In this article, we will learn how to install Macrium Software Reflect Free. Using Macrium Reflect you can backup whole partitions or individual files & folders into a single compressed archive file. You can use this archive to restore exact images of the partitions on a hard drive so that you can easily upgrade your hard disk or recover your system if it breaks. We can also mount Macrium Software Reflect images as a virtual drive in the Windows Explorer to simply recover Files and Folders using Copy & Paste.
After downloading double click on ReflectDLBF.exe file to start the process.
Select the destination folder where you want to download the Macrium Reflect setup file. Choose the installer directly after downloading and then click on the download button.
Install Macrium Software Reflect Free
Macrium Reflect setup file, double click to run the setup.
Macrium Reflect Installer click next.
Welcome to the Macrium Reflect Wizard click then next button.
Accept the Macrium Reflect end user license agreement and then click next.
Macrium Reflect License key option and then clicks next.
Custom setup for reflect installation and then click next.
The Macrium setup wizard is ready to start the installation click install.
Macrium Reflect installation in progress.
Successfully installed, choose launch now checkbox and then click finish.
This article shows, how to enable Hyper-V in Windows 11 desktop to run guest machines or virtual machines inside Windows 11.
Hyper-V is a built-in Windows feature that permits anyone to create a virtualized environment on the host machine (physical machine) to run virtual machines in Windows 11. Windows Hyper-V feature allows you to create virtual machines on your computer without any software or additional hardware support. You can create several virtual machines, each one with its own Operating System, in case you work on several operating systems. You can have virtual switches, hard drives, and other stuff on an individual virtual machine.
Enabling Hyper-V on Windows 11, follow the below steps
Here are several ways to enable the Hyper-V feature in Windows 11 to run virtual Operating Systems on your system.
There are multiple positions where Hyper-V could be your go-to option. Here are some of them. If your work demands you to operate several Operating Systems, Hyper-V would help you to create virtual machines and install different OS on each. If you have designed software and you want to test them all on the same system by installing a different OS.
You can run often the software which doesn’t run on the current Operating System, by installing the capable one. Now we recognize the concept of Hyper-V and its lots of benefits, let’s have a look at how to enable it in Windows 11.
First, you need to check if Hardware Virtualization is enabled in BIOS. In case if it’s disabled, the option to enable Hyper-V or its components will be hidden.
Hyper-V Platform greyed out.
Enable Hardware Virtualization in BIOS
Note: These steps are for an HP Elite 8300 desktop and the interface, terms, and keyboards inputs may different for other manufacturers, though the idea remains the same. We recommend you either read your system manual or visit the web to find out the process for your computer.
First, Shut down your computer and then power on. Now, press the F10 key to enter the BIOS Setup. In the BIOS Setup, navigate to the Security tab at the top and then select system security.
Find the Visualization Technology (VTx) option, and press the right arrow key to enable Hardware Visualization.
Now the Virtualization technology VTx is enabled, Press F10 to save the changes.
Under File, tab select save changes and exit.
Select Yes to confirm the changes.
After saving the changes, exit the BIOS settings. It will take a few minutes to complete, wait for the changes to come into effect. Once it’s done, Windows will boot automatically. You can enable Hyper-V either from the Control Panel, Windows PowerShell, and Command Prompt. In this blog, we have discussed each under a separate section for your understanding.
How to turn on Hyper-V in Windows 11
To Turn Windows features on or off, open the run box type appwiz.cpl and then click ok to open Windows Control panel features pane.
Select Turn Windows features on or off.
Or you can type optionalfeatures in the run box to launch turn Windows features on or off a window.
In the Windows Features screen, scroll down and then choose the checkbox next to Hyper-V (Hyper-V Management Tools and Hyper-V Platform). Click OK.
Windows features, searching for required files.
Select restart now.
After rebooting the computer, the Hyper-V feature should start enabling, and once done you can start creating virtual machines to run other operating systems on.
How to Enable Hyper-V using PowerShell in Windows 11
Here is another way to enable Hyper-V on Windows 11. If the above methods are not working for you, launch Windows PowerShell and then install it from there. Click the search button, type PowerShell as shown below in the image. Note: You need to run Windows PowerShell as administrator.
