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Author Archives: arno

MBR2GPT Prepairing for Windows 11

Posted on 2022/06/17 by arno Posted in Features, Windows

source: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/convert-an-existing-windows-10-installation-from/aa8c2de3-460b-4a8c-b30b-641405f800d7

Pre-requisites:

  1. The MBR disk must have at most 3-partitions.
  2. The OS must be 64-bit.
  3. Bitlocker or encryption must be turned off.
  4. There should be an Operating system on the disk.
  5. One of the partitions must be active(confirm that from disk Management).
  6. No dual boot.
  7. Windows 10 version must be at least version 1703.

Step 1: Boot to the Recovery environment

To boot to WinRE, from where Windows can trigger the MBR2GPT tool, please see the steps below:

  1. On the Lock screen, press and hold the Shift key while choosing Restart from the Power menu. Continue pressing the shift key until you see the Windows Recovery environment, asking you to select an option.
  2. Click Troubleshoot>Advanced options>Command Prompt.
  3. The computer would restart.
  4. Login to your account.

Step 2: Validate if the MBR2GPT tool can convert your disk 

On the Command Prompt Window, our next step would be to check if the tool can convert the disk to GPT. To do this, execute the following command:

mbr2gpt.exe /validate

The output should tell you if the validation is successful. If the disk is validated, conversion is possible.

Step 3: Convert the disk.

The next step is to convert the disk. For that, use the /convert switch.

mbr2gpt.exe /convert

The process would take some minutes and tell you the output.

Step 4: Change the boot order in firmware Settings

Now to boot from GPT, the settings in the firmware need to be changed. Boot to the PC’s firmware settings, and do the following:

  1. Boot method: UEFI from Legacy.
  2. UEFI-CSM: Disabled.
  3. Secure Boot: ON.

The boot order would usually show Windows Boot Manager at the top. Save the changes in the BIOS menu.
The device should now have a UEFI boot method with a GPT disk layout.

Troubleshooting

If the MBR2GPT tool is failing to convert your installation, here are some steps you can try.

  1. Make sure the existing MBR disk has only three partitions or less: If the qualifying hard disk has more than three partitions, this tool would not work. To confirm the number of partitions, you can invoke the disk management tool from the Start menu. The three-count includes System partitions as well. If that is the case, decrease partitions using the Disk Management tool by merging and try again. 
  2. Run a disk check: If there is corruption on the disk, the tool may fail. To fix this, run a full disk check, preferably from the Recovery environment. See the steps here.
  3. Try running from a USB Installation media: Another option to invoke the MBR2GPT tool from a USB Installation media. After the computer has booted from the Installation media, click Repair your computer>Troubleshoot>Command Prompt.
  4. Return codes: If the conversion failed, the tool would return a code, which would tell you what went wrong. Appendix A table explains the return codes.
  5. Investigate Log files: If nothing has helped, it may be wise to look at the logs to see what went wrong. By default, the MBR2GPT tool creates Setupact.log and Setuperr.log in the C:/Windows directory, which records the process. Setuperr.log contains all the errors encountered during the conversion, which may give a hint. In addition, /logs switch can also redirect logging to a custom path if you need, like for an external drive which helps investigate later. The command for logging to a custom path would be like this(replace D:\Work with your desired path).
    1. mbr2gpt.exe /convert /logs:D:\Work
  6. If nothing has helped, perform a clean installation of Windows 10 using the GPT partition scheme. You must back up the data before, as a clean install would remove everything. As the Media Creation tool makes the media according to the existing method, which is likely MBR, use Rufus to create Installation media and choose GPT partition scheme for UEFI. My colleague Shawn has a good tutorial on this on Tenforums.

Appendix 1:

Return CodeDetails
0Conversion completed successfully.
1User canceled.
2Internal error occurred.
3Disk initialization error.
4Command-Line parameters were incorrect.
5MBR2GPT could not read the disk layout.
6One of the volumes was encrypted on the disk.
7The disk does not meet the requirements.
8EFI Partition could not be created.
9Error installing boot files.
10Error while applying GPT layout.

