Author: Dinesh
Dinesh is the founder of Sysprobs and written more than 400 articles. Enthusiast in Microsoft and cloud technologies with more than 15 years of IT experience.
When I migrated my home computer to new hardware with Windows 11, the VirtualBox VMs started working too slow. They are completely unusable. Even though the new hardware configuration is more powerful than the old PC, it was a real shock when the virtual machines started acting very slow suddenly. Technically the existing virtual machines should work well on new hardware. I had no doubts about the processor or RAM support since I installed the latest version of the Oracle VirtualBox. I had every doubt about the Windows 11 Operating System only. Since it was a fresh installation without much…
If you are getting into server virtualization or private cloud, especially with VMware ESXi hypervisor, here is the good news. You can easily install ESXi 7 free version on the VMware workstation with your Windows desktop or laptop computer for learning purposes. This platform can host several VMs and virtual NAS with the required internal network for a properly working test/demo environment. The current VMware ESXi 7 version has several improvements and new features. We can try this hypervisor on our PC before upgrading or installing it in the production environment. In this example, we will use the VMware workstation…
In this guide, we will cover two topics about DDNS in Fortigate. How to fix unable to load FortiGuard DDNS servers listHow to Configure DynDNS service on Fortigate device if you can’t use Fortiguard DDNS service for some reasons. Fortigate is famous for its multi-network security functional firewall devices, powerful UTM and user-friendly web interface. They keep upgrading their OS to match the competitors, add new features, fix bugs, and enhance the user experience. Missing DynDNS option is another change you would notice after upgrading FortiOS 5. x series, like how we changed switch mode to interface mode by CLI.…
If you have any WD TV Media players, you can follow the steps below to connect them to Windows 10/11/8.1. The device supports full HD video, wireless & wired network and several apps inside. If you don’t have a smart TV, this small device can enhance your multimedia experience at home. Even though it doesn’t have built-in storage, it has USB ports which are good enough to attach a USB drive and external hard disks. Also, the LAN port and wireless capability can fulfil the network share access and allow accessing media servers in a home network from either Windows…
Administrative or Admin shares have been available on most Windows client Operating systems for a long time. It is a hidden share on the computers, mainly used for remote file management by the administrators. As we are talking about the ‘Network Shares’, you have the working network setup. Follow the below steps if you face the issue of admin share not working on Windows 10, 11 or Windows 7 computers. By default, all the local drives (Partitions) are shared for administrators to access over the network. These types of shares are called admin or administrative shares in Windows OS. It…
Section break in Microsoft Word is handy if you want different formats on different pages on a single document. For example, suppose you like to have 2 columns paragraphs on specific pages only. In that case, the Section break feature is convenient to keep different formats like page numbers, header and footer on every page but in the same Office Word document. Here is the guide about how to remove section break in Word 2013/2016/2019 and Office 365. Also, we will show you how to view and insert it wherever you want in the document. You can use these same…
Do you want to know how to download macOS combo updates manually? This guide covers various macOS versions’ latest combo updates and new features. Usually, macOS will automatically update via the Apple App Store. However, in some instances, that may not happen. These cases include when you’re a Hackintosh user or an IT geek. Additionally, bugs in the current version may prevent automatic updates. Hence, here’s how to manually download the macOS combo updates from the official site. All of the updates mentioned here are the latest as of July 2022. Manually downloading the macOS updates separately and keeping those…
Sometimes having an MS DOS bootable USB disk/drive is handy to run legacy applications, Operating Systems and system updates which need the computer to boot from DOS USB or floppy disk. Unfortunately, Windows 10 and 11 do not allow creating a bootable USB drive while formatting. They support only floppy disks in this method. Here is a simple guide on creating a bootable DOS USB disk in Windows 10/11 using a third-party application. Several utilities are available online for this purpose, but ‘Rufus’ is our favourite. It can create a DOS bootable USB disk in simple GUI steps. Then we…