One of the rooms in our house is a Wi-Fi dead zone and after thinking about this for some years I finally decided to buy a Powerline adapter to solve this problem. I considered several alternatives which I will discuss below. Alternative solutions for Wi-Fi dead zone The solution space for solving the Wi-Fi dead zone problem was constrained by lack of power sockets at convenient locations that would enable implementing a mesh or repeater…
Recently I bought a new laptop which came pre installed with Windows 11. I decided to wipe the laptop and reinstall a fresh copy of Windows 11 for the following reasons: Below you can find the steps I took to wipe, install and finally secure my laptop with Windows 11 Pro Edition. Step 1: Setting up the BIOS Step 2: Creating installation media This step needs to be executed on a computer you trust. Which…
This video series with Jeffrey Snover, the father of PowerShell, is how I learned the fundamentals. Even though this series is now about 10 years old I still recommend to watch! Getting Started with PowerShell 3.0 | Microsoft Learn
I have created two heavily commented PowerShell scripts that explain the usage of basic PowerShell commands. This may come in handy when you are handed over an existing PowerShell script but you yourself have no experience with the PowerShell language. This is meant as a fast explainer of existing code. Copy the two powershell scripts from the GitHub link below, place them together in any directory. In both files the code is explained through comments.…