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February 9, 2022February 8, 2022

I don’t know what my password is and I don’t care. I’ve reached peak password!

<img width="640" height="405" src="https://i0.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Ive-reached-Peak-Password-I-dont-know-what-my-password-is-and-I-dont-care.-640px.png?resize=640%2C405&ssl=1" class="attachment-twentyseventeen-featured-image size-twentyseventeen-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Ive-reached-Peak-Password-I-dont-know-what-my-password-is-and-I-dont-care.-640px.png?w=640&ssl=1 640w, https://i0.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Ive-reached-Peak-Password-I-dont-know-what-my-password-is-and-I-dont-care.-640px.png?resize=300%2C190&ssl=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px" />

Passwordless, are we there yet? Even though Passwordless means different things to different people, in my interpretation of user initiated password obsolescence I’ve minimised typing passwords as much as possible. In this post I’ll detail how.

Eliminating Password Use in the Enterprise

You don’t need to wait for your organisation to start promoting and urging you to go passwordless.… keep reading

December 9, 2020December 9, 2020

Accessing the Windows Certificate Store using Python

<img width="640" height="385" src="https://i0.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Extracting-SSL-Certificates-from-the Windows-Certificate-Store-using-Python-640px.png?resize=640%2C385&ssl=1" class="attachment-twentyseventeen-featured-image size-twentyseventeen-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Extracting-SSL-Certificates-from-the Windows-Certificate-Store-using-Python-640px.png?w=640&ssl=1 640w, https://i0.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Extracting-SSL-Certificates-from-the Windows-Certificate-Store-using-Python-640px.png?resize=300%2C180&ssl=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px" />

As mentioned recently in a few posts, I’ve been writing a few scripts using Python over my usual PowerShell. I’m quickly realizing why I love PowerShell so much. It makes automation tasks so easy. Today’s challenge was programmatically getting a certificate out of the Windows Certificate Store using Python.… keep reading

May 15, 2019June 30, 2021

Windows Terminal with Tabs, on Steroids

PowerShell Cmdline Emojis Windows 10 Tabbed Terminal

<img width="640" height="248" src="https://i0.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/PowerShell-Cmdline-Emojis-640px.png?resize=640%2C248&ssl=1" class="attachment-twentyseventeen-featured-image size-twentyseventeen-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="PowerShell Cmdline Emojis Windows 10 Tabbed Terminal" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/PowerShell-Cmdline-Emojis-640px.png?w=640&ssl=1 640w, https://i0.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/PowerShell-Cmdline-Emojis-640px.png?resize=300%2C116&ssl=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px" />

Update: 22 June 2019 Windows Terminal Preview is now available in the Microsoft Store.

At Microsoft Build last week, one of the many announcements was a new Windows Terminal.

If you spend anytime as an IT Support Person/ DevOps type role and you checkout that second link above you’ll be mightily keen for this new Terminal.… keep reading

March 25, 2019March 24, 2019

CIRCUITPY Volume not visible for an Adafruit Circuit Playground Express on Windows 10 1803

<img width="640" height="480" src="https://i0.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Circuit-Playground-Express-640px.png?resize=640%2C480&ssl=1" class="attachment-twentyseventeen-featured-image size-twentyseventeen-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Circuit-Playground-Express-640px.png?w=640&ssl=1 640w, https://i0.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Circuit-Playground-Express-640px.png?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px" />

I’ve just returned from the US and whilst there I picked myself up an Adafruit Circuit Playground Express. I plugged it into my computer and by all reports it should just appear as a removable drive on Windows 10. Alas that didn’t happen for me.… keep reading