Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Powershell behind NTLM proxy


Followed scripts set Powershell's proxy credentials as current default credentials (as in Internet Explorer).

$browser = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$browser.Proxy.Credentials =[System.Net.CredentialCache]::DefaultNetworkCredentials
For more details, read here.

Error of Update-Help

PS F:\> update-help
update-help : Failed to update Help for the module(s) 'AppBackgroundTask, AppLocker, Appx, AssignedAccess, BitLocker,
BitsTransfer, BranchCache, CimCmdlets, Defender, DirectAccessClientComponents, Dism, DnsClient,
EventTracingManagement, HgsClient, Hyper-V, International, iSCSI, ISE, Kds, Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive,
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core, Microsoft.PowerShell.Diagnostics, Microsoft.PowerShell.Host,
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management, Microsoft.PowerShell.ODataUtils, Microsoft.PowerShell.Security,
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility, Microsoft.WSMan.Management, MMAgent, MsDtc, NetAdapter, NetConnection,
NetEventPacketCapture, NetLbfo, NetNat, NetQos, NetSecurity, NetSwitchTeam, NetTCPIP, NetWNV,
NetworkConnectivityStatus, NetworkSwitchManager, NetworkTransition, PackageManagement, PcsvDevice, PKI, PnpDevice,
PowerShellGet, PrintManagement, PSDesiredStateConfiguration, PSReadline, PSScheduledJob, PSWorkflow,
PSWorkflowUtility, ScheduledTasks, SecureBoot, SmbShare, SmbWitness, StartLayout, Storage, TLS, TroubleshootingPack,
TrustedPlatformModule, VpnClient, Wdac, WindowsDeveloperLicense, WindowsErrorReporting, WindowsSearch, WindowsUpdate'
with UI culture(s) {en-US} : Unable to connect to Help content. The server on which Help content is stored might not
be available. Verify that the server is available, or wait until the server is back online, and then try the command
again.
At line:1 char:1
+ update-help

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [Update-Help], Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnableToConnect,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.UpdateHelpCommand


Friday, February 5, 2016

Some resources about PMI-ACP certification

Found this list in an old email. This was how I prepared and passed PMI-ACP three years ago. So can't grantee all of these are still available now. Feel free to comment if you found issue or have new resources to add!

# the book 
This is the book I mentioned about PMI-ACP test, $69. It also on Amazon, but at higher price ($99). 
http://store.rmcproject.com/Detail.bok?no=360

along with the book, this website also provide a combo, with some tests. I didn't try them, so don't know whether they're good or not. 
http://store.rmcproject.com/Detail.bok?no=373

# online course 
I also bought this online course, to get 21 PDUs, which is a must-have for the test. I bought 90 days access ($179.99), but actually 30 days($99) is already enough if you have enough time in those 30 days. They have same things, just different access time. The course comes with some video training (from those you'll get 21PDUs), and 3 free tests, which has bad design and some answers are even wrong. 

http://www.simplilearn.com/online-courses/1095/pmi-acp-certification-exam-online-training-courses-and-free-tests

Some other resources: 

# A very good study guide. it's FREE. MUST-HAVE. 
http://www.bostonagiletraining.com/pmi-acp_study_guide.html

# A wiki for Agile. This is a good reference for the test and daily work. 
http://www.agilebok.org

# Also online exams. I didn't buy this. But seems their free exams is better than Simplilearn. 
http://www.agileexams.com/register-now/?wlfrom=%2Fpractice-exams%2F

# Mike Cohn's book Agile Estimating and Planning. This will let you understand most knowledge of the test. 
http://www.amazon.com/Agile-Estimating-Planning-Mike-Cohn/dp/0131479415/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1360807365&sr=1-1&keywords=agile+planning+and+estimation+by+mike+cohn

# some documents I collected: 
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19821771/PMI-ACP.rar

Show Volume icon in Windows 10

This may seem silly, but it did take me about 5 minutes researching online and play with new control panels in Windows 10. And Here's my steps to show Volume icon in task bar. Hope this post will save some time for others.
  1. From Start, go to Settings
  2. Choose Systems, and then Notification & actions
  3. Click "Turn system icons on or off"


  4. Turn "Volume" option on