So, I woke up to an email from Plex subject as quoted above. They have some explanation and then how to info on resetting. Resetting the password in itself took 2 goes as the page decided to refresh itself before I could submit and had to do it over again. Once done, I could login… Read More: Plex – “Action required: Notice of a potential security incident”… »
I’d never spent more than $500AUD, then $700AUD on a mobile phone before, but at my last job two people convinced me that my mid‑range Samsung S21 FE (price cut from $1000 to $700) was too slow even though it was still fairly new and highly recommended at the time. I decided to treat myself and… Read More: Splurging on a Mobile Phone »
For travel and biking, I use Shockz headphones. They’re not noise‑canceling, quite the opposite in fact. This is crucial when riding a bike so you can hear traffic or even walking through the bus/train stations so you can hear the announcements – while still enjoying music or podcasts etc. The battery life is decent, though… Read More: Earphones »
A few years back, I bought a Polaroid travel adapter from Catch of the Day (bought by Wesfarmer’s and now closed down). It’s a genuine Polaroid product – they’re known for cameras but have dabbled in electronics. The adapter comes in a small bag with an Australian plug by default, and includes: It’s perfect for… Read More: Polaroid Travel Power Adapter »
A few years ago, I had an old Hyper X headset that was great during gaming but terrible for daily life: I’d have to take it off every time I went to the bathroom or got a drink. Eventually one side snapped when I lifted it by one hand off my head to one side,… Read More: The Quest for a Better Headset »
I used to hate my SodaStream. It was a clunky, expensive gadget that I barely ever touched – and the canisters weren’t cheap either. One day, my dad handed me a spare CO₂ keg he’d been using for his fish tanks to help grow the aquarium plants better. Since it was food‑grade (bought from a… Read More: SodaStream Upgrade »
Edit: Similar happened to the same machine in 2024, this time it was a small o-ring in between the thermoblock and the plunger. This video helped me significantly after I found a bit of rust on the plate under it. I purchased a second hand Delonghi ESAM 03.110.S coffee machine since I was given a… Read More: Delonghi ESAM 03.110.S – fixed – no coffee or water… »
Edit: This replacement is still working as of 28/12/2018. Second Edit: This replacement is still working as of 2024. It seems to have failed after an unexpected very hot day. The touchscreen didn’t work except for incorrect (touched the bottom left on one screen and it pressed a button at the top right). Similar to… Read More: Lexus IS250 2007 touchscreen failed. »
I’ve had this on almost all of my Windows 10 machines… The fix is: Open CMD as admin dism /online /add-package /packagepath:C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\c4a1b8896ce9fbfea96c1ee6890d52a5\windows10.0-kb3122947-x64.cab Thanks to: Akash227 on https://www.reddit.com/r/Surface/comments/3vibsc/win_10_kb3122947_error_0x80070643/
Outlook 2010 for some people have started in safe mode only. Check to see if they have KB3114409 installed via Windows Update from 08/12/2015. I personally had 2 people in the last two days with this issue. It’s been pulled from Windows Update already.
These are personal opinions based on my experience(s). Ribs and Burgers – Perth, Cnr William and Wellington St’s. Good. Ocean Bar 1 – Scarborough. Good. Matisse – Scarborough. Not good. The Saint – Innaloo. Good. Botannica – Innaloo. Both good and not good. Greenwood – Greenwood – Good. …
I took my Lexis IS250 to Lexus for the safety recall on the fuel line. While there, they notified me of wearing front brakes (which I was aware of). I do all my own minor services including cleaning and replacing my brakes, oil, oil filter and air filter. I rang around places in Perth where… Read More: Brakes for my Lexus »
What’s the best backup software? Answer is it depends on the situation. Read through to see examples and solutions.
