Windows 10 Enterprise Cannot Activate Using the Default Key
If you receive the error message trying to activate Windows 10 after a refresh or rollback, you may have trouble using the Windows 10 Enterprise Product key, and receive the error “Windows cannot activate using the default key”. First try “slui 3” and then try slmgr from a command prompt as follows: Windows Key + […]
Read more →How to re-enable legacy Windows boot options “F8” menu, including safe-mode
Windows 10 disables the traditional Windows F8 menu which allows a variety of options upon boot. In order to re-enable the classic or “legacy” Windows boot menu options you must execute the following with Administrator Privileges: bcdedit /set {default} bootmenupolicy legacy or use the following if booting from a Windows 2010 ISO in recovery mode bcdedit […]
Read more →Flashing LSI RAID Controller Built-in Controller from IT to IR or vice-versa (from USB key with AVAGO/LSI HBA/Storage adapters 92xx/93xx)
UPDATE LATE 2015: In order to flash some OEM vendors such as a LSI/Avago 2308 IR controller on a Dell T7610 you wish to flash to IT mode from it’s default IR mode, you should use the downloads from Supermircro instead of trying to get them directly from LSI/Avago; Please note, it also behooves you […]
Read more →Windows 10 Tech Preview Fails Windows Update, Hangs on Update, Etc.
If you are currently using Windows 10 Build 9926, you may experience issues attempting to upgrade to build 10041 (10049). Some common issues experienced are as follows: Windows Update does not see any updates available, and says everything is up to date. In order to try to resolve this issue above, you should attempt the following: […]
Read more →How to Repair Windows 10 Issues (Windows Update, Component Store Corruption, etc.)
Newer versions of Windows have new methods to repair Windows issues/corruption/etc. and these steps could possibly save you from a re-install. Starting in Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 2012 R2 and above include the ability to scan the system for corruption via two different methods. Before running any of the below commands you must open […]
Read more →How to Change Windows 10 Product Key (works on Windows 7/8/8.1/10 including Enterprise)
For example after upgrading Windows 8.1 Enterprise to Windows 10, Windows 10 would not activate; Opening a command prompt as Administrator and running the following command, resolved this, and allowed the Windows 10 Enterprise Technology Preview to Activate. slmgr.vbs /ipk PBHCJ-Q2NYD-2PX34-T2TD6-233PK”
Read more →MAC OS X how to enable Target Disk Mode via Thunderbolt While Shutdown
If you wish to access or repair the drive on a remote Mac that is year 2011 or >, then you can simple hookup a thunderbolt cable from your working Mac to the Mac you wish to repair, or access the drive from. Simply connect the thunderbolt cable and upon boot of the Mac on […]
Read more →How to Enable Local Administrator Accounts on Windows Active Directory 2012 and > using Group Policy (GPO)
If you want your Domain Admins to have rights on all user PCs the best way to accomplish this is to use GPO to push out local administrators across a domain. First start of by creating a Group on your Domain, for simplicity sake call it “Local Administrators”. Once you have created this group add […]
Read more →How to disown and then re-claim a runinng process in another terminal/shell window with bash
Start a long running process, e.g. “scp my*****@co***********.com:/largefile.tar.gz .“ Background the process with CTRL-Z Resume the process in the background: bg Disown the jobs from the current parent with disown %1. After that, jobs will not show the job any more, but “ps -a” or “ps -ef” will. Start your terminal multiplexer of choice, e.g. […]
Read more →How to permanently set hostname for Fedora host on Amazon EC2
In order to retain your desired hostname in a Fedora instance running on Amazon EC2 across reboots, there are two steps are required: Edit and set your proper hostname in: /etc/hostname Add the line “preserve_hostname: true” in the top configuration section of of the “cloud-init” YAML config file /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg. /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg will look something like this: […]
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