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When setting up an SMTP relay on Windows this Powershell command can help Send-MailMessage -SmtpServer 10.77.23.20 -Port 25 ` -From [email protected] ` -To [email protected],[email protected] ` -Subject "Remittance Advice Test# 5" ` -Body "Test at 9:08...

12 year old Dell Server running Windows 2008R2. Wanted to check the HDD and other details. https://ipofserver:1311 Error message: Error code: SSL_ERROR_UNSUPPORTED_VERSION Firefox error minimum supported TLS version is 1.2 Enter into the firefox location bar...

Yes it works, but I couldn't get VLANs to work despite tweaks as follows You need to check the Virtualize Intel VT-x/EPT or AMD-V/RVI I have a AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor ( 6Core / 12 Threads ) Added to allow Proxmox VLAN'ing ethernet0.noPromisc = "FALSE"...

I am trying to migrate two remaing Windows 2003 Server VM's off a VMWare VSphere 5.5 environment. Disclaimer: Yes I am aware W2K3 is _many_ years past it's support date but not every company keeps up-to-date with fully patched and supported software and I can't magick...

TLDR; I couldn't get nested virtualization i.e. VMWare Workstation Pro inside a Hyper-V VM working. The journey: So I have a Physical Workstation running Windows 11 Pro/Enterprise with the Hyper-V Role installed The workstation is running a AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core...

If you have enabled DMARC, DKIM & SPF and are getting DMARC Aggregate Report emails sent to yourself which contain the gzipped XML attachments. You can view them in a nicely formatted GUI by uploading them to Dmarcian https://dmarcian.com/xml-to-human-converter/...

TLDR; Convert the VHD (GPT disk) into a VHDX and it will work The journey: Just did a disk export of a Azure VM generation V2 disk. The VHD format of the exported disk won't boot in Hyper-V. The Azure portal says it's a V2 VM (This was lifted and shifted from a...

Failing to install on a Domain Controller which his a fresh install of Windows 2019 Server This could be due to no support for TLS 1.2 being enabled. Uninstall Azure AD Connect and then run the enable TLS 1.2 script and reboot and then re-install. Worked for me....

Syntax is: nslookup ip_of_host_to_lookup ip_of_dns_server Example of successful lookup returning server name to IP mapping PS C:\Users\ja> nslookup 10.73.2.21 10.73.2.9 Server: TGN-DC03.TOGGEN.LOCAL Address: 10.73.2.9 Name: srv01.toggen.local Address: 10.73.2.21...

Can you run a Windows 11 Pro Host running VMWare Workstation Pro 17.5.2 running a Windows 11 Pro Guest set to auto-start when the Host boots? Yes! However there are caveats: Unfortunately you can't run Hyper-V and VMWare Workstation Pro the Windows 11 Pro VM Guest on...

I have a license (less than a year old) for VMWare Workstation Pro I migrated my account from VMWare.com to broadcom.com but my license keys, entitlements, downloads are not appearing in the support dashboard. I tried to raise a support ticket but it says I need a...

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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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...

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 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...

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...

https://teltonika-networks.com/products/gateways These guys sell 4G LTE gateways... Note to self when I need a backup device.