Wednesday, 25 March 2026

Terminal command to check security patches update in Ubuntu

1)
Open terminal 

2)
Run command pro security-status or ubuntu security-status

3)
Output:


It's tested in Ubuntu 22 LTS and 24 LTS

Friday, 30 January 2026

Network connections listing in Ubuntu

Open terminal 


>>Command 1 lspci : will list all PCI devices

Now try this command:

lspci | egrep -i --color 'network|ethernet' 


>>Also command 2 Ip Link

Ip link command shows network adapters


The command will list network cards available and installed and highlight Ethernet if found .

Wednesday, 3 December 2025

Bypass microsoft account login and windows 11 update windows 11

The command start ms-cxh:localonly (or start ms-cxsh:localonly as typed in the prompt, both referring to the same command) is used during the Windows 11 Out-of-Box Experience (OOBE) to bypass the Microsoft account requirement and proceed with creating a local user account. 
This command is a replacement for the older OOBE\BYPASSNRO command, which Microsoft has started to remove in newer Windows 11 builds. 

Commands:

start ms-cxh:localonly

ms-cxsh:localonly

windows 11 powershell command to check model number and serial number of computer



For model number 

Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_ComputerSystem | Select-Object Model


For serial number 


the Win32_ComputerSystem class does not contain a property named Serial.
To obtain the serial number, you should use the Win32_BIOS class instead

Get-CimInstance Win32_BIOS | Select-Object SerialNumber




Friday, 20 June 2025

windows 11 space cleanup

1. Delete search database .db files after stopping of windows search service 


2. Use Disk cleanup tool to free space

3. Delete content in prefetch and temp folder by Run command and typing Temp and then ok then delete 

Similarly delete content of prefetch folder


Wednesday, 18 September 2024

Tuesday, 4 June 2024

User agent switch in Google Chrome windows

Procedure


Right-click on page in chrome and select Inspect. The browser displays an inspection panel.

Click on the three-dots settings icon in the inspection panel.

Select More tools and then Network conditions.

In the User agent section, disable Use browser default.

In the drop-down list, select Custom....

In the text box below Custom..., enter the UA string the browser should use.

Refresh the browser page. The page is fetched from the IP Office using the custom UA.

Monday, 12 February 2024

Microsoft edge downgrade windows 10 and windows 11

Step 1) Download edge msi file from Microsoft and save in root folder of a drive 
Step 2)Run below mentioned command in administrator command prompt 



Old and new version snapshot from aap wizard windows 10 and 11

Wednesday, 24 January 2024

Disable removable storage access in Windows 10 Pro by Local group policy editor

1.
Open Local group policy editor with administrator user
2. It can be opened by command gpedit.msc in Run or command prompt
3. Navigate to 
Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Removable Storage Access
4. Double Click on key All Removable Storage classes: Deny all access
5. Enable,then apply
6. Open command prompt and run gpupdate /force command or do a computer restart
7. Now removable storage is disabled

To enable removable storage again, disable policy given in step 4 and do steps 5-7

In given picture, removable storage is disabled 

Monday, 9 October 2023

Increasing PST file size limit in Microsoft Outlook

MaxLargeFileSize
WarnLargeFile Size

These 2 Dword 32 entries need to add under HKCU/Software/Policies/Microsoft/Office/Outlook 


**Here office folder will be of seperate names depending on Microsoft Office version**

And define file size in MegaBytes in decimal format



After reboot, it will be fixed.

Thursday, 28 September 2023

Wednesday, 2 August 2023

How to stop Press Ctrl Alt Delete before signing in Windows 10

1.Open secpol.msc command in Run
2.Go in Local policies>security options
3.Enable setting Interactive Logon:Do not require CTRL+ALT+DEL
4. Restart computer and check 

Thursday, 11 May 2023

Firefox windows error SEC_ERROR_UNKNOWN_ISSUER (Connection is not secure error)

1.Open a new window in Firefox and type "about:config" without the quotes and hit enter
2.Confirm that you want to continue
In the search field, type in security.enterprise_roots.enabled and hit enter
3. - you'll be left with one field
If it's marked as "false" then double-clicking it should turn it to "true"
Close the window, then re-open your website.

This error we faced due to ssl certificate installed by our organization.

Also this solution is applicable for error:
MOZILLA_PKIX_ERROR_MITM_DETECTED

Thursday, 1 December 2022

Acer Laptop Internal Battery Reset

Hi

We have to make sure laptop is power off completely and AC adapter also should be unplugged.

Now by using a paper clip, press in that pinhole for 5 seconds. Then try to make laptop on.

Sometimes, It's helpful when your laptop is not powering on.

Here's link to youtube video from Acer
:
https://youtu.be/NfhgnxUJoZo

Friday, 25 November 2022

Unable to open PDF files in Outlook Error: Can't create file: . Right-click the folder you want to create the file in and then click Properties on the shortcut menu to check your permissions for the folder.

This is quick solution.

1)Close outlook, and search registry editor by search button in Windows 10
2)Go to path given in picture
3) Right click on key OutlookSecureTempFolder and select modify
4) Browse to path in windows explorer and delete everything from that folder
5)Re-open outlook and check 

Credits: Whoever think it's matching their work. Thanks to my I.T. Support community 

Microsoft Edge removal from Microsoft Windows 10 and 11

 Hi Friends  Change value of noremove to 0 and reboot pc