Removing ‘Manufacture Programming Mode is in Unlock’ on HP Laptop

After replacing the motherboard or updating BIOS firmware (flashing) on HP laptops using the HP BIOS Configuration Utility, a message may appear each time the computer boots after the POST stage:

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Fix: Unable to Join Computer to Active Directory Domain

A number of errors can occur when you try to join a Windows machine to an Active Directory domain. Most of them are fairly typical and can be fixed quite easily, as the cause of the problem is shown right there in the error window.

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How to Completely Uninstall Microsoft SQL Server?

In this article, we’re going to look at a number of ways that you can uninstall a Microsoft SQL Server instance on a Windows computer. This article applies to all supported versions: Microsoft SQL Server 2019/2017/2014/2012.

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How to Use Netcat (nc) Command with Examples?

Netcat (or nc) is a classic Unix networking tool that allows you to make TCP and UDP connections, receive and send data, check open ports on a remote computer, test firewall rules, etc. In this article, we will look at some typical examples of using the netcat CLI tool.

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hMailServer: Installing a Free Email Server on Windows

hMailServer is a free open-source email server for Windows environments. hMailServer – can be installed on any edition of Windows (on desktop versions from Windows XP to Windows 11 or on Windows Server 2003-2022). hMailServer is a compact and powerful server, the distribution of hMailServer is only about 5 MB (!!!). E-mail messages are stored on the local hard drive in the MIME file format.

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Install and Configure NFS Client on Windows

The Network File System (NFS) client is not installed by default on Windows Server 2022/2019/2016/2012R2 and Windows 11/10 desktop versions. To install it, open the Server Manager and select Add Roles and Features -> Client for NFS.

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