Start by going to the Device Manager. Once there do the following: Expand the Ports ‘(COM& LPT)’ As you can see Windows has set the port to COM10 (xx) in brackets at the end. However many legacy applications expect the…

You can determine which account is associated to which SID by looking in the registry in the following location. Under profilelist there is an entry for each sid, the username is listed in the sub keys.…

First install cifs utils sudo apt-get install cifs-utils Alternatively, the basic terminal command is : mount -t cifs -o username=USERNAME,password=PASSWD //192.168.1.88/shares

How to pass E-Test with check engine EVAP codes. I learned a neat trick yesterday that I thought I would share for all the other Ontarian's who still have to get the stupid E-test done. It's such a money grab stupid…

Recently ran into a problem trying to sysprep a surface pro 3, sysprep was complaining about bit locker and when I tried to anything with bitlocker it said that the TPM was defending against dictionary attacks. Reboot…

0 Success -1 General error -2 Invalid mode -3 Required data not found in the Setup.iss file -4 Not enough memory available -5 File does not exist -6 Cannot write to the response file -7 Unable to write to the log file…

Well I finally got around to working on the webserver and website this weekend. Google has changed their search ranking algorithm to add a lot more weight to mobile friendliness. Unfortunately my theme is not very…

How to create MySQL triggers to execute external script/php on Ubuntu server 14 Ok let's start my assuming that you have Mysql installed and working and have now run into a situation where you need to execute and…

Ok some seriously messed up stuff with the website. I reverted to a snapshot, the joys of vm's. I think I actually got hacked. They weren't able to do much but it is concerning. I have disabled account creation until I…

The RRSP Deadline for 2014-2015 is March 2nd 2015. Best not to wait until the end or you may have a hard time getting an appointment at the bank. Personally I like the TD easyline telephone banking for stuff like this.…

Have you see this pop-up? In a corporate environment it's like getting your users to play Russian roulette. Oracle lists all kinds of deployment properties in a staggering table of information but somehow none of it…

Ok somthing strange is happening with the website.....my username has changed to Runnykin or something. Either i've been hacked or the drupal phpbb integration has caused database corruption. I need to make a new…

If you are familiar with the lp.cab file that Microsoft provides for language packs then you probably also know that you cannot simply click on it to install a new language. There are actually a couple of ways to do it,…

Recent changes to the Java security model have broken a few things..... There are now more and stricter security restrictions when runnng Java applets and JSP files. What this ends up doing is breaking things which as a…

I've been driving the same route to work now for about 8 years. I take a four to 6 lane highway most of the way. Over the years I've devised and conducted a few experiments and made some really insightful observations.…

Intro Quality of Service, which depending on the router can be called packet scheduling, traffic prioritization, game fuel, etc doesn't slow traffic like many seem to think, it just prioritizes it so the competing…

I have had one of these devices for a little while now. I had to install XBMC myself when I got it. I wanted to add XBMC HUB which is an amazing collection of add-ons. While installing it locked up and I was forced to…

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Something is seriously wrong with people. The behavior at the Cocothon Easter egg hunt in Montreal pretty much proves it. When 10,000 people showed up to the event instead of 3,000 thing got out of hand. Impatient…

/* By: JAW ******************************************************************************** This is an interactive program that processes additions, changes and inquiries to tables containing data on customer credit…

#!/bin/bash # Description: # This script generates a menu program with one sub-menu. # The options are explained beside their code. # Declare variable EXIT and RETURN RETURN=Y EXIT=N # Initiate Main Menu loop while […

A few random Bash scripts I wrote a long time ago. -------------------------- BIRTHDAY bart 01/01/2000 lisa 02/03/2001 moe 04/09/1902 fred 06/04/1832 --------------------------------------------------------- #!/bin/bash…

Here is an example of how to create a Java swing application. It's a little dated, I'm not sure I would still do it this way but the basic Java is valid and even though I wrote this 14 years ago it still compiles and…

