Haha, yes, he has played that one quite a bit!
ITGuyLevi
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As much as I abhor violence, precharged pneumatic (PCP) options exist. They aren't firearms, anyone can own them, and they can come with really fun features for plinking (like full auto variants and moderators so they are whisper quiet). I say for plinking but I guess I've seen them ranging from .177 cal (think bb) all the way up to .72 cal (more like a shotgun slug).
It is a beautiful hobby but you have to remember they can be deadly, typically holding around 4,300psi in their tank. Please shoot safe if you decide to go this route (not advocating for violence, a tire iron could be a weapon too).
Just tossing this out there, if your son hasn't seen it yet, show him Portal. I showed it to my son when he was starting to get into computers and its still one of his favorites in college.
Welcome to today's 10,000 (totally not trying to be offensive, learning is great).
TrustedInstaller is actually a service that was introduced with Windows Vista with the intention of preventing modification of system files. It typically is the "owner" of damn near everything in default Windows directories.
A fun way I typically show off the limitations of the system account is by telling people to try to delete a protected resource, like Windows Defender's directories. Then try it again when running with TrustedInstaller's rights and you'll possibly find yourself just staring at your screen thinking about how useful that could be.
That looks like it would only grant a system level cmd prompt. TrustedInstaller has a bit more access.
Edit: I was scrolling back up and realized I responded to the wrong person about the psexec thing. I apologize for any misunderstanding (I'm gonna leave it because its still kind of good info in there and I suck at typing on mobile).
I'm not a fan of psexec anymore, in a lot of environments is blocked or gets picked up by overzealous AV. Might I suggest using using something like NTObjectManager to just spawn a child process of TrustedInstaller?
It works really well, I've never seen it flagged by AV, and it's nice being able to remove shit that system can't. One thing I had a hard time getting away from PSExec for was remote sessions when remote management was turned off. Thankfully you can just invoke-command to call cmd and enable WinRM remotely... Goddamn I hate Windows but love the simplicity to utilized it's "under documented" features.
Had one in a house I rented in the UK, don't recommend, when they break they are not fun to inspect.
I bought my wife a cheap Lenovo laptop when she needed something that supported the "Lockdown" browser (no Linux support). Didn't realize when I bought it what "S" meant (and I've been an IT guy for over 20 years). Got it home and realized what was up, it couldn't even run that browser because it had to be the preconfigured browser from her school and not one from the MS store. An evening of fiddling and a $3 grey market key and she was back onto a normal Windows install.
On the plus side the laptop was only like $299 or $399 and really isn't too bad on the hardware side.
Have you given LMDE a go? All the benefits of Mint, the stability of Debian, all without having to deal with snaps sneaking in.
That's always been my go to, rock solid OS that will just chug along. My son (Arch user) likes to joke that mine is always out of date, but I like to joke that he's the beta tester.
When LMDE was dropped I started recommending that to the Windows Expats I meet because its UI is familiar to them and Debian just runs.
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I've found lots of rocks in bags of beans over the years, could be a regional or economic thing too (just as a point of reference, I grew up really poor in the South). As a kid I remember pouring them out on a backing sheet to sort them, little did I realize I'd end up doing something similar as a teen with an AOL CD tin.