After launching Windows PowerShell, enter the command below to enable Hyper-V.
This command will download packages and enable Hyper-V. Type y and then hit enter to restart the computer.
Once completed, Hyper-V must be enabled and ready to use.
How to Enable Hyper-V using Command Prompt
Here are another ways to install Hyper-V is using Windows Command Prompt. If the above steps aren’t right for you, simply use the command prompt way below to install and enable Hyper-V. Run the Windows Command Prompt as administrator. Click on the search button and then type Command Prompt, open it as administrator.
Once Command Prompt opens, copy and paste the below command and then hit Enter.
Restart your system and Windows Hyper-V should be installed and enabled.
How to Create Virtual Machines in Windows 11 Hyper-V
Now that Hyper-V is enabled and installed, type Hyper-V Manager in the search bar after clicking on the search button as shown in the image below. Open it
Under the Action menu, select New and then Virtual Machine.
Let’s have a look at how to install Dolphin Emulator on Android mobile. Dolphin app player is available for Windows, Linux, Mac, and Android. You can get Dolphin Emulator suited for your system easily. Now, we are concentrate on how we can use it on a mobile platform Android.
Downloading and installing the Dolphin App Player is a fairly simple and very easy task. It is similar to installing any other apps on your android device.
Open the Google Play Store and then search Dolphin Emulator. Click on the install button to download and install the Dolphin emulator app on Android.
Now click on the open button to launch the Dolphin Emulator.
Select allow allowing Dolphin Emulator to access Photos and etc.
To enable usage statistics reporting agreement, click Yes.
After opening the Dolphin emulator and then select the + icon.
Dolphin Emulator Settings on Android
The Dolphin Android version will have the option to Override Emulated CPU Clock Speed. This will significantly increase the performance of the emulator. To find this open Delphin Settings and then click on Config.
Select Advanced
Select the option Override Emulated CPU Clock Speed
In the Config setting select General and then enable (Dual Core, Statistics Reporting).
Go to the Settings again and then select Graphics Settings.
Enable Show FPS and then Compile Shaders Before Starting.
Launch the ZArchiver and then find the RAR/ZIP file you have downloaded. When you click on that file/folder it will give you so many options but you need to go with the extract here option. This will extract your game files in a folder with the name as the ZIP/RAR file which will now comprehend the ISO file of the game. Go to your game folder location. Once you are there, click on it, and then you will be able to play the game whenever you want.
In this article, I am going to Upgrade DC Server 2008 R2 to Windows 2012 R2. You will notice that most of you likely can’t. It’s depending on the setup you will most likely get this error.
As we can see the link only talks about upgrading from really old operating system’s to 2008/2008 R2 domain controllers and not 2012 R2. At step number 4 it says to run adprep/forestprep from the 2008 OS disk to prepare the computer. D:\sources\adprep\adprep /forestprep ADPrep is no longer found in this directory! Now you can be found in: Go to your OS drive path D or E and type the below command and then hit enter.
It will run the command and you will be presented with some info. The main parts are: All Domain Controller’s Must be Windows 2003 or later It can’t be reversed Then press C to continue This command output is a few screens in length. Here is the output of the command in DC (first screen).
Second Screen
Now see what you need to upgrade: 1- Domain: Type this command and hit enter. adprep /domainprep Here is the output from those commands.
2- Group Policy Type this command and then hit enter. adprep /domainprep /gpprep The group policy must already be updated but I would like to still run the command to ensure.
3- RoDC Type this command and then press enter adprep /rodcprep Again you don’t need to run this command but I run it anyways to make sure.
Now you can rerun the setup again and you will see you can now press NEXT after the compatibility report.
This article provides steps on how to upgrade Veeam backup & replication 10 (build 10.0.1.4854) to Veeam B&R 11 (build 11.0.0.887 (veeam backup and replication v11 upgrade). A few days ago Veeam has released the new version of Veeam Backup & Replication 11. In this article, we will take a look at how to upgrade Veeam Backup and Replication to v11.
