Windows Terminal – Preview Version

Windows Terminal All Icons

As of today’s date if you install Microsoft’s Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store you will get version 1.11.3471.0.  All of my previous posts used this version. Looking at the GitHub page for Windows Terminal I noticed the latest version is 1.12.10393.0 and the latest preview version is 1.13.10395.0.  I am not sure why the … Read more

Configure Windows Terminal to connect to Raspberry Pi – Part 3

Introduction In the first part of this series, we introduced Windows Terminal and set up the Windows ssh program to log in to our Raspberry Pi. In the second part, we configured Windows Terminal to open multiple profiles at startup. We are now going to look at customising the profiles.  This is done by editing … Read more

Windows 11 Niggles

In my last post Windows 11 Update Hell, I tried to update my Dell XPS 8940 to Windows 11.  After a bit of a battle, I finally got the system to update. First Impressions This was not my first look at Windows 11, so I knew what to expect.  However, this was my first time … Read more

Windows 11 Update Hell

Introduction I purchased a new desktop pc last year as my old Dell XPS 8900 was not Windows 11 compatible.  The new PC a Dell XPS 8940 came with Windows 10 home which I updated to Windows 10 Pro using the license from the old system. The Windows 11 release date was the 5th October … Read more

Backup your data with Centered Systems Second Copy

Introduction What’s the part of owning a computer that is neglected until you have a problem.  It is of course Backups, that boring cousin of the world of computing.  Most people don’t think of it when they purchase a new computer and start loading their precise data and photos onto their shiny new machine.   It … Read more

Configure Windows Terminal to connect to Raspberry Pi – Part 2

Opening Multiple Profiles on Startup So, you have added all of the profiles you need for your Raspberry Pi’s.  When you start Windows Terminal, by default, it opens one profile and you can then open additional profiles from the pull-down menu which we saw in part 1. You can improve this by automatically opening all … Read more

Configure Windows Terminal to connect to Raspberry Pi – Part 1

Introduction I have many Raspberry Pi’s and use either putty or VNC to access them.  Microsoft released Windows Terminal (wt) for Windows 10 1903 (build 18362) or later. Windows Terminal offers a few benefits over the standard putty, the key ones for me are multiple tabs and the ability to open multiple sessions on start-up.  … Read more