Allow non-admin users to use WireGuard on Windows
Let non-admin Windows users run WireGuard by setting the LimitedOperatorUI registry value and adding them to the Network Configuration Operators group.
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Fix Microsoft Forms that are locked as being identified for phishing
Microsoft Forms wrongly locked as phishing can be released by an admin via the AdminPhishingReviewPage URL with the form ID, restoring distribution.
Read post →Fix for "The Sent Items folder contains the maximum number of allowed items..." in Outlook
Outlook's "Sent Items folder contains the maximum number of allowed items" error means the PST is full. Raise the limit via the MaxFileSize registry key.
Read post →Force Synology Drive to re-index changes
Force Synology Drive to re-index after two-sided changes by running the cloud-control synotifyd-rescan command with the View ID over SSH or Task Scheduler.
Read post →Count Files
Bash script to recursively count files per subdirectory, useful for diagnosing Dropbox sync issues once a folder exceeds 300k to 400k files.
Read post →Veggie Bolognaise Sauce
Yes, I know this isn't tech related, but I need to write this down somewhere where I won't lose it. 3 medium/large carrots 2 large brown onions (or 3-4 small...
Read post →Microsoft Word for Mac unable to open files in Recent Files
I had a strange issue recently where Microsoft Word was unable to open files from the Recent Files screen. The files were there, e.g. sitting on the Desktop,...
Read post →Microsoft Word for Mac making files hidden when saving to an SMB Shared Folder.
I had an issue recently where a client was editing Word documents on a server and when they went to save them, they would save but they were hidden. You coul...
Read post →Adding a CalDAV Calendar account on macOS Ventura
macOS Ventura fails to add a CalDAV account when it can't infer the SSL port. Fix it by adding :443 explicitly to the server URL.
Read post →Microsoft teams up with Parallels to deliver Windows 11 on Apple Silicon
Microsoft and Parallels officially support Windows 11 on Apple Silicon Macs, with limits on virtualisation features, WSL and DirectX 12.
Read post →Assign the Application Impersonation role in Microsoft 365 via PowerShell
Assign the ApplicationImpersonation role in Microsoft 365 via PowerShell when the Exchange admin centre won't allow it yet, before a MigrationWiz migration.
Read post →Allowing nginx from MacPorts to run on macOS Ventura with SIP active
I've set up a couple of servers recently to host Munki and generally prefer to use nginx now that macOS doesn't ship with a built-in web server. Allowing ngi...
Read post →Set up nginx on macOS Ventura to host Munki Managed Software Centre
My web server of choice is nginx, so I've been using that to host on-premises Munki Managed Software Centre instances ever since macOS stopped shipping with...
Read post →ChatGPT comes through with dinner for me - Vegetarian Chilli with Eggplant
I've been using ChatGPT for more and more random things lately, and tonight I asked it to help me out with dinner. I wanted a vegetarian chilli with eggplant...
Read post →Backup self-hosted Hudu instance to Dropbox
I have recently switched over from IT Glue to Hudu for my documentation platform, and am running it as a self-hosted instance. As I have root access to my se...
Read post →Bulk add guest users to Microsoft 365 Group / Microsoft Teams group in Office 365
Bulk invite guest users to a Microsoft 365 or Teams group using the Azure AD bulk invite CSV, with the welcome email suppressed, then add them to the group.
Read post →OpenAI Chatbot - ChatGPT
ChatGPT is a cutting-edge natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning (ML) model developed by OpenAI. It is the next level in the evolution of NLP...
Read post →Change ownership of Synology Cloud Sync tasks
Synology have advised people for some time now to not use an administrator user called admin , as this account will be subject to password guessing attacks....
Read post →Email signatures missing in Outlook for Mac 16.63
New Outlook for Mac 16.63 drops all email signatures. Restore them with a defaults write command in Terminal to reset the DisableSignatures setting.
Read post →Macs unable to access greyed out folders on a Windows server that is using DFS-R
I had an ongoing situation recently where some folders on a Windows server were inaccessible via the Finder - the folders were greyed out. This persisted aft...
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