Update Ubuntu to latest version from the Terminal

Open a terminal window and run:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Get Ubuntu version from the terminal

Open a terminal window and enter the following command:

lsb_release -a

Auto install latest drivers under Ubuntu

Open a terminal window and run:

sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall

Show / delete Wi-Fi profiles from command prompt

To show the network profiles type:

netsh wlan show profiles

To delete a specified network profile type:

netsh wlan delete profile name="profile name"

To delete al network profiles type:

netsh wlan delete profile name=*

Notepad header & footer settings

Go to File > Page Setup and enter the commands as you need:

&l       Left-align the characters that follow

&c      Center the characters that follow

&r       Right-align the characters that follow

&d      Print the current date

&t       Print the current time

&f       Print the name of the document

&p      Print the page number

remove IMG_ from files / rename file from command prompt or PowerShell

Open command prompt and enter:

ren "img_*.jpg" "////*.jpg"

Open PowerShell and run:

get-childitem *.jpg | foreach { rename-item $_ $_.Name.Replace("IMG_", "") }

Fix Windows Mobile Device Center under Windows 10

Open Services and go to:

• Windows Mobile-2003-based device connectivity
• go to Log On and change to Local System Account
• restart service
• Windows Mobile-based device connectivity
• go to Log On and change to Local System Account
• restart service

Open an elevated command prompt and run:

REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RapiMgr /v SvcHostSplitDisable /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WcesComm /v SvcHostSplitDisable /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

Fix Error "The Group Policy Client service failed the logon. Access denied"

When a specified user tried to login he gets the following error:
The Group Policy Client service failed the logon. Access denied

Fix:

• Control Panel -> System -> Advanced system Settings
• System Properies -> Advanced -> User Profiles -> Settings
• Delete the specified user profile (and restart the workstation)

FIX Adobe Reader: A 3D data parsing error has occurred

• Go to C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\
• Here you will find a folder named 2015 or DC which you can rename or delete
• (eg: 2014.bak or DC.bak)
• re-open the document

FIX Adobe Reader 3D content has been disabled

• Go to Edit -> Preferences -> 3D & Multimedia
• Check Enable playing 3D content

Get powershell version

Open PowerShell and run the following command:

$PSVersionTable.PSVersion

Find last password change of specified user

Open powershell and run the following command:

Get-ADUser username -properties passwordlastset

SAP: selected text automatically deselects

Uncheck 'Quick Cut and Paste' option in SAP ECC

Note: app restart required

Sort songs by band, year, album, title in WinAmp

Go to Preferences > Titles > Use advanced  title formatting when possible and enter one of the following

• %artist% - %year% - %album% - %tracknumber% : %title%
• $if(%artist%, %artist% - %year% - %album% - %tracknumber% : %title%, $filepart(%filename%))

or in the comment I put the country of the band and used one of this

• %artist% [%comment%] %year% : %album% : %tracknumber% - %title%
• $if(%artist%, %artist% '['%comment%']' %year% : %album% : %tracknumber% - %title%, $filepart(%filename%))
• $if2((%artist% [%comment%] %year% : %album% : %tracknumber% - %title%), $filepart(%filename%))

Windows: Auto logon

• Open Registry Editor
• go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
• AutoAdminLogon ="1"
• DefaultUserName="Administrator"
• DefaultPassword="Pa$$w0rd"

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"AutoAdminLogon"="1"
"DefaultUserName"="Administrator"
"DefaultPassword"="Pa$$w0rd"

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Ubuntu: Install Java from terminal

Install Java 7:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer

Download multiple files / splitted archive from one command

If you have a splitted archived like file.part001.rar to file.part008.rar you cand download all file with this command:

wget https://myserver.net/files/file.part00{1..8}.rar

Install Midnight Commander from the terminal

Open the terminal and run:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:eugenesan/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mc

Ubuntu: Install Google Chrome from the terminal

Open the terminal and run the following commands:

wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

Open PowerShell transcripts folder

explorer split-path -path $profile

Run Start-Transcript every time you start PowerShell

• open PowerShell with admin rights
• display the path to the Windows PowerShell profile
• $profile
• check if Windows PowerShell profile has been created on the system
• test-path $profile
• to create a profile
• new-item -path $profile -itemtype file -force
• open your profile
• notepad $profile
• enable the transcript
• Start-Transcript
• if you get this error "File c:\Users\YourUserName\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system", fix it with this:
• Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

View UUID's

Open a Terminal and type:

• sudo blkid