28.12.24

How to fix printing issues in Thunderbird

If you're experiencing issues printing from Thunderbird, the most likely solution is to go into your Thunderbird settings, access the "Config Editor," and "Reset" the "print_printer" setting, which essentially resets your default printer within the application; this usually requires restarting Thunderbird to take effect. 

How to fix printing issues in Thunderbird:

Open Thunderbird settings: Go to "Tools" > "Options" > "Advanced" > "General".

Access Config Editor: Click on "Config Editor".

Find print setting: In the search bar, type "print_printer".

Reset the setting: Right-click on "print_printer" and select "Reset".

Restart Thunderbird: Close and reopen Thunderbird to apply the changes. 

11.12.24

Date & Time Greyed out on Windows server 2022, even if I´m logged in as Domain Admin

 Time


You can  do this from Server Manager > Local Server

In the Properties panel, click the time zone and that will open the Date and Time popup.

4.12.24

Manually compact outlook data file

 Open “MS Outlook” >> Click on “File” tab >> “Account Settings” >> Go to “Data Files” tab >> Click the data file that you want to compact, and then click “Settings”. Click on “Compact Now” button.

USB BLOCK in Regedit

 navigate to the key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR" and change the value of "Start" to "4

18.11.24

Anydesk remote server display not supported e.g Wayland


After installing Anydesk on my Ubuntu 18.04 server and trying to connect from a Windows, I would get a display_server_not_supported error. To resolve this by going into the /etc/gdm3/custom.conf file and changing:

[daemon]
WaylandEnable=false
# Enabling automatic login
AutomaticLoginEnable=true
AutomaticLogin=$USERNAME

After rebooting the Ubuntu system, Anydesk now connects and shows the login screen and I can login just fine.

8.10.24

How do I get rid of Windows watermark without activating

 Instructions

  1. Press and hold the Windows key ( ...
  2. Right-click Command Prompt or Terminal, and then select Run as administrator. ...
  3. In the User Account Control window may appear, select Yes.
  4. In the Command Prompt window, type bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING OFF and then press Enter .
  5. Restart the OS

Windows 11 23h2 installation without internet

To set up Windows 11 without an internet connection, follow these steps:

  1. Start the installation and proceed through the initial setup screens.
  2. When prompted to connect to a network, press "Shift + F10" to open Command Prompt.
  3. Type OOBE\BYPASSNRO and press Enter.
  4. The system will restart.

1.7.24

Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. Invalid XML, the view cannot be loaded

 Start Outlook through the following command and verify the result

Click on Start, Run, type ‘Outlook /resetnavpane’ and click OK.

30.4.24

WHITELISTING OF DOMAINS IN POSTFIX MAIL SERVER

POSTFIX:

  1. Access your Postfix configuration file (usually located at /etc/postfix/main.cf).
  2. Add our sender domain to the "smtpd_sender_restrictions" parameter as follows:
  3. smtpd_sender_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, check_sender_access hash:/etc/postfix/sender_whitelist, reject_unauth_destination
  4. Create a new file named "sender_whitelist" in the /etc/postfix/ directory.
  5. Add the following line to the "
  6. sender_whitelist" file: welso.in OK
  7. Save the file and run the following command to create a lookup table: postmap /etc/postfix/sender_whitelist
  8. Reload the Postfix configuration with the command: postfix reload