/categories/how-to/ Recent content in How To on Amith's Site Hugo -- gohugo.io en-gb Sat, 04 Oct 2025 00:20:42 +0100 /posts/converting-mbr-to-gpt/ Sat, 04 Oct 2025 00:20:42 +0100 /posts/converting-mbr-to-gpt/ I was hoping it would be a very easy process to clone and replace my 1Tb OS SSD with a 4Tb SSD. I knew that due to the size of the disk I had to convert it from using Master Boot Record (MBR) to GUID Partition Table (GPT); what I did not realise was that the disk “Unique Identifier” would be more significant and problematic than online guides and comments had suggested. /posts/using-dism-to-fix-windows-boot-loop/ Sat, 26 Sep 2020 00:12:00 +0100 /posts/using-dism-to-fix-windows-boot-loop/ I experienced an issue today where my Windows 10 instillation was stuck in a boot loop. It would display a ‘Preparing for update’ message instantly followed by ‘Restarting’ and would then promptly restart. Rinse and repeat! I tried to boot into ‘Safe Mode’ but the same was happening before even that would boot. After some frustrating web searching on my phone (many, if not all, of the info found described similar but different booting issues) I came across a somewhat old post which suggested using DISM to revert the pending updates. /posts/using-a-group-managed-service-account-gmsa-for-a-windows-scheduled-task/ Tue, 25 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/using-a-group-managed-service-account-gmsa-for-a-windows-scheduled-task/ Preparing the Active Directory Forest This article assumes prior knowledge of the requirements and limitations of using gMSAs and that you have prepared the Forest by creating the required KDS Root Key. If you haven’t the cmdlet is below for convenience, but please refer to the Microsoft post for more information.1 powershell Add-KDSRootKey -EffectiveImmediately Creating a Group Managed Service Account This article also assumes prior knowledge of how to create a gMSA. /posts/storage-spaces-offline/ Wed, 19 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/storage-spaces-offline/ My old home server (a re-purposed desktop) used to occasionally put one of my Storage Spaces into an offline and/or read-only state despite its status as 'HEALTHY'; this seemed to happen randomly and was rather frustrating as the Storage Space is used as a general file server for media etc. As my Storage Space needed to be be back up in a pinch, it’s usually easier to use Powershell rather than the GUI; however, when it first happened I used to keep forgetting the Powershell cmdlet to bring it back online. /posts/reset-windows-graphics-stack/ Tue, 18 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/reset-windows-graphics-stack/ If you experience any strangeness with the Windows GUI and need to reset the Windows graphics stack, like I occasionally do, this can be a rather useful shortcut to remember. From time to time we all have to endure the oddities of computer bugs, glitches and the like. Using Windows 10, the most common issue I’ve ran into is the GUI behaving strangely, either going all black, as seen in the image above, or only a mild taskbar mishap.