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  • Issue CentOS Web Server Plesk Admin Panel is protected by 2 factor authentication using Google Authenticator. After replacing/losing the phone you can no longer generate the requested verification code.

  • Issue Trying to move a virtual machine from one Hyper-V 2016 host to another while running Hyper-V Management Tools from a separate management server. Following error is displayed shortly after starting the move operation: There was an error during move…

  • Issue Trying to move a virtual machine between Hyper-V 2016 hosts. Following error is displayed: Live migrations are not enabled on this computer.This computer is not configured for live migration of virtual machines. To enable live migration, modify the Hyper-V settings.

  • If you try to remove the default mailbox database in Exchange 2016 EAC (Exchange Admin Center) you may get following error: This mailbox database contains one or more mailboxes, mailbox plans, archive mailboxes, public folder mailboxes or arbitration mailboxes, Audit mailboxes, To…

  • Issue Outlook 2010 search shows below warning and doesn’t return any recent emails in the search results. Search results may be incomplete because items are still being indexed. Click here for more details. Indexing status shows number of items than need…

  • These instructions shows how to merge an original iMac Fusion drive that for some (installing Windows, messing with Disk Utility) was split into separate SSD and HDD drives. Warning: performing below steps will irrecoverably wipe both SSD and HDD drives.…

  • Issue After every action in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Maps module, the map switches to the whole world view and displays message Map is Offline. This lasts for 1-2 seconds after which maps goes back to a normal operation until the…

  • There are few ways to enable HTTP to HTTP redirect on IIS websites. In this example I will use URL Rewrite method. If your don’t already have it download and install IIS URL Rewrite extension.

  • The easiest way to to provide free Let’s Encrypt SSL security for IIS website is to use letsencrypt-win-simple tool. Download and extract letsencrypt-win-simple to a folder on your IIS server Run letsencrypt.exe and follow a simple command line wizard: Provide email address…

  • To access RetroPie via SSH using root account: Open file sshd_config located in etc/ssh:sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config  Find line:PermitRootLogin without-password Comment it out (or delete) it and replace with:PermitRootLogin yes Save changes (CTRL + X) Set root password:sudo passwd root Reboot your Raspberry Pi

  • Issue Roboform (Password Manager by Siber Systems) Google Chrome extension is automatically disabled every time Google Chrome in started. User has to go into Chrome Extensions page and manually enable it. This enables the extension and it works fine, but…

  • Issue A user receives an email with some PDF files attached. Attachments are not accessible in MS Outlook 2010. Instead, following message is displayed: Outlook blocked access to the following potentially unsafe attachments: Important! Invoice 721.pdf, Important! Invoice 721.pdf. Workaround This MS…