Dimas Maulana

If you’re looking to determine whether a Windows machine is locked or not via SSH, you can use PowerShell commands to achieve this. The Get-Process command with the logonui argument can be used to check the status of the “LogonUI” process, which is responsible for the Windows login screen. If the “LogonUI” process is running, it typically means that the user is logged in and the machine is not locked. If the process is not running, it might indicate that the machine is locked or at the login screen.

In this guide, we will walk you through the process of remotely locking a Windows 11 computer from your Mac using sleepwatcher. This will require SSH access to your Windows machine configured with a public key instead of a password. Follow these steps to set up remote locking:

Prerequisites

1. SSH Configuration: Ensure that you have SSH access to your Windows 11 computer from your Mac, and it is set up to use a public key for authentication instead of a password. If you haven’t set up SSH with public key authentication, you can find guides online for this process.

In this guide, we will walk you through the steps to set up an SSH server on a Windows system and configure it to use public key authentication instead of a password. This enhances security by eliminating the need for password-based access and relying on cryptographic keys for authentication.

Prerequisites

Before you start, ensure you have the following:

If you’re experiencing issues with the backtick key (`) not working when using Barrier to connect a Mac Server to a Windows 11 Client, you’re not alone. This can be a frustrating problem, but fortunately, there is a solution.

Problem Description: When using Barrier, a software KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) switch, to control your Windows 11 Client from a Mac Server, the backtick key (`) might not function as expected. This issue can disrupt your workflow, especially if you rely on this key for tasks like entering command-line commands or writing code.

To add “- " after tabs on Visual Studio Code (VSCode) using regex, you can follow these steps:

1. Open VSCode.

2. Press Ctrl + H (or Cmd + H on macOS) to open the Find and Replace panel.

3. In the Find input box, input the following regular expression to match tabs at the beginning of each line:

   (^\t*)

   Make sure to enable the “Use Regular Expression” option by clicking the .* icon in the Find panel.

To check if unattended upgrades will run today, you can use the systemctl list-timers command with the apt-daily.timer unit. This will provide information about the timer and when it is scheduled to run. Here’s how you can do it:

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systemctl list-timers apt-daily.timer

Running this command will display output similar to the following:

NEXT                          LEFT     LAST                          PASSED       UNIT                      ACTIVATES
Wed 2023-09-01 06:25:00 UTC  12h left Tue 2023-08-31 06:25:00 UTC  11h ago     apt-daily.timer           apt-daily.service

In this example output, you can see information about the next scheduled run of the apt-daily.timer unit, including the time remaining until it runs again. You can check the “NEXT” column to see when the timer is set to trigger next.