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Problem Microsoft SharePoint Online recycle bin view displays limited number of character of deleted items. I need to view the fullname of the file but the view column could not be widened. Solution Run PnP PowerShell command as follows: Connect-PnPOnline -Url https://yourtenancy.sharepoint.com/sites/yoursite   -UseWebLogin Get-PnPRecycleBinItem | Select AuthorEmail , AuthorName , DeletedByEmail , DeletedByName , DeletedDateLocalFormatted , DirName , Title | Format-Table -AutoSize

Problem I encountered repetitive  Windows Security dialog box and failure when adding my Office365 mailbox to Microsoft Outlook 2019 on Windows 10:   Solution Goto  https://account.activedirectory.windowsazure.com/AppPasswords.aspx   Click create then enter a name (i.e. For Outlook 2019 Desktop ) and click next    Copy the password generated as highlighted below       Paste the password to the Windows Security dialog box  as per the above problem and if successful, the following dialog should appear     Click Done

Problem After turning on Log4Net debugging by adding the followings to the windows service project App.config file:   <appSettings>    <add key="log4net.Internal.Debug" value="true"/>   </appSettings>   <system.diagnostics>     <trace autoflush="true">       <listeners>         <add           name="textWriterTraceListener"           type="System.Diagnostics.TextWriterTraceListener"           initializeData="C:\Temp\log4net.log" />       </listeners>     </trace>   </system.diagnostics> Configuring Log4Net AdoNetAppender with LocalDB  has not worked  due to the following error: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): Cannot open database "Log4NetDB" requested by the login. The login failed. Login failed for user 'N...

Problem My friend asked for help to reinstall her Dell E7440 laptop that's running Windows 8 Pro however she didn't have the recovery disk. If possible she'd like to have Windows 10 Pro. Solution Reboot the laptop and press F2 to get to the BIOS Setup screen. Get the service tag from BIOS and take note. Download Dell OS Recovery Tool from  https://www.dell.com/support/home/au/en/audhs1/drivers/osiso/recoverytool/wt64a Insert 8GB SDCard then run the executable and when prompted enter the service tag. Reboot the laptop and press F12 to go to boot menu. Select UEFI: SDCARD as the boot drive and follow the installation wizard. After the installation, download Windows 10 installer from  https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/software-download/windows10 Run setup for Windows 10 . When it's complete, the Windows 10 Pro will be already activated with proper licence that comes with the Dell Laptop. Finish. Note: If you encounter any problem with reboot (i.e. n...

Problem I need to restart my VirtualBox headless Virtual Machine and restore it to certain snapshot on every restart. Solution 1. On Ubuntu terminal type the following commands to create a bash script as follows: cd /user/bin sudo nano vboxmanage-restartMyVM 2. On the nano editor type the followings: vboxmanage controlvm " YourVMName " poweroff vboxmanage snapshot " YourVMName " restore " YourVMSnapshotName " vboxmanage startvm " YourVMName " -type headless 3. Press Ctrl-S to save the file and Ctrl-X to exit the editor and return to Ubuntu terminal. 4. Type the following command to allow the script to be executable sudo chmod +x vboxmanage-restartMyVM 5. Finish. Now everytime I type  vboxmanage-restartMyVM  on the Ubuntu terminal my virtual machine will be powered-off if it's on, restored to my preferred snapshot, then started. Happy day😀

I've just replaced the battery on my Honda Jazz Remote Key. The coin lithium battery type is CR1616. The following video shows how I did it:

I've just replaced the front parking bulb (5W 12V T10) of my Honda Jazz 2009. If you want to save a trip to a workshop by doing it yourself, please watch my youtube channel https://youtu.be/g1XZPGlnckU Please like and subscribe if you want more video like this in the future. Thanks.