Stack Exchange

Harry Johnston

New Zealand

http://harryjohnston.wordpress.com

I work in the technical support group of the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Waikato, New Zealand. My primary responsibility in this role is maintenance and support for several computer labs, comprising over 200 Windows PCs used for teaching.

I am married with two sons, aged 13 and 10.

I can be contacted at harry.maurice.johnston@gmail.com.

top accounts reputation activity subscriptions

Top Questions

How can I stop the Windows Recovery Environment being used as a back door?

windows security windows-10 desktop-management asked Oct 10, 2017 at 0:53

serverfault.com

Any point in installing both 32 and 64 bit versions of Photoshop?

windows adobe-photoshop asked Dec 8, 2011 at 3:51

Why does installing Ruby on Rails generate error "size of array 'ruby_check_sizeof_voidp' is negative"?

ruby-on-rails ruby windows asked Mar 21, 2013 at 0:11

stackoverflow.com

Finding which partition on a particular disk is active from the command line

windows command-line partitioning asked Jul 16, 2012 at 20:32

What Brexit solution does the DUP want?

brexit northern-ireland asked Apr 7, 2019 at 22:39

politics.stackexchange.com

Does General Order 24 really exist?

star-trek star-trek-tos captain-kirk asked Dec 8, 2017 at 0:33

scifi.stackexchange.com

Is there any known uncountable set with an explicit well-order?

set-theory well-orders asked Mar 15, 2015 at 21:20

math.stackexchange.com

Why does a non-interactive batch script think I've pressed control-C?

windows batch-file asked Aug 22, 2014 at 10:21

stackoverflow.com

Why did Richard's cleaning lady keep throwing out the S-Z phone book?

douglas-adams dirk-gently asked Apr 1, 2015 at 0:10

scifi.stackexchange.com

Why was Theseus at the Rally?

harry-potter fantastic-beasts the-crimes-of-grindelwald asked Nov 18, 2018 at 8:08

scifi.stackexchange.com

Top Answers

"directory junction" vs "directory symbolic link"?

Has it been mathematically proven that antivirus can't detect all viruses?

security.stackexchange.com

Why aren't Muggles extinct?

scifi.stackexchange.com

Cannot install Aptana Studio 3.6 on Windows

stackoverflow.com

Is "Mass" really measuring unit for inertia?

physics.stackexchange.com

If there are students of other religions at Hogwarts, why are only the Christian holidays celebrated?

scifi.stackexchange.com

Why aren't there any nebulae in Star Wars?

scifi.stackexchange.com

How to solve "The directory is not empty" error when running rmdir command in a batch script?

stackoverflow.com

How do I install the JRE on a Windows server without Oracle adware?

serverfault.com

Any difference between DOMAIN\username and username@domain.local?

serverfault.com

Is recursion a feature in and of itself?

stackoverflow.com

How to copy ONLY those files that are not in the destination?

Is there a difference between how Cambridge Analytica and the Obama Campaign got Facebook users' data?

politics.stackexchange.com

What makes a theory "Quantum"?

physics.stackexchange.com

Why can hardware assisted virtualization be a security issue?

security.stackexchange.com

How do muggles communicate with their magical children when they're at Hogwarts?

scifi.stackexchange.com

How can I stop the Windows Recovery Environment being used as a back door?

serverfault.com

Would a completely good Muggle be able to use a wand?

scifi.stackexchange.com

Why didn't the Death Eaters use a house-elf to get into Hogwarts?

scifi.stackexchange.com

Science fiction series where in each novel, a man travels from planet to planet and helps the inhabitants in overthrowing their oppressors

scifi.stackexchange.com

How did rebel fighters get past the Scarif shield?

scifi.stackexchange.com

How did Obi-Wan survive the trip to Naboo?

scifi.stackexchange.com

How to detect if CMD is running as Administrator/has elevated privileges?

stackoverflow.com

Why does installing Ruby on Rails generate error "size of array 'ruby_check_sizeof_voidp' is negative"?

stackoverflow.com

Is there an in-universe reason Harry says this or is this simply a Rowling mistake?

scifi.stackexchange.com

What does SetFileValidData doing ? what is the difference with SetEndOfFile?

stackoverflow.com

How can I detect only deleted, changed, and created files on a volume?

stackoverflow.com

Short story where the protagonist is unknowingly the demon Beelzebub.

scifi.stackexchange.com

Collection of stories about Scotland Yard detectives/police in a world where magic is part of the job?

scifi.stackexchange.com

Why was Qasem Soleimani in Iraq?

politics.stackexchange.com