Is it possible to determine which, if any, Windows versions were previously installed on a machine?  Use case example: I'd like to find out if Windows 2012/2016 images we use were in-place upgrades or to be able to show that a machine has not been a fresh install since whatever version.  I've done some poking around within the registry, wmic, etc. but can't find any remnants that point to previously installed Windows versions.
Is there a reliable way to determine the OS upgrade history leading to Windows 10 or if it was a fresh install?
Shoot, Shoot At I have a question about the difference between the verb "shoot" and "shoot at":          Police shot the suspect.     Police shot at the suspect.        Are they just the same? This is a  about understanding and remediating the Heartbleed security issue.   What exactly is CVE-2014-0160 AKA "Heartbleed"? What is the cause, what OSs and versions of OpenSSL are vulnerable, what are the symptoms, are there any methods to detect a successful exploit?   How can I check to see if my system is affected? How can this vulnerability be mitigated? Should I be concerned that my keys or other private data have been compromised? What other side effects should I be concerned about? Chat reputation in left bar seems different than any other reputation displayed for users How to type directly with keyboard the U+200C character? How to type directly with keyboard the U+200C character in Notepad or other places... in Windows 8.1? 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For simplicity: delete the default cube, NumPad7, add cylinder, rotate X 90, then add torus with ext/int 1/0.75 and raise it above the cylinder. It should look like this:.  What I want is to deform the torus against the cylinder, but make it as if it's a projection. This means that, when looked from above, it will look like a normal, undeformed torus (volume changes), but when viewed with NumPad1, it will look like a round-end tube following the curvature of the cylinder, while still having the same round cross-section. To make it worse, my object needs to be deformed by a more complex surface, such as sin(x).  If I'd use soft body, it will look shrinked when looking from above, i.e. it will preserve the volume. If I use shrinkwrap, it either does a projection with its circumference intact, but all flat, or it will project it (similar to what I want), but only the bottom side vertices, like a curtain.  Mesh modifier gets me nowhere since I have to manually tweak the surrounding mesh, and curve modifier also preserves the length/volume, while also squishing the section of the torus at the bending points.  My question(s): is there a way to project (mold) the torus onto the cylinder while preserving it's cross-section? Can this be extended for more complex meshes to be projected or to be projected on?    This is, roughly, what the side view (along Y axis in the 1st pic) would look like after the deforming of the torus:    The unselected shape above is the torus (as it is in the first picture), and the selected shape is what it would look like after the deform, or molding, whatever you want to call it.  And here is what it would look like when seen from above (top view, along Z axis)): i.stack.imgur.com/HVOCo.png (can't add more than 2 pics)  The view would be the same before and after the torus is deformed. Proving AM-GM with induction I am trying to prove AM-GM with the following steps:    Prove that AM-GM holds for two variables Prove that if AM-GM holds for $k$ variables then it holds for $2k$ variables Prove that if AM-GM holds for $k$ variables then it holds for $k-1$ variables   If I prove all of these, I will have proved AM-GM. I have proved (1) and (2), but I am still struggling with (3).   Proof for (1)  By the Trivial Inequality, we know that the first statement is true. Therefore \begin{align} (a-b)^2 \ge 0 \implies\\ a^2-2ab+b^2 \ge 0 \implies \\ a^2+2ab+b^2 \ge 4ab  \implies\\ a+b \ge 2\sqrt{ab}  \implies\\ \frac{a+b}{2} \ge \sqrt{ab}\hspace{3mm}\blacksquare\\ \end{align}  Proof for (2)  Let our numbers be $a_1, a_2, a_3, \ldots, a_{2k}$. Denote $$x = \frac{\displaystyle\sum_{i=1}^{k}a_i}{k}, y = \frac{\displaystyle\sum_{i=k+1}^{2k}a_i}{k}$$  We know that by AM-GM for 2 variables, that $$\frac{x+y}{2}\ge \sqrt{xy}$$ By our definition of $x, y$ this means that $$\frac{x+y}{2} = \frac{\frac{\displaystyle\sum_{i=1}^{2k}a_i}{k}}{2}=\frac{a_1+a_2+a_3+\ldots+a_{2k}}{2k}$$ Again by definition, $$\sqrt{xy} = \sqrt{\left(\frac{x_1+x_2+\ldots+x_k}{k}\right)\left(\frac{x_{k+1}+x_{k+2}+\ldots+x_{2k}}{k}\right)}$$ By AM-GM for $k$ variables, $$\sqrt{\left(\frac{x_1+x_2+\ldots+x_k}{k}\right)\left(\frac{x_{k+1}+x_{k+2}+\ldots+x_{2k}}{k}\right)} \ge \sqrt{\sqrt[k]{x_1x_2\ldots x_k}\sqrt[k]{x_{k+1}x_{k+2}\ldots x_{2k}}}$$ This is simply equal to $$\sqrt[2k]{x_1x_2x_3\ldots x_{2k}}\hspace{3mm}\blacksquare$$  However, I have no idea how to proceed on (3). I tried using the definition of AM and GM but did not come up with anything useful. Feel free to point out any errors or flaws on my proofs for (1) and (2). I look today on a few fresh question, and the view count was 0. Even after I refreshed the page a few time. This is definitely a bug, since the question isn't mine.  Also I don't think the all page was cached, since that the DateTime mark was change every reload.  But maybe the SQL result is cached. How do I search for available packages from the command-line? I have successfully installed some packages using the command line 'sudo apt-get install packagename' when I have known in advance that those packages are available.  But how can I search for or get a list of what is available in the repositories?