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WIFI Diagnostic
Forget the network
You may find that forcing your device to forget the network can help. Turn off Airport, go to System Preferences > Network, then select Wi-Fi in the list on the left and then click Advanced. Select the network you wish to forget, press the (-) and agree to Remove.
Once you’ve done ...
Apple/Mac startup commands
Quick overview of Mac startup key combinations
To boot your Intel-based Mac into any of OS X’s built-in startup modes, you must press and hold one or more keys detailed below after turning on the computer. Press the keys immediately after hearing the startup sound, unless otherwise specified.
How to burn OS X with mac ...
Reset your SMC, PRAM or NVRAM
When your Mac starts acting up, you’ll probably run through some common troubleshooting procedures, such as restarting it, running Disk Utility, and perhaps performing a Safe Boot. Your repair repertoire should also include a couple of additional procedures that can occasionally eliminate otherwise inscrutable problems—zapping the NVRAM and resetting the ...
Macs Task Manager
Macs Task Manager
See All Running Applications / Programs with Forceable Quit Menu
Hit Command+Option+Escape to summon the basic “Force Quit Applications” window, which can be thought of as a simple task manager for Mac OS X. This shows an easy to read list of all active applications running in OS X, and what’s visible ...
How to Restore Files From a Time Machine Backup on Windows
Connect the Drive to Your PC
Either way, the first step is connecting that Mac-formatting Time Machine drive to your Windows computer. Hopefully you’re using a USB drive for Time Machine backups — most Windows PCs aren’t compatible with Thunderbolt.
When you connect the Mac-formatted Time Machine ...
Commands and other things
Uninstall apps on your Mac
To open Launchpad, click it in the Dock or open it from your Applications folder. …
If you don’t see the app in Launchpad, type its name in the search field at the top of Launchpad. …
Press and hold the Option key, or click and hold any app until ...
If you still haven’t solved your Wi-Fi worries you could use Apple Diagnostics to check for Wi-Fi or network issues.
To do so follow these steps:
Disconnect all external devices (except the keyboard and screen).
Shut down the Mac, then turn it on while pressing and holding D.
When you see the screen asking you to choose your language ...
SLUI prompts:
Slui.exe can be passed a numeric value to force a certain type of activation. Phone-based activation is 4. For example,
open a command prompt then type: slui 4
Other values include:
1 – Show activation status
2 – Activation via the Internet
3 – Prompt for a new key
4 – Launch activation via phone
5 – Prompt for activation and ...
instructions here
To switch out of S mode, click here to open the Microsoft Store to the Switch out of S mode (or similar) page.
On the Switch out of S mode (or similar) page, select the Get button. After you see a confirmation message on the page, you’ll be able to install apps from outside of ...
Methods To Stop Windows
Update Permanently
To Permanently Turn Off Updates on Windows,
the following guidelines should be used. We will stat with the Service
Application first.
Method 1:
Stop Windows Update Permanently using Services
Step 1: At first, open the
Search Box & write down Services there.
Now, the Service option will be available & click on it.
Step 2: A big list ...
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Command “netplwiz” could help to open user account settings dialog that is
not shown in Control Panel.
1. Press Win + R to open
Run box, and enter “netplwiz“. Click OK to
open User Accounts dialog.
2. Uncheck “User must enter a user name and password to
use the computer”.
3. Click Apply and if there is pop-up
dialog, please confirm ...
Win 11 File Sharing with Win 8.1 and XP
This will allow win 11 computers to see win 10, 8.1, 8 and 7 pc’s in explorer.
Method 1:
Open control panel, then on the left “turn windows features on or off”, then check the box next to SMB 1.0/CIFS file sharing support.
Method 2:
To enable SMB v1 in Windows ...
The go-to email for this method is “no@thankyou.com” which you can add on the “Let’s add your Microsoft account” screen. Type a random password and hit the “Sign in” button. Windows may respond with an “Oops” error and give you a “Next” prompt. From here you can create a local account and proceed as normal.
OR
At ...
microsoft instructions
To switch out of S mode, click here to open the Microsoft Store to the Switch out of S mode (or similar) page.
On the Switch out of S mode (or similar) page, select the Get button. After you see a confirmation message on the page, you’ll be able to install apps from outside of ...
System Recovery
Acer:
Here is the standard Acer Recovery Instructions
1. Power on the machine
2. At the white ACER BIOS screen, hold the “Alt” key and press the “F10” key simultaneously to start Acer eRecovery
3. Once eRecovery has loaded, click “Restore to Factory Default Settings”
4. Click “OK” to continue
5. From here, the eRecovery process will update all the ...