The first thing is to understand a configuration backup of veeam server configuration backup menu and SQL database backup. If the veeam backup server is deployed on a virtual machine execute a backup of this VM with veeam backup and replication or a snapshot. My Veeam Backup Server version
First the need to complete the backup jobs, then you can close veeam software. I recommend you to stop the veeam services before upgrading).
Upgrade to Veeam Backup and Replication v11
In the first step, you will want to download the new Veeam Backup & Replication v11 ISO file. Download Veeam products here: Download Veeam Software
1- After downloading the v11 IOS file, mount the ISO and then run the setup.exe file as an administrator.
2- The installer file will recognize you already have Veeam installed and then select the upgrade button.
3- Select ok to install Microsoft Visual C + +
4- Next, accept the EULA and then click next.
5- The window will display the currently installed product versions, Click next.
6- Provide a Veeam license file if you have a paid license. Otherwise, it will proceed with the community edition. Click next.
7- The system configuration check will show the prerequisites for installing Veeam v11. The new prerequisites include: Microsoft PowerShell v5.1 Microsoft .NET Core Runtime 3.1.10 Microsoft ASP .NET Core Shared Framework 3.1.10 Select the Install button to install the components.
8- After the components are installed, click next (reboot is required).
9- Select the Yes button to reboot the server to complete prerequisites installation.
After restarting follow the above steps from 1 to 9
10- Select your service account for the Veeam Backup & Replication service and then click Next.
11- Select your SQL Server instance and database. Click next.
12- Click Yes to confirm the database informational message.
13- Select the checkbox whether you want to update remote components automatically. Click Install.
14- Installing Veeam Backup & Replication Server.
15- After several minutes, you will get installation succeeded. Click finish
16- Run Veeam Backup and then click connect.
17- Veeam components update window, select your managed server and then click apply.
19- Subsequently, you must be able to check the version of the Veeam server in the VBR console and make sure everything has been upgraded successfully.
Veeam backup repository is simply a storage location where the Veeam backup software stores keep backup files, VM copies, and metadata for replicated VMs.
Add NAS Volume Veeam Backup Repository
1- Open Veeam console, select connect to add the new NAS volume for backup repository.
2- Click on Backup Infrastructure, and then click backup repositories. Click add repository.
3- Click Network attached storage.
4- Click SMB share.
5- Type a repository name and then click next.
6- Enter the path to the SMB shared folder. Choose your credential and then click next.
7- Enter folder path (your SMB share) and then click next.
8- Mount server click next.
9- At this stage, you can review the backup repository settings and click Apply to create the SMB backup repository.
10- After clicking Apply, the Veeam software will display the details of each step being performed. Click next.
11- Upon completion, you will see the following message indicating that the SMB share has been added as a Veeam backup repository.
In this article, we will go over how to install Enso OS on VMware Workstation. You can run the Enso OS from the USB flash drive to demo it before installing (please note that once restarted all data is cleaned) or from a virtual environment such as VMware.
The Enso operating system is a green Linux OS that is relatively new on the scene. Its mission is to provide a modern, useful, and lightweight Linux-based OS that is easy to use and can install on even the oldest hardware.
Create Enso OS Virtual Machine
Select the file and then click on New Virtual Machine.
Welcome to the Enso OS installation wizard, Click the Install Enso button. Choosing this option will take you to the next page.
Enso OS Keyboard layout window, look through the list of available keyboards layout and select the one that suits your wish the best and then click on the Continue button.
Updates and other software setups, choose Download updates while installing Enso. Install third-party software … and then select Continue.
In the installation type, click on the Install Now button.
Write the changes to disks, click on the Continue button.
Identify your location and then click continue.
In the Where are your page in the Enso OS installer? Type your full name Your computer name Enter username and password. Once down just click Continue.
Downloading Endo packages
Unpacking
Once the process is complete, you will see a pop up that your installation is complete. Select Restart Now to restart into your new Enso OS setup.
Let’s have a look at how to upgrade Kaspersky Security Center from an older version. We can install version 13.2 of Administration Server on a server that has an earlier version of Administration Server installed. When we upgrade KSC to v 13, all settings and data from the previous version of the Administration Server are preserved.
