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How to set up automatic on-disk snapshots & snapshot rotation + pruning on the latest Windows 11 builds

There a few guides that mention using wmic. Unfortunately, wmic has been completely removed from Windows in 2026, and some of the other workflow details have changed. Step 1: Enable Shadow Copy for the disk you want to protect Start -> Settings -> System left tab -> About in the main pane -> System protection under the Device info dropdown and to the right of Related Links. Under the System…

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How to set up Stash as a Windows service

Note There are quite a few packages out there called Stash. This guide is for this Stash. Stash is provided as a standalone executable. Here’s how to turn it into a Windows service that launches automatically when you login to Windows (and possibly before?) Step 1: Download Stash Download the latest stash-win.exe to C:\Program Files\stash. You can use other locations, but that one gives the…

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How to configure unattended-upgrades on openSUSE Leap

Hi friends, welcome to another episode of Shitty Linux Documentation, in which I blog about something whose developers never bothered to fully describe the setup of and no one else in the world could be arsed to write about after they managed to figure out. I use the term unattended-upgrades in the title not because that package exists or works on openSUSE, but because it’s the most functional…

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How to restore the classic Adobe Acrobat "Single Page" view feature

Adobe Reader and previous versions of Acrobat DC had a Single Page view feature in which the mousewheel and arrow keys turned the document page instead of scrolling. To restore it in newer versions of the above, click the highlighted icon shown below at the bottom of the right side panel of the Adobe application window and ensure you have the same options checked: Specifically, check Singe-page…

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How to view all the SharePoint files you have access to

SharePoint site URLs usually take the following format: https://companyname.sharepoint.com/sites/SharePointSiteName/ To view all the files you have access to, add the following to the above URL: Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx? The final URL should look like this: https://companyname.sharepoint.com/sites/SharePointSiteName/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx? Entering that URL…

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How to install & enable OLED Color Scheme in Sublime Text

Here’s how to do the above: Install Package Control In Sublime Text, press Ctrl + Shift + p (or Cmd + Shift + p on macOS) to bring up the command palette In the command palette, search for install Highlight Package Control: Install Package Press Enter In the dialog that pops up, search for oled color scheme Highlight the matching result Press Enter. OLED Color Scheme is now installed! To…

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How to adjust camera settings for any Windows webcam without admin rights

Camera settings is missing from Microsoft’s New Teams client. Although 1st party camera apps (e.g. use LogiTune for Logitech webcams) offer access to their corresponding device settings, many enterprise users don’t have admin rights on their own PCs and so can’t install them. Here’s how to get around that. Step 1: Download ffmpeg Download the latest ffmpeg *win64-gpl.zip release. Step 2:…

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Can't find Process Explorer after installing it via winget? Do this

First of all, Process Explorer should be located at C:\Program Files\WinGet\Packages\Microsoft.Sysinternals.ProcessExplorer*. If it’s not there, that means it wasn’t installed in the right context. To fix this: Step 1 Uninstall Process Explorer. Step 2 Reinstall Process Explorer with the Run as admin, Latest, x64, & Local machine options set. You can set these manually in WingetUI or you can…

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Why you should not use WireGuard

I’ll keep this simple: WireGuard doesn’t support private hostname resolution out of the box 🤯🥴🤡 Supporting it – if possible at all – is pretty involved if you already have a working Pi-hole DNS + DHCP setup. What this means is WireGuard forces you to use IP addresses, e.g. 192.168.0.25 to reach machines on the network you’re VPNing into instead of being able to use the hostname, e.g.…

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How to Migrate UniFi Controller from a Debian 11 on a Raspberry Pi 3B+ to Debian 12 on a 4B

Glossary: 4B = 4 Model B 3B+ = 3 Model B+ Step 1: Set up the Raspberry Pi 4B Follow these instructions. I highly recommend doing as much preconfiguration in the Raspberry Pi Imager as you can. Step 2: Install UniFi Controller Follow these instructions. Step 3: Export your UniFi Controller settings on the Raspberry Pi 3B+ Step 4: (If you have a Site set up) Export your Site(s) from UniFi…

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How to set up Syncthing with a tray icon on a Windows PC you don't have admin rights to

How to set up Syncthing with a tray icon on a Windows PC you don’t have admin rights to

First things first: I do not recommend SyncTrayzor as it bundles the Syncthing binary. As such, it does not have the latest build of the latter. As a longtime user of various sync software, I absolutely assure you that you will always want to be running the latest build as the very nature of syncing makes it more vulnerable to bugs. Step 1: Download Syncthing & Syncthing Tray While downloading…

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How to Afford the Latest New Apple Products

How to Afford the Latest New Apple Products

TL,DR: Apple gift cards If you think the iPad, iPhone, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, Mac Studio, iMac, Mac Mini, and Mac Pro are all too expensive and/or poor values for money relative to their competition, you’re not alone. It certainly doesn’t help that Apple’s own 0% interest financing tops out at 12 months for Macs. But what if you still want one of the above? How do you do so…

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How to restore the People Pane in Outlook 365

How to restore the People Pane in Outlook 365

Microsoft has retired the People Pane, but you can still get it back … albeit not in the Outlook desktop app itself. Log in to the corresponding Outlook web app. You can find this via File -> Info -> Account Information -> Account Settings -> below Access this account on the web. If you do not have a corresponding Outlook web app, this method will not work In the Outlook web app, find the…

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How to get around Outlook 365 automatically encrypting emails you save to your computer

How to get around Outlook 365 automatically encrypting emails you save to your computer

If the Microsoft Outlook 365 desktop app is encrypting emails you manually save to disk, here’s how to get around that. Log in to the corresponding Outlook web app. You can find this via File -> Info -> Account Information -> Account Settings -> below Access this account on the web. If you do not have a corresponding Outlook web app, this method will not work In the Outlook web app, find the…

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How to connect to the NETGEAR BR500 router using OpenVPN-GUI on Windows

How to connect to the NETGEAR BR500 router using OpenVPN-GUI on Windows

Assuming you’ve already installed OpenVPN and renamed the corresponding network adapter as the user manual‘s instructs, here are a few additional details: The config files downloaded from the router must all be located at C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config or C:\Users\$USERNAME\OpenVPN\config and must all have unique names. If you need only 1 connection and manually place files in 1 of those 2…

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How to fix the HDHomeRun app getting stuck on the Recorded screen or being unable to find any tuners

How to fix the HDHomeRun app getting stuck on the Recorded screen or being unable to find any tuners

If you find the above is happening, do this: If not already installed, install the HDHomeRun Software for your desktop OS. Please note that this is not the same as the app Run the HDHomeRun Setup app on your desktop. If a firmware update is available, it will execute and reboot the network tuner automatically. Once this happens, check your client apps again; they should be working now. If no…

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How to convert a Workday job listing login redirect to the actual job listing

How to convert a Workday job listing login redirect to the actual job listing

You just tried to apply directly to a job on the employer website from a job board link, but are greeted with a Workday login redirect that looks like this: To get to the original actual job listing: Click on the login page URL Delete login?redirect=%2FCompanyString Delete %2Fapply Replace remaining %2F strings with / Click Enter or tap the browser Go icon The original actual job listing…

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