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Very Slow Performance of Fedora 41, 42 and Ubuntu 24.04, 25.04 Guests on Hyper-V on Windows 11 Enterprise
Just spent an hour or so trying to install F41,42 and U2404,2504 on Hyper-V on Windows 11 Enterprise the performance was terrible Fedora 41 Boot loader wouldn't install and the other just responded like treacle to every stage and I couldn't get the OS to install after...
Capture a Full Page Screenshot in Google Chrome
Full page screenshots are very useful when documenting long configuration pages (unifi, pfsense, opnsense etc), or capturing all the elements of a webpage design for future reference (for example when you want to know if an update has caused a styling change)...
Enable Bitlocker
System Drive # Enable on C: drive (edit to taste) Enable-BitLocker -MountPoint "C:" -EncryptionMethod XtsAes256 -UsedSpaceOnly -TPMProtector # Add a recovery password Add-BitLockerKeyProtector -MountPoint "C:" -RecoveryPasswordProtector Get-BitLockerVolume C: # View...
Missing Microsoft 365 Desktop Apps after Applying a License in admin.microsoft.com
Problem: You apply a Microsoft 365 Business Standard or Premium license in admin.microsoft.com and the End Users Office Install is is complaining that there is no valid license available after opening Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Outlook etc as the assigned user. Cause:...
Checking Inbox Rules
One thing a hacker might do to redirect email so that the Microsoft 365 email user doesn't see it is to create an inbox rule to hide, forward or delete messages. Especially from the IT Support provider Here is a power shell script to download and save the inbox rules...
Get the OS Version from the Command Line
Correct Get-ComputerInfo outputs the correct OSName Get-ComputerInfo | Select-Object OSName,OSDisplayVersion OsName OSDisplayVersion ------ ---------------- Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise 24H2 Using Format-List Get-ComputerInfo | fl OSName,OSDisplayVersion OsName :...