Convert MBR to GPT (BIOS to UEFI)

Posted on 2022/06/02 by arno Posted in Windows

source: Convert an existing Windows 10 Installation from Legacy BIOS to UEFI

Convert MBR to GPT without data loss

Windows has an in-built tool, called MBR2GPT which can help to convert a Legacy Windows 10 Installation(also called MBR), to modern UEFI, based on a GPT partition scheme. There are multiple steps involved in the process and some pre-requisites, discussed below:

Pre-requisites:

  1. The MBR disk must have at most 3-partitions.
  2. The OS must be 64-bit.
  3. Bitlocker or encryption must be turned off.
  4. There should be an Operating system on the disk.
  5. One of the partitions must be active(confirm that from disk Management).
  6. No dual boot.
  7. Windows 10 version must be at least version 1703.

How MBR2GPT works.
Step 1: Boot to the Recovery environment

  1. On the Lock screen, press and hold the Shift key while choosing Restart from the Power menu. Continue pressing the shift key until you see the Windows Recovery environment, asking you to select an option.
  2. Click Troubleshoot>Advanced options>Command Prompt.
  3. The computer would restart.
  4. Login to your account.

Step 2: Validate if the MBR2GPT tool can convert your disk 

On the Command Prompt Window, our next step would be to check if the tool can convert the disk to GPT. To do this, execute the following command:

mbr2gpt.exe /validate

The output should tell you if the validation is successful. If the disk is validated, conversion is possible.

Step 3: Convert the disk.

The next step is to convert the disk. For that, use the /convert switch.

mbr2gpt.exe /convert

The process would take some minutes and tell you the output.

Step 4: Change the boot order in firmware Settings

Now to boot from GPT, the settings in the firmware need to be changed. Boot to the PC’s firmware settings, and do the following:

  1. Boot method: UEFI from Legacy.
  2. UEFI-CSM: Disabled.
  3. Secure Boot: ON.

The boot order would usually show Windows Boot Manager at the top. Save the changes in the BIOS menu.
The device should now have a UEFI boot method with a GPT disk layout.

MacOS upgade to Monterey (12), firmware error

Posted on 2022/06/02 by arno Posted in ABFrontpage, Apple, Mac OSX

My hardware: MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) – A1398

In 2018 I research the interface of the Apple-SSD interface, turns out it has NVME capability with tested R/W speed 2000MB/s
So I upgraded the disk to WD NVME-SSD 1Tb Black (WDS100T2X0C) running verry nicely.

Updating MacOS went just fine from ‘Yosemite (10.10)’ and on till ‘Catalina (10.15)’,
I posponed the upgrade after this becouse of the major (IMO) iTunes cluster-F* ripping all the functionalities out and making it even worst then iTunes .. **go figure!
And the significant changes to the interface in Big Sur and Maverick, so delaying the update from 2019..2022.

So after multi-timemachine backups I started the upgrade all looked fine until the reboot.
It was rebooted in to the recovery enviroment and the message “A required firmware update could not be installed.”
Just rebooting with the <option> key pressed and selecting the MacOS-disk reverted back to the old Catalina.

After reading some DuckDuckGo.com* searches it turns out updating the firmware requires an original Apple-SSD.

I could not find the old one, so ordered a 2nd-hand 256Gb Apple-SSD online.
Installed catalina and upgraded to Monterey on the Apple-SDD,
Afterwards replaced the NVME-SSD, booted and upgraded to Monterey smoothly.

My firmware was too old to use an workaround doing it manually.
The Eclecticlight Company Utility SilentKnight nice tool to view the current firmware

*DuckDuckGo.com results:
Monterey: “A required firmware update could not be installed.”
Which firmware should your Mac be using? (version 6)firmware-should-your-mac-be-using-version-6/

Goodluck upgradeing..

Apple MacOS

Windows offline files

Posted on 2021/10/20 by arno Posted in Features

Method one: use registry entry

  1. Open up registry editor (WARNING: Only for Advanced Users)
  2. Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Csc
  3. Add a new key (folder) called Parameters
  4. Under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Csc\Parameters, add a new DWORD called FormatDatabase and set its value to 1
  5. You will need to reboot the PC afterwards.

