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IT related tech tips since 2006Windows 11 Enterprise host running VMWare Workstation Pro and Windows 11 pro Guest WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR
So I've got the latest version of VMWare Workstation Pro 17.5.2 and running on Windows 11 Enterprise Version 23H2 (OS Build 22631,3880) Host Trying to run a Windows 11 Pro guest encrypted VM results in a consistent "WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR" blue screen in the...
Get a list of remote desktop sessions via Command Line
qwinsta # or query session
Robocopy exclude Directories
Just trying to copy everything except a couple of directories from a drive to my NAS This is the secret incantation of robocopy when running in a Power Shell Terminal on Windows 11 robocopy d:\ \\mynas\toggen\DATA\ *.* /XD 'D:\$RECYCLE.BIN' 'D:\.Trash-1000' /E /Z From...
Create a Bootable Windows 11 Installation USB Drive on MACOS
Format the USB using the MacOS Disk Util with MSDOS (FAT) Format and Master Boot Record Scheme Secret sauce https://wimlib.net wmlib-imagex split /Volumes/path/to/sources/install.wim /Volumes/WIN10USB/sources/install.swm Youtube Video...
Synology DS1522+ Link Aggregation with Unifi UDM
Synology Configuration Plug in as many network cables between your Synology and Unifi Switch as you want to be in the bond. Each Network Interface on the Synology will receive an IP address via DHCP from the UDM. Login to your Synology using one of the IP addresses it...
Two companies I’ve had good Service buying Synology devices From
https://www.computeralliance.com.au RS422+ This was a seamless transaction https://www.centrecom.com.au DS1522+ Couldn't supply all the disks I needed and this caused a delay but alls well that ends well. Prices were better than elsewhere (Mwave, Scorptec, Computer...
What to buy if you need a Mobile Data Internet Backup Gateway
https://teltonika-networks.com/products/gateways These guys sell 4G LTE gateways... Note to self when I need a backup device.
Read a Windows registry Hive from Linux CLI
Just had to find the operating system of a remote computer so I copied the C:\Windows\System32\config\software.sav (the software hive file is locked by the OS so used the .sav instead) file to Ubuntu 2024 Linux and used hivexget to read the "ProductName" sudo apt-get...
Get Motherboard model without opening the case
wmic baseboard get product,Manufacturer,version,serialnumber Manufacturer Product SerialNumber Version Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. B450M PRO-M2 MAX (MS-7B84) JC17042885 2.0