerShell script to compile computer file data and export the results to Excel as a tab-delimited CSV.

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First preview of Microsoft Windows 8

Posted 13th July 2011

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Microsoft has posted a video showing some of the new features that will be built into Windows 8.

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My web stats: Browser and Operating System usage

Posted 16th June 2011

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Using my web stats to see what browser and operating system by audience use.

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