To upgrade an older version of Administration Server to version 13
Download the Kaspersky Security Center .exe file for version 13 from the Kaspersky website.
Open your download folder and then double-click on the KSC exec file to start the upgrading process.
A new window will open you to select Kaspersky applications to install.
Install Kaspersky Security Center version 13, following the Setup.
A window will pop up that the Kaspersky Security Center 13 Web Console Wizard click next.
Accept the KSC license agreement and then click Next.
Click next
Enter your Kaspersky server IP Address, test port, and then click Next.
Account settings click next
Kaspersky client certificate clicks next.
Trusted administration servers, click next.
Identity and access manager, click next.
Click the install button to start the Kaspersky web console.
Installing Kaspersky web console.
Successfully installed Kaspersky Security center web console. Click finish
After completion Kaspersky upgrading task, open the Kaspersky security center.
When upgrading Kaspersky Security Center from an older version, all the installed management plug-ins are not uninstalled. We can configure KSC policies and tasks corresponding to the managed plug-ins.
This guide is all about the how-to uninstall MuMu App Player Emulator from Windows. Hard to uninstall Mumu from PC? Don’t you know where the file is or where to start to uninstall it? When installing Mumu on the computer, it will also bring many of its supported files to the computer, including appl support files, caches and etc. Despite this, many Windows users aren’t clear about these files, and some of these files can’t be found and removed smoothly especially for Windows. Therefore, it has found out some troubles when users need to uninstall Mumu. In the previous blog Install MuMu App Player
Uninstall MuMu App Player from your System
This guide is all about MuMu App Player for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove MuMu from your computer. Usually, the computer applications have uninstall.exe in their installation folder. You need to uninstall these files in order to start the uninstallation process.
Go to the MuMu installation directory, It is located in C:\Programs files. C:\Program Files(x86)\Microvirt\Memu\uninstall Double click on the uninstall.exe file to begin the uninstallation process.
In this guide, I will show you how to restore from system restore point in Windows 11 from the boot. As a famous, restoring system using the system restore points are a good way to solve some Windows problems. So if you have some Windows problems like the driver issues, then you can restore the system. If your system still can boot when it impacts with some problems, you can perform a system restore in System Properties after booting your system. In spite of that, if your PC fails to boot when it meetings with some Issues, then how to restore the system? In such a condition, you need to perform a system restore Windows 11 from boot or from Windows Recovery Environment.
Open the System Protection tab and then click on System Restore as shown in the image below. Then you will be able to undo or revert system changes by reverting your PC to a previous restore point. This is the easiest way to restore your system.
Select the Windows search, type sysdm.cpl, and then click on it to open system properties.
Under the System properties tab, select system restore.
It depending on your computer speed, this will take some time to complete. Your computer will reboot to be successfully restored.
You will see System restore completed successfully after log in.
Step by step restore Windows 11 back to a restore point
If your PC runs into any issue, you can apply your restore points, whether restore point is created automatically or manually, to get your system back to how it was before.
Restore System Using Advanced Startup
If you are unable to boot up your system, you may have to access the Advanced Startup settings and then restore your system through it. There are a lot of ways you can access the Advanced Startup screen.
Turn off your computer and then pressing F10 (Esc, F8, Dell and etc.) before you see the Windows logo. Select boot from CD/DVD or USB media. This will boot your system into recovery mode.
Select Repair your computer.
Select Troubleshoot.
Now click on System Restore.
Choose target operating system.
System Restore wizard, click next.
Choose a system restore point and then select next.
Confirm your restore point and then select Finish to have your system restored.
A system restores point is used to reverse the installed applications, system files, system settings, and Windows Registry to an earlier state.
System Restore point is missing
The problem system restore point is invisible may happen when you are trying to restore your system to an earlier date. This problem may be caused by mistaken deletion of restore points, Windows update, no free space for creating restore point Windows 11, the System Restore turned off, or disabled, defragmented page file, and so on.
Will System Restore delete my files?
The System Restore is capable to change your system files and revert your PC and system settings to an earlier date, but it won’t delete or remove your personal documents, files, and photos.
