InvoiceNinja – Mailer problem
I maintain an InvoiceNinja instance and an error was reported when sending mail. Check the logs in storage/logs/laravel.log I see there is an error: Mailer Problem: scheme is not supported;…
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Rich
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ManageEngine: Inline images dropped
In ManageEngine ServiceDeskPlus MSP it is notifying receipients and senders when an inline image is dropped/not processed. To disable this notification, perform the following steps to update the…
How to Decompile, Modify, and Rebuild an APK File
If you're interested in modifying Android APK files—whether to explore their inner workings or customize them for personal use—this guide will take you through the essential tools and…
Windows Server 2025 Installation Screenshots
Windows Server 2025 went Generally Available (GA) a few days ago. I grabbed a copy from the Microsoft Evaluation Center and installed on my ESXi 8 server. Here…
Get Vendor from MAC Address
Here's a quick snippet to get the IP, MAC address and Vendor using PowerShell in Windows with the native arp -a command and curl. It is based on…
Tool: Ping Plot
I wrote a small .NET tool that will plot ping responses visually. It also allows me to save the chart graph as an image and also export the…
Tool: Check CBS Corruption
I hacked together a small tool in .NET that helps me quickly analyze the Component Based Servicing (CBS) log in c:\windows\logs\cbs\cbs.log for missing CSI Payloads. It will parse the log…
Tail a file in Windows
This PowerShell one-liner is a convenient way to monitor log files in real-time and quickly spot error messages. The script continuously reads the log and highlights lines that…
Photoshop Mix
Photoshop Mix was sunset by Adobe in June 2024. This was one of the simplest mobile apps for iOS and Android that had been out since around 2016…
Migrating to Hugo from WordPress
I’ve migrated this site from WordPress to Hugo. Here’s some notes on it. First, it takes less than 30 seconds to build the site and also for Pagefind…
Find zip files and unzip into directory based on zip file name in linux
This command is a neat way to automate extracting multiple zip files into directories named after the files themselves. It avoids the need to unzip files manually one…
Deleting duplicate contacts in MDaemon address book
Somehow the contacts for an email account amassed almost 7k entries. Upon manual review, it seemed there were at least 3 entries for each contact. Here’s a powershell…
Change from a Microsoft account to a local account
Archived from: Wayback Machine You can use the Settings app to switch your Microsoft account to a local account. Important: Microsoft recommends using a Microsoft account, not a local…
Cleaning up my photo archives
I have taken a lot of photos over the years and things have just piled up and I've amassed about 2TB worth of images. In an effort to…
Use PowerShell to get total size of files recursively
Here’s a one-liner in PowerShell to get the total size of all files found with wildcard pattern of *ORIGINAL*. [math]::round((get-childitem -path . -filter "*ORIGINAL*" -file -recurse | measure-object…