PC Games Path of Exile This is a great FREE, on line RPG game. It reminds me a little bit of Diablo. There is tons of magical gear to be found and may gems that will let you change their powers or socket colors. The…

Tonight starting around 2:00AM Canadians will be treated to a total lunar eclipse that coincides with Mars being closer to earth than in the last 6 years. The eclipse will last about an hour and twenty minutes with the…

I have created the script below using powershell to demonstrate the new storage features available in powershell on Windows 8 and Server 2012. This is also a pretty good example of how to build a GUI with powershell and…

OK well I'm in the process of converting now so thought I would document it a little since it was a little tricky to get started. First of all I've been using virtualbox version 4.0.4 which could matter. Step one of the…

I was going to explain how I had configured the VM for for Hyper-V but a quick search revealed that someone else had done my work for me. This is almost exactly what I did except on Windows Server 2012R2.…

I know I said in the other article the powershell wasn't really required for this task, but i'm allowed to change my mind. There are a couple of advantages to doing it with powershell. First it's important to note that…

Many of the Windows 8 or 8.1 devices don't come with a wired network port or only come with a single USB port. There are work arounds, a dock or hub will allow you to connect an external usb network adapter this will…

One of the big differences between Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 is that 8 has IE 10 and 8.1 has IE11. It's also not possible to remove IE11 from Windows 8.1 it's too integrated into the OS. Internet Explorer 10 and 11 both…

A few tips and tricks for Windows 8.1. THE BEST SHORTCUT EVER IS Windows logo key‌ + X or Right-Click on the Windows symbol / start non-button which bring up a start like menu with many useful options. See below. Login:…

I've seen a few powershell scripts to uninstall the metro apps in Windows 8 that are not terribly business related. I like powershell but I'm also a big fan of easy, I didn't need an array or a foreach loop to do the…

Every find yourself looking at a failed deployment screen, wondering if a task sequence condition like model has been met, because your software didn't install? If you are still using SCCM 2007 then you will not be able…

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Now for the guts of the HTA the VBscript that makes all the magic happen. Check comments for more info. Ok here's the whole thing with the functions. You will want to modify several parts to meet your configuration. The…

Here are all the files, just remember put the rules in with the MDT toolkit package. Use theses files there are a couple of bug fixes from what is in the articles. U-HTA.zip ***UPDATE**** Ok just a little post mortem…

Greetings and salutations, This is a great list for checking to see if rims from vehicule A will fit on vehicule B. MODEL YEAR BOLT PATTERN LUG SIZE CENTER BORE ACURA 2.2, 3.0 CL 95-on 4x114.3 12mmX1.5 64.1 3.2 CL V-6…

I have to say that I'm still learning about sccm all the time and most of the basic concepts here are from other articles on the internet. I just wanted to try and help some other admins with this as it really took a…

Let start building our HTA so we can get that prompt for variables step going. I'm not going to make it pretty that's not my department but you will get the idea and can customize it then make it look good. In case you…

Now it's time to setup our task sequence to use the variables we just set with the HTA First we need to launch the HTA, I have it setup so you can make it launch in French to start but we haven't implemented that in…

Description: 0x80091007 The hash value is incorrect Baisically this error indicates a mismatch between files required for the task sequence and what is available on the DP. This happens to me most often when i've…

This is how you can update the GPS software in your cheap Chinese GPS. First it is important to note that almost all GPSs run on WindowsCE which is Windows compact edition. Most of them are locked into the GPS software…

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I really like this puzzle it's nice and hard. The puzzle took me a long time to figure it out the first time, but has more than made up for it watching my friends go crazy trying to solve it. So if you really give…

Well JawTech is back....maybe better than ever... Going to do the blog thing here i guess.....post my brilliant ideas etc.. Here's one... Canned vegetables are too high in salt, but are packed in water. When you heat…