Before starting this post it is of course recommended to create and have backups of the complete server or SQL server in other means that this. But if you for example want an extra file level based backup that could be version controlled then this could be a solution for you. I wrote the script […]
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In the organization that I am working at it is very common to know names of people. Of course this is not always the case but more often than not I am asking myself when wanting to go into a remote computer, “What is the computer name of Timmy Tim?”. We are using Lansweeper and
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UPDATE 2019-12-12: Included a fix for possible issues with SSL connections and the script getting the wrong url. Tested with newest version at the time of updating. With the new version 18.05 released. I was met with a challenge to update allot of clients and my own computer in a way because of a security
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As I said in the previous post about updating and installing FFMPEG I absolutely love the program especially in combination with PowerShell for me to use as a tool. I am required to use FFMPEG sometimes for users that need assistance in various video compression or editing. Today I would like to share my script
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Let’s begin with saying that I absolutely love using FFMPEG. It’s a great all in one tool for general purposes in video. Because people make various videos I sometimes need to make bulk and quick actions to maybe convert the video in question. However I personally love using the nightly builds of FFMPEG and that
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So for a project that I am working on within the company I needed a solution that would allow a Raspberry Pi to automatically play a given video. I had issues with earlier versions and other hardware mainly Windows to get this to work very stable. Now I am a Windows man and using Linux
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So this post is about the hobby project I was referring to in the previous post. It is just an teaser for now but here goes. I am working on a replacement for the Windows Explorer. In my day to day work I come across the Windows Explorer a lot and I mean a lot
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While setting up your Raspberry is great and all and having multiple settings defined maybe by the software developer some custom code. You name it and the Raspberry can handle and do it. Now from a system administrators it can very hard to manage these in a good way think about security for example. But
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Hi everyone and yes as the title states the website is now enabled to use HTTPS via the already greatly popular Let’s Encrypt system. There can still be some insecure sections of the website as some things need to be changed manually so that is something that I will do in the coming days. Is
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I am personally in love with Slack. It is a great communication tool for a company or project or whatever you want it to be used for. And as a sysadmin using Slack as your notification channel for your various scripts that run is great instead of the good old email. You can use the
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