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    To speed up explorer, add the following string registry setting via RegEdit:

  • Identify Character Font

    The Character Identifier Tool helps identify fonts that have support for a given character. EX: Theta (θ).

  • PiHole v6 Missing Temperature

    For some reason the temperature was removed from PiHole v6 instead of making it an option for those who still want it. (it seems that it was pointless if used in a VM) I found the following information from: https://www.reddit.com/r/pihole/comments/1ithei7/if_you_want_to_see_the_temperature_in_the_status/ Find: Fahrenheit: Celsius: EX:

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    To setup the Linux Mint to be a Wireguard Client :

  • Encrypt Decrypt

    Compress folder into an encrypted tar.gz. Taken from https://superuser.com/questions/162624/how-to-password-protect-gzip-files-on-the-command-line Encrypt Decrypt

  • Lock / Unlock WordPress on IIS

    IUSR & Application Pool Identity Examples Below Lock icacls “C:\inetpub\wordpress” /grant:r “NT AUTHORITY\IUSR”:(OI)(CI)RX /T /Cpause>nulicacls “C:\inetpub\wordpress” /grant:r “IIS APPPOOL\TheUser”:(OI)(CI)RX /T /Cpause>nulicacls “C:\inetpub\wordpress\wp-content\uploads” /grant:r “NT AUTHORITY\IUSR”:(OI)(CI)M /T /Cpause>nulicacls “C:\inetpub\wordpress\wp-content\uploads” /grant:r “IIS APPPOOL\TheUser”:(OI)(CI)RX /T /Cpause>nulicacls “C:\inetpub\wordpress\wp-content\debug.log” /grant “NT AUTHORITY\IUSR”:M /T /Cpause>nulicacls “C:\inetpub\wordpress\wp-content\debug.log” /grant “IIS APPPOOL\TheUser”:RX /T /Cpause>nul Unlock icacls “C:\inetpub\wordpress” /grant:r “NT AUTHORITY\IUSR”:(OI)(CI)M /T /Cpause>nulicacls “C:\inetpub\wordpress” /grant:r…

  • Empty Windows Video Buffer

    SHIFT + CTRL + WIN + B

  • Boot Partition at 100%

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  • WordPress and MySQL 8

    PHP does not like the new MySQL 8 authentication. In order to get PHP+MySQL 8 (which is required for WordPress) you must use the legacy authentication method. See below:

  • Git

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