Just had to find the operating system of a remote computer so I copied the C:\Windows\System32\config\software.sav (the software hive file is locked by the OS so used the .sav instead) file to Ubuntu 2024 Linux and used hivexget to read the "ProductName" sudo apt-get...
IT Tips
Get Motherboard model without opening the case
wmic baseboard get product,Manufacturer,version,serialnumber Manufacturer Product SerialNumber Version Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. B450M PRO-M2 MAX (MS-7B84) JC17042885 2.0
Stop being prompted for ssh passphrase when trying to sync repo with github in VS Code
The Problem: You have cloned your repo with the SSH URL. Whenever you go to push to GitHub. You might be asked to enter a passphrase repeatedly for your SSH key... Before Fix git remote -v origin [email protected]:toggenation/cakephp-live-test-sxs.git (fetch) origin...
List local disks
GET-CimInstance -query "SELECT * from Win32_DiskDrive" DeviceID Caption Partitions Size Model -------- ------- ---------- ---- ----- \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0 WDC WD60EZAZ-00ZGHB0 0 6001172513280 WDC WD60EZAZ-00ZGHB0 \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE2 Seagate One Touch w/PW SCSI Disk Device...
Create ISO using Powershell
Usage New-IsoFile -NewIsoFilePath C:\tmp\Hyper-V.iso-sources -ImageName Hyper-V -SourceFilePath 'C:\tmp\Hyper-V' New-IsoFile -NewIsoFilePath C:\tmp\W2K3SP2CD1.iso -ImageName W2K3SP2CD1 -SourceFilePath 'C:\tmp\Windows 2003 Server R2 Std Edition SP2 CD1' New-IsoFile...
Synology Compatibility list and RAID Calculator
When deciding on Synology models and disks the following links are handy Synology compatibility list https://www.synology.com/en-au/compatibility How much disk space will you get from SHR-1 / SHR-2 volumes...
Event 1008
TGN-HV02 1008 Warning Microsoft-Windows-Perflib Application 9/06/2024 5:30:28 PMThe Open procedure for service "BITS" in DLL "C:\Windows\System32\bitsperf.dll" failed with error code The system cannot find the file specified.. Performance data for this service will...
How long does a clone take on Ancient VMWare 5.5 hardware
Dell Poweredge R710 - Esxi Server Dell EqualLogic SAN - PS6110 VM one 55GB - 9:08:12 AM to 9:16:37 AM VM two 50GB 9:20:20 AM to 9:36:24 AM
How to Delete a Hyper-V VM and ITS Hard Drives
If its a replica Remove Replication Get the paths to the Hard Drives Get-VM TGN-RWD-BK01 |Select-Object -ExpandProperty HardDrives Make a note of the location of the hard drives from the output VMName ControllerType ControllerNumber ControllerLocation DiskNumber Path...
Improving reliability of RSYNC copy between LINUX and SYNOLOGY – Note to Self
There are two options for transfer presented by the Synology KB article https://kb.synology.com/en-global/DSM/tutorial/How_to_back_up_Linux_computer_to_Synology_NAS Of the two the first seems to be more glitchy and the -e ssh one I found tends to complete more...
Side by side php8.3-FPM
CakePHP 5 uses zend.assertions = 1 for development so if you have production and test environments on your server you need separate instance of php-fpm so you can run one with zend.assertions = 1 for development and the other zend.assertions = -1 for production The...
Delete all files older than x days linux
This command deletes all files modified more than 30 days ago in the current directory # have a look at what it will delete find ./ -type f -mtime +30 | more # then get an idea of how many files it will delete find ./ -type f -mtime +30 | wc # after you are happy run...
Macbook Pro Mouse Pointer Moves but click stops working
I keep having an issue that my mouse track pad stops working. I can move the mouse pointer but I can't click. Possible solution: Open your laptop bag, find your Apple mouse and turn it off.
Generate custom fixture names in Cakephp 5
bin/cake bake fixture --conditions "id IN (10,81)" -r -n 10000 --table trading_partners CustomTradingPartners Use the above to export selected records to a fixture Important: The fixture name (The CustomTradingPartners parameter in the above example) is limited to 28...
CakePHP 5 persoderlind.vscode-phpcbf
Still haven't gotten this working well... sigh. The persoderlind.vscode-phpcbf extension didn't work for me when running my PHP devel container (php:8.2-fpm) on Windows 11 in Docker Desktop using the WSL2 Engine until I let it know about the CakePHP coding standard #...
Network speed test host to host
On Ubuntu / Debian apt-get install iperf3 On Windows download it from https://iperf.fr/iperf-download.php#windows Make sure you create firewall rules to allow them to talk to each other e.g. allow inbound 5201 for the server I'm paranoid so I go to virustotal.com and...
MODIFYING USER ATTRIBUTES WHEN Azure AD Connect Is Synching Attributes
Trying to configure a heap of legacy user shared mailboxes to Be hidden from the Global Address List Not allow external senders to send to Remove the internet email addresses and go back to [email protected] so that it is obvious these have been...
Clear HSTS Settings in CHrome
Open chrome://net-internals/#hsts enter the domain in the query field and click Query to confirm it has HSTS settings enter the domain ini the delete field and click Delete