Method two: clear the CSC folder

  1. Located to C:\Windows\CSC
  2. To access this folder, you need take ownership firstly.
  3. Right-click CSC folder that you want to take ownership of, and then click Properties.
  4. Click the Security tab, click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
  5. Click Edit. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
  6. Click the name of the person you want to give ownership to.
  7. .If you want that person to be the owner of files and subfolders in this folder, select the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects check box.
  8. Click OK.
  9. Then clear all content in this folder.

Offline files and DFS where the CSC needs to be cleared (4.)

REG ADD "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CSC\Parameters" /v FormatDatabase /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

Configuring Region and Timezone Settings for Shared Mailboxes in Microsoft 365 Using PowerShell

Posted on 2021/06/28 by arno Posted in Uncategorized

source: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/exchange/connect-to-exchange-servers-using-remote-powershell?view=exchange-ps

PowerShell commands

PowerShell (Run as Administrator)

Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
$creds = Get-Credential
$sourceone = New-PSSession –ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange –ConnectionUri “https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/” -Credential $creds –Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection
Import-PSSession $sourceone

For all shared mailboxes:
Get-Mailbox –RecipientTypeDetails SharedMailbox | Set-MailboxRegionalConfiguration –Language “en-US” –TimeZone “Central Standard Time” –DateFormat “M/d/yyyy” –TimeFormat “h:mm tt”

For a single shared or user mailbox:
Get-Mailbox –Identity sharedmailbox@sourceonetechnology.com | Set-MailboxRegionalConfiguration –Language “en-US” –TimeZone “Central Standard Time” –DateFormat “M/d/yyyy” –TimeFormat “h:mm tt”

For *all* mailboxes:
Get-Mailbox | Set-MailboxRegionalConfiguration –Language “en-US” –TimeZone “Central Standard Time” –DateFormat “M/d/yyyy” –TimeFormat “h:mm tt”

Remove-PSSession $sourceone

RaspberryPI – Arduino

Posted on 2016/09/11 by arno Posted in Uncategorized

Arduino 1-Wire | Hacktronics tutorial | Adresfinder |

CAN-Bus breakout RS485

http-post requests | Example | Arduino-forum |

EncFS

Multiple vLans | Raspberry vLans

Mobile 3G/4G connections | Goes Mobile

vmServer 2014

Posted on 2016/09/11 by arno Posted in Uncategorized

vmServer 2014

Hardware

Mainboard | Intel ARK | Product brief pdf
Processor | Intel xeon 3 ARK | ARK v3 – v5
Memory |
HBA |
Storage | Intel SSD 530 | SSD 540 |
RAID | Intel RAID Sollutions | Intel RS3DC (Download) |

VMware | Compatibility guide |

VMware notes | RAID Driver ESXi 5 | ESXi 6 controllers
VMware notes | Google RMS3CC080 | RMS25JB080 |

Office 365 Features

Posted on 2016/09/11 by arno Posted in Uncategorized

Microsoft 365 / Office 365

Prices

NL | Office 365 | Exchange online | Enterprise

US | Office 365 | Exchange online | Enterprise


MS365 / O365 | Exchange

Send as an alias in O365


MacOS Mail – Native Mail App instructions

  1. Go to Settings > Passwords & Accounts.
  2. Click Add Account.
  3. Select Other.
  4. On the Other screen, touch Add Mail Account.
  5. In the new screen, you will enter:
    • Name: The name that will be displayed to recipients on email.
    • Email: The email address of the shared mailbox (e.g., shared@davidson.edu).
    • Password: Your Davidson email password.
    • Description: Your chosen description.
  6. Touch Next to get to the full settings.
  7. On the following screen, confirm that IMAP is selected at the top.
  8. Scroll down. In the Incoming Mail Server section, enter the following values:
    • Host Name: outlook.office365.com
    • User Name: Your personal email address, followed by a forward slash, followed by the name of the shared mailbox. For example, name@davidson.edu/shared
    • Password: Your Davidson email password.
  9. Scroll down. In the Outgoing Mail Server section, enter the following values:
    • Host Name: smtp.office365.com
    • User Name: Your full Davidson email address.
    • Password: Your Davidson email password.
  10. Touch the Next button and wait for the server to verify your settings.
  11. Choose your synchronization choices and touch Save in the upper right corner. You will now find the shared account in your Mail app under Mailboxes.

