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Where is the WeChat backup file located C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Packages\tencent…..

Which one is better? – Telegram vs LINE

How to setup a home network Assuming you have an internet router/modem with DHCP/DNS

How to backup and restore WeChat on a computer Run WeChat on the computer and QR code popup if this is the first time to login. 

How to create a user account without a Microsoft account in Windows 10 In Settings, click Accounts

How to create and mange user accounts in Windows 10 Home To add a new account, click on Family & other users.

How to Generate and Upload a Tech Support File for paloalto firewall support Click on Device and then Support.

Enable or disable Boot to UEFI Mode or Legacy BIOS Mode Press F12 when turning on the Dell computer. Select BIOS Setup

How to access and manager Chrome Remote Desktop - Enter the PIN for the remote computer.

How to install Chrome Remote Desktop - On your computer, open Chrome and access the website: https://remotedesktop.google.com/access.

How to download and install Windows 10 Update Assistant Search “Windows 10 Update Assistant ” in an Internet browser

Download and install Windows 10 update manually Access the Microsoft Update Catalog website: https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Home.aspx

What’s different between MFA enable and force? Enforced Azure Multi-Factor Authentication means the user has been enrolled and has completed the registration process for Azure MFA

How to Manage Multi-Factor Authentication for a user in Office 365 In the Multi-factor Auth status, select the options such as Any, Enable, Forced.

How to enable/disable Multi-Factor Authentication in Office 365 In In the Azure Active Directory admin center choose Azure Active Directory > Properties.

How to use paloalto Firewall Monitor 1 – Traffic Filter Examples and troubleshooting In the left , you have these Filter options

How to create Network Teaming in Windows Server To create Network Teaming, go to Server Manager>Local Server.

How to extend Disk Volume in windows If you has Unallocated space, you can right click on the current drive to extend it

Understand of CNAME Record You must cerate A record first and point it to the server IP address.

How to transfer license from one Paloalto Firewall to another In palolato Customer Support, navigate to Assets>Devices.

Mitel phone says Anonymous she needs to switch the Software phone to Desk phone on Mitel Connect.

Switch between Desk phone and Software phone on Mitel Connect Run Mitel Connect by double clicking on Mitel Connect icon.

Switch Standby Palo Alto Firewall to Active Firewall Export named configuration snapshot from the active Firewall and import it into Standby firewall.

How to upgrade Palo Alto Firewall Standby software and applications Navigate to Update>Software Updates to download the version you need

Use commands to check if Windows 10 is activated You can use slmgr /xpr command to check if Windows 10 is activated

Use command line or PowerShell to find the Windows Product key (Get-WmiObject -query ‘select * from SoftwareLicensingService’).OA3xOriginalProductKey

Use command line or PowerShell to find the Windows Product key wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey

Can Telegram make a video call? The answer is no

Install and setup Telegram Install Telegram is easy as other mobile apps

Why and how to use LINE LINE Features:

Why and how to use Telegram-Telegram is a multi-platform messaging service founded by Russian entrepreneur Pavel Durov

How to restore or download data using Barracuda Backup Navigate to Backup>Main>your company name.

How to enable Shadow copy for Restore Previous Version in Windows Run System Restore.

How to enable Picture Password for login Windows 10 Open Settings from Start>Setting.

How to enable Login PIN for Windows 10 In the Settings page, click Accounts.

How to install and manage fonts in Windows 10 To access Fonts page, click Start>Setting>Fonts

How to add Fonts in Microsoft Office Right click on the font you want to add and select download

Add multiple signatures in Outlook with multiple email accounts In Outlook Options, click Mail, and then Signature.

How to setup Notification on QNAP In Control Panel, click Notification Center under on System.

How to unblock a country in Outbound block policy in Palo Alto Firewall In Destination, click on Add to add the country code, for example TW for Taiwan.

How to upgrade, disable, uninstall a driver in Windows Click on Device Manager.

How to setup a host computer running 24/7 on Zoom  Click the checkbox for the recurring meeting and choose No fixed time in the options.

Run DISM and SFC to repair missing or corrupted system files sfc /scannow

Re-install Windows 10 without license key Click  Custom: Install Windows only (advanced)  to continue.

How to manage accounts in Windows 10 using Credential Manager In the search bar, type credential manager

Run Elevated Command Prompt from Command Prompt runas /user:administrator cmd

Where to find and download Windows 10 update and version Microsoft Update Catalog

How to free up more spaces on PC Uninstall unwanted Programs by going to Control Panel/Uninstall a program

How to access BIOS https://youtu.be/OhW-4TpP7sM

Boot in Windows 10 Safe Mode by interrupting the startup process three times https://youtu.be/Fwb8LegdnPU

How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode in black screen https://youtu.be/v_QZU7BVrtc

How to enable SMB on Windows 10 https://youtu.be/82NvOROtuoU

Clear install Windows 10 using installation media Click  Custom: Install Windows only (advanced)  to continue.

How to reset PC in Windows 10 Click on reset this pc. Or click on Windows start>Settings>Recovery.

How to restore a file/folder using Restore previous version in windows https://youtu.be/XcTAmVYBzGE

How to use restore previous version to restore files in OneDrive https://youtu.be/LzFXvYniCZA

How to uninstall Windows 10 update Click on Star, and then Settings.

Mitel\ShoreTel doesn’t route calls to mobile phone it should configured “Accept call by answering”

What’s the default Office 365 email message size and how to increase? Highlight the display name which you want to increase the email message size.