System Restore did not complete successfully
The issue system restore did not complete successfully May happen when restoring the system. And it may be caused by several reasons. For instance, the system restore failed to recover the directory from the restore point; the system restore could not approach a file; system restore failed to extract the file or some other reason.
System Restore stuck
When you are an attempt to restore your PC to a previous date, you may come across the issue system restore stuck including two kinds of two situations: system restore is initializing and Windows system restores stuck on restoring files.
How do I find an earlier restore point?
Go to the System Protection tab, select System Restore… to continue. Click Next. There you can find the system restore points.
Should I delete restore points?
Yes, you can delete restore points without any problems.
Let’s see how we can install Google Play services on Genymotion Android Emulator by following the steps below. Many Android apps depend on Google Play Services. Genymotion doesn’t come with GP. Luckily, we can install a bundle containing GP ourselves.
Install Open Gapps for Google Apps
Genymotion 3.2.1, comes with 1 click installer for Google Apps. First, you need to start the Genymotion virtual device. Click the down arrow key button of the virtual device and then select install Open Gapps.
Accept the user agreement button.
Click on Yes
Downloading open GApps in progress
Once the installation is completed, one warning message will pop up that the Open Gapps successfully installed and then asks us to reboot the virtual device. Click Restart Now button.
Now we can start to use the Google Play Store app (It can find it on the app’s window). If you want to download any app from the Google Play Store, you need to sign in to Google Play accounts. You can create a new Google Play account if you don’t have one.
Uploading Open GApps Google Apps Archive
In this method, we can manually upload and install Open Gapps in a virtual machine. First, we need to Launch GAPPS Official Webpage. Then we choose the version for the virtual device on that page. We download the zip file named open_gapps-arm64–9.0-stock-20210925.zip. The download file name might be different depending on the virtual device specifications.
Install Google Play Services Genymotion
Open Genymotion app player, then we drag and drop the downloaded zip file into GenyMotion virtual device.
Open the download folder and then drag the zip file.
The open Gapps file transfer is in progress.
The installation starts automatically and Genymotion Emulator flashes archive files. The installation will complete in a while and you can see the Installation Result. After successfully completing you can restart the Genymotion virtual device.
In this process, once the installation is complete, we need to check updates and then update Google Play Services manually. For doing this, you need to Google Store as I explained above. Then you can sign in to your Google Play account or create a new one. Everything is OK. We can now use Google Play services easily
Genymotion Google Play Sign In
Type google email, credentials and then click forward key.
Google play terms of service, click ok.
Genymotion Google services, select backup & restore option and then click Next.
Install Apps in Genemotion Virtual Device
Genymotion Google play store, select Instagram app.
In this article, I will guide you on how to join Server 2022 Core to an Active Directory. Joining Windows Server Core to an Active Directory domain controller lets you manage the security of your server. Rather than creating local user accounts and managing them on a Server Core device, you can use active directory services to manage user access and security on your network.
There are different ways you can use to perfect joining Windows Server Core to an active directory.
Log in server and use Sconfig Using Windows Admin Center In the previous post, How to Install Windows Server 2022 Core. It is straightforward to join to active directory and join to workgroup on Windows Server from an AD domain. Let’s start with SConfig.
Join Server Core to Active Directory using SConfig
SConfig is automatically installed when you install any Windows Server operating system using the Core option. After login in with Windows Server core, select option 1 Domain/workgroup.
Type D to join Domain and then hit enter. Enter your fully qualified domain name (FQDN) (xpertstec.local) and press enter.
Type your domain controller password and then press enter.
If you would like to change your computer name, then type Y, or press N To restart enter y and then press enter.
After restarting the system, press Esc twice to log into the server as a domain user and then choose other user.
Join Server 2022 Core to an active directory using Windows Admin Center
So, here we will do things a little differently. I will use Windows Admin Center to join the server to the domain controller. Then, I will explain to you how to rejoin the domain. Click on the Windows Server Core, the one you need to join to the domain. Download Windows Admin Center
Under overview, click on the … button and then select edit Computer ID.
Select domain, type the local domain name and then select Next.
