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OS X 10.11 El Capitan and System Integrity Protection (SIP)

This is shamelessly cut and pasted from TwoCanoes: System Integrity Protection (SIP) Apple has implemented a new security feature in OS X 10.11, System Integrity Protection, which prevents even super users from altering the contents of files in key System...
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Enable TCP Offloading on Ubiquity EdgeRouter Lite

By default, TCP offload isn't enabled on the EdgeRouter Lite for PPPoE connections. Type in the following to enable it: ssh router.example.com configure set system offload ipv4 forwarding enable set system offload ipv4 pppoe enable set system offload ipv6 forwarding enable...
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Set password expiry in Office 365

This one is quick and easy, but I always forget where it is. To configure thepassword expiration policy, in the Office 365 admin centre, go to Service Settings > Passwords and configure the expiry policy there. It will apply to...
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Bypass Spam Filtering in Office 365

This one is quick and easy - how do you whitelist a domain to bypass spam filtering in Office 365? Log into the admin console at https://portal.office.com Go to ADMIN > Exchange In the Exchange admin centre, go to mail...
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Can’t sysprep a Windows machine more than 3 times

It seems my Windows-fu is lacking a bit in my sysprep knowledge. As it turns out, you can't sysprep a Windows machine more than three times. Unfortunately you get no warning about this until you've run sysprep for the 3rd...
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Issues installing Windows 8 on a new Retina MacBook Pro

I've spent too long this morning trying to install Windows 8 on a new Retina MacBook Pro. The first error I received was that "Windows can't be installed in drive 0 partition 4" with more detail giving the error message "The selected disk...
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