Outlook iOS App instructions

  1. In the Outlook App, tap on the 3 vertical lines in the top right corner, then select the “Settings” icon (looks like a cog-wheel) a the bottom.
  2. On the Settings screen, choose “Add Account“, then choose “Add Email Account“. Enter the name of the shared account (example: sharedaccount@davidson.edu), then choose Add Account. This will take you to an office 365 login screen asking for a password. Since it is a shared mailbox and you most likely do not have a password, click the back arrow in the top corner. There is a new option on the screen called “Setup Account Manually” choose that option.
  3. On the next screen, scroll down to where it says ADVANCED and select IMAP.
  4. Turn on the switch for and Use Advanced Settings and enter the following information:
    • Email Address:  (enter_the_name_of_the_shared_mailbox)@davidson.edu
    • Display Name: What you want the mailbox to be called
    • Description: You can leave blank
    • IMAP Hostname: outlook.office365.com
    • IMAP Username:  (your_primary_account)@davidson.edu\enter_the_name_of_the_shared_mailbox
    • IMAP Password: YOUR account password
    • SMTP Hostname:  smtp.office365.com:587
    • SMTP Username: (your_primary_account)@davidson.edu
    • Password: YOUR account password
  5. Select Sign In. If all the information you entered is correct, you will now have access to the shared mailbox on your iOS device.

Windows 10 Features

Posted on 2016/04/07 by arno Posted in Uncategorized

Features

Wake up on Lan breaks down (WOL)

– Disable fast-startup windows.
[Control panel] – [Hardware] – [Power management] – [Change password on wakeup] > at the bottom.

  • Network Adapter Settings
  • BIOS setting
  • Disabled Fast Startup
  • Telnet and Port Settings

Deployment

https://technet.microsoft.com/itpro/windows/plan/index

ADK Download – ICD (Imaging and config designer).

Microsoft OEM

Bloatware

Removal | Uninstall Howtogeek |

GPO

Download Server / Windows GPO ADMX files

How can I add new Windows 10 admx files to the Group Policy Central Store and then deploy them ?

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askds/2015/08/07/windows-10-group-policy-admx-templates-now-available-for-download/

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48257

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=25250

Language Pack (LPKsetup)

https://www.microsoft.com/OEM/nl/installation/downloads/Pages/Windows-10-v1511-Language-Interface-Packs.aspx#fbid=X3uGvcwFYpy

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh825699

http://support.hp.com/nl-nl/document/c04935134

Server SBS 2011

Introducing Windows 10 into your SBS 2011 Standard Network

Update to support auto-redirection of Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials for Windows 10 client connector

http://windowsserveressentials.com/2015/08/06/windows-server-essentials-2012-r2windows-10/

Windows Server Essentials 2012 R2 – Windows 10

Small Business Server 2011 Standard–Windows 10

 

Updated List of OS Version Queries for WMI Filters

Apple OS X howtos

Posted on 2016/03/14 by arno Posted in Uncategorized

Links

OS X Yosemite: Set up iCloud on your Mac

iCloud Set Up & Sign in

 

 

Office 2003/2007/2010/2013 Features

Posted on 2016/03/13 by arno Posted in Features, Office

[ Features | Office | IE | ]
[ Windows | XP | 7 (seven) | 8 | 10 | ] - [ Server | 2003SBS | 2008SBS | 2011SBS | 2016 | WSUS ]


Downloads

Download Microsoft office [ 2010 | English |  Nederlands ] [ 2013 | English | Nederlands ] [ 2016 | Office.com Setup ]

Office 2013 | All Direct Downloads | Professional

UnInstall | 2013 |

Office viewers – Nederlands – English

Office 365

HOWTO: Make OWA your default mailer.

