Month: March 2019
KB4474419 and KB4489878
For some unknown reason, KB4474419 and KB4489878 failed to install automatically on Windows 7 SP1 x64 and Windows Server 2008 R2 x64, respectively. One client was unable to install KB4474419 and two servers had issues with KB4489878. After struggling for a while, I opted to download the updates and installing them manually. Go to https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/ […]
Read More → KB4474419 and KB4489878Parallel ZFS mounting
Parallel mounting of ZFS filesystem was introduced in r344569 and is great for shortening the boot time. The change creates a cosmetic problem, partial ordering of the mounted filesystems. Here’s a shell script coercing the output of df(1) into a comprehensible listing.
Read More → Parallel ZFS mountingDesktop icons in modern Windows
Having access to “Azure Dev Tools for Teaching” (formerly known as MS Imagine, MS DreamSpark, and MSDN Academic Alliance) for training and experimentation has its perks, but I miss the ability to show certain desktop icons without activating Windows 10 and/or Server 2019. Here’s how.
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