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Free Workstation Backup with Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows
Just putting this here as I've been looking at different small business backup solutions and I think the Veeam Free Community Editions are a winner https://www.veeam.com/virtual-machine-backup-solution-free.html
Use Your Synology NAS for Microsoft 365 Backups
Install the Microsoft 365 Backup App on your Synology Create the Azure AD Registered App that will allow the backup to connect with the correct permissions using the provided how-to from the following link:...
Just use the supported versions and save yourself the headaches
Favourite Linux I love using the latest Fedora operating system on bare metal. I get to play with the latest bells and whistles. Challenges with Using Bleeding Edge Releases However when I then go to populate the system with work software such as VMWare Workstation I...
Autostart a program after Gnome Shell Login Fedora 33
This is how I autorun a Windows 10 Pro Guest on VMWare Workstation 16 on Fedora 33 when I login to Gnome Shell Note: gnome-session-properties which some of my Google results would allow you to add a script to start at login no longer exists Create a .desktop file. I...
Increase the C: Drive when the EFI System Partition is in the way Windows 10 Pro
Problem Cannot extend the C: Drive of my Windows 10 Pro VMWare Virtual Machine. When attempting to extend the C: drive the Windows disk manager extend option is greyed out My Windows 10 Pro VM had a disk comprising 579MB System Reserved (recovery partition)~80GB C:...
Check your Mobile Service Exclusions as you may never be able to Authenticate via Twitters Mandatory SMS Verification
A while ago I deleted my Twitter account as I found the platform to be generally harmful to the human psyche. However I recently have need of following some Sharering Company accounts on Twitter While attempting to create a new Twitter account, as soon as Twitter...
Free Program to Check File Usage on Windows – WinDirStat
https://www.fosshub.com/WinDirStat.html
How to Research a CPU Upgrade
Upgrade Time! Doing a lot of VMWare Workstation virtualization to create labs for self-study and training. Finding that the current Ryzen 5 3600 while a very good processor most of the time for general desktop usage is a little bit bound when running several VMs...
Evolution Email Setup For Microsoft 365
If you run the GNOME desktop environment then you might be using the feature full Evolution email program. If also like me you have enabled MFA for your Azure accounts then the default IMAP configuration will fail to authenticate because it will not be able to...