Trying to do package upgrades from the pfsense GUI and get "another instance of pfsense-upgrade is running. try again later" So logged in via the ssh console and did the following to successfully upgrade or remove packages. pkg-static clean -ay ; pkg-static install...
IT Tips
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Veeam Backup of a VMWare VM to Physical
I recently installed Ubuntu 24.10 on my Workstation and was running Windows 11 Pro as a guest in VMWare Pro Workstation I have a dual screen setup and on one screen Windows 11 would become non-responsive and require me to lock and re-login to the Ubuntu host to again...
Remove SentinelOne from Safe Mode
To remove all remnants of Sentinel One you use the installer .exe package without having a passphrase or site key Download the SentinelOne Installation package in exe format of the same version or greater than the sentinelone agent you have installed Boot the computer...
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Git Credential Manager Setup
Goto https://github.com/git-ecosystem/git-credential-manager/releases/tag/v2.6.0 and download latest release I did this on linux or WSL to allow doing a git clone of a private repo using the https:// URL # get the latest gcm wget...
Just tried Qubes OS for a few days
https://www.qubes-os.org Love the concept Installed Windows 11 in a cube but had to bypass Windows 11 checks for TPM to get it installed Found Windows 11 networking with the default settings was non-performant (my 100/40 internet service was running at 30/<30 in...
iVMS-4200V3.12.0.7_E Fails to Start and Cannot add devices
Problem: Trying to run HikVision iVMS on Windows 11 Pro and I just couldn't get the iVMS device manager to show and the app would hang with an error message saying do I want to wait or close it. Error from Application Event Log Log Name: Application Source:...
Install Fedora 41 on M1 Macbook VMWare Fusion
Alternate download images available here https://alt.fedoraproject.org/alt/ Get the Fedora 41 netinst ISO https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/41/Everything/aarch64/iso/Fedora-Everything-netinst-aarch64-41-1.4.iso Download and create VM in...
Adding a CUPS-PDF printer with custom output dir on Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS
I'm doing this inside a Dockerized CUPS so may not work as hoped for you. Install the non snap version of CUPS Login via SSH or get a terminal up and copy cups-pdf.conf to cups-pdf-[slug_name_here].conf e.g. Open cups-pdf-test.conf and edit the out folder Note: When...
Clean Graphics Driver with DDU
https://www.wagnardsoft.com/display-driver-uninstaller-DDU- Be careful you have to find the actual DDU and not all the misleading download links How to use: https://youtu.be/F8OLhUAPDq0?si=phauUo0Cqt6zyXYV
MSP – Information
Great resource website and community for MSP's https://thetechtribe.com/
Docker Desktop on Ubuntu 24.10 on Proxmox (Nested Virtualization)
kvm-ok says that it is not supported sudo kvm-ok INFO: Your CPU does not support KVM extensions KVM acceleration can NOT be used Restarting after changing CPU to 'host' did the trick! I have an AMD that supports virtualization KVM Hardware virt is on but Docker...
Check for Valid PDF on Linux Command Line
Just become a first time user of PDFgear and found it exiting with a .NET Runtime Event ID 1026 error when opening a PDF. The PDF I was trying to load and edit was generated by a web application that in turn generated PDF's using GLabels. So I needed a way to see if...
PDFgear an Adobe PDF Pro Alternative
Adobe PDF Pro is getting close to $30AUD a month and at almost $350 per user / per year that is a big spend. The other problems is the constant nag to push you into the Adobe Cloud and then the continued account drain to have something available that you might only...
Exetel Speed Boost
I normally have 100/40 connection but just trying out Exetel Speed Boost which is 250/25 Worth doing if you have a big download or two to do...
Australian Cyber Security
Australian Gov. Cyber Security Websites with information on recommended Cyber Standards https://www.asd.gov.au/about/what-we-do/cyber-security https://www.cyber.gov.au/learn-basics...