A Random Blog

So, all a ringtone for an iPhone is is an AAC file (.M4A extension). Keep this in mind, your ringtone cannot exceed 30 seconds (well, there is a way to do it, but it won’t play more than 30 seconds since your caller goes to voicemail after 30.) Open iTunes,

I did … so I built one of each; honestly, the Xeon is a bit faster for HyperV but slower for local services. The server(s) in question needed to act as HyperV hosts, a DVR, and a Plex server … the i5 worked good but I noticed the VM’s were

So, in case you haven’t been following, there have been several variants of the crypto viruses … I have been at the forefront for killing them at my office when our clients get them … so in a nutshell here’s what to watch for with the older variants … What

So, I decided to flush and redo my server (I do this from time to time, it’s fun … no, really, LOL!) Anyways, so I flushed it. Why is not important but let’s just say that I moved a drive that was NOT part of a RAID to a RAID

First and foremost, there is some confusion as to whether this is allowed (OSX client software as a VM for 10.5/10.6) … so, as such, it’s on you to know if this is OK … I didn’t bother to check into in detail … I just needed to run World

Ok, so I have tested this on Windows Server 2012 R2 and it works … Ever find yourself in a position where you want to put AV on a server but really don’t want to pay for licensing? I recently found myself in that boat of my current solution expired

First, login to PHPMyAdmin and goto the DB in question, users table … find your user name and make note of the userid # .. Now, run this query UPDATE <table_prefix if any>user SET password = MD5(CONCAT(MD5(‘new-password’), salt)) WHERE userid = <user id #> Boom! Good to go

So, I was configuring alerts … first you need to understand how my email works … Mail is delivered to my Comcast POP account, I have a Barracuda SPAM-100 which goes and collects POP mail every 2 minutes and delivers it to my Exchange 2013 server, Exchange then sends it

So, I decided to recreate my Xymon monitoring server after upgrading from a Dell Poweredge 1900 to a Dell Poweredge T300. I created a fresh VM with a whole 512MB RAM (yeah for Ubuntu having no overhead!). A quick bit to set the IP … – sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces; changed

Well, where I currently work I was told when I was hired I needed to obtain some certifications. I’ve been slacking. Partially due to alot going on in my life and partially from a lack of hardware. All that changed a few weeks ago when my old boss (Yes Steve,