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HOWTO Reset Synology DS1813+ login info

If you forget your Synology login info, or if your credentials simply are not working, here are the steps to reset the login to factory defaults. Note: this should only reset the login info, but regardless I recommend backing up your data first if you are able to. Especially if your data is important, please always make 100% sure before doing anything that could endanger your data! Reset administrator login credentials and network settings I hope this helps! 👍👍 References:

How to add admin page role on Facebook?! [SOLVED 2023]

Question: J.D. can you help me figure out how to add a new admin to our Facebook business page? We had our manager leave and now I cannot add any new managers/admin. i tried all the help that Facebook lists but there is no page roles in the settings. Help! -Nick Answer: Dear Nick, Facebook (or Meta) has done something really weird with their Page Roles/Management interface and they seem to have not updated their online instructions. Thankfully, I think

Last minute options for filing 1099-NEC forms

Intuit QuickBooks for contractor 1099 filings: https://app.qbo.intuit.com/app/payroll With the web based QuickBooks online filing feature, the steps are basically:#1 add your contractors#2 add payments that you sent to the contractors#3 file the 1099-NEC (or similar) online with the IRS* *they e-file with the IRS as well as mailing and emailing copies to your contractors. The process takes a few steps but the end result has worked perfectly for me this year. As of right now, they offer a $7.50 reduced

What to try if headless rackmount server doesn’t show up [SOLVED]

Dell PowerEdge Boot Up Displayed on AOC LCD monitor

Recently we booted up our old 1U Dell R610 server to restore some data from it. However, we were unable to access the VMWare vSphere capabilities and could not ping the dedicated IP address. Hooking up a spare monitor we found that the CMOS battery was bad and it was preventing bootup (i.e. it was stuck at an error confirmation screen). After using a keyboard to continue by “pressing any key” to get past the error, all was well 👍👍

How to add a Google Calendar Reminder that repeats on 1st of each month

Recently I needed to create a Google Calendar reminder that repeats on the 1st day of each month. 📅 Initially, it was slightly confusing how to do this. Therefore, once I figured it out, I wanted to share the tip in case other people had similar issues: Finally, you have a reminder that will occur on the first day of each month! The process should be similar for an Event or a Task. 👍👍 PS here are some screenshots that

MySQL Server has gone away when importing large sqlfile [Navicat, SOLVED]

Recently I tried importing a 1.2GB SQL dump file and Navicat kept immediately timing out with: [Err] 2006 – MySQL server has gone away Eventually, I was able to the entire file (6 million records worth) to import by unchecking* the “Run multiple queries in each execution” option before starting the import process. After this, the process completed perfectly! *normally I always uncheck that box, but for some reason this time I forgot to uncheck it on my first attempt.

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