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Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 16th 20, 06:12 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,alt.os.linux
Replies: 73
Views: 646
Posted By Arlen Holder
Tutorial for setting up Ubuntu as a Windows Subsystem for Linux WSL in Windows 10

In response to what Paul wrote :

If you'd previously needed this stuff, the ten years old
GNUWIN32 items on Sourceforge, handle most of this. Or you
could use Cygwin. A...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 16th 20, 10:51 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,alt.os.linux
Replies: 73
Views: 646
Posted By Arlen Holder
Tutorial for setting up Ubuntu as a Windows Subsystem for Linux WSL in Windows 10

In response to what Kenny McCormack wrote :

Who is the target audience? What is MS actually trying to do? (Usually,
you find out that some big corporate client...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 16th 20, 09:19 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.os.linux,alt.comp.freeware
Replies: 73
Views: 646
Posted By Arlen Holder
Tutorial for setting up Ubuntu as a Windows Subsystem for Linux WSL in Windows 10

Tutorial for setting up Ubuntu as a Windows Subsystem for Linux WSL in Windows 10

As always, this general-purpose tutorial is posted for two key reasons:
a. So that others benefit from all efforts,...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 15th 20, 11:14 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 13
Views: 64
Posted By Arlen Holder
Get directory and subdirectory size from the command line?

In response to what T wrote :

Yeah, the Linux is a better idea. Your only other choice was "dir /s"
from wherever you want to count size. It'll appear at the end of the
...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 15th 20, 09:51 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 13
Views: 64
Posted By Arlen Holder
Get directory and subdirectory size from the command line?

In response to what T wrote :

du -s -k c:\drivers
611909 c:\drivers

Good suggestion, particularly since I just installed WSL last...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 15th 20, 05:18 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware
Replies: 21
Views: 322
Posted By Arlen Holder
Tutorial: How to enable the Telnet Client in Windows 10

In response to what JJ wrote :

Refurbishing old guides/tutorials won't make them
more informative or up to date, because they're already covered or nothing
is new in...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 15th 20, 04:38 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,alt.msdos.batch
Replies: 21
Views: 322
Posted By Arlen Holder
Tutorial: How to enable or sisable UEFI in Windows 10, for Linux purposes

In response to what Mike Easter wrote :

Dunno if the normal Ubuntu 20.04 ISO will work though... o
https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop

No; use an .iso specifically...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 15th 20, 03:08 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,alt.msdos.batch
Replies: 21
Views: 322
Posted By Arlen Holder
Tutorial: How to enable or sisable UEFI in Windows 10, for Linux purposes

Ooooooops... (one of the screenshot links was bad)...

o https://i.postimg.cc/2jtPybp0/run01.jpg
o https://i.postimg.cc/KzbZkxSh/run02.jpg
o...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 15th 20, 03:03 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.msdos.batch,microsoft.public.windows.server.general
Replies: 5
Views: 133
Posted By Arlen Holder
Is it even possible to pin the RUN command icon to the taskbar WITHOUT surrendering to a Windows Search?

In response to what Todd Vargo wrote :

Does pressing the Windows + R keys not work in Windows 10?

UPDATE:
o https://i.postimg.cc/2jtPybp0/run01.jpg
o...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 15th 20, 02:40 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,alt.msdos.batch
Replies: 21
Views: 322
Posted By Arlen Holder
Tutorial: How to enable or sisable UEFI in Windows 10, for Linux purposes

In response to what Mike Easter wrote :

In linux we don't call it a WinKey :-)

Some don't like to call it a super key because it has a Win logo on it,
so they call it...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 15th 20, 01:39 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware
Replies: 21
Views: 322
Posted By Arlen Holder
Tutorial: How to enable or sisable UEFI in Windows 10, for Linux purposes

On Thu, 14 May 2020 22:37:20 +0000 (UTC), Robin Goodfellow
wrote:

Just in case you may have stumbled into Linux

Hi Robin Goodfellow,

I'm assuming you're asking for...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 15th 20, 12:44 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware
Replies: 21
Views: 322
Posted By Arlen Holder
Tutorial: How to enable the Telnet Client in Windows 10

In response to what Mike Easter wrote :

That seems unnecessarily complicated.

