Mount network location in WSL
To mount a network location in Windows Subsystem for Linux, use the following commands. Mounting DrvFs In order to mount a Windows drive using DrvFs, you can use…
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Initialization of Client failed: Closing Application
After installing Rand McNally IntelliRoute software, users may experience the error "Initialization of Client failed: Closing Application" This problem is usually attributed to inadequate permissions for the user…
WordPress TwentyTwenty Theme – Inter font Apache2 error
I'm testing out the development version of TwentyTwenty theme from WordPress on this site. I noted that calls to /assets/fonts/inter/Inter-upright.var.woff2 were causing some grief for Apache2 (Error 500):…
Case of Dead Path on ESXi
I had 8 paths go down to a dead state on an ESXi host. The paths were MRU via Fiber Channel to a storage array. One path worked…
Join a Computer or Server to a Domain
Using the following command, a computer can be joined to an existing Active Directory Domain. netdom join %computername% /domaind:DOMAIN /userd:username /passwordd:password PowerShell it can be accomplished with the…
Enable All Windows Events Logs Archiving
This PowerShell script will enable retention for all Windows event logs. This will create an archive log file and start a new log file when it reaches the…
Cleanup All User Chrome Cache
This script will clean all Chrome cache for all users on a Windows 7 or newer system. # Define the base directory for user profiles$usersPath = "C:\Users"$totalBeforeCleanup =…
RDSH Fair Share (CPU, Disk, Network)
As IT professionals, we know that managing resources in multi-user environments is essential for ensuring a consistent and high-quality experience for all users. In Windows Server Remote Desktop…
WP Preserve Backslashes
I created a WordPress plugin based on a personal dilemma I ran into with my site being stripped of backslashes. Upon post save, it converts backslashes to HTML…
All my backslashes are gone in WordPress. Yikes.
Discovered that my most recent conversion from SQLite to MySQL seems to have screwed up my backslashes in all my posts that have backslashes. This is bad because…
WordPress SQLite to MySQL Migration Complete
Just finished migrating my website from SQLite to MySQL. What a rush. (lol) It was actually not as bad as I thought. A lot of sed, grep and…
GoFileRoom Error: The service you are trying to reach is unavailable. Please try again later.
TL;DR GoFileRoom made changes to their encryption by using TLS1.2. In order for GFR add-on to work in Windows Server, you must modify 2 registry entries for .NET…
GoFileRoom Installation hangs on “Windows Installer Coordinator”
Installing GoFileRoom on Server 2016 Remote Desktop Session Host and during install it hangs on the window titled Windows Installer Coordinator and the message is please wait while…
Allow ActiveX Controls Automatically over Group Policy
To enable and not prompt for ActiveX controls to download and run, use the following Group Policy settings at the Computer or User level. Caution: This can be dangerous!…
GPO Set Trusted Zone Websites
To add websites to Trusted Zones via Group Policy, follow the below in Group Policy Editor. Computer Configuration > Administrative Tools > Windows Components > Internet Explorer >…