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Clean up WinSxS folder using DISM /cleanup-image How to enable the built-in Administrator account SYSPREP fails: ‘reserved storage in use’ Disable Wi-Fi from the command line Windows kernel versions Topic Various handy tips and shortcuts Shift-F10 : (during OOBE) open a Command Window Control-Shift-F3 : (during OOBE ) logs you in as Administrator Control-Shift-Win-B : Windows desktop …

Since I mainly use Debian-based Linux flavours, I have had to get used to the apt package manager which Debian uses. I find it a bit unintuitive to use, as there seem to be several different programs to do basic things. Note: many of the apt commands shown below need to run as root, so you should prefix each command with ‘sudo’ if running as a normal user. # apt update - this downloads package …

Handy reminders of some of the many useful things you can do with keyboard combinations on a Mac. Note: if you’re using a PC keyboard, ‘Option’ is the Alt key , and ‘Command’ is the Windows key Key combination what it does Command-Shift-4 Take a screen capture (selected area) Command-Shift-3 Take a screen capture (whole screen, saved straight to your desktop) Option-# print the £ sign (if you have …

When a Dell laptop encounters a hardware problem, it may blink its LEDs in a certain pattern, which indicates where the fault lies. Dell Latitude 2017-2023 The battery charge LED will blink X times in amber (orange) colour, then Y times in white. X , Y FAULT 2 , 1 CPU 2 , 2 Motherboard BIOS/ROM error 2 , 3 No RAM detected 2 , 4 RAM failure 2 , 5 invalid RAM 2 , 6 motherboard Chipset error 2 , 7 …

Topic 1 Create a USB stick to install MacOS MacOS versions Section ONE Create a USB stick to install MacOS Find a download link for the version of MacOS you want ( usually a large 7GB file named something like ‘Install macOS Sequioa’ ) Use the MacOS Disk Utility to erase a 16GB USB stick : choose format type ‘MacOS Extended format’, and give it a name like ‘sequoiastick’ or similar In a Terminal …