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...
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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...
Windows 10 Update History
Microsoft Publishes the contents of each Windows 10 update to allow for you to review and understand what is contained there-in. With the forced updates and limited ability to delay updates it's more of a retrospective "What we did to your computer" page. It also...
Creating a G-Suite non-billed Admin Account
I have been looking for a way to support G-Suite clients without them having to pay an extra license for me to admin their G-Suite Accounts The question on whether this can be achived has been asked and answered in the Google forums with two answers: NoYes The second...
The OneDrive Recycle Bin gives you 93 Days to Change Your Mind
If you have a Microsoft 365 subscription (Formerly Office 365) you get a recycle bin that stores deleted files for 93 days. This can be a handy if you have a I shouldn't have deleted that moment