1.  Add the following to a .reg file
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\OWA]
@="Outlook Web Access"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\OWA\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe\" http://server/exchange/alias/"

2.  Import it into the registry by double-clicking the .reg file  (Please know that mucking with the registry is potentially dangerous and can make your system unstable).
3.  Boot IE
4.  Go to IE's Tools / Options...  Programs tab
5.  Choose “Outlook Web Access” from the E-mail dropdown.
6.  Hit OK.

Now when you hit the “Mail” button on your MS keyboard you get OWA coming up automatically.  You can also add OWA to the Start Menu now, just right+click on it and choose Properties, then click the Customize start menu and choose “Outlook Web Access” from the E-mail dropdown.

source: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tmeston/archive/2004/01/08/48837.aspx

Office 2016

Setup | Office.com Setup |  Download Office 2013, 365 links

Downgrade rights | Site 1 | Site 2 O365 |
Downgrade rights info from MS – “The OEM License Terms for OEM versions of application software do not grant downgrade rights.”

Office 2013

Office 365 (2013) Subscription


 

Save Attachments

http://www.pixelchef.net/content/rule-autosave-attachment-outlook

Public Sub saveAttachtoDisk(itm As Outlook.MailItem)
    Dim objAtt As Outlook.Attachment
    Dim saveFolder As String
    saveFolder = "h:\Archive\folder\"
        For Each objAtt In itm.Attachments
            objAtt.SaveAsFile saveFolder &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; "\" &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; objAtt.DisplayName
            Set objAtt = Nothing
        Next
End Sub

Public Sub save2Finbox(itm As Outlook.MailItem)
    Dim objAtt As Outlook.Attachment
    Dim saveFolder As String
    saveFolder = "H:\_FinBox"
        For Each objAtt In itm.Attachments
            objAtt.SaveAsFile saveFolder &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; "\" &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; objAtt.DisplayName
            Set objAtt = Nothing
        Next
End Sub

Move an offline Outlook Data File (.ost)

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/move-an-offline-outlook-data-file-ost-HA010378297.aspx


Remove Suggested Contacts From Outlook 2010

In Outlook 2010, Microsoft has included a nifty feature called Suggested Contacts that keeps track of address’.  This is alot like the Outlook cache feature in 2003/2007 (.nk2 autocomplete).  The problem comes when Outlook syncs these contacts with your phone and you end up with various unnecessary contacts in your mobile address book.

Here is the procedure for removing the suggested contacts option and any previously created unwanted contact entries…

To Turn off the Suggested Contacts Feature:
Open Outlook and click File > Options > Contacts > uncheck “Automatically create Outlook contacts…” and click OK.

To Delete the Address Book:
1)      Click File > Account Settings > Address Books
2)      Select “Outlook Address Book” and click change
3)      Select “Suggested Contacts” and click remove address book
4)      Exit and restart Outlook.

Here’s the tricky part (sometimes that doesn’t quite do it):
1)      Log into OWA (webmail)
2)      Delete the suggested contacts folder


Office 2010 templates

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Customize_Ribbon.htm
http://www.mysysadmintips.com/clients/54-ms-outlook-2010-create-email-template-and-assign-a-quick-launch-button
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee814735.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc508991%28office.11%29.aspx#UsingtheCustomUIEditor2_AddingTemplatestotheCustomUIEditor
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/word/thread/e79d5649-1d1d-46bb-8c19-36dd1ebd1b18
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/enable-or-disable-macros-in-office-files-HA010354316.aspx
http://office-watch.com/t/n.aspx?a=968

eMail Templates

http://www.mysysadmintips.com/clients/54-ms-outlook-2010-create-email-template-and-assign-a-quick-launch-button


How to save space in your outlook rules

source: http://www.sperrysoftware.com/Outlook/how-to-save-space-in-Outlook-rules.asp


Stop Processing More Rules

source: http://www.msoutlook.info/question/340

What exactly does the action “stop processing more rules” do and how/when/why should I use this when setting up rules?

