Oldie but a goodie. Speed up a printer install “device setup in progress” in Windows 10
When installing a new printer I have had issues with the new printer not appearing in Control Panel – “Devices and Printers”. If the PC is behind a proxy server and does not have direct web access then it can take a few minutes or a reboot for the printer to appear. I discovered Windows…
Hirens BootCD PE has been updated since 2012
Hiren’s BootCD PE was last updated in Nov 2012 and so it is now being developed by Hiren’s BootCD fans. It includes free tools to help you diagnose PC problems. It will boot into a Win PE (Preinstallation Environment) and install drivers for graphics, sound and lan/wifi. It now requires 2 gb of ram as a minimum and supports UEFI…
Can’t RDP into my servers! CredSSP Info
On Friday 11th of May, I tried to RDP into the servers at work and could not login. This is the error message: I learnt that a new update to Win 10 has stopped my ability to RDP into the servers. I researched more into this and found: March 13, 2018 – An update to the RDP was released to…
Prevent server 2016 from rebooting after windows updates
Q: When installing an update on Server 2016 I get the message “Your device is scheduled to restart outside of active hours”. How do I stop the server from rebooting? A: If you look in Task Scheduler under UpdateOrchestrator you can rename/disable the reboot task. This will prevent windows from rebooting. Let me know if this fix worked for you?
Can’t forward attachments in Outlook 2016
A MS patch was released on January 22nd 2018 which fixes a bug where you can’t forward attachments in Outlook 2016. The attachment disappears when trying to forward an email with an attachment. See the MS link – January 22, 2018, update for Outlook 2016 (KB4011123)
Original Xiaomi Mi Home Smart WiFi Power Socket
I recently purchased a new Original Xiaomi Mi Home Smart WiFi Power Socket from eBay. Here is a quick review with some easy to read instructions for users in Australia. (The manual was completely in Chinese) Links to buy: eBay Australia Setup instructions: Plug in the socket Open the MiHome app. The app is available for iPhone and Android. (See…
DC promo shows “Windows Server Technical Preview”
I was setting up a new test DC server with Server 2016. When going through the setup a domain controller wizard there was an option for the forest functional level “Windows Server Technical Preview”. I thought to myself did I install Server with a preview build?? I checked this MS KB article which verified that I wasn’t going crazy and that…
Word 2016 blank table bug
After you install update 4011039, you may encounter the following issues: If you merge vertical cells in a table, the cell content disappears, and you can’t select the merged cell. If you open an existing document that has a table with merged cells, the cells are displayed as blankAs a workaround, you can uninstall this update, and your tables will return to normal.…
Raspberry Pi HDMI Switching
I have connected a Raspberry Pi to my TV however it changes the TV input source when I don’t want it to change. How can I fix this? SSH into the Pi (Use putty) nano /boot/config.txt Add in: hdmi_ignore_cec_init=1 Save 🙂
Pi-hole & Spotify
I recently setup Pi-hole on my old Raspberry Pi (Model B) What’s Pi-hole you ask? It’s basically a DNS server that runs on your Raspberry Pi. You first need to install Rasbian O/S on your Pi. Once this is done, with one command line you can download and install Pi-hole. curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash Once Pi-hole is setup, you will…
WD MyCloud + Time Machine
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WD MyCloud + Time Machine
Experienced an issue with a WD MyCloud drive & Mac OS 10.12 Sierra backing up to the drive via Time Machine. The backup failed with the error “Resource temporarily unavailable”. I rebooted the MyCloud drive and the same issue occured. I noticed there was a firmware update 04.04.05-101. Applied this and it fixed the issue. Here are the release notes to the…