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don’t turn off DHCP!
Top tip #1 – don’t turn off DHCP server on your draytek router then reboot it. I couldn’t connect to it and ended up factory resetting it and starting from scratch. All because I have setup a mesh wifi network that runs off a different subnet and I thought having 2 devices controlling DHCP was bad. Also sharp learning curve in setting up double NAT rules on draytek router and tp-link deco mesh.
Top tip #2 – check your router config backups work. I found out the hard way after the draytek factory reset when my recently saved config failed to restore……
HP microserver port numbering
Just had a drive die in my microserver and wasn’t sure which one it was
This was helpful! Drivebay numbering
Winrar extraction path history
Found a way to clear the extraction path history in winrar that had screwed up a little after i changed some drive mappings
Run the registry editor (start | run program | regedit) and browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ WinRAR \ DialogEditHistory \ ExtrPath. Clear all the entries in here.
worked a treat
network credential recovery
Great little tool from Nirsoft for recovering your network credentials
Extend windows partition without data loss
PC was refusing to update to creators edition of Windows 10 giving error 0xc190020c – lack of enough HDD space left. I used a great free tool Minitool Partition Wizard free and was easily able to extend my C partition using free space from my D partition
Follow the instructions here
WordPress maintenance message
Managed to balls up an update of a plugin and was locked out of my wordpress install. Quick fix here
Draytek Vigor 2860ac
My existing vigor 2820 is showing its age and he wireless has become increasingly flaky. After being nagged by the children I found out that the config of the 2820 series can be backed up and imported into a new vigor 2860! With a rather complicated existing network setup I thought this would save me loads of hassle. And it did. It took less than a couple of minutes to import the 2820 config settings into the new router and everything worked first time. The 2860 has a built-in vdsl modem so that is the next challenge to remove the crappy BT vdsl modem and configure this instead. Well done Draytek for making it straightforward!
Fixing my freezing acer aspire v5 122p
My mini laptop starting freezing recently to the point of being unusable. Seems an update to the AMD graphics driver has caused the issue and i’ve managed to fix it using the guide below – thanks to user LutherGaylord
The problem is the new AMD graphics driver, which gets installed automatically by Windows Update.
It is not compatible with Windows 10 on this laptop; it makes the computer utterly unusable.
But there is a solution:
(1) Tell Windows to stop installing hardware drivers along with updates.
Control Panel —> System and Security —> System —> Advanced System Settings —> Hardware —> Device Installation Settings
“Do you want to automatically download manufacturers’ apps and custom icons available for your devices?”
Select “No” and then click “Save Changes”.
DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP, or Windows will re-install the rogue graphics driver after every reboot.
(2) Uninstall the current graphics driver.
Device Manager —> Display adapters —> AMD Radeon HD 8250 —> Properties —> Driver —> Uninstall
(3) Install AMD graphics driver 15.200.1060.0 (17 Aug 2015)
Here is a direct link:
http://global-download.acer.com/GDFiles/Driver/VGA/VGA_AMD_15.200.1060.0_W10x64_A.zip?acerid=635753732668194923&Step1=NOTEBOOK&Step2=ASPIRE&Step3=ASPIRE E5-521&OS=ALL&LC=en&BC=ACER&SC=PA_6
Merging .vcf files
I had to import ~250 contacts from an old Nokia phone into gmail – rather than have to add each separate one individually i used the guide here to merge them into one large .vcf file
http://www.techfleece.com/2013/09/13/how-to-import-multiple-vcards-vcf-files-into-gmail-or-outlook/