All messages that are being received or sent are checked against all the rules that you have configured. This checking begins with the first rule in the list and ends with the last rule. If a rule applies to a message and this rule has the “stop processing more rules” action enabled, then that message will not be checked against any other rules and Outlook will skip to the next received/sent message that will be checked against all rules again starting with the first rule.

So when using the “stop processing more rules” action, make sure you also sort your rules accordingly to make sure that the correct rules are being fired against a message and that other rules will not be executed when a certain rule applies to a received or sent message.

A typical situation in which you might want to use this action is to prevent duplication of emails via a move action, when multiple move rules could apply to a single message.


Office [fields] update all

source: http://superuser.com/questions/196703/how-do-i-update-all-fields-in-a-word-document

Sub UpdateAll()
Dim oStory As Range
For Each oStory In ActiveDocument.StoryRanges
oStory.Fields.Update
If oStory.StoryType <> wdMainTextStory Then
While Not (oStory.NextStoryRange Is Nothing)
Set oStory = oStory.NextStoryRange
oStory.Fields.Update
Wend
End If
Next oStory
Set oStory = Nothing
End Sub

source: http://www.devblog.com/2007/12/update-all-fields-in-word-document.html

Sub UpdateALL()
 ActiveDocument.PrintPreview
 ActiveDocument.ClosePrintPreview
End Sub

source: http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=731710&seqNum=19


Updating All Fields Automatically

When you’re working with fields, it’s common to need to update all of a document’s fields at one time.
One way to do this is to select the entire document and press F9. This works, but it’s a hassle because not only must you perform
the extra step of selecting the entire document, but that extra step also means that you lose your current cursor position.

To avoid this problem, use the VBA macro in Listing 3.11 to update all the document’s fields.

Listing 3.11. A Macro to Update All the Fields in the Active Document

Sub UpdateAllFields()
    ActiveDocument.Fields.Update
End Sub

Add this macro to a Quick Access toolbar button or assign it a keyboard shortcut (I use Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F9).

It’s also often useful to update all of a document’s fields when the document is opened. Word doesn’t do that by default, but you can create a macro that does.

Launch the Visual Basic Editor and open the project that corresponds to your document. In the project’s Microsoft Word Objects branch, double-click the ThisDocument object.
In the code window that displays, select Document in the object list and select Open in the event list. Add the following statement to the Document_Open() stub that displays:

ThisDocument.Fields.Update

Outlook shared agenda as default

No! – http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.outlook.calendaring/msg/b55927cf1250a381


Reporting time spend

Mileage calculations from Tasks and Calendar

3 Methods to report time spent on Meetings, Tasks and Journal items


Backup Add-in and Outlook 2010

Outlook 2007/2003/2002 Add-in: Personal Folders Backup

Backup Add-in for Outlook 2010, Outlook 2013 or Outlook 2016


 

Fixes

How to fix Outlook Error 0x80042108?

Outlook 2010 only starts in Safe Mode after installing KB3114409

http://www.howto-outlook.com/news/outlook-2010-safe-mode-kb3114409.htm

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/3114305

Outlook Only Starts in Safe Mode?

 

Microsoft Nags Office Software

Linux | OpenMediaVault.org

Posted on 2014/11/15 by arno Posted in Linux

Open Media Vault

OpenMediaVault.org (OMV) | WikiPedia | Download | Wiki | Forum | Virtualbox |

Plugins | Install OMV-extras plugin | Latest Updates |
Plugins Github | Developers |

OMV-extras.org | how-to install


Plugins

Deluge | Install howto | GitHub | Manual install
PXE-Boot | Forum |
Mumble | OMV-Extras |

Pooling | aufs | hddfs | userpost | userpost aufs vs hddfs |

Spotweb | Manual setup | api-call configuration


Howto / Documentation

Links to Guides and Tutorials | Problems?! | Step by step installation

Privileges and permissions explained under OMV
Upload Logfile via WebGUI on OpenMediaVault 1.x for Support
Increase Software RAID5 write speed


Custom tweaks

spotweb api calls | edit /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/openmediavault-nginx | location /spotweb { if ($uri !~ “api/”){ rewrite api/?$ /spotweb/index.php?page=newznabapi last; } }
change the foldername spotweb to the correct location (if there is no folder use / )

sabnzbd does not start in https mode | in file /etc/init.d/sabnzbd , comment-out # OPTIONS=”$OPTIONS –server $SERVER”


PXE

PXE linux | Sanitarium.net

configurations | PXEubuntu

forum | OMV | Openelec.PXE / NFS |

KB | Search for PXE |

Apps | Acronis | WinPE / Synology


Help

Web-console stuck in “The web server software is running but no content has been added, yet.”

