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Get-WebApp and the Azure REST API return a siteConfig object with null properties and is missing data

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There seems to be a weird bug in the Azure AZ PowerShell API and the underlying REST API whereby when you list the App Services, also known as Web Apps, also known as Sites you find that the SiteConfig property contains null values and is generally missing information. However if you run the Get-WebApp with the -ResourceGroupName and the -Name parameters the SiteConfig property is populated. A similar issue is found when using the Azure REST API  /subscriptions/ subscription identifier /resourceGroups/ resource group name /providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/ web site name The return value's properties.siteConfig is also missing information. Using Fiddler to see how Get-WebApp is working - when you call with the -ResourceGroupName and -Name parameters the cmdlet is making multiple REST API calls and combining the information together. From here we find that to get the SiteConfig information you can make a GET request to the REST API here /subscriptions/ subscription identifier /reso...

Remove HP Support Assistant Quick Access icon from the Windows taskbar system tray/toolbar

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 When using a Hewlett Packard (HP) machine and you use the HP Support Assistant that a "Question Mark" icon appears in the toolbar / system tray area of the Windows taskbar. Right clicking the taskbar and selecting Toolbars > HP Support Assistant Quick Access removes the icon, but it is recreated the next time the HP Support Assistant is loaded. To resolve this open the HP Support Assistant click the settings "Gear" icon, click "More Settings" and untick the "Display application icon in the taskbar (recommended)". Alternatively the following registry entry can be set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\HP\HPActiveSupport\HPSF NotifyTray 0