As an admin I have implemented a device-wide DoH for cloudflare families. The only problem is the VPN and DoH features of Opera GX which can easily override it. I don’t want non-admin users to be able to just turn on the DoH or VPN. I saw in this link […]
Monthly Archives: August 2026
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I have a pretty powerful gaming PC, and at office I use it as well. I have a separate user for home and a separate user for office stuff, and when I have less tasks at office I switch to my home account (not logging out, and do some projects […]
I’m trying to create a simple Windows web app on Azure, but it fails with the following error: Operation cannot be completed without additional quota. Additional details - Location: Current Limit (Total VMs): 0 Current Usage: 0 Amount required for this deployment (Total VMs): 1 (Minimum) New Limit that you […]
One of the services available to me, from work, to connect to machines at work while I’m away, GlobalProtect. I’ve used it on various machines over the years. It’s reasonably good. Now I’ve got a new VM I need to remote into from home. I thought I would install GlobalProtect […]
This behaviour has just started – I was using the same mix of applications yesterday and haven’t (intentionally) updated them or installed anything new. The behaviour is that every time I switch focus to mintty (version 3.8.1) my audio gets muted. Switching to other applications doesn’t trigger this. System details: […]
The microphone and webcam on my Windows 11 PC recently stopped working. My sound settings say I need to allow access to the device in microphone privacy settings, but trying to open the microphone settings causes the settings app to crash. In fact, selecting any option under Settings > Privacy […]
I think I put the cart before the horse previously, so let me go with a new angle. How would one connect a wired (non-WiFi) server to Frontier’s installed setup? Do I need a separate router in this mix? Never dealt with Fibre before.
On Windows 10 LTSC, for months I have noticed explorer.exe will occasionally start using about 4% CPU, even when nothing is active. This becomes noticeable as it causes visible lagginess of any Explorer windows or shell view components in other applications – even typing text becomes noticeably laggy. Using Process […]
Windows now lets you choose where you save passkeys for Windows apps. This can be in Windows Hello (device-bound passkeys), or in Microsoft Edge / Microsoft Password Manager (synced using Microsoft Account). As of 2025-11-11, 1Password can be used to save passkeys for Windows apps. (Bitwarden also had an expired […]