Service apache2 stop
update-rc.d -f apache2 remove
service nginx restart


Projects

My-single-drive-silent-NAS-HP-T5740-thin-client-build

Lenovo Notbook Features

Posted on 2014/09/10 by arno Posted in Uncategorized

Download | Rescue and Recovery W7

 

Keyboard Fn | Forum | Driver |

Apple OS X Features

Posted on 2014/08/08 by arno Posted in Uncategorized

 

Apple OS X

10.10.x Yosimite

–

10.9.x Mountain Lion

Webwereld: Nieuwe commandline-programma’s in Mountain Lion

Software

Apple Software Volume Licensing
Apple OS X keyboard shortcuts and characters
KeyQue, snel én eenvoudig weergeven van globale en programma snelkoppelingen.
TimeMachineEditor, als je een back-up systeem TimeCapsule in je netwerk hebt zitten dan kan je hiermee de interval tijd aanpassen.
Flux, pas de kleur temperatuur aan van het scherm, aan de hand van de tijd van de dag. Wat het beeld rustiger maakt.
Carbon copy cloner, Om OS X systeem te klonen naar een andere harddisk.
MacTracker, Apple apparaten specificaties, alles in één programma.

OS X

TimeMachineEditor, RHEL/CentOS/SLS6 software for Mac OS X Leopard, Snow Leopard and Lion that lets you change the default one-hour backup interval of Time Machine.
Lion Diskmaker, Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7 and OS X 10.8 to burn a DVD or build a bootable drive.
Reminders, Making the Most of Reminders and Notes in OS X Mountain Lion
File Server, Howto CentOS 6 As a replacement osx file-server

Linux

TimeMachine, “emulate” with “netatalk” service.
FileServer, http://joserocks.com/2012/10/how-to-set-up-centos-6-as-a-replacement-os-x-file-server/
AirPrintServer, (linux) Link 1, Link 2

Windows

Lifehacker review | WizMouse makes your mouse wheel work on the window under the mouse.

MagicMouse utility
Apple software for windows: iCloud | iTunes | Quicktime | Safari | Airport utility | Bonjour Print services , help |

Tips – Information

Where The Files Belong Now

Well known TCP and UDP ports used by Apple software products

iTunes

iTunes: Back up your iTunes library by copying to an external hard drive

iTunes for Mac: Moving your iTunes Media folder

Tweaks – Hints

http://hints.macworld.com

Disable dashboard (source)

$ defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean Yes
$ killall Dock

Parallels – turn of Ads (source)

$ defaults write com.parallels.Parallels\ Desktop ProductPromo.ForcePromoOff -bool YES

Where does $LANG variable gets set in Mac OS X? (http://apple.stackexchange.com)

[ Terminal > Preferences > Settings > [profile] > Advanced ] Set locale environment variables on startup
Then the locale will default to “C” with no language specified, and most programs will then default to English.

Hide any program’s dock icon (source)

sudo chmod 464 /Applications/System Preferences.app/Contents/Info.plist
edit or add KEY "NSUIElement" and change STRING variable to "1".
<key>NSUIElement</key>
<string>1</string>

How to disable Adobe PDF reader plug-in in Safari (source)

Remove ‘AdobePDFviewer*.plugin’ from ‘/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/’

 

Linux | FreeNAS

Posted on 2014/07/13 by arno Posted in Linux, Services

FreeNAS.org | download

Documentation | Videos | Volume Management

 

 

 

