So just found out that budget Synology Units can't run Active Backup for Business if their CPU's aren't enabled for virtualization The RS819 runs a Realtek RTD1296 quad-core 1.4GHz CPU and the Package Center doesn't offer Virtual Machine Manager or Active Backup for...
IT Tips
Make Outlook Use Chrome For Links
Despite setting Google Chrome as the system default using Settings => Apps => Default apps Outlook continued to open links in Microsoft Edge. This is how to make Chrome the default for Outlook Click File => Options In the Outlook Options Dialog select the Advanced...
Ahh the Internet
I found this amusing. The developers at facebook have a nicely formatted warning in the Developer Console so people don't self-own.
Build an Individual Docker Compose Container
To rebuild the Docker service named php run this command docker compose build php --no-cache --no-cache says repull everything and build from scratch Here is a screen shot of some of the options I use to get my container to build in WSL2 on Windows 11. Specifically...
Cannot connect to LOCALHOST SSH portforward
Trying to connect my browser to a web server accessible over an SSH tunnel by connecting to http://localhost:8200 and I get. I know the remote Web Server is running and the SSH tunnel is working. So what is the problem? Notice the output of ping localhost it is...
Onedrive for web missing new folder and file upload icons
Not missing but just moved to the Add New button on the top left
Extend your LAN across the WAN on a Shoestring
I was given a Surface Laptop which was a member of a Domain but only had a non administrative login. To gain admin access I needed line of sight to a Domain Controller but that access was on the Corporate LAN a 1000+ kms away. VXLAN VXLAN is an encapsulation...
Wyse 3040 running Ubuntu – Reboot is Finicky
Rebooting Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS install on a Wyse 3040 frequently results in a shutdown not a reboot. Linux wyse1 5.15.0-82-generic #91-Ubuntu SMP Mon Aug 14 14:14:14 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Running Ubuntu 22.04 on Wyse 3040 I found the best chance of...
Netplan .yaml examples
https://github.com/canonical/netplan/tree/main/examples
Cisco 2960 commands
TFTP Server for Windows https://www.solarwinds.com/free-tools/free-tftp-server Backup config to TFTP server copy running-config tftp://10.19.20.30 Set an interface to defaults !-- in config mode config t default interface gi1/0/18 Output Interface GigabitEthernet1/0/1...
Cisco 2960x set password
username jmcd privilege 15 secret mysecretpass
Unable to query OPcache status when running wp-cli
You are running wp-cli and see this error message: Unable to query OPcache status: array_key_exists(): Argument #2 ($array) must be of type array, bool given. This error is thrown when opcache_get_status( true ) is called and returns false because opcache is disabled...
Turn off Outlook reopen last session items Dialog popup
File => Options => General Under Start up options Change the "When Outlook opens" dialog to "Never reopen previous items"
Displaying Dates with Narrow Non-Breaking Spaces IN EXcel
Update: When using CsvView to output CSV UTF-8 you need to tell Excel to open it in UTF-8 format by including the Byte Order Mark with 'bom' => true $controller->viewBuilder() ->setClassName('CsvView.Csv') ->setOptions([ 'serialize' => 'items', 'header' => $header,...
Manual Labtech removal
https://advyon.com/how-to-manually-remove-the-lts-service-for-labtech/ Just in case the link above ^ goes away Manually make changes on the machine Changes have to be made at four different locations on the local machine in the following order. 1. Services.msc...
Network or Disk error Reported by 2ic Pallets after upgrade to Windows 11
User reports that 2iC pallets is showing "Disk or network error" regularly throughout the day Suspected Cause The network drive is on Windows 11 Pro is disconnecting every 15 minutes Default Windows 11 Pro Disconnect Timeout: After change to basically setting it to...
Tee Ping to a File on Windows
Using Powershell's Tee-Object you can view the output and pipe it to a file ping 10.17.66.100 -t | Tee-Object -FilePath teed_ping_results.txt
Herules Comms tool
Serial tool: https://www.hw-group.com/software/hercules-setup-utility