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Uninstall "Microsoft Edge Update" permanently

There are three programs related to Microsoft Edge that come installed by default in Windows 11: Microsoft Edge Microsoft Edge WebView Microsoft Edge Update – I was able to uninstall Microsoft Edge with the following commands: cd C:\Program…
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Does windows support separated standard and admin accounts?

Let's say my windows login is "brian". And I have a second account "brian-admin". I am logged in as "brian". And I run Powershell via "Run as administrator" with "brian-admin". Now if I install programs from the command line which profile are…
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Odoo Server crashes after Upgrading system packages

I am in serious trouble. I am running Odoo 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 CE on the same server with Postgresql 12 ubuntu 20.04 and Nginx as a reverse proxy. All instances were working fine since the last system upgrade. I upgraded my server with "apt…
Faheem
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Windows believes it's in English, but it's in French, how to force it to be really in English?

Initially I had a French Windows 10 Professional (this is a work station, so several settings are controlled by the corporate admins, but I am admin on the machine). But I like my interfaces to be in English, as well as the English language for…
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Windows EVTX Delete Via RecordId

I am trying to figure out a way to delete only a single entry (identified via EventRecordID, found in the Details > XML View) from a Windows Log file (.evtx extension). Tried so far via PowerShell, but you can delete, with the latest version, only…
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Looking to SFTP to a system which a client can access on a subdomain and forward that to their own backend servers

I am looking for a solution where I can setup a main "SFTP" forwarding server and send it to the relevant clients SFTP backend details so they get "forwarded" on sucessfully. It's a little difficult to explain, so I will write it like this: I…
JasmeowTheCat
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Windows Restricted Group policy: how to bind users to specific computers

I've configured a Restricted Groups policy in AD to allow some users to perform administration tasks on domain computers, following this guide. This allows all the users in the group to be administrator on all domain computers. I was wondering if…
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Prevent Non-Admin User Account from Installing Programs -Windows 10

This simple thing is driving me nuts. I need to block my employees who have a local/non administrator account on their windows 10 laptop, from being able to install any application or program. I tried the GPO route Computer Configurations >…
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Shared Cloud Storage for Teams with option to upload only and no download

I am looking for a shared cloud storage for teams. Ideally the admin can assign what directories the members can see. And the members can only upload files and see the contents in the directory but they cannot download and delete. I have tried…
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Bringing up all man page sections for a program at once

when I type man qmail I get No manual entry for qmail. I would like to be able to type man qmail and one screen opens up that includes all the man sections for qmail. Is there a way I can open up man1, man5, man7, man8 all at once and then make…
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Open an application with "runas a different user" by passing the username pop-up

On a windows laptop, when I open Sql Server Management Studio (SSMS) (or any other application like Visual Studio or mstsc [RDP]) as run as a different user , a pop-up appears asking for credentials of the new user. In my case, I'm trying to open…
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Program starts despite DisallowRun entry

When starting any Adobe application the Adobe Desktop Service.exe is automatically started. I don't want this to happen so I added an entry in the registry key Computer\HKEY_USERS\{long ID of some…
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should all the i.t employees have the administrator password of the windows server DC to get the job done?

in an enviroment where there is like 3 servers , server 1 DC with AD and Dhcp,dns 2 file storage 3 windows sql all the serveres are joined to the domain so the administrator password of server 1 can open all the other servers where there is…
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