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Giving immich a go on about 200k photos

June 19, 2024

In the never ending quest to find a photo gallery software to access my photo archive (and possibly synchronize my iPhone to it), I'm now testing Immich in…

Recover media files from iMazing backup

June 17, 2024

Awhile back I used a piece of software (iMazing) to backup an old iPhone of mine. The raw backup when extracted is a bunch of files without extensions…

GET /eSCL/ScannerStatus HTTP/1.1

June 17, 2024

Came across an issue with an Epson printer that kept outputting an HTTP request during printing. Seems this is a common problem, dating back into 2023, for USB…

ActiveSync EAS Broken in M365 Outlook

February 9, 2024

Update: This issue is fixed in Outlook Desktop Version 2402 Build 17328.20068 and higher Ran into an issue with an update to M365 Apps where ActiveSync FolderSync breaks…

High CPU Process Troubleshooting

February 5, 2024

Introduction High CPU usage by the "System" process can often be caused by a hardware driver issue (bug, old version, incompatility etc). The System process loads (or hosts)…

MSTeams Fastconnect Outlook Addin Disabled

February 5, 2024

Outlook keeps disabling the MSTeams Fastconnect addin which removes Teams meeting functionality from the Outlook Calendar view. To restore this, I used the following steps. Launch RegEdit.exe Navigate…

Server 2019 Error 0x800f0950

February 1, 2024

Documenting a resolution to the error received when attempting a DISM /restorehealth as well as .NET 3.5 repair. Uninstall .NET 3.5 via DISM dism /online /disable-feature /featurename:NetFX3 Add…

Server 2019 DC Dying

January 30, 2024

Running in to all sorts of problems on a 2019 DC. Here's my action plan. dcdiag / repadmin tools to verify health correcting all errors found before starting any further operations. stand…

DISM and SFC

January 26, 2024

The Component Store [%WinDir%\WinSxS] maintains a backup copy of all Windows system files, and SFC [System File Checker] & DISM [Deployment Image Servicing and Management] manage two separate, vital pieces of the Component Store and OS, with SFC relying entirely upon what DISM manages: DISM has…

Get IBM Power system model in AIX

November 13, 2023

prtconf | head Example output: ~ # prtconf | head System Model: IBM,9131-52A Machine Serial Number: 181DF2G Processor Type: PowerPC_POWER5 Number Of Processors: 4 Processor Clock Speed: 1499…

Detecting if SIP ALG is enabled on network

September 14, 2023

One of the first things I troubleshoot in a SIP trouble ticket is determining if the network is SIP aware. Sometimes I don’t have access to the network…

Yealink linekey.x.type

September 14, 2023

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