Windows – Obscure Problems and Gotchas

Goodbye Windows – kind of

So back on 2024-06-08 I wrote this article describing how Microsoft is screwing its base again. Well I am a man of my word and […]

I thought Microsoft learned their lesson with Vista, Windows 8 and the failed Windows phone; but here we are again. I love Microsoft because I […]

Development, How to, Windows

These instructions may not be accurate in the future, so just know this was written on 05/19/2024. Rant you can skip Windows is largely an […]

Being a software developer for many years means you have watched the tools you work with change over time. This is usually a rewarding change […]

.net core, Development, Gotcha, Windows

Gotcha Imagine you have a dot net core application you initially created as a console application. You can easily run it as a windows service […]

Obscure, Windows

Windows has a strange habit of corrupting your profile at times. This can happen for a number of reasons. In my experience it is usually […]

Gotcha, How to, Windows

Problem This is a particularly stupid gotcha. For a long time now I haven’t been able to RDP into my Windows 10 Surface Pro 4. […]

Windows

The stupid problem This was an especially stupid problem. My computer lost power while I was trying to shut it down on UPS power during […]