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Free and or FOSS Photo Manager for Windows computer
I have traditionally used photoprism as a photomanager. The issue is I either have to use Windows computer or have access to my nas to bulk upload photos. Android and iPhone have an app that upload camera pics. I cannot find a program that uploads photos to photoprism. The way it works is you have to transfer to a import fold on desktop. But if I have a remote user that want to upload, they do not have access to my import directory. As I said there is a mobile app that can connect directly to photoprism. But there is no windows app as far as I can tell.Getting Outlook contacts from savefiles
I am currently working as a private support technician and today someone walked in with a Windows 10 PC that would not boot. After trying to repair Windows we decided to make a Backup from the whole hard drive and reinstall Windows. We reinstalled all his programs. Also Office. We set up the IMAP and SMTP Servers correctly but we are not sure if he was using Pop3 or IMAP we decided on setting up IMAP now. Everything fine. Now he has called us to complain that all his contacts are missing. So I went through the backup but can’t find any contacts. Where does Outlook safe contacts? I tried C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming C:\Users\User\Contacts (Some contacts but not all, the customer says he saved the contacts once manually there to back-up.) Is are there any other location they could be? Thanks for reading
Storage Spaces - Stay or move to a new solution?
I’m at a crossroads with my Windows Storage Space Parity volume. I have been using this solution for mostly a media vault for years (2016) with little issues aside from slow writes. A few years ago I upgraded to Server 2019 and new hardware where I read more on how to properly set up a parity storage space in PowerShell. This seemed to resolve my write issue for a while but for some reason it is back.How can I verify that a backup is valid, on a laptop or all-in-one PC?
How can I verify that a Windows backup is valid, on a laptop or all-in-one PC without disassembling the PC? A friend bought an Asus All-in-one (AIO) PC running Win10 and I'm setting up a backup system for her. The problem is that it is a major task to disassemble an AIO PC to access the internal HDD. So I want to try verifying that a clone backup can work by installing the cloned HDD in a USB3 docking station and then booting windows from that USB3 docking station. QUESTIONS: 1. Has anyone ever done this successfully? 2. Win10 in the AIO is currently working with the internal HDD that is on a SATA port. So a cloned drive will be configured identically. Do you think it's possible to install the cloned HDD in a USB3 docking station and boot and run Win10 from it, without disconnecting the internal HDD? I'm hoping that Win10 is smart enough to reconfigure itself to run from a USB port instead of from a SATA port. Think this will work? 3. Any ideas on how to test a backup on an AIO PC without disassembling the PC, will be very welcome. This dilemma would also apply to laptops.
Windows XP and Windows 11 on one computer
I have a Asus Expert Centre D700SC computer with Windows 11 installed when bought. What I am trying to do is fit another hdd ( done ) and install windows XP onto it. I am unable to set the boot to the usb drive that has got windows XP on it. I have managed to set the boot on other computers before, but am unable to do so on this one.Where to obtain Windows XP in 2025?
I am putting together a retro PC from the XP era and haven't used XP in at least 10 years. I have since tossed all my OS discs, but also know XP is insecure to use now. I heard you can install an unofficial SP4 to get it much safer though. Anyway, where is a legit/"safe" place to get an XP installer or ISO that is "secure" that isn't going to be full of malware? I am just trying to run old benchmarks and a handful of games, but would like to be online. Any advice from those running XP on retro PCs welcome, this is my first one!Remote desktop Linux to Linux
Trying to get this to work but all the instructions I can find are hopelessly obsolete and useless. I use Remmina to connect from my Linux box to Windows and it works without issues and was simple to set up. Not so Linux. If someone could point me to current instructions I would be most grateful. I don't really care what protocol I use as long as it works. I would prefer to use Remmina as I'm familiar with it.
