Some Notes on the Machines

Run it like this, from CMD:

"%SystemRoot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -InputFormat None -ExecutionPolicy Bypass script.ps1

One can save a lot of data confusion and server-side load, by turning off share caching on the server side. This prevent client machines from using Offline Files to drive human beings up the wall! :-)

TOSC.VBS turns off share caching on all of the shares it can, except for dollar shares. It needs to be run as administrator.

If you bicycle much using the most common shifting systems, you’ll need these. Thus far I am finding the instructions on Liv’s Cycling to be best for the rear, and wikihow or madegood.org for the front. The most important thing yet learned: instructions often get the “H” and the “L” limit screws reversed for whichever bicycle you’re on. Got to check it for each derailleur, by seeing the slight movement per half-turn of each screw. General thoughts:

1. Mounting position has to be right. This is not very confusing in the various web resources studied.
2. Each derailleur, front and rear, has an H screw and an L screw. On each, one screw sets the max deflection towards the frame, the other sets the max deflection away from the frame. These are called limit screws.
3. Cable tension can simulate one of the limit screws. Use the tension caps on the gear control, or (when they are there) the caps on the derailleurs themselves, to relieve tension, to verify that you are seeing reality of limit screws, not the simulation of the cable tension :-) Which screw tension simulates, also varies by make and model and type of derailleur.

Here is a utility:

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/outlook_nk2_edit.html

which does an excellent job. It will edit, merge, save copies, et cetera. It works also with later versions of Outlook which use .DAT files instead of .NK2 files.

There is also a Microsoft page, with a utility linked, reported to be excellent:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2199226

I have trusted this one to work for my sweet wife Lori!

http://coolsoft.altervista.org/en/virtualmidisynth#download

Yahoo!

https://gsmartcontrol.sourceforge.io/home/index.php/Downloads

Another from Matt the Quick:

By default, WSUS does not have .NET 3.5 available to install. This creates issues when .NET 3.5 is needed after a machine has joined the domain. Below is the workaround steps to install .NET 3.5 using the operating system ISO and not Windows Update or WSUS.

• Mount the ISO of the operating system. The Server 2016 ISO is known to work for this.
• Open an Administrative Command Prompt and run the following command:
  
  dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:netfx3 /all /source:D:\sources\sxs /limitaccess
  
  NOTE: The Source flag will have to be changed to reflect the Sources\sxs folder on your installation media. This is likely going to be the D drive (as in the example above), but it’s possible your results may differ slightly.
• Reboot machine.

Something new:

https://diagnostics.outlook.com/#/?env=ExRCA

This can help a lot:

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="SearchUI.exe Telemetry" dir=out action=block program="%SystemRoot%\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchUI.exe" description="This rule prevents the Cortana telemetry. (This will also disable Cortana voice recognition.)"

Outlook has many command line options. Several of them do various forms of cleanup, and this can help Outlook performance a lot. To do them all (as of Outlook 2013 and 2016):

1. Create C:\CLEANOUTLOOK.CMD containing the below:

"outlook.exe" ^ 
/cleanconvongoingactions ^
/cleandmrecords ^
/cleanips ^
/cleanmailtipcache ^
/cleanreminders ^
/cleanroamedprefs ^
/cleansniff

2. Find a working Outlook shortcut, do a Shift-Rightclick on it, and choose “Open file location”
3. Copy that path (e.g., C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16), paste it into a non-administrative CMD after CD, to get the CMD into that folder
4. Enter C:\CLEANOUTLOOK.CMD

Done!