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Feb
11

How to find the IP address of the DHCP Server that supplied your Client IP Address

Enter the following command in the Terminal.

ipconfig getoption en0 server_identifier

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Feb
10

Outlook 2016 Activation Prompt Loop

If Outlook 2016 keeps asking you to activate over and over, The following should fix the issue:


1. Go to KeyChain Access.

2. Search "Exchange" under Login --> All Items and delete everything.

3. Search "Office" and delete everything.

4. Search "ADAL" and delete everything.

5. Launch Outlook.

6. You will get the activation prompt and the if account is already added, you will see the password prompt for app and ADAL again. You should be able to activate now without it looping.

Feb
01

How to clear the local DNS cache

macOS Sierra 10.12.0

sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

OSX 10.11.0

sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

OSX 10.10.4

sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

OSX 10.10.0 – 10.10.3

sudo discoveryutil mdnsflushcache

OSX 10.9  – 10.8 – 10.7

sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

OSX 10.5 – 10.6

sudo dscacheutil -flushcache


Windows:

ipconfig /flushdns


Linux (depending on what distribution you’re running)

/etc/init.d/named restart

/etc/init.d/nscd restart

Jan
13

Find files larger than 1GB using command line

This command will find all files on your hard drive that are larger than 1GB and print them to the screen with the file path.

 

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Jan
04

Find all locked files and unlock them

Use this to find all locked files. This example searches the entire HD but you can navigate to a path if necessary.

find / -flags uchg

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