Links – Drivers / Utilities

Posted on 2014/04/13 by arno Posted in Links

Intel Hardware utilities

http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/sb/CS-033018.htm

Software Apple macOS X Features

Posted on 2014/03/06 by arno Posted in Mac OSX, Software

http://www.westwind.com/reference/OS-X/where-files.html

OS X Utilities
MacTracker | MacUpdate Desktop | TunnelBlik |

| SpectacleApp | Rectangle | KeyQue | iStatMenus | LineIn | AutoDMG | AutoDMG-GitHUB | F-Lux | AirFoil | The Unarchiver |

Fun | NoisyTyper |

Bartender 4 | SwiftBar |

Time Machine | TimeMachineEditor |

IOS Devices iPod iPhone iPad | iFunBox | TinyUmbrella |

Tweaks

Show/Hide Application icon in Dock | Edit Info.plist in Application-contense, add after <dict> “<key>LSUIElement</key> <true/>”.

Create Bootable macOS 10.12.1 Sierra ISO

source: InsanelyMac

  • hdiutil attach /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg -noverify -nobrowse -mountpoint /Volumes/install_app
  • hdiutil create -o /tmp/Sierra.cdr -size 7316m -layout SPUD -fs HFS+J
  • hdiutil attach /tmp/Sierra.cdr.dmg -noverify -nobrowse -mountpoint /Volumes/install_build
  • asr restore -source /Volumes/install_app/BaseSystem.dmg -target /Volumes/install_build -noprompt -noverify -erase
  • rm /Volumes/OS\ X\ Base\ System/System/Installation/Packages
  • cp -rp /Volumes/install_app/Packages /Volumes/OS\ X\ Base\ System/System/Installation/
  • cp -rp /Volumes/install_app/BaseSystem.chunklist /Volumes/OS\ X\ Base\ System/BaseSystem.chunklist
  • cp -rp /Volumes/install_app/BaseSystem.dmg /Volumes/OS\ X\ Base\ System/BaseSystem.dmg
  • hdiutil detach /Volumes/install_app
  • hdiutil detach /Volumes/OS\ X\ Base\ System/
  • hdiutil convert /tmp/Sierra.cdr.dmg -format UDTO -o /tmp/Sierra.iso
  • mv /tmp/Sierra.iso.cdr ~/Desktop/Sierra.iso

Hardware bump

Posted on 2013/11/28 by arno Posted in Uncategorized

X-|

Cisco SRW2016 – reset password cisco switches via serial console port

1. Connect to the console port using terminal emulation parameters (typically 38400, 8, 0, 1, None)
2. Reboot switch (Remove power)
3. Hold down Ctrl U while rebooting
–  Menu will be displayed
4. Select>  [D] Delete file
5. Type startup-config (be sure that this is the ONLY file that you delete – if you delete other files, you will have to reload the firmware)
6. Now, you have erased the configuration file and you should be able to reboot and login with the default username and password.

Software Malware

Posted on 2013/11/21 by arno Posted in Uncategorized

CryptoLocker

forums: Bleepingcomputer
software: shadowexplorer

How to block this infection from running on other computers on your computer.

You can use Software Restriction Policies to block executables from running when they are located in the %AppData% folder, or any other folder, which this thing launches from. See these articles from MS: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310791 | http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc786941(v=ws.10).aspx
This can also be setup in group policy
File paths of the infection are:

C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\{213D7F33-4942-1C20-3D56=8-1A0B31CDFFF3}.exe (Vista/7/8)
C:\Documents and Settings\User\Application Data\{213D7F33-4942-1C20-3D56=8-1A0B31CDFFF3}.exe

So the path rule you want to setup is:

Path: %AppData%\*.exe
Security Level: Disallowed
Description: Don’t allow executables from AppData.

With the bundling of Zbot with Cryptolocker, it is now also recommend that you create a rule to block executables running from a subfolder of %AppData%. This can be done with this path rule:

Path: %AppData%\*\*.exe
Security Level: Disallowed
Description: Don’t allow executables from immediate subfolders of AppData.

Software Google Chrome

Posted on 2013/11/03 by arno Posted in Software

Chrome hidden configuration pages

source: www.blogsdna.com/828/seven-hidden-configuration-pages-of-google-chrome-browser.htm

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