James McDonald

by James McDonald | Apr 21, 2025 | 0 comments

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Window XP – TimeZones – 1 Hour Out

Today I had to go old school. Problem: Windows XP time 1 hour out. The user changes it to the correct time but it keeps resetting to the wrong time. Cause: Operating System (Windows XP) is so old that it no longer gets Time Zone updates so it had the wrong Daylight...

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N-Able RMM Remote Access Take Control

There is supposed to be an ability for the Take Control client to click Restart & Shutdown and then reboot into safe mode with networking and reconnect but I am finding that it sometimes doesn't work. So to work-a-round: Open msconfig Choose boot tab Safe Boot and...

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SSH Terminal FREEZES

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=270724 I had an issue where my SSH terminal was freezing in a Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS. I would do a command with small output and it would return but when using larger commands or sudo it would hang. I have a funky networking...

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Linux Firmware Updates

Just did a firmware upgrade on a Wyse 3040 running $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS Release: 22.04 Codename: jammy To show a list of available upgrades sudo fwupdmgr get-upgrades To run the upgrade...

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Competent Car Service in My Area

Air conditioning Just in time for the Melbourne summer our Car Airconditioning stopped working (ended up being a failed aircon hose) these guys fixed it in about an hour => https://regasmelbourne.com.au/index-2.html I drove to them but also they have a mobile service....

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Make Outlook Use Chrome For Links

Despite setting Google Chrome as the system default using Settings => Apps => Default apps Outlook continued to open links in Microsoft Edge. This is how to make Chrome the default for Outlook Click File => Options In the Outlook Options Dialog select the Advanced...

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