Doug Waldron dougwaldron

Check .NET Framework version from PowerShell

Get-ItemPropertyValue -LiteralPath 'HKLM:SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Full' -Name Release

Compare the above result to this table.

Overall application quality goes beyond implementing features and includes:

Remote Desktop shortcut	Description
Alt + Home	Start Menu
Alt + Page Up	Alt + Tab switcher
Alt + Page Down	Shift + Alt + Tab switcher
Alt + Insert	Cycle through open apps
Alt + Delete	Open the window menu of the active window
Ctrl + Alt + End	Ctrl + Alt + Del
Ctrl + Alt + Break	Toggle between full screen mode and windowed
Ctrl + Alt + Home	Activate connection bar in full-screen mode

Things to look for when rewriting Oracle SQL statements for use in SQL Server:

	# Last time system was turned off
	Get-WinEvent -MaxEvents 3 -FilterHashTable @{ProviderName='Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power';LogName='System'}

	# Last time system was turned on
	Get-WinEvent -MaxEvents 1 -FilterHashTable @{ProviderName='Microsoft-Windows-Power-Troubleshooter';LogName='System'}

	# 1. Make sure the Microsoft App Installer is installed:
	# https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/app-installer/9nblggh4nns1
	# 2. Edit the list of apps to install.
	# 3. Run this script as administrator.

	Write-Output "Installing Apps"
	$apps = @(
	@{name = "7zip.7zip" },
	@{name = "Axosoft.GitKraken" },
	@{name = "Devolutions.RemoteDesktopManager" },

	USE msdb
	GO

	-- List info on all failed SQL Server agent jobs

	select j.name as JobName,
	h.step_name as StepName,
	CONVERT(char(10), CAST(STR(h.run_date, 8, 0) AS datetime), 111) as RunDate,
	STUFF(STUFF(RIGHT('000000' + CAST(h.run_time AS varchar(6)), 6), 5, 0, ':'), 3, 0, ':') as RunTime,
	h.run_duration as StepDuration,

	# Load omp theme
	oh-my-posh init pwsh --config 'D:\apps\oh-my-posh\doug.omp.json' \| Invoke-Expression