Friday, 27 October 2017

How to change CentOS 7 timezone

1. View current: timedatectl
2. List available: timedatectl list-timezones
3. Set timezone: timedatectl set-timezone America/Chicago

Thursday, 26 October 2017

OSclass on CentOS 7 complains directory isn't writable


1. First try to disable SELinux on server:
change line in /etc/sysconfig/selinux to : SELINUX=permissive
reboot
2. if issue still there, run command as suggested by OSClass: chmod a+w directory

Wednesday, 25 October 2017

How to save keep Windows 10 lock screen wallpaper background?

By default Windows 10 lock screen wallpaper use Windows spotlight, and it changes by itself from time to time. many pictures are very beautiful and nice you might want to save.

Here is how:
1. create a new folder wallpapers
2. copy and paste this string to file explorer: %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\Assets
3. File explorer will change to a folder, copy all files to new folder wallpapers
4. In Cortana box, enter cmd and click Command prompt, go to the new folder wallpaper, run command: ren *.* *.jpg
5. go to folder wallpaper, change view to Large Icons, refresh the folder, delete any files that does not show a picture.

Sunday, 8 October 2017

Google maps is too slow very slow unresponsive

click a lightning sign at bottom right corner of map > Switch to lite mode

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