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...
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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
Stop being prompted for ssh passphrase when trying to sync repo with github in VS Code
The Problem: You have cloned your repo with the SSH URL. Whenever you go to push to GitHub. You might be asked to enter a passphrase repeatedly for your SSH key... Before Fix git remote -v origin [email protected]:toggenation/cakephp-live-test-sxs.git (fetch) origin...
List local disks
GET-CimInstance -query "SELECT * from Win32_DiskDrive" DeviceID Caption Partitions Size Model -------- ------- ---------- ---- ----- \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0 WDC WD60EZAZ-00ZGHB0 0 6001172513280 WDC WD60EZAZ-00ZGHB0 \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE2 Seagate One Touch w/PW SCSI Disk Device...
Create ISO using Powershell
Usage New-IsoFile -NewIsoFilePath C:\tmp\Hyper-V.iso-sources -ImageName Hyper-V -SourceFilePath 'C:\tmp\Hyper-V' New-IsoFile -NewIsoFilePath C:\tmp\W2K3SP2CD1.iso -ImageName W2K3SP2CD1 -SourceFilePath 'C:\tmp\Windows 2003 Server R2 Std Edition SP2 CD1' New-IsoFile...
Synology Compatibility list and RAID Calculator
When deciding on Synology models and disks the following links are handy Synology compatibility list https://www.synology.com/en-au/compatibility How much disk space will you get from SHR-1 / SHR-2 volumes...
Event 1008
TGN-HV02 1008 Warning Microsoft-Windows-Perflib Application 9/06/2024 5:30:28 PMThe Open procedure for service "BITS" in DLL "C:\Windows\System32\bitsperf.dll" failed with error code The system cannot find the file specified.. Performance data for this service will...
How long does a clone take on Ancient VMWare 5.5 hardware
Dell Poweredge R710 - Esxi Server Dell EqualLogic SAN - PS6110 VM one 55GB - 9:08:12 AM to 9:16:37 AM VM two 50GB 9:20:20 AM to 9:36:24 AM
How to Delete a Hyper-V VM and ITS Hard Drives
If its a replica Remove Replication Get the paths to the Hard Drives Get-VM TGN-RWD-BK01 |Select-Object -ExpandProperty HardDrives Make a note of the location of the hard drives from the output VMName ControllerType ControllerNumber ControllerLocation DiskNumber Path...
Improving reliability of RSYNC copy between LINUX and SYNOLOGY – Note to Self
There are two options for transfer presented by the Synology KB article https://kb.synology.com/en-global/DSM/tutorial/How_to_back_up_Linux_computer_to_Synology_NAS Of the two the first seems to be more glitchy and the -e ssh one I found tends to complete more...
Side by side php8.3-FPM
CakePHP 5 uses zend.assertions = 1 for development so if you have production and test environments on your server you need separate instance of php-fpm so you can run one with zend.assertions = 1 for development and the other zend.assertions = -1 for production The...