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September 22, 2015

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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June 30, 2015

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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June 30, 2015

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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August 20, 2014

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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May 19, 2014

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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May 12, 2014

Delete hiberfil.sys on Windows 7

Quick tip to allow you to delete hiberfil.sys on a Windows system. Run CMD as Administrator and enter power cfg /hibernate off If this doesn't automatically delete C:\hiberfil.sys then you can go in and delete it manually. Why do you...
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