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HOWTO restore inaccessible boot disks

A day before Christmas, a friend of mine called me telling me that one of his notebooks didn’t start anymore. A glorious BlueScreen pops up giving an error 0xC000000E because a device isn’t accessible anymore. We downloaded the latest Windows 10 Media Creation Tool to create a bootable USB Windows 10 image from where to try to fix the problem.  Naturally, the automatic recovery didn’t … Continue reading HOWTO restore inaccessible boot disks »

HOWTO enable/disable PING on Windows 10 firewall by command prompt

In Windows 10, the firewall blocks PING command messages by default. I presume that this setting is to improve the security of our PCs, but sometimes we need it because we have to investigate about network problems, … Since I find quite annoying to wander through hundreds of firewall rules, then I discovered the command lines to enable/disable the related firewall rules from an Administrative … Continue reading HOWTO enable/disable PING on Windows 10 firewall by command prompt »

HOWTO install a driver .INF by command line

Up to now, there are different ways to install a device driver: by a dedicated setup file by the manufacturer. by using Device Manager to update the ones of a previously installed device. by File Explorer right-click menu. … by script or command line This last option can be useful if you need to include in a script the driver installation, or in a troubleshooting … Continue reading HOWTO install a driver .INF by command line »

HOWTO Convert SVN repository to GIT

In my previous post, I wrote about using GIT with an SVN server pathing across different processes. One of these was cloning an SVN repository.  This topic can be used to convert an SVN repository to GIT one with all its revision history. The Process We can use the cloning command to set up the starting revision of our new GIT clone, by the following … Continue reading HOWTO Convert SVN repository to GIT »

HOWTO start Memory Test on W10

If you are investigating strange issues/BSOD on your computer, you may reach the point to verify the installed memory. Windows 10 has this feature included, and it will spare the need to use any live CD, … You can simply use it by typing in the Search box: mdsched and selecting Memory Diagnostic Tool from the results, or by administrative Command Prompt by typing the … Continue reading HOWTO start Memory Test on W10 »

HOWTO quickly rename folders from _svn to .svn

Once upon a time, someone had the idea to use ‘_svn’ for a Windows SVN sandbox working folder instead of the standard ‘.svn’. I suppose, that the idea was to use a more Windows-aligned folder name. By using TortoiseSVN, it was quite transparent. Years passed, and the idea was dropped, and these sandboxes aren’t working anymore by default. TortoiseSVN still provides a hidden registry setting … Continue reading HOWTO quickly rename folders from _svn to .svn »

HOWTO limit MS SQL Server memory usage

Go to the Microsoft website and download MS SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS for ‘friends’), about 0.5Gb to download, and 1Gb of disk space. It is working with almost any MS SQL Server version and edition. Once installed you have to: start the program with administrative access rights elevation connect to the service right-click on root item in Object Explorer, select Properties select Memory from … Continue reading HOWTO limit MS SQL Server memory usage »

HOWTO quickly set Safe Mode into Windows 10

Setting safe mode for the next reboot has become quite tricky. Usually, you have to navigate among one-way system options (reset, restore, …). Recently I discovered that you can easily trigger it from Command Prompt with administrator access rights. Type the following command: bcdedit /set {default} safeboot minimal and reboot. The system will reboot in safe mode as requested this time only. If it will … Continue reading HOWTO quickly set Safe Mode into Windows 10 »