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#5
General Discussion / Read Articles without login
October 31, 2025, 03:53:01 PM
Before the www put //archive.is/www.whatever.com and then read the article
#7
Raspberry Pi / Setup ALLSTAR radio Node
October 28, 2025, 03:26:00 PMLink to purchase the equipment in the video:
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256803665651556.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.5.3c051802W7sQCp&gatewayAdapt=glo2usaAllSTAR Node Radio
#10
Windows Fixes / Unblock Mass Files if Security Blocked from another computer
October 15, 2025, 02:26:48 PM
Run in PowerShell
Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\Path\To\Your\Folder\files\being\Blocked\" | Unblock-File ===============================This will remove mass file unblocks.
Save Unblock-Files-Gui.ps1 in a folder you can access
Right-click and choose Run with PowerShell, or:
Open PowerShell, navigate to where the script is saved, and run:
.\Unblock-Files-GUI.ps1
or
If files are Security blocked due to from another computer
Unlink OneDrive and sign back in
Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\Path\To\Your\Folder\files\being\Blocked\" | Unblock-File ===============================This will remove mass file unblocks.
Save Unblock-Files-Gui.ps1 in a folder you can access
Right-click and choose Run with PowerShell, or:
Open PowerShell, navigate to where the script is saved, and run:
.\Unblock-Files-GUI.ps1
or
If files are Security blocked due to from another computer
Unlink OneDrive and sign back in
#11
Windows Fixes / Convert SSD or Hard Drive from Legacy to UEFI without losing DATA
October 11, 2025, 05:54:13 PM
Use this if you need to convert a working windows install from Leagcy Bios to UEFI Bios without reinstalling windows.
To restart windows 11 Goto System > Windows Update > Advance Options > Recovery > Advanced Recovery > Restart
Once in the windows menu choose Troubleshoot > Advance Option > Command Prompt
1st. mbr2gpt /validate /disk:(your OS disk number) normally 0
2nd. mbr2gpt /validate /allowfullos /disk:(your OS disk number)
3rd. mbr2gpt /convert /allowfullos /disk:(your OS disk number)
To restart windows 11 Goto System > Windows Update > Advance Options > Recovery > Advanced Recovery > Restart
Once in the windows menu choose Troubleshoot > Advance Option > Command Prompt
1st. mbr2gpt /validate /disk:(your OS disk number) normally 0
2nd. mbr2gpt /validate /allowfullos /disk:(your OS disk number)
3rd. mbr2gpt /convert /allowfullos /disk:(your OS disk number)
#13
Windows Fixes / decrypt a Bitlocker from the CMD Line
October 06, 2025, 02:42:58 PMUsing CMD to decrypt a Bitlocker drive requires you to type the command: manage-bde -unlock d: -password
#14
Windows Fixes / Windows Preview in File Explore not Functioning
September 19, 2025, 10:17:03 AM
In a Admin CMD Prompt:
reg add HKCR\.pdf\ShellEx\{8895b1c6-b41f-4c1c-a562-0d564250836f} /ve /d {1B96FAD8-1C10-416E-8027-6EFF94045F6F} /f
reg add HKCR\CLSID\{3A84F9C2-6164-485C-A7D9-4B27F8AC009E} /v EnablePreviewHandler /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
reg add HKCR\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{3A84F9C2-6164-485C-A7D9-4B27F8AC009E} /v EnablePreviewHandler /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
or Download the Windows_Preview_Fix.bat and right click run as administrator
reg add HKCR\.pdf\ShellEx\{8895b1c6-b41f-4c1c-a562-0d564250836f} /ve /d {1B96FAD8-1C10-416E-8027-6EFF94045F6F} /f
reg add HKCR\CLSID\{3A84F9C2-6164-485C-A7D9-4B27F8AC009E} /v EnablePreviewHandler /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
reg add HKCR\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{3A84F9C2-6164-485C-A7D9-4B27F8AC009E} /v EnablePreviewHandler /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
or Download the Windows_Preview_Fix.bat and right click run as administrator
#15
Windows Fixes / Install Windows 11 from ISO on unsupported hardware
September 17, 2025, 02:44:10 PM
in a cmd window: setup.exe /product server /compat ignorewarning /migratedrivers all
#16
Windows Fixes / Get Serial Number from Windows
September 11, 2025, 02:50:05 PM
Powershell script to get serial number:
get-ciminstance win32_bios | select SerialNumber
DOS CMD to get serial number:
wmic bios get serialnumber
to Get Product Key : wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey
get-ciminstance win32_bios | select SerialNumber
DOS CMD to get serial number:
wmic bios get serialnumber
to Get Product Key : wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey
#17
Windows Fixes / ByPass Win11 Internet login
September 11, 2025, 12:07:00 PM
If you get to the screen, where connection is required, press SHIFT+F10 and Command Prompt will open.
Type OOBE\BYPASSNRO and press ENTER. The process will Reboot the computer and begin again and this time, it will show "I dont have an internet access" button.
Type OOBE\BYPASSNRO and press ENTER. The process will Reboot the computer and begin again and this time, it will show "I dont have an internet access" button.
#20
Linux Fixes / USE DD to make drive Clones or Images
July 13, 2025, 01:38:31 AM
#smartctl -i /dev/sd? sd?= drive you want to check -This CMD will show the drive info and serial number.
Make direct disk-to-disk copy:
#dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=32M status=progress
To save space, you can compress data produced by
#dd if=/dev/hdb | gzip -c > /image.img.gz
You can restore your disk with:
#gunzip -c /image.img.gz | dd of=/dev/hdb
Make a IMG of a Drive.
dd if=/dev/hdb of=/image.img
To save to another server drive mount first:
mount -t cifs //192.168.1.14/Drive /mnt/drive --verbose -o user=xx$$,pass=NoOne
Make direct disk-to-disk copy:
#dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=32M status=progress
To save space, you can compress data produced by
#dd if=/dev/hdb | gzip -c > /image.img.gz
You can restore your disk with:
#gunzip -c /image.img.gz | dd of=/dev/hdb
Make a IMG of a Drive.
dd if=/dev/hdb of=/image.img
To save to another server drive mount first:
mount -t cifs //192.168.1.14/Drive /mnt/drive --verbose -o user=xx$$,pass=NoOne