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Daniel Petri

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Renowned as the creator of the acclaimed Petri IT Knowledgebase back in 1999 Daniel Petri has become a distinguished figure in the IT realm, recognized for delivering reliable, expertise-driven content. This website - www.petri.com - not only embodies Daniel's extensive technical skills but also stands as a symbol of his dedication to sharing knowledge and guiding professionals through the dynamic world of information technology.

Over the past 25 years, Daniel Petri's career is characterized by his unwavering commitment to quality IT training, provision of diverse solution architectures, and maintaining a customer-first approach that ensures high levels of satisfaction. Daniel's client-centric mindset has always been a cornerstone of his career, delivering concrete results that spur his clients' growth and success. Daniel's strong technical writing skills are evidenced by the thousands of technical documents, help guides, manuals, and articles he has penned, all drawing from his broad IT and security-oriented background.

Daniel is currently Senior Training Manager at Semperis.

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A Handy, Free Tool for Easy USB Disk Ejection

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Daniel Petri shares a handy tool to help you safely eject your USB disk drives.

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How to Open the Windows 8 Command Prompt in any Folder

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Daniel Petri shares a tip for launching the command prompt in Windows 8 in any file directory, without the help of the change directory command.

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Easily Edit the Hosts File in Windows 10

Last Update: Jun 08, 2025

Need to edit the Windows 10 hosts file? Learn how in this step-by-step tutorial by Petri site founder Daniel Petri.

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How to Restore Default Windows Notepad Settings

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Notepad is one of the most commonly used built-in tools that comes with the Microsoft Windows operating system. What makes Notepad so useful, besides the fact that it has been around for so many years, is that when you save files in Notepad, the resulting text files have no format tags or styles, which makes…

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How to Install the Windows 10 Technical Preview

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Haven’t tried Windows 10 yet? Daniel Petri shows us how to install the Windows 10 Technical Preview in this step-by-step tutorial and deep-dive into the Windows 10 install process.

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Fix for VMware Workstation “Not enough physical memory is available” Error

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Daniel Petri shares four different methods for fixing “not enough physical memory is available” errors in VMware Workstation.

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4 Easy Ways to Take Windows 8 Screen Captures

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Daniel Petri shares four easy and efficient methods for taking screen captures in Windows 8, including options with the Windows Snipping Tool and Microsoft OneNote.

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How to Forget or Delete a Windows 8.1 Wi-Fi Network Profile

Last Update: Sep 24, 2024

How many steps does it take to forget or delete a Wi-Fi network profile in Windows 8.1? This short tutorial article by Daniel Petri reveals the answer.

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Display Last Logged On Information for Windows 8.1

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Learn how to display last logged on information for Windows 8 and 8.1 in this quick how-to article by Petri IT Knowledgebase founder Daniel Petri.

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Quickly Edit Environment Variables in Windows 8

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Need to quickly edit environment variables in Windows 8? Learn three ways to do exactly that in this step-by-step tutorial article by Daniel Petri.

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Enabling SQL Server Traffic Encryption

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Looking to make your data more secure? Daniel Petri shows us how to enable SSL traffic encryption in Microsoft SQL Server in this step-by-step tutorial.

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A Handy IT Help Desk Configuration Script

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Frustrated by tedious IT help desk tasks? Daniel Petri and Haim Cohen provide some relief with a configuration script that automates repetitive help desk tasks.

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