Jim's Notes: 2026

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Yahoo / Thunderbird login changes / notes

Note / announcement about yahoo / thunderbird login

Apparently related to having more than one account logged into from a Thunderbird instance using this authentication method. Need to set up multiple "cookies" for use on appropriate platform.

Using IMAP to access

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/thunderbird-and-yahoo

You may have been asked in Thunderbird to log in your Yahoo, ATT or AOL accounts, or seen a notice with the title Upcoming Account Change. This is the result of Thunderbird, as of version 148.0 on February 22, 2026, switching to a more secure authorization protocol known as OAuth2 with PKCE. Below are instructions to assist you in the log in process.

In addition to enhanced security, this update also allows you to access Yahoo, AOL, and ATT calendars and address books in Thunderbird, which is a major new benefit to users. If you need more information, see OAuth2 Authorization below.

You have only one account

If you have only one account, then no change is needed in Thunderbird for PKCE to work. You just log in ("authenticate") by providing your email account and account password (App passwords do not work with OAuth2), and then confirm that Thunderbird may access data on the provider's servers (AOL, ATT, Yahoo, etc). This is a normal and safe process. If you have difficulty, please see Detailed Troubleshooting Steps below.

You have more than one account

If you have more than one account, such as one AOL account and one Yahoo account, to allow PKCE to work you must:

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Sunday, March 15, 2026

WSL notes on Win 11

using notes from

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install

Ways to run multiple Linux distributions with WSL

WSL supports running as many different Linux distributions as you would like to install. This can include choosing distributions from the Microsoft Store, importing a custom distribution, or building your own custom distribution.

There are several ways to run your Linux distributions once installed:

From Windows Terminal (Recommended) Using Windows Terminal supports as many command lines as you would like to install and enables you to open them in multiple tabs or window panes and quickly switch between multiple Linux distributions or other command lines (PowerShell, Command Prompt, Azure CLI, etc). You can fully customize your terminal with unique color schemes, font styles, sizes, background images, and custom keyboard shortcuts.

Learn more.

You can directly open your Linux distribution by visiting the Windows Start menu and typing the name of your installed distributions. For example: "Ubuntu". This will open Ubuntu in its own console window.

From PowerShell, you can enter the name of your installed distribution. For example: ubuntu

From PowerShell, you can open your default Linux distribution inside your current command line, by entering: wsl.exe.

From PowerShell, you can use your default Linux distribution inside your current command line, without entering a new one, by entering:wsl [command]. Replacing [command] with a WSL command, such as: wsl -l -v to list installed distributions or wsl pwd to see where the current directory path is mounted in wsl. From PowerShell, the command Get-Date will provide the date from the Windows file system and wsl date will provide the date from the Linux file system.

The method you select should depend on what you're doing. If you've opened a WSL command line within a PowerShell window and want to exit, enter the command: exit.

Thursday, March 5, 2026

Installing Archivebox

Archivebox allows quick saving of web pages. Uses a plugin, currently using chrome version.

https://www.howtogeek.com/the-internet-is-disappearing-so-i-repurposed-an-old-laptop-to-save-it/

It uses for what I installed, a Docker container

Install with

curl -fsSL 'https://get.archivebox.io' | bash

Command line archive of a page

archivebox add --depth=1 'https://howtogeek.com'.

Install the extension in Chrome, add URL of the server

http://192.168.1.xxx:8000

Must use unencrypted page URL, the server doesn't redirect 443 to the 8000 server port

The extension has two modes: Allowlist and BlockList. In Allowlist mode, it won't archive anything unless you specify a web domain (like howtogeek.com) as ones you "allow" to be automatically archived by ArchiveBox when you visit them.

referral in article to Kiwix

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Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Install and enable telnet daemon on Raspberry Pi

Telnetd isn't enabled by default.

sudo apt -y install telnetd

Edit /etc/inetd.conf and uncomment line 23 (line number is just a co-incidence).

