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Issue Computer randomly becomes unresponsive or very slow without any apparent reason. System even logs are full of following errors: Event ID: 11Level: ErrorDescription: The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Ide\IdePort4.
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Convert VMware vmdk disks to Hyper-V vhdx
Download and install Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter 3.0 Start Windows PowerShell as administrator Import the converter’s PowerShell module: Import-Module ‘C:\Program Files\Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter\MvmcCmdlet.psd1’ Convert vmdk disk to vhdx: ConvertTo-MvmcVirtualHardDisk -SourceLiteralPath “D:\SOURCE_PATH\VMware_Disk.vmdk” -DestinationLiteralPath “D:\DESTINATION_PATH\Hyper-V_Disk.vhdx” -VhdType DynamicHardDisk -VhdFormat vhdx Must be run…
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Privacy Policy – EasyWOL (for Windows 10)
Easy WOL for Windows 10 does not collect or transmit any user’s personal information, with the exception of technical information required for the application to work: Computer/device name is required to help you identify your saved entries. Device MAC address is…
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The secret passphrase in configuration (blowfish_secret) is too short
Issue phpMyAdmin running on CentOS 7 LAMP server shows following warning after logging in: The secret passphrase in configuration (blowfish_secret) is too short.
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CentOS 7 – check version and install updates
Check Linux version and other system info: hostnamectl Check CentOS version: rpm –query centos-release
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Install PEAR Mail on Windows Server 2008R IIS7 PHP
This article assumes that you already have PHP installed and working and your PHP location is C:\PHP Download go-pear.phar file from https://pear.php.net/go-pear.phar and save it as C:\PHP\PEAR\go-pear.phar Open command prompt, navigate (cd) to C:\PHP\PEAR and run: php go-pear.phar Accept all installation defaults: Install Type: System-Wide Default…
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Installing PHP for IIS 7 on Windows Server 2008R2
Download non-thread based PHP 7 from windows.php.net. (I used version php-7.1.5-nts-Win32-VC14-x64) Extract all files to C:\PHP Rename php.ini-production to php.ini and make following changes: Uncomment and set: cgi.force_redirect = 0 Uncomment and set: fastcgi.impersonate = 1 Uncomment and set: extension_dir = “ext”…
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Exchange Online – Move emails sent to alias to another folder
Issue Creating an inbox rule in Office 365 / Exchange Online that moves emails sent to user’s alias to a subfolder inside inbox. Standard rule <The message was sent to ‘alias-email@domain.com’> doesn’t work as intended. When saving the rule, Microsoft Exchange resolves the…
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Issues with VMware Workstation VMs on Windows Storage Spaces
I recently configured a Windows 10 (1703) PC with Storage Spaces in 2-way mirror mode. The Storage Spaces drive hosted some Hyper-V and VMware Workstation 12.5 virtual machines. While Hyper-V VMs worked fine, VMware Workstation started causing trouble from the beginning.…
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Installing VMware Tools on Ubuntu Desktop – what is the location of the “ifconfig”
Issue Installing VMware Tools (vmware-install.pl) on Ubuntu Desktop 17.04. Installation gets stuck with the following prompt: What is the location of the “ifconfig” program on your machine?
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Exchange / Outlook – There is a problem with the proxy server’s security certificate
Issue After replacing a wildcard SSL certificate (*.domain.com) with a basic single-server certificate (webmail.domain.com) remote clients using Microsoft Outlook can no longer connect to their email accounts on an Exchange server using HTTP Proxy Method. Outlook displays below error and…
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Change SATA Operation Mode from RAID to AHCI without re-installing Windows
If you change SATA Operation Mode in computer BIOS after Windows OS installation, you will most likely get a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) next time Windows boots. To prevent this, you need to make sure the first boot after…