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Encrypt file when booting from VHDX

Posted on July 16, 2014 by erictummers

My machine boots native from VHDX. This means BitLocker cannot be used to encrypt the contents of my disk. How to get that extra sense of security by encrypting my files? My Evernote account has two step verification enabled, but … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Azure RemoteApp preview

Posted on July 14, 2014 by erictummers

The day after my Microsoft RemoteApp preview post my subscription was activated for Microsoft Azure RemoteApp. Things look a lot better now. In the windows azure portal I now have access to the remoteapp tab, which is still in preview. … Continue reading →

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Microsoft RemoteApp preview

Posted on July 10, 2014 by erictummers

The any app on any device solution from Microsoft is in preview. Meet Microsoft RemoteApp the latest service on the Windows Azure platform. I’ve installed the Windows and iPad client and must say I’m not impressed. The positive Setup is … Continue reading →

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Download MSDN files with Synology NAS

Posted on July 7, 2014 by erictummers

As a MSDN subscriber I have access to loads of downloads. But the larger files like OS iso’s can take a long time to download. I want to do the downloading from my synology nas. My nas comes with an … Continue reading →

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Powershell pipe to copy files that match a xpath query

Posted on June 30, 2014 by erictummers

I’m a powershell newb. There I said it. Now let me learn. Here’s what I created after some google searches. Go through all files in a directory Filter on xml files I think this can be added to the Get-ChildItem … Continue reading →

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