How to set up Windows 11 without a Microsoft account
When you do a clean install of Windows 11 there is no obvious way to use a local Windows account.Microsoft clearly wants to have you in its ecosystem, but by…
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Using IOT Link to control and monitor Windows 10/11 computers from Home-Assistant
Want to monitor Windows computers in your Home-Assistant setup? Maybe even control them to some degree? Then IOT Link is probably the easiest and fastest way to do it. It…
How to make Home-Assistant groups dynamic and user-manageable through Lovelace
Groups of entities are great if the same state change should be applied to multiple entities.But what if the list of entities in the group should change according to different…
How to configure UnRAID as a storage solution for Reolink IP-cameras
A few weeks ago, after some trial and error, I finally managed to find a good solution for uploading and storing recordings from my Reolink surveillance cameras.Now that I have…
How to monitor the status of web servers in Home-Assistant
If you are reading this article you might have some services with built-in webservers running, Home-Assistant is an example of one. In fact, many services use a web-based interface.These services…
System monitoring with Glances in Home-Assistant
I have looked for a way to monitor my servers in Home-Assistant, and I come across this monitoring-system called "Glances". It is a cross-platform system that is possible to install…
How to convert a physical UnRAID server to a virtual machine in VMware ESXi 7.0
To reduce the amount of physical servers, and to optimize maintained, I have chosen to move my UnRAID installation to a VM in VMware ESXi.But because of the licensing model…
How to flash IT mode firmware to HP LSI SAS 9212-4i Controller Card
Because I'm going to use my HP LSI 9212-4i Raid Controller in unRAID, I decided to to flash it to IT mode (Initiator Target). The point is to remove the…
How to run VMware ESXI 7.0 on hardware with unsupported CPUs
Installation with Legacy CPU If you try to install ESXi 7 on an hardware with older CPU(s) that is no longer officially supported by VMware, you will get a error…
How to backup and restore deCONZ from a defective installation
If you have a working deCONZ/Phoscon installation there is a backup feature in the Phoscon GUI, but if the program cannot be run for whatever reason that option is of…