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Windows keeps randomly running processes.. and I don't want it to.
Search Indexer (if I deactivate it, Windows will cry in all places that it is deactivated, on the other side, the benefit of Windows Search is negative. It doesn't work, but uses CPU). So I want to keep killing it, without the system complaining that search is deactivated and now.. search which isn't working in any state of windows is "not working".)
Logitech Hub (I sometimes don't want it running, restarts anyways)
and others
So basically I want a bit of control what is running on my Windows Notebook.
I am looking for a script that I start which works with txt list of processes that it kills on a continous basis.
Any ideas?
I tried killing the processes manually, but Windows superseeds my intent.
Ideally it should not be a new tool to install, but rather running cmd in the background
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Three or four times recently, I've tried shutting down my Windows 10 PC, only for it (mysteriously) to instead go back to the normal Windows login screen. And when I then try to shut the PC down from there, it (again mysteriously) warns me that this will shut down any connected users' sessions (but without giving any useful details).
All of which makes suspect (in a slightly paranoid, but probably justified way) that someone else might possibly now be logging in to my PC from time to time.
So: is there anything (i.e. application / trick / hack / whatever) I can use to find out / track who (or what) is currently (remotely) logged in to my Windows 10 PC?
Because I work from home, I guess it's conceivable that a client company's firewall / antivirus bot is doing something nasty (but legit) that I'm unaware of. But... I'd just like to know. Thanks!
Type query user in a command prompt. No need for elevation.
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So I was on my way to turn off my computer when unexpectedly, in the screen where you see the programs that block Windows to turn off, i saw one process with a strange name like {4593-9493-8949-9390} (not the exact same name but similar) and before i could click on the cancel button the process close.
My question here is if I should be wondering about that strange process or its just some random Windows 10 routine
This very well could be a malware of sort being executed in the background. I would recommend scanning your computer with your preferred anti-virus program and then installing Process Monitor which should help you detect and analyze suspicious processes running on your computer:
Process Monitor is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity. It combines the features of two legacy Sysinternals utilities, Filemon and Regmon, and adds an extensive list of enhancements including rich and non-destructive filtering, comprehensive event properties such session IDs and user names, reliable process information, full thread stacks with integrated symbol support for each operation, simultaneous logging to a file, and much more. Its uniquely powerful features will make Process Monitor a core utility in your system troubleshooting and malware hunting toolkit.
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I am trying to play some online games on the school computers.
Although everytime i try to run exes of setups such as Hearthstone-Setup-enUS.exe i get the User Account Control blocking me from installing applications.
I undersrand that installing pirated software on the school computers is ilegal but I just want to play free online games.
Is there a way to bypass the UAC?
School's Computer run Windows 7
In my experience, no. Whenever a UAC prompt is there you can't run it without administrator rights.
You can however try installing it into a flash drive (at home) and if you are lucky enough the game itself might run off of that. UAC blocks most installers, but it doesn't touch quite a lot of actual applications.
HOWEVER, schools tend to have common online game ports blocked, and there's a good chance that even if your game launches it wont connect.
Just install the game on any external storage such as USB and play from it .
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This is a pretty small thing, but I have been getting into more and more windows coding, and recently began finding myself in a terminal (msysgit, powershell). However, something that bugs the CRAP out of me is that there is no full screen modes, and they have to be resized
So my question:
For any windows 8 users, are terminals (msysgit, powershell, cmd) maximable / customizable at all?
I HAVE used console2 (http://www.hanselman.com/blog/Console2ABetterWindowsCommandPrompt.aspx), but while it is resizable, it does not maximize.I am weighing if whether my next computer will be a mac or windows, and this info will be useful in making that decision. I am getting tired of crazy work-arounds to get simple things changed in windows.
Windows doesn't really have "terminal" windows (except for those provided by a third party). Windows has a console subsystem which PowerShell, cmd.exe and any other console program you write, run in. The Windows console subsystem is old, hasn't changed much and is definitely showing its age. While there is a maximize button on every console window, as you have no doubt noticed, it doesn't maximize the window to full screen.
For script editing, I would use PowerShell_ISE or Visual Studio with the PowerShell Tools for VS add-in. To enable a number of BASH-like line editing features in PowerShell, you should check out PSReadLine on GitHub. It makes using PowerShell much nicer.
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How do you prevent access to the 'calculator' interface on a particular OS (say Windows). We would want to avoid usage of calculators while taking an online quiz at the site. Is this even possible?
If you're talking about through a purely web interface, then no. In order to do this, you would have to be able to monitor running processes, which is something a web app can't do. It would be too big a security risk.
If you control the machines (they're on your network, in a classroom where you can load and restrict the software, etc), you could write a program to monitor and shut down the processes. For example, a .NET application could use the System.Diagnostocs.Process object to monitor for instances of calc.exe.
A standard executable could do it, but not a web app.
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There may be other alternatives if you control the PCs in question. Most corporate IT shops use some sort of monitoring software that will detect the use of "Unauthorized" programs. (I got busted for launching Solitaire once.) That would be more of a question for ServerFault.com, however.
Do you think it would be a good idea if websites were able to stop executable running on remote computers? Think about this seriously for a second, the security/privacy implications this would have.