Windows 11 setup no M$  online account

12th February 2026

From the Windows setup wizard, press Shift+F10 to open a command prompt, type OOBE\BYPASSNRO, and press Enter. The PC will restart.  The option to Join a Domain instead should now…

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XCP-NG routed storage is less reliable

4th February 2026

test for routed storage: on a host console yum install traceroute lookup the IP of your storage traceroute (IP of your storage) If the output has more than 1 line/hop,…

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Dynamic Dns on Unifi Cloud Gateway UCG

3rd February 2026

FreeMyIp is our DDNS of choice as it is very easy to send a user the link, have them click it (Don’t Click Links In Email, kids!) and allow them…

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Firewall + CloudKey > Unifi Cloud Gateway

2nd February 2026

This is the general path i took to migrate a Fortinet Firewall + Cloudkey (CK) to Unifi Cloud Gateway Max (CGM) which has a combined Firewall + CloudKey CGW Update…

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XCP-ng connect USB disk for VM storage

28th January 2026

This describes connects a disk for XCP to store virtual disks. (This will format your disk)NOT the other way, which is connecting a raw USB disk to 1 Virtual Machine….

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Cube Backup for Google

23rd January 2026

https://www.cubebackup.com/docs/user_guide/installation/#for-docker-users

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Offsite management

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XCP-NG Troubleshooting

19th January 2026

Generic Troubleshooting Steps: Restart the toolstack (top right) on the MASTER host. Did not impact running VMs. -this fixed a problem where 2 servers were updated, rebooted and then wouldn’t…

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Spire error server actively refused the connection

9th January 2026

Seen this error a few times since v3.18 mostly on new installsthe server actively refused the connection Work around:add the server in the format word-word-####.spirelan.com:10880 for some reason adding the…

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Fortinet vs Unifi Firewall

5th January 2026

Fortinet Pros+DNS allow lists, eg. use FreeMyIp.com to allow single IPs to access RdWeb+Fortinet client VPN (if already installed for users)+Built-in web filtering Fortinet Cons-Price Unifi Pros+cheap+no yearly renewal $+good…

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