How to allow accessing blocked countries’ URL in paloalto firewall Go to Objects>Custom Objects>URL Category to create a object,

How to allow access foreign IP address in Palo Alto Firewall In paloalto firewall, go to Policies>Security.

How to restore the previous version of Windows 10 Click o Update & Security.

How to pause Windows 10 Update Click on Advanced options.

How do I know if my computer have windows 10 version 2004 or not? If you see Feature update to Windows 10, version 2004. 

How to disable Windows update in WSUS Go to Update Services>Servername>Updates>All Updates.

How to downloads and install Office 365 on multiple computers Re-configure the configuration file (configuration-32bit.xml) based on your license

How to setup WiFi in Windows 10 Laptop Click Windows Star and type wireless in the search bar.

How to setup WiFi in Windows 10 Laptop Click Windows Star and type wireless in the search bar.

How to backup Amazon Photos using Desktop App From the Backup tab, select Add a folder to backup.

Send Ctrl+Alt+Del over Remote Desktop Connection Ctrl+Alt+End

How to check the status of Windows 10 Update If you see You’re up to date. You are good to go.

Can one computer join multiple Zoom meetings simultaneously Yes, it is possible

How to add am image into Outlook Signature Click Mail on the left and then Signature.

How to hind a Windows Update from installing in Windows 10 Run it from the computer and click Next.

How to Mirror Windows 10 screen to TV Press Windows key + P

How to add an event quickly in Windows 10

How to AutoSave Windows 10 documents on Onedrive

How to access RDP second monitor from a computer with a single monitor? Hold Tab+Alt keys together and release Tab key

How to check voicemail from outside on Mitel system When the greeting plays, press 9

Forward your phone to mobile in Mitel in ROUTING>PHONES, enter mobile phone info.

How to enable prompts notifying users of pending password expiration in Domain Run gpedit.msc on the domain controller to open Local Group Policy

Configure RD Web Access for users to reset expired password IIS Manager console, navigate to servername –> Sites –> Default Web Site –> RDWeb –> Pages and open the section Application Settings.

How to find hostname from IP address on Palo Alto Firewall Based on the IP range, it is VPN client. Please refer to this post to find the hostname.

I would like to configure IPSec VPN at home connecting to our office PA Firewall Check this OpenVPN

What do we do to allow IPSec VPN behind Comcast modem To enable Bridge Mode on Comcast modem, go to Gateway at a Glance.

How much free spaces do we need to delete a Hyper-V checkpoint? it will merge snapshot files (avhdx) that will use 1.5 spaces

Should we enable checkpoint on Hyper-v We don’t recommend to enable it in a production environment.

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How to forward Mitel phone to mobile phone With Mitel Connect open, click Connect>Settings.

How To enable Remote Desktop Connection in Windows 10 Home

How to upgrade Hyper-V VM configuration version You will have an option to upgrade configuration version to 8

How to clear ARP on Palo Alto Firewall? To show arp status, run this command: >show arp all

How to Perform Initial Configuration on Palo Alto Firewall With MGT connection, go to https://192.168.1.1.

How to import and load paloalto firewall configuration

How to improve PC performance in Windows 10 - Keep the Desktop and Taskbar simple and clean

How to disable Real time on Malwarebytes cloud version - Navigate to Settings>Policies

How to unlock user in Palo Alto Firewall -  Device>Authentication Profile

How to disable Real time on Malwarebytes cloud version Navigate to Settings>Policies.

What’s Windows 10 in S mode and how to switch out of S mode? On Surface, open Settings > Update & Security > Activation.

What’s Azure Smart Lockout Feature and how to set it up go to Microsoft azure>Azure Active Directory>Security>Authentication methods>Passport protection.

How to convert Surface s mode into Windows full version Find the Switch to Windows 10 Home or Switch to Windows 10 Pro section, click Go to the Store link.

How can we get Extended Security Updates from SQL/Windows 2008/ 2008 R2 Extended Security Updates can be purchased directly from Microsoft or a Microsoft licensing partner.

How to access Office 365 Audit log search page? After login Administrator, go to Admin Center>Security & Compliance>Search.

How to create a conditional policy to block international sign in Home>Conditional Access – policy>Block Access Policy>Conditions>Locations

Where to check the Azure Sign-ins status? Navigate to Azure Active Directory>Your company name>Sign-ins

Add two Hard drives to Dell R740 server RAID 10 Navigate to System>Storage>PERC H740R Adapter>Connector 0 (RAID 10)>Virtual Disks.

How can I know my Windows 7 computer can run Windows 10

How to configure dual ISPS and automatic VPN failover on Palo Alto Firewall

How to add external email to Distribution list in Office 365

Can we restore only the drives we want using Veeam Backup?

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How to create retention policy in Office 365

How to archive mailbox and free more spaces?

How to use PowerShell to force policy to apply

How to use PowerShell to check mailboxes status

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Configure Host Header Names in IIS 5.0 To configure host header names in IIS, start the Internet Service Manager (Iis.msc)>the Properties of the web, select IP address that the site will use and TCP Port that should be used (usually 80). Click Advanced>Multiple identities for this Web Site list, select the identity that you want to use. Click Edit, and then add the desired host header name like web1.domain.com. Register the host header name with the appropriate name resolution system. If the accessed web is on an intranet register it with the intranet's name resolution system, such as WINS and internal DNS. If the access web is on the Internet, register the host header name with DNS, which is administered by InterNic.

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