Code: Select all

#:STANDARD: These are standard services.

telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/telnetd

Restart the inetd service

Code: Select all

sudo systemctl restart inetutils-inetd.service

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Bulk application installer utility

https://tuxmate.com/

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Transfer package list from one linux system to new install

Open the terminal on your old machine and enter this command. It creates a list of all packages you manually installed.

apt-mark showmanual > packages.txt

Transfer the packages.txt file to the PC with the new installation. Open a terminal in the that navigate to the folder where you kept the packages.txt file. Then run this command.

sudo xargs apt install -y

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Monday, February 16, 2026

disable windows 10, 11 activity history storage on local device

Activity history going to MS should be off by default. To disable it use this

Stop saving activity history locally on your device

Select Start , then select Settings > Privacy > Activity history.
Clear the Store my activity history on this device checkbox.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/-windows-activity-history-and-your-privacy-2b279964-44ec-8c2f-e0c2-6779b07d2cbd

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

angry ip scanner notes

angry ip scanner program on windows looses the preferences upon exit, which sucks.

the settings can be copied and pasted from here if need be

ports:

,9090,21,22,23,3389,2022

change display to hosts with open ports

Generated by Angry IP Scanner 3.9.2

https://angryip.org

Scanned 192.168.1.0 - 192.168.1.255

Nov 10, 2025, 10:36:07 AM

IP Ping Hostname Ports

192.168.1.1 12 ms OpenWrt.lan 80,443

192.168.1.100 5 ms raspberrypi52-2.lan 22,80,3389,9090

192.168.1.104 5 ms nas-EA-E5-98.lan 21,22,80,443

192.168.1.105 1881 ms DESKTOP-S4BMUVT-2.lan 3389

192.168.1.109 61 ms HP3A0D26.lan 80,443,8080

192.168.1.110 5 ms [n/a] 9090

192.168.1.113 49 ms vmnu2.lan 22,80,3389,9090

192.168.1.116 1791 ms DESKTOP-LDFC81I.lan 3389

192.168.1.140 5 ms debian12.lan 22,80,3389,9090

192.168.1.142 69 ms LWIP-3.lan 8080

192.168.1.152 1 ms DESKTOP-MF0DK11.lan 3389

192.168.1.153 577 ms jws-Latitude-D520.lan 22,80,3389,9090

192.168.1.158 1932 ms DESKTOP-DEKG3G4.lan 3389

192.168.1.161 5 ms raspberrypi52.lan 22,80,3389,9090

192.168.1.162 4 ms cubox-i.lan 22,80,3389,9090

192.168.1.174 38 ms acer1.lan 22,80,3389,8080,9090

192.168.1.176 66 ms rpi32b.lan 22

192.168.1.177 59 ms rpi16a.lan 22,80,3389,9090

192.168.1.181 47 ms raspberrypi401.lan 22,80,3389,9090

192.168.1.182 9 ms vmnu6.lan 22,23,80,3389,9090

192.168.1.183 9 ms [n/a] 22,80,443

192.168.1.190 380 ms rpi81.lan 22,3389,9090

192.168.1.195 6 ms nas-C1-5F-52.lan 22,80,443

192.168.1.200 5 ms ubuntu1804.lan 22,80,3389,8080,9090

192.168.1.205 5 ms rpi16-2.lan 22,80,3389,9090

192.168.1.206 116 ms rpi02.lan 22,80,3389,9090

192.168.1.207 4 ms rpi16.lan 22,80,3389,9090

192.168.1.208 5 ms jws-Latitude-E7450-2.lan22,80,3389,9090

192.168.1.210 4 ms MiniSys.lan 3389

192.168.1.220 336 ms rbw-Latitude-D520.lan 22,80,3389

192.168.1.223 44 ms win10.lan 3389

192.168.1.226 5 ms rpi5-2.lan 22,80,3389,9090

192.168.1.227 8 ms rpi5.lan 22,80,3389,9090

192.168.1.245 54 ms raspberrypi64.lan 22,80,3389,9090

192.168.1.253 5 ms HT802.lan 80

192.168.1.254 4 ms DESKTOP-CU96QH6.lan 3389

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run windows "run" tasks with elevated privileges

One can run tasks from the "Windows" button, run line w/o finding the executable and using that method to launch as administrator.

Alternatively, press Win + R, type taskschd.msc, and press Ctrl + Shift + Enter to launch with elevated privileges.

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Windows antimalware executable task running as cpu hog

This shows how to reduce the priority of this task, which can run very long for no reason to be at high priority.

It's the windows cache maintenance.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/3230441/high-cpu-usage-because-of-antimalware-service-exec

Press Windows key + R. This will open Run. Alternatively, you can go to Start and search for Run.
In Run dialog box, type taskschd.msc and hit enter.
Navigate to Task Scheduler Library > Microsoft > Windows > Windows Defender.
On the right hand pane, double-click on Windows Defender Scheduled Scan.
On the General tab, uncheck the option Run with highest privileges.
Click on Conditions tab and uncheck all the options.
Click on OK.