Installing TightVNC from the command line on Windows

Download TightVNC and then run the command below. In the example, it is assumed that the file is located in C:\ and that the file was unblocked after downloading.

c:\> "tightvnc-2.8.27-gpl-setup-64bit.msi" /quiet /norestart ADDLOCAL="Server,Viewer" VIEWER_ASSOCIATE_VNC_EXTENSION=1 SERVER_REGISTER_AS_SERVICE=1 SERVER_ADD_FIREWALL_EXCEPTION=1 VIEWER_ADD_FIREWALL_EXCEPTION=1 SERVER_ALLOW_SAS=1 SET_USEVNCAUTHENTICATION=1 VALUE_OF_USEVNCAUTHENTICATION=1 SET_PASSWORD=1 VALUE_OF_PASSWORD=p@$$w0rd SET_USECONTROLAUTHENTICATION=1 VALUE_OF_USECONTROLAUTHENTICATION=1 SET_CONTROLPASSWORD=1 VALUE_OF_CONTROLPASSWORD=p@$$w0rd

Change p@$$w0rd to the desired password

Reference:
https://www.tightvnc.com/

Failed when searching source: winget

I tried to run the command below on Windows 11 23H2 (en-us_windows_11_business_editions_version_23h2_updated_april_2024_x64_dvd_349cd577) but hit a snag.

PS C:\prj> winget install Microsoft.PowerShell

Failed in attempting to update the source: winget Failed when searching source: winget An unexpected error occurred while executing the command: 0x8a15000f : Data required by the source is missing No packages were found among the working sources.

The fix is fairly simple, just do an update of Windows Store, yes update Windows Store
References:
winget

Get IP address, subnet, gateway and DNS server of the NICs using PowerShell

Refs:
PowerShell/IP/Address/gateway/DNS

How to call ReadConsoleInputW using Zig in Windows

ReadConsoleInputW can be used to mimic kbhit() C function found in Borland C/C++.
OS: Windows 10 22H2
Zig: 0.12
Compile ReadConsoleInputW.zig:

PS C:\prj> zig build-exe -lc .\ReadConsoleInputW.zig

How to call MessageBoxW using Zig in Windows

OS: Windows 10 22H2
Zig: 0.12
Compile messageboxw.zig:

PS C:\prj> zig build-exe -lc .\msgboxw.zig

How to call MessageBoxA using Zig in Windows

OS: Windows 10 22H2
Zig: 0.12
Compile messagebox.zig:

PS C:\prj> zig build-exe messagebox.zig -lc

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