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(It’s Back) Kodi Forum Links Down 29 Sep – 6 Oct 17

The Kodi Forum server is moving datacenter this weekend, none of the links to the Kodi Forum in my blog post will work during this time. Strange that you get to Cloudflare error page rather than an explanation of what is happening. UPDATE (2 Oct): There is now a message, they are
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Windows 10 Tablet/Mini PC low on space?

If you are low on space on your Windows 10 OS tablet or Mini PC, you could try compressing the OS. With an elevated command prompt, type: compact /compactos:query Depending on the compressed state you will get: “The system is in the compact state. It will remain in this state unless an
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Reclaim space from Windows 10 WinSxS folder

On my main PC my WinSxS folder increased to 28GB, to check it can be cleaned run the following from an elevated command prompt: Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /AnalyzeComponentStore Result: Component Store (WinSxS) information: Windows Explorer Reported Size of Component Store : 9.13 GB Actual Size of Component Store : 7.97 GB Shared
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Upgrade Windows 10 Home to Professional without reinstallation

I purchased a cheap (£6) Windows 10 Professional key from an Amazon.co.uk marketplace seller to upgrade my Beelink AP34 from Home to Professional Edition. Windows 10 Pro Upgrade – Amazon Marketplace (THTraders) (No longer available) Search for ‘Windows 10 Pro License Key’ on Amazon, check the review of the sellers before purchase.
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Amazon.co.uk LOVEFiLM Closing – UK Alternative

Amazon are closing the LOVEFiLM DVD/Bluray rental service on 31 Oct 2017, Amazon’s suggested replacement for this service is their own Amazon Prime Video, this is ok if you don’t mind poor selection, poor picture quality, colour banding, lossy soundtracks and of course there are parts of the UK without the bandwidth
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Beelink AP34 N3450 (Apollo Lake) – Windows 10 4GB/64GB

I did not think i would buy another Beelink/AZW product after the issues and support problems with the Z83-II, but this was a good price (£135 in a Amazon flash sale, £159 standard price), and had a familiar Apollo Lake chipset and is FANLESS.  The aluminium build quality feels premium, and now
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Stop backups at set time in Arq5.

A review of Arq5 backup software is coming soon. I have requested a few features, one being the ability to STOP backups at a HH:MM, as the only option at the moment is PAUSE between HH:MM and HH:MM, I am backing up 4TB so when it unpauses it continues the same large folder as
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LG OLED55E6V No Refresh Rate OSD

This is here for LG technical support staff: The LG OLED55E6V does not display the refresh rate with the screen resolution information like my previous LG 49UB850V LCD, on clicking the INFO button it would display something like: 16:9 1080P 24Hz PCM The OLED55E6V only displays: 16:9 1080P PCM, like so: I
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