Recent content by jimbo45

Cheers I must have missed the announcement -- but it seems fine to me so far (got from work so free to me) !!!! Includes project (which I still use -- good software and Visio (which I don't really use). I think publisher (which I also don't use has gone now). Cheers jimbo

Hi folks Got a test preview of Office 2024 Pro LTSC from work for testing -- didn't know it even existed - but seems a lot of things only in office/365 since 2019 have been incorporated into this product. Not sure if this will hit retail though - but note also if you use legacy data...

Hi folks in EXCEL from the Files menu go to options and select these 2 items from show legacy data import wizards. now restart excel data->get data You'll see a new option legacy wizards with Microsoft query as an option. Then it all works properly as before in EXCEL with all the...

Hi folks deleted --see my later thread with better permanent solution @mods How do I delete this post as I've a far better solution in another thread cheers jimbo

Hi there I use msquery a lot in EXCEL -- after latest update the function is MISSING !!!!!!!! (Note update -- see end of this post -- now solved). should be 3rd one down on right hand side. That's a 100% NO-NO for me -- unless they've moved the menu to a different area/ I haven't seen any...

Hi folks for people who like to use MariaDB / MySQL databases remotely - even if you are on a Windows VM and the DB is on the Host system (that as far as the VM is concerned) is a remote system. Note the MySQL db here is NOT MySQL from Microsoft but the equivalent to the now much more used...

Hi there And if you select the choose other options ---- use a device you will also get any Linux partitions whether on the same or other disks too -- even if they don't use sec boot. Saves messing around with getting into the hardware bios menu when you want to boot a different OS whether...

Thanks That clears it up. BTW using a separate wifi device INSIDE the VM works but you need to install the usb wifi adapter driver inside the guest then it acts just as a totally separate machine and ping to host and from host is fine -- but it's pointless using an extra device when not...

Cheers Did you like my rodent pic !!! @GerryPeters add it's quite simple cheers Jimbo

Did you try the simplest of all solutions. --Forget Security etc etc -- loads of I.T techs - probably overpaid and working for the most USELESS SITE in the entire universe REDDIT was spawning out even more useless and obfuscating solutions than usual. On the "C" drive - right "rodent" (pic...

Agree 100% Whatever other problems I've ever had with any version of Windows activation has never been one of them. Cheers jimbo

Hi folks some Linux distros give you permission denied when trying to re-direct a USB device to a guest vm especialy if your kvm host system isn't using the monolithic legacy libvirtd service -- don't bother with convoluted solutions involving weird files in polkit which nobody has ever heard of...

Hi folks Currently I'm using an ethernet port as a bridged connector (br0) which works properly. But I can't get wifi to work as a bridged connector - at least on a Linux Host -- I'm struggling also on HYPER-V Can it be done or am I missing something. I don't want NAT as this hoses up Guest /...

Hi folks got the answer -- just go to /etc/libvirt/v* i.e all those things that start in v* and end in .conf. ( Any of the files that have on about line 8 -- unix socket access controls then uncomment unix_sock_group -- which will be libvirt and uncomment unix_sock_rw_perms Then add...

Hi folks the old monolithic libvirtd virtual machine service is replaced by default in the latest releases. The doc here specifies LEAP but it's the same in Tumbleweed (the rolling release)...