How to connect Google Home to PC and use it as a Bluetooth speaker?

https://mrnoob.net/how-to-connect-google-home-to-pc/

pdf printout of article

From article:

Key point: In Google Home on smart phone, find device audio properities, audio, Enable Pairing mode

 

In Windows 10, goto bluetooth devices, click on new devices and it Google assistant will appear in the list.

Steps to create Rescue ISO using Macrium Reflect Free edition

 

Steps to create Rescue ISO

• Click Rescue

• Follow prompts to select ISO

• Click build

• After completed, file is c:\MacriumRescue.iso

• I copied this file to NAS as a backup.

Macrium reflect - Useful free backup /restore / clone tool

Recently, I had a external HDD fail at the house and data was lost so I am taking another stab at actually trying to maintain backups. 

Here is what I recommend:

• Find free software to perform the backup / restore /clone / image.
• I have bought software in the past it always seems like wasted money.
• I selected Macrium Reflect Free
• I decided to clone (instead of backup) to a HDD in a external USB cradle.
• Why? I am finding external USB hard drives suck and are too expensive for what they are.
• Buy an internal HDD and use a USB HDD cradle like this:
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• Steps to clone using 

• Registered  Macrium reflect - Free version

• Received code in email

• Installed software and applied code 

  
  
  

• Used HDD in USB cradle and connected to machine

• Started Macrium reflect - Free version

• Click clone this drive:

• Select a disk to clone to

• Select HDD in USB cradle

• Follow next select prompts, select to overwrite volume data

• After process is completed, (for me machine it was ~45 min 1 TB drive over USB3 port), reboot the computer and force it to boot from USB drive. Booting the computer will be much slower but you will know for certain in your cloning task was successful without actually swapping drives.

• Now, I know I have functional clone on a HDD and to recover this machine all I need to do is swap drives.

Resolve: Referenced account is currently locked out and may not be logged into

Published on Jan 27, 2018

1. Press Windows Key + R and type secpol.msc in Run dialog box and click OK.
2. Go to Security Settings - Account Policies - Account Lockout Policy.
3. Double-click on Account lockout threshold policy.
4. set the preset value to 0. Click OK. 
5. Reboot.

Jan 27, 2018

Oddest error in Windows 10 Pro: windows 10 pro spotify error data area passed is too small caused by SQL 2017 enabled with filestream

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-10-store-the-data-area-passed-to-a-system/0b727e53-d562-4145-b458-90c8bbe25047?auth=1


https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/sql_server_team/centennial-appsdesktop-bridge-sql-server-and-
error-the-data-area-passed-to-a-system-call-is-too-small/

I had tried to install Spotify and Skype on my new Windows 10 pro laptop and this error occurred:

  Data area passed is too small

From first article:

I suspect you may have a SQL database using filestream. It looks like a SQL bug is causing Windows Store apps using Centennial to crash with this error. For me this includes Ubuntu and WhatsApp. For more info check out the SQL Tiger blog where it is discussed. A fix is out for SQL 2017 but still waiting for older versions.

From second article:

Scenario:

1. Install Windows 10 1607 or later on the system.

2. Install SQL Server and enable the SQL Filestream feature (Ref: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/blob/enable-and-configure-filestream )

3. Create a database with a filestream container. Ensure that container is hosted on the drive which also hosts the Centennial applications.

4. Install any Centennial application such as MS Office Preview apps or Ubuntu Linux from the Microsoft Store application

5. Launching any Centennial application fails with the following error

Fix: Install latest SQL 2017 update.

Windows 10 pro workstation missing OneDrive integrated folder in File Explorer

Found the solution on https://superuser.com

BTW, Love their URL format

https://superuser.com/questions/1147030/onedrive-not-integrated-with-windows-explorer-on-windows-10-enterprise-1607

Run OneDriveSetup.exe  as Administrator
or OneDrive.exe as Administrator