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Locking Down Business Terminals with Kiosk Mode — Choosing Between Assigned Access and Shell Launcher, and Designing for Operation
How to build a Windows terminal dedicated to a single application, such as a reception kiosk or a device operator panel. Covers the differences between Assig...
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Windows Time Synchronization (w32time) and Business Systems — Solving "The Log Timestamps Don't Match" from the Mechanism Up
Why do timestamps drift between a device and a PC? This article explains it from the mechanics of the Windows Time service (w32time): the default behavior in...
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Registry 32-bit/64-bit Redirection and Virtualization Pitfalls — Wow6432Node and the "The Value I Wrote Isn't There" Problem
How a 32-bit app's writes to HKLM\Software get redirected to Wow6432Node, the conditions under which UAC virtualization diverts them to the VirtualStore, the...
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Which Windows Should You Put on an Industrial PC? — A Practical Guide to Windows IoT Enterprise / LTSC
A PC embedded in a piece of equipment is expected to run for ten years, yet ordinary Windows 11 receives an annual feature update and goes out of support in ...
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Practical Options After Windows 10 End of Support — A Decision Table for ESU, LTSC, and Replacement
Nine months on from the Windows 10 end of support in October 2025. This article organises what to do with the Windows 10 PCs still sitting in your organisati...
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Should That Batch File Move to PowerShell? — Auditing cmd/bat Assets and Making the Migration Call
A decision table for working out whether the batch files still running your business should move to PowerShell: how cmd and VBScript differ in status, bat's ...
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Calling COM and .NET from PowerShell — Widening What Your Scripts Can Reach
A practical guide to calling .NET classes from PowerShell, embedding C# and Win32 APIs with Add-Type, driving COM, cleaning up leftover Excel processes, why ...
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Choosing Between Power Automate and PowerShell + Task Scheduler — Putting Each Automation Tool Where It Fits Instead of Mixing Them
For IT staff at small and mid-sized companies where PowerShell + Task Scheduler nightly batches and Power Automate flows have started to coexist, this articl...
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Handling Credentials Safely in PowerShell — Banishing Plaintext Passwords from Your Scripts
A practical walkthrough of moving plaintext passwords out of PowerShell scripts and into safe storage: what SecureString really is and where it stops, how Ex...
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Preventing Key-Person Dependency in Power Automate — Keeping Flows Running After the Person Who Built Them Leaves
An overview of how to counter the risk of Power Automate flows stopping when their creator resigns or transfers: what happens when the owner is deleted, sett...