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The Maximum Log Size specified is not valid when changing Windows Event Viewer log size

When changing Application Windows Event Log maximum size and you are seeing the message below then it is possible that it is set by group policy (local or Active Directory). --------------------------- Event Viewer --------------------------- The Maximum Log Size specified is not valid. It is too large or too small. The Maximum Log Size will be set to the following:  1028 KB --------------------------- OK   --------------------------- This behavior can be modified allow changes via Windows Event View application. To do so open Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc). Then navigate to  Computer Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows Components | Event Log Service | Application  (for example) then change Maximum Log Size (KB) to Not configured . Note that you need to be an administrator to make the changes.

Running Python one liner

Running on liner Python is sometimes just fells awesome, practice with caution though. Below spits out uuid4 using Python one liner. c:\> ipy -c "import uuid; print(uuid.uuid4())" Reference(s): http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2043453/executing-python-multi-line-statements-in-the-one-line-command-line

Enable ClearType using Python

When I remote desktop to Windows machines most of the time the fonts just looks ugly. This can be improved by enabling ClearType and I do this every time I connect to a box which I do several times a day. Below is a Python code that enables ClearType which I shamelessly copied from StackOverflow. Reference(s): http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5676768/enable-disable-cleartype-in-windows7

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed does not boot to GUI after upgrade

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed kernel update as of 3/31/2016 does not boot to the UI anymore. This was observed on VirtualBox 5.0.16. Workaround is to pass iomem=relaxed to the kernel, see below for details. Reboot the machine. During the boot-up press  e at the screen below. Look for the line with linux  and add iomem=relaxed Reference: https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/514436-X-server-not-starting-after-update

Howto: Installing pywin32 on Python 3.5.1 64-bit

Installing Python for Windows Extensions on Python 3.5.1 64-bit C:\>pip install pypiwin32 If you are getting the following error message in importing win32gui install VC++ 2010 redistributable. >>> import win32gui Traceback (most recent call last):   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found. Reference(s): http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/ https://www.python.org/downloads/