I don’t own an iPad, so forgive me if this information isn’t useful to you. I often do work outside of work for friends and family. One thing I have been asked by two different people in the last two weeks is ‘Why is my iPad suddenly slow? Do I need a new one?” I… Read More: iPad. Why is it sometimes slow »
I often have Java update issues on client PCs. Every time I’ve not been able to simply remove, reinstall, or download and run the offline installer, I have used JavaRA. Be sure to download the 2.6 version as it states “this is probably the one you want”. Uninstall Java using it, clean up, install. Quite… Read More: Java Install Issues »
I had an issue with a new 8.1 machine (all others 7) whereby the logon script wasn’t working. Either it wasn’t running it all, or was, but with a long delay. The following links helped me solve the issue. First link explains the Group Policy item that needs to be changed. Be aware that this… Read More: Windows 8.1 Logon Script Delay »
I used this tool recently to calculate the transfer time of a zip file to an FTP server for a client. Worked quite well. TBH, didn’t actually confirm the time frame, but looks legit. File Transfer | The Cloud Calculator.
I have an SBS 2011 machine with C drive running out of space. Looked up this guide which helped save 5GB of space. Essentially it reduces the size of the WinSxS folder after SP1 has been installed. Took about 10 minutes to run, just make sure you wait until you see a message that states… Read More: DISM for Windows Server – Reduce size of WinSxS folder »
Just been playing around with this in Group Policy. Thinking of deploying to clients since it seems to work internally. How to deploy mms.cfg config file to your Adobe Flash Player clients? | ivan’s blog.
The below is my opinion and my reasons for not using Confluence any more. Check out their requests pages and feedback on Jira and you’ll find out how Atlassian simply piss off their users of the on premise version of Confluence. Pretty much any useful request comes down to: After feedback from many of their… Read More: Confluence and why I opted to stop using it. »
Had the same issue. Deleted the volume and reformatted it (don’t know if this helped or not), then re-added it and included the { } in the id and it worked fine. Received the above error without them. via ERROR – the specified backup location could not be found or is not a supported backup… Read More: ERROR – the specified backup location could not be found… »
Zbot, rootkit, Cryptowall 3.0 and other infections on a single Windows 7 PC. I was extremely lucky that this PC was on a separate network with no network drives back to the main network. I had a client call up saying his computer was doing weird things. – First sign this is going to… Read More: Another load of malware »
I thought that changing the adapter order in Windows Network Connections made Windows use the one that is listed first. Not sure why, but this seemed to work for me previously just fine. Today I was a client site and after installing and rebooting the PC, but 4G card still wasn’t being priorities. Turns out,… Read More: Windows 4G USB adapter not being used as priority »
Ubuntu is based on Debian, so I used some of the information in the following guide to install AWstats on my web server. How-to: AWstats installation and configuration on Debian.
How to audit when files are moved, created, changed by domain users SBS 2008.
I used the following guide to change from php-fpm to hhvm after doing some research on potential speed increase. The guide is great, however I may be changing back as for some reason I seem to have actually lost performance by changing over. Might be an incompatibility in a plugin or something in WordPress. Install… Read More: Install HHVM, Nginx on Ubuntu 14.04 »
I created a USB bootable Yosemite installer to update my friends Mac, however I want to use the USB for other things. The best thing I could think of was to make an ISO so I could use it again later, so I followed the guide below and then stored it on my server. Bucknasty:… Read More: How to make an OS X Yosemite DVD installer »
I bought the Google Nexus 4 to replace my HTC Desire (the original one). I look after my tech gadgets, so it was still in working order to give to my mum. My uncle also wanted the Nexus 4 when I showed him comparisons and given we bought it knowing the Nexus 5 was going… Read More: Google (LG) Nexus 4 »
Winamp was sold a while back and hasn’t had any development that’s been released lately, however you can still get the latest version. They promise changes are coming… I still find it the best client that’s out there to play music though. As you could imagine, I don’t like using iTunes and Windows Media Player…… Read More: The ‘best’ Windows Music Player (Winamp) »
NAS4FREE. Issues with a failed drive in RAIDZ1, formatted wrong drive, then completely failed ZPOOL. Recovering, then reconfiguring a backup plan to USB drives. So my Christmas present for last year was 8.6TB of data almost being lost on my NAS4FREE server. It hosts a lot of photos, ISOs (both MS, Games, Linux and… Read More: NAS4FREE. RAIDZ1 failure, formatted wrong drive. New backup to USB »
Helpful scripts: Backup,Snapshot,Standby,Scrub,CheckPools… – Forum.
