Parallels Windows 11 Pro
by dervish on Jan.26, 2025, under Scripts, Windows
Message: “Your version of Windows has reached the end of service.”
In order to Force Windows 11 24H2 Feature Update, follow the instructions below:
- Open the Local Group Policy via the start menu, or run “gpedit.msc”.
- Expand “Local Computer Policy -> Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Update -> Manage updates offered from Windows Update”
- Open “Select the target Feature Update version”
- Set option to “Enabled”
- Set the first field (Which Windows product version would you like to receive feature updates for), to “Windows 11”
- Set the second field “Target Version for Feature Updates” to “24H2”.
- Click Apply, click Ok, and then exit Group Policy Editor.
- Run “gpupdate /force”, or reboot, to force the system to see the settings.
- Check Windows Update for new updates, you should now see the update available.
If gpedit is not installed:
- Use notepad to create a text file with the following and save to Desktop as gpedit-install.bat.
@echo off pushd "%~dp0"
dir /b %SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientTools-Package~*.mum >gpedit-install.txt
dir /b %SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientExtensions-Package~*.mum >>gpedit-install.txt
for /f %%i in ('findstr /i . gpedit-install.txt 2^>nul') do dism /online /norestart /add-package:"%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\%%i"
pause
- Right click gpedit-install.bat on desktop and click “Runs as administrator” to install gpedit.
- In search field type gpedit.msc and enter to run.
Functional Synology DSM 7.0 VPN Server
by dervish on Jul.10, 2022, under Apple, iOS, iPhone, Linux, Security
Synology VPN Server
Forward ports 500, 1701, 4500 to server
VPN Server: Enable L2TP/IPSec, confirm Authentication is MS-CHAP v2, and set pre-shared key, enable user permissions for L2TP
IPad/IPhone VPN Client: L2TP w/ secret
Windows VPN Client: L2TP/IPSec with pre-shared key
Windows VPN Adapter Options:
Set VPN adapter Security Tab to Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol with IPSec (L2TP/IPSec)
Set Requires encryption (disconnect if server declines)
Set “Allow these protocols” and enable Microsoft CHAP Version 2 (MS-CHAP v2)
SHOUTcast Updates
by dervish on Jun.21, 2022, under SHOUTcast
Some work is being done on on the scripts that keep the site up and running. There has been some outages while I work the kinks out. All should be back to the regularly scheduled programming now. Thanks for your dedication to the services.
Fedora 34 Subscription Manager
by dervish on Nov.09, 2021, under Red Hat
yum (dnf) list updates
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Unable to read consumer identity
This system is not registered with an entitlement server. You can use subscription-manager to register.
Fix:
- vi /etc/dnf/plugins/subscription-manager.conf
Change enabled to 0
[main]
enabled=0
Option 2.
Register system with a Satellite server.
IndustrialComplex Work
by dervish on Dec.16, 2019, under Uncategorized
Updated to Shoutcast Server v2.6.0.75. Migrating to the new domain name industrialcomplex.de.