Windows 10 gets a fresh command prompt and lots of hotkeys

Well, from what I can tell looking at the Preview, there’s a LOT of cool Console goodness coming in Windows 10.

Here’s a list of hotkeys in the Windows 10 Technical Preview console. This is just hotkeys! Be sure to explore the Properties dialog as well, resize, word wrapping, and more. Continue reading Windows 10 gets a fresh command prompt and lots of hotkeys

Powershell: Mirror [Win] builds of Adobe’s Flash Player

or a bit simpler one-line:
$out = [Environment]::GetFolderPath("Desktop") + "\Adobe Flash Player"; $c = New-Object System.Net.WebClient; @('install_flash_player_ax.exe','install_flash_player.exe','install_flash_player_ppapi.exe') | %{ $c.DownloadFile("https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/latest/help/$_", "$out\$_") }

UPD: Adobe to remove direct Flash download links on January 22, 2016

How to Unprotect an excel sheet without password

Sub PasswordBreaker()
'Author unknown but submitted by brettdj of www.experts-exchange.com

Dim i As Integer, j As Integer, k As Integer
Dim l As Integer, m As Integer, n As Integer
Dim i1 As Integer, i2 As Integer, i3 As Integer
Dim i4 As Integer, i5 As Integer, i6 As Integer
On Error Resume Next
For i = 65 To 66: For j = 65 To 66: For k = 65 To 66
For l = 65 To 66: For m = 65 To 66: For i1 = 65 To 66
For i2 = 65 To 66: For i3 = 65 To 66: For i4 = 65 To 66
For i5 = 65 To 66: For i6 = 65 To 66: For n = 32 To 126

ActiveSheet.Unprotect Chr(i) & Chr(j) & Chr(k) & _
Chr(l) & Chr(m) & Chr(i1) & Chr(i2) & Chr(i3) & _
Chr(i4) & Chr(i5) & Chr(i6) & Chr(n)
If ActiveSheet.ProtectContents = False Then
MsgBox "One usable password is " & Chr(i) & Chr(j) & _
Chr(k) & Chr(l) & Chr(m) & Chr(i1) & Chr(i2) & _
Chr(i3) & Chr(i4) & Chr(i5) & Chr(i6) & Chr(n)
ActiveWorkbook.Sheets(1).Select
Range("a1").FormulaR1C1 = Chr(i) & Chr(j) & _
Chr(k) & Chr(l) & Chr(m) & Chr(i1) & Chr(i2) & _
Chr(i3) & Chr(i4) & Chr(i5) & Chr(i6) & Chr(n)
Exit Sub
End If
Next: Next: Next: Next: Next: Next
Next: Next: Next: Next: Next: Next
End Sub

Johan