Sunday, July 5, 2020

Enable Microsoft spell-checker within Chrome

Microsoft has released a new browser spell-checker edition.  It is enabled by default on Microsoft Edge version 83 or later but Google has not enabled the feature on Chrome. To enable within Google Chrome:

Type "chrome://flags" in the address bar.
Type "Use the Windows OS spell checker" in the search bar.
Click on the drop-down menu and select Enable.


How to verify Windows Defender is using the cloud protection component

To verify that the cloud protection/submission component is functional within Windows Defender, launch an elevated command prompt and enter the following command:

"%ProgramFiles%\Windows Defender\MpCmdRun.exe" -ValidateMapsConnection


The link below has a test .EXE to download.

https://aka.ms/ioavtest


Musicolet Music Player

Musicolet Music Player is an Android media player for local .MP3 files.  The app has an option to scan for available files.

Openports.co

Openports.co is a web site that will return information using various ports.



Windows Terminal

Windows Terminal is an interface for Command Prompt, PowerShell, and WSL.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/windows-terminal-preview/9n0dx20hk701?activetab=pivot:overviewtab

https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/master/doc/cascadia/SettingsSchema.md

https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/master/doc/user-docs/UsingJsonSettings.md

https://www.howtogeek.com/673729/heres-why-the-new-windows-10-terminal-is-amazing/




Astsu

Astsu is a network scanner tool developed in Python 3 using scapy.

PoShKeePass

PoShKeePass is a PowerShell module that combines PowerShell and the KeePassLib API to provide management for KeePass databases.