Evaluating Software from the Internet Recently I've been evaluating software for personal and client use Today Operating Systems tend to have a severe level of distrust toward software downloaded from random locations and you have to explicitly bypass restrictions to...
Flat file copy options for Windows
GUI Options https://fastcopy.jp/en/ - Fast Copy This one seems to have a nice option to elevate to admin and a lot of options as to how to resolve what to copy or mirror. Command Line...
What is the last supported version of Firefox for Windows XP
Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) version 52.9.0 https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/52.9.0esr/win32/en-US/ This version is apparently insecure but the default Internet Explorer doesn't seem to want to connect to modern https endpoints so this...
How to detach or disconnect a screen session on Linux
Crtl-a Ctrl-d
Google Chrome Infuriating Redirects
Google Apps has the ability to define a custom hostname for it's calendar, drive, mail, sites, groups services How it works is you create a CNAME record in DNS that points from your custom domain to Google which then intelligently redirects you to the correct service...
Speedtest from the CLI
Awaiting a speed increase on you Internet connection but it's not there yet? Want to know within an hour when the speed increase happens? Create a crontab entry crontab -e With this content MAILTO="" 0 * * * * /Users/username/sites/speedtest/speedtest.sh >>...
Learn AS-400
If you want to have a look around AS-400 try pub400.com Just so I remember the SSL Port is 992
NTTTCP Windows – Linux both directions
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/create-vm-accelerated-networking-powershell#supported-vm-instances SendReceiveWindowsLinuxntttcp -s -m 4,*,192.168.1.5 -nsntttcp -r -m 4,*,192.168.1.5 -NLinuxWindowsntttcp -s -m 4,*,192.168.1.4 -Nntttcp -r -m...
NTttcp – Test Network Performance
When I was working at Rio Tinto in the New South Wales Hunter Valley. I used NTttcp to test network switch throughput on some Cisco Switches. (From memory they had lost some ports due to a lightning strike) I had forgotten about it for years but was reminded of it...
Disable the Twitter in-app Browser
When using Twitter on my Android OnePlus 3T phone. If I click on a link and then browse the article. After a short time of scrolling and reading the Twitter in-app Browser locks up and I have to restart Twitter To fix: Click on your profile picture, select settings...
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James is an IT Professional based in Melbourne, Australia.
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