Posts from March 2024

Posts from March 2024 (4)

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  Published on

  2024-03-26 7:07 p.m.

  Authors

  koskila

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  msbuildpowershellvisual-studio

  "Predefined type 'System.Object' is not defined or imported" and other System namespace stuff missing in your solution?

  This article will explain how to fix an annoying situation, where Visual Studio fails to find any System types or other "basic" stuff you're pretty sure your project should have, automagically, out-of-the-box, without you doing anything. Stuff that comes with .NET. Stuff that should just work . But life isn't always that simple. Problem & Background So I recently had a Windows Update brick my machine, and after reinstalling I was missing, well, practically everything.

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  Published on

  2024-03-19 2:47 p.m.

  Authors

  koskila

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  graphqliispostman

  How to import GraphQL schema to Postman in Windows?

  This article explains a stupid workaround for fetching a GraphQL schema into Postman when Postman doesn't want to accept it. You might run into this issue if you: (a) use Postman, (b) on Windows and (c) need to import a GraphQL schema. I guess nobody else does, though? But I did. And I wanted to make it work. Background Postman is helpful for querying different APIs, storing your earlier requests and sharing them with your team members. But it doesn't always work as expected.

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  Published on

  2024-03-12 4:47 a.m.

  Authors

  koskila

  Tags

  aksazcli

  How to fix "NoRegisteredProviderFound" when trying to run any aks az cli commands

  This article explains how to fix an error "NoRegisteredProviderFound", which is thrown by az cli's aks commands when you're trying to run pretty much any aks commands in PowerShell/Terminal. Read on to join me on a journey to discover how a fresh install of the Azure CLI can simply randomly be broken! Background So here's a weird one for y'all. Some time ago, a botched Windows Update caused me to try and fix my laptop by updating it to Windows 11.

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  2024-03-05 4:44 a.m.

  Authors

  koskila

  Tags

  windowswindowsupdate

  How to fix annoying mouse/touch device input lag on Windows 11?

  A couple of weeks ago I posted about a really annoying issue - persistent mouse/touch device input lag on Windows 10. It was driving me crazy for an afternoon before I found the right Windows Update package to uninstall, purge, cleanse in hellfire, ship right back to Microsoft (with an angry letter attached to it), and finally block said update from ever getting installed again.

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