For reporting purposes I wanted to export the Windows 10 Build versions. Not only the Major build version (1709/1803 etc) but also the minor (which patch level). This is how I did that : Create a new Software title (Inventory/Software) and fill the custom Inventory Rule with the following codeRead More →
My sponsor Altaro is organizing a webinar with Ben Armstrong this Tuesday, 24th April whereby people can register and get the rare opportunity to ask Ben their questions (link). Ben is quite the star in the industry, so I think this could be interesting for you! You’re welcome to upload anyRead More →
Recently I ran into a problem with PFSense. After rebooting I noticed several errors during the boot proces. I was able to boot into the single user environment and after some investigating I found a solution that worked for me. pkg-static update -f pkg-static upgrade -f After rebooting I noticedRead More →
Did you notice that your timezone was not correct? This is how to configure the right timezone : timedatectl set-timezone Europe/Amsterdam You can check your date/time settings : timedatectl The timedatectl is installed by default, but when you did a minimal install you can fix this with the following command :Read More →
When you install a package using dpkg and somehow you kill the proces, you may encouter the above error. There is an easy solution for that : Remove the lock files using the following command : sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock cd /var/lib/dpkg/updates sudo rm * sudo apt-get updateRead More →
Use the following command to install PAR2 support on your Linux host : sudo apt-get install par If your device has more than 1 core available, you can significantly speed up verification and repair by using all cores in your system. Installing these multicore versions of Par2 is easy forRead More →
In this post I describe how to manually activate Windows & Office using KMS. Windows Activation Open a command prompt with elevated rights. Run the following command to point to the specific KMS Server : cscript c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -skms <KMS DNS Name or IP address> Run the following command to activateRead More →
I found this free tool on the internet. It’s the “SharePoint version” of FileZilla. With this tool you can easily upload & download files to and from SharePoint (also the online version). You can also easily create subdirs, remove files etc. More information can be found here.Read More →
Overzicht_patches_Meltdown_en_spectre Check out this document showing available updates (VMware/Microsoft/Linux) for Spectre and Meltdown. Read More →
More and more laptops are equipped with high-resolution screens, like the Microsoft Surfaces and (in my case) the Dell XPS devices. Do you also have a very high-resolution display on your laptop like I do? And is everything too small to see within your Remote Desktop Connection, I found the followingRead More →