Hi Mike,

We both go way back, where you're one of the handful of purposefully
helpful people on...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 14th 20, 11:18 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware
Replies: 21
Views: 322
Posted By Arlen Holder
Tutorial: How to enable the Telnet Client in Windows 10

Tutorial: How to enable the (free'ish) Telnet Client in Windows 10

Start run cmd{enter}
c:\ telnet
'telnet' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 14th 20, 05:30 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.computer.workshop,alt.comp.freeware,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 29
Views: 332
Posted By Arlen Holder
good cheap/free PDF to Word converter required

In response to what Wolffan wrote :
While the OP, Wolffan, is a known worthless piece of **** (on the level of
Snit, Diesel, Sn!pe, Colonel Ednumd J. Burke, Nomen Nescio, et...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 14th 20, 05:10 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.computer.workshop,alt.comp.freeware,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 29
Views: 332
Posted By Arlen Holder
[OT]good cheap/free PDF to Word converter required

In response to what Shadow wrote :

I feel tempted to KF Vanguard, but sometimes his posts make a
good book.

It's hard to read Vanguard, just as it's hard to read Paul, and...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 13th 20, 11:57 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 10
Views: 87
Posted By Arlen Holder
Office 365 student renewal

In response to what philo wrote :

Here is a free alternative

https://www.freeoffice.com/en/

While the Lord knows I don't have an objection to freeware...

This is one...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 13th 20, 10:36 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 10
Views: 87
Posted By Arlen Holder
Office 365 student renewal

In response to what Norm Why wrote :

How can I get an Office 365 student renewal?

Most of us are likely perhaps in our 70's or 80's, many of us extremely
well educated,...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 13th 20, 05:39 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 3
Views: 106
Posted By Arlen Holder
This patch-tuesday was the 3rd largest in Microsoft history (luckily, no 0-day bugs though)

In response to what knuttle wrote :

Does this mean the much talked about 2020 spring update Version 2003?
will not occur until next month?

Dunno.

A few weeks ago,...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 13th 20, 01:46 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 3
Views: 106
Posted By Arlen Holder
This patch-tuesday was the 3rd largest in Microsoft history (luckily, no 0-day bugs though)

Here's a screenshot of my Win 10 Pro version after the update:
o Start run winver == Version 1909 (OS Build 18363.*836*)
https://i.postimg.cc/SRnsj7TN/patchtuesday01.jpg

o Third-largest...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 13th 20, 02:41 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,comp.mobile.android
Replies: 2
Views: 78
Posted By Arlen Holder
Why would SMB seem to be more reliable than WebDav or FTP or KDEConnect, etc., for Wi-Fi "network connections" between Android & Windows?

UPDATE:

I narrowed down the Wi-Fi LAN reliability problem to a NETBIOS hiccup...
o Basically, everything works well after a router reboot.

What seems to possibly be happening is that NETBIOS...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 13th 20, 02:41 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,comp.mobile.android
Replies: 2
Views: 1,030
Posted By Arlen Holder
Why would SMB seem to be more reliable than WebDav or FTP or KDEConnect, etc., for Wi-Fi "network connections" between Android & Windows?

UPDATE:

I narrowed down the Wi-Fi LAN reliability problem to a NETBIOS hiccup...
o Basically, everything works well after a router reboot.

What seems to possibly be happening is that NETBIOS...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 12th 20, 10:33 PM Posted to alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 7
Views: 118
Posted By Arlen Holder
Thunderspy: Thunderbolt Flaws Expose Millions of PCs to Hands-On Hacking (aka "evil maid attack")

In response to what Alan Baker wrote :

and MacOS Sierra 10.12.4 and later also
include kernel DMA protection. "

HINT for the utterly moronic & clearly psychopathic...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 12th 20, 10:33 PM Posted to alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 974
Posted By Arlen Holder
Thunderspy: Thunderbolt Flaws Expose Millions of PCs to Hands-On Hacking (aka "evil maid attack")

In response to what Alan Baker wrote :

and MacOS Sierra 10.12.4 and later also
include kernel DMA protection. "

HINT for the utterly moronic & clearly psychopathic...
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