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Formatting a USB Key with diskpart

Just had to do a BIOS update with MSI's M-Flash BIOS utility and needed a fat32 formatted USB key. This is how to do it with diskpart Commands in an Administrative Terminal diskpart list disk select disk 2 rem (or whichever is your USB key) rem Important don't get the...

Migrate Data Out of the Microsoft 365 Cloud

Tools from Synology NAS to allow exporting data out of the Microsoft 365 cloud Synology CloudSync You will need the login details of the user to export their OneDrive and Sharepoint Sites, copy that Synced CloudSync data to an USB or external drive and hand to the...

Install node in /usr/local

Goto https://nodejs.org/en/download Select Linux and x64 if that is what you are running Right click and copy the Download link from the "Standalone Binary (.xz)" button e.g. https://nodejs.org/dist/v22.15.0/node-v22.15.0-linux-x64.tar.xz and download the file wget...

Exetel Website Down – Sort Of

Update: 2025-04-04 I reverted my phone to default settings and it works again this morning. So this was a temporary problem Problem: Can't access Exetel.com.au through the App or Browser from my Phone at the moment. The error thrown is DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN I am...