While logged in to a Windows Desktop as a normal domain user (jonny) I wanted to be able to run the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in as a Domain Admin user (adm-jonny) to do so requires using the 'runas' command. When I had first tried... » More
I wanted to test tethered shooting with my Canon EOS 60D. Tethered shooting is useful when you want to see a large view of your captured images while shooting. I had connected the camera to the computer via USB cable - I had to try a few cables before I... » More
Vuze has built-in ability to exclude IP addresses under Options > IP Filters iBlockList.com have many of these lists and the bluetack level 1 list address is: http://list.iblocklist.com/?list=bt_level1&fileformat=p2p&archiveformat=gz This... » More
We had a problem today on CentOS release 6.4 when restarting the bind / named service. We had been receiving the error message: /usr/sbin/named: /usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.10: no version information available (required by /usr/lib64/libdns.so.100) This... » More
An example of narrowing down disk space usage issues on Linux. Starting with the following command: df -h We see that the root volume has 16% space left. Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted... » More
My colleagues have been getting a little frustrated by the "Plugin Timeout" messages in Nagios resulting from the length of time it takes to check for Windows Updates. I had been using Jules Check for Windows Updates that essentially boils down to... » More
The WiFi settings for qub_sec for Android and Linux devices: The certificate is available here and should be downloaded in advance and entered into the field labelled CA Certificate. SSID (wireless network name) = ... » More
Here are my tips for customizing XBMC, most of the changes to the settings are done so under System > System Settings > Skin > Settings Install the Fusion XBMCHub Repository From the Fusion Repository install the XbmcHub Wizard... » More
I had been using Sound Juicer on Ubuntu to rip Audio CDs to MP3 but looking for a bit more control (specifically over the bitrate) I had a play with Asunder: sudo apt-get install asunder Asunder will auto find the CDDB details for the CD to auto name... » More