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Windows 10 Quick Assist
Run Windows 10 ‘Quick Assist’ to remotely assist someone with their PC.
‘Quick Assist’ , available from version 20H2 onwards, requires a Microsoft account.
- Right-click the Start button
- Click Search
- Type Quick Assist and hit Enter on your keyboard
- Ask remote user to do the same
- On your PC, click Assist another person
- Select your Microsoft account and login
- Give the six-digit code (see screenshot above) to the remote user to enter into the ‘Code from assistant’ box
- Remote user then clicks Share screen
- Assistant then chooses either Take full control of their PC or View only their desktop
- Remote user then clicks Allow
Once connected,
Windows 10 Edge New Tab Redirect
Google “Edge New Tab Redirect” to find Microsoft page to install extension
Edge New Tab Redirect Overview
Allows a user to provide the URL of the page that loads in a new tab.
Allows you to change the new tab page to the New Tab Redirect app page, or a custom URL of your choice!
Choose from chrome’s about pages, *NewTab, Extensions, Downloads, History*, a few popular URLs, or provide your own. Your custom tab can also be a local file,
Blacklist or Whitelist WiFi Network Names
Windows terminal commands to Blacklist WiFi names (SSID’s) from view or Whitelist your own name (SSID) and block all others from view
Blacklist method
Block WiFi name:
netsh wlan add filter permission=block ssid="name" networktype=infrastructure
Unblock WiFi name:
netsh wlan delete filter permission=block ssid="name" networktype=infrastructure
Show all the Filters:
netsh wlan show filters
Whitelist method
Allow your own WiFi:
netsh wlan add filter permission=allow ssid="name" networktype=infrastructure
Deny all other WiFi:
netsh wlan add filter permission=denyall networktype=infrastructure
Delete deny all other WiFi filter:
netsh wlan delete filter permission=denyall networktype=infrastructure
Wine Dotnet install conflicts
If, for example, when installing dotnet40 via winetricks you get the following error:
$ winetricks dotnet45 Executing w_do_call dotnet45 ------------------------------------------------------ error: dotnet45 conflicts with dotnet40, which is already installed.
Run the following command to override and force through change
$ winetricks --force dotnet452
Chrome Remote Desktop Client Set Up
- On client PC open Chrome (or New Edge) and log into client Google account
- Browse to Chrome Remote Desktop Set-up page URL below:
https://remotedesktop.google.com - In section titled Set up remote access and click download icon
- In Chrome Web Store click Add to Chrome to add extension
- In Add “Chrome Remote Desktop” dialog click Add extension
- Close “Chrome Remote Desktop has been added”
Change Google’s Glaring White Home Page Background
In Chrome and New Edge install Custom Style Script add-on to override Google’s home page background colour
In Custom Style Script select Open options Page and add the following URL and CSS
URL: https://www.google.com/ or country of choice, e.g. google.co.uk, google.de
CSS: body { background-color: lightgray !important; } or colour of choice
In Firefox Install the Stylus extension
Go to the Google home page, click the toolbar icon and choose Manage >
Mac Show Hidden Files
In Finder to display of Hidden files by type Cmd + Shift + . (dot)
To turn on globally type the following command in Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool true
To revert back to hidden append false:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool false
To make the Finder change effective type:
killall Finder
Windows 10 Shortcuts
| Keyboard shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + A | Select all content. |
| Ctrl + C (or Ctrl + Insert) | Copy selected items to clipboard. |
| Ctrl + X | Cut selected items to clipboard. |
| Ctrl + V (or Shift + Insert) | Paste content from clipboard. |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo an action, including undelete files (limited). |
Thunderbird 60 gcontactsync Blocked after enabling OAuth2
These notes apply to Kubuntu 18.04 and Thunderbird 60.9.1.
After Google restricted access for LSA’s (Less Secure Apps) it was necessary to change the Gmail account authentication method from “Normal Password” to OAuth2. After this gcontactsync failed – after logging into Google and successfully allowing access to Contacts it was blocked. After extensively trawling the net for a solution one was found. This said the problem was due to Thunderbird being corrupted and the solution offered was a complete rebuild – drastic but it worked!