I upgraded our NAS4FREE boxes to 9.3.0.2 this morning after doing a ‘test’ run last night on my home machine, well not really a test, it was a home production machine, but less important than work’s machines. The home machine went off without a hitch. If you read the info when downloading the new… Read More: NAS4FREE upgraded to 9.3.0.2 »
Updated: This is my opinion based on testing and actual use over several years. I’ve tried and every now and then test again. I also read reviews and tests online to try to keep up to date. For home users, I recommend sticking with Windows/Microsoft Defender. It’s been rated highly by independent testing and personally… Read More: Best free/home antivirus, best business antivirus »
So, I started using apt-fast quite some time ago and along with that, added aliases to my .bashrc file to speed up my updates. Guides on the internet seem to assume you have other packages installed and so their guides only half work. Here’s what I had to do in order to get it working… Read More: Apt-Fast – Ubuntu 14.04 »
If you haven’t heard about the various crypto malware going around, I don’t know where you’ve been hiding. I don’t even like watching the news, but it’s been blasted all over. Essentially the malware gets onto a persons machine in different ways (email, websites, USB sticks etc) and starts looking for files on the local… Read More: Bit of fun with KEYHolder (Crypto Malware) »
This has happened to me on multiple ocassions, and the solution given here has solved it each time. CrashPlan App Closes In Some Linux Installations – Code42.
Found this really useful and saved me from digging through other guides and customising the menu manually. Kudos to Daniel Richter for such a simple program. I had to use the below command first as per the comments. sudo apt-get install python-software-properties Install Grub Customizer in Ubuntu 14.04 to Manage Your Grub Bootloader | UbuntuHandbook.
Simply press the ESC key and you should now be able to click, drag, and drop as you could before the issue. via Dragging icons/files stops working on desktop and in explorer.
I’ve always been annoyed when people have a shortcut to “This PC”, “My Computer”, or “Computer” on their desktop or don’t have one at all. I use it a lot to right click and go to manage, properties etc. It also makes it easier for me to help users find their PC name over the… Read More: How to show the My Computer icon on Windows Server… »
I have a Macbook Pro mid 2010 that I bought to learn about Macs. I rarely use it as I dislike Apple’s style of “we want you to do things the way we want you to, and give you no choice”. I also dislike most of the interface. That’s just me though and quite a… Read More: Macbook battery is not charging Apple Support »
I wanted to have more than Google Analytics working for my site so I can compare and contrast the figures. I’m using Ubuntu so a basic search of awstats ubuntu found the following site which made it a breeze to install. AWStats – Community Help Wiki.
I wanted to lock down my AWStats so only I could access the URL. [ubuntu] htaccess won’t secure a directory (AWSTATS).
Bit more help on configuring ubuntu/apache using .htaccess to require awstats to use a username and password. How to configure a web page to require a username and password.
Not used this yet, but thinking about it. Connecting WordPress and WebDAV | ITS Strategy & Architecture.
As I always suspected, making things hands free, doesn’t make things safer. In my opinion, what makes it even more unsafe is that it can be more distracting as you need to learn things that are not something you use elsewhere. It’s not like when you pick up a phone (you do this wherever else… Read More: Think hands free is safe? Think again. »
As per Arstechnica’s article, Apple has patched shellshock bash bug in OSX 10.7, .8 and .9. Get on it! http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/09/apple-patches-shellshock-bash-bug-in-os-x-10-9-10-8-and-10-7/
I don’t want the logins, or even the content of most of the sites that I manage to be available via HTTP, however as most of us don’t like having to add the HTTPS to the start manually, this works perfectly. General setup is Ubuntu with Apache2, MySQL, PHP5 and WordPress. <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName… Read More: Apache-redirect http to https »
I was having this issue for so long. I often download Linux ISOs to test and learn differences between them. I’ve got lots of old PCs/Laptops laying around and Linux is a great way to give them new life. When I reboot my server, Transmission wasn’t starting automatically, yet before the upgrade to 14.04, it… Read More: [SOLVED] transmission-deamon issue after reboot »
find . -mindepth 2 -type f -print -exec mv {} . \; via bash – Shell script to move all files from subfolders to parent folder – Ask Ubuntu.
I used spacesniffer on servers and workstations/laptops to visually determine what is taking the most space. It’s like windirtree but is more visual. It supports viewing space via a path rather than root drive too which I find very useful at times. SpaceSniffer download.