I never thought that I would write an article on this site of mine about war, peace and a threat to not only an entire nation’s existence, but mine, too. But as this website has some reach (there’s around 75 000 of you each month), I feel that I have…Continue reading Evil triumphs when good men do nothing
“Critical Error – Your Start menu isn’t working”
Well this one was a doozy. My Start Menu stopped working. And that wasn’t nice as I kind of need that. Anyway. Found a couple of ways to try and fix this. One even worked. Wrote them down for your reference (and mine, to be honest). Find them below. (I…Continue reading “Critical Error – Your Start menu isn’t working”
How to export a CSR you’ve created on Windows?
Another thing that I run into every now and then is creating CSRs for different customer environments. Since the requests often end up being a bit complex with a lot of SANs (Subject Alternative Names), crafting them with OpenSSL (or other console tools) is a bit laborious for my liking,…Continue reading How to export a CSR you’ve created on Windows?
How to output all Environment Variables in Azure DevOps with PowerShell?
This article explains how to list all “Environment Variables” (that’s pipeline variables, job / stage variables, predefined variables and even local script variables that are mounted on to the agent as Environment Variables) using PowerShell in Azure DevOps.
CSOM suddenly throwing exceptions when trying to access list contents in SharePoint? A weird fix.
This article explains one possibly reason why some C# code, powered by CSOM, suddenly stops working and can’t access a SharePoint list anymore that it could before, throwing annoying and misleading exceptions like “The list is not DocumentLibrary, VersionPolicies is not supported” instead. Oh – and of course, there’s a…Continue reading CSOM suddenly throwing exceptions when trying to access list contents in SharePoint? A weird fix.
“Predefined type ‘System.Object’ is not defined or imported” and other System namespace stuff missing in your solution?
This article will explain how to fix an annoying situation, where Visual Studio fails to find any System types or other “basic” stuff you’re pretty sure your project should have, automagically, out-of-the-box, without you doing anything. Stuff that comes with .NET. Stuff that should just work. But life isn’t always…Continue reading “Predefined type ‘System.Object’ is not defined or imported” and other System namespace stuff missing in your solution?
How to import GraphQL schema to Postman in Windows?
This article explains a stupid workaround for fetching a GraphQL schema into Postman when Postman doesn’t want to accept it. You might run into this issue if you: (a) use Postman, (b) on Windows and (c) need to import a GraphQL schema. I guess nobody else does, though? But I…Continue reading How to import GraphQL schema to Postman in Windows?
How to fix “NoRegisteredProviderFound” when trying to run any aks az cli commands
This article explains how to fix an error “NoRegisteredProviderFound”, which is thrown by az cli’s aks commands when you’re trying to run pretty much any aks commands in PowerShell/Terminal. Read on to join me on a journey to discover how a fresh install of the Azure CLI can simply randomly…Continue reading How to fix “NoRegisteredProviderFound” when trying to run any aks az cli commands
How to fix annoying mouse/touch device input lag on Windows 11?
A couple of weeks ago I posted about a really annoying issue – persistent mouse/touch device input lag on Windows 10. It was driving me crazy for an afternoon before I found the right Windows Update package to uninstall, purge, cleanse in hellfire, ship right back to Microsoft (with an…Continue reading How to fix annoying mouse/touch device input lag on Windows 11?
How to install the Classic Teams for Business client?
This article explains briefly and straightforwardly (and in a frustrated tone, the reasons of which you might already know) how to install the Classic Microsoft Teams for Business client, instead of the “new” client. I doubt the method will work for very long, but we’ll see. Background The new Microsoft…Continue reading How to install the Classic Teams for Business client?
This simple registry key will make your Windows computer 11.5% faster!
A’ight, it’s a clickbait title, but it’s also almost true. See, if you’re like me, you’re also sick and tired of Windows shoving Edge and Bing down your throat every time you search for something on your PC or click a system link? Do you want to find your files…Continue reading This simple registry key will make your Windows computer 11.5% faster!