Aspire R11 R3-131T and the 32GB Limit
Recently I purchased an Acer Aspire R3-131T-C28S from Walmart. I wanted to see how far I could get with a $199 computer. The answer? Pretty far, but not far enough. …
HitmanPro.Alert Crashes Windows 10 Upgrade
I was running HitmanPro.Alert 2.6.5.77 on a domain-joined Windows 8.1 Pro laptop. When I tried to upgrade to Windows 10 (using the online update or a USB key), it repeatedly …
Open Word 5 File in Word 2013
I have some Microsoft Word 5 files from 1990 that were not opening properly in Word 2013. I could see some text but not all, and the formatting was wrong. …
Configure WordPress on OpenShift without Git: Part 2
In the Part 1 of this article, I explained how to set up an “empty” PHP app on OpenShift and how to connect to it using Putty, WinSCP, and FileZilla. …
Configure WordPress on OpenShift without Git: Part 1
I wanted to move a WordPress site from a shared host to a OpenShift, the PaaS offering from RedHat. This should be a faster setup since the OpenShift gears will …
PowerShell Command to List Users and Password Expiration Dates
Here from TechNet is a quick PowerShell script to list enabled Active Directory Accounts and their password expiration dates: Get-ADUser -filter {Enabled -eq $True -and PasswordNeverExpires -eq $False} -Properties “DisplayName”, …
PowerShell Script to Change Windows Update Settings
I’ve already posted a script to show Windows Update settings. What if you want to change the settings? In particular, I needed to be able to use MAXfocus Site Automated …
Updated PowerShell Script to Show Windows Update Settings
Last year in this article, I posted a PowerShell script to display Windows Update settings. I’ve enhanced that script to show two additional values and to optionally list all pending …
Slow File Transfer over Cisco VPN with Tomato QoS
I recently upgraded my Linksys E2000 router to Tomato Firmware v1.28.7507 MIPSR2Toastman-RT K26 VLAN-VPN. This includes quite a few default QoS rules. Today I connected to a customer network using …
HitmanPro.Alert Blocks .NET 3.5 Install
On a Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials machine, I wanted to install .NET 3.5, but it kept failing with “Access Denied” whether I did it from the Server Manager or …