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Sending e-mail through the console utility Blat in Windows

Official website for downloading the program: www.blat.net

To execute commands with the program, you need to go to the directory where it is located, either specify the full path, or copy to the system directory.

How to set up a VPN connection in Windows 8

I will describe the points how to configure a VPN connection in Windows 8:

Question marks instead of Russian letters, a solution to the problem with Windows encoding

I noticed on one computer that instead of Russian letters on the command line and in some programs question marks are displayed.

Resolving a program startup error due to the absence of MSVCR100.dll

I noticed after installing and starting the game Grand Theft Auto V and Counter-Strike Source the following error:

How to make a bootable USB flash drive with Windows

The easiest way is to download the Rufus utility from rufus.ie, or WinSetupFromUSB from www.winsetupfromusb.com.
Or the official Windows USB / DVD Download Tool:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/windows-usb-dvd-download-tool

How to clean WinSxS folder on Windows

I noticed recently on one computer that there was almost no free space on the system disk.
By comparing the sizes of the directories, I determined that the folder at C:/Windows/WinSxS is the largest, about 40 gigabytes.

Sending e-mail in Windows via the mailsend console utility

Once I started using the mailsend program to automatically send reports via SMTP, since mailsend supports SSL. Before that I used Blat.

Solution to Microsoft Word error “Word experienced an error when trying to open the file”

I noticed once when opening a downloaded file in Microsoft Word format the following error:

Word experienced an error trying to open the file. Try these suggestions.
* Check the file permissions for the document or drive.
* Make sure there is sufficient free memory and disk space.
* Open the file with the Text Recovery converter.

DiskSpd. Windows IOPS Test

DiskSpd is a utility for generating a load on a disk system and measuring its performance.

How to remove “Recent places” from the desktop in Windows 7

I opened it somehow in the explorer, to the left in the “Recent places” selected and noticed that the object “Recent places” appeared on the desktop, which cannot be deleted!