Have you ever tried to install Visio 2016 on a computer that you already have Office 365 installed already and it gave you a “Click-to-Run” error? This error is fairly easy to get around and in this post I will teach you how. First thing you will want to do is download the “Office Deployment…
This post will serve as the 10,000 ft overview of my environment and what it all consists of. I plan to follow up this post with a series of smaller posts breaking down my Home Lab into the following sections: (as I update these blog posts, links will appear and become active) Home Lab Servers…
So I have had this post sitting in the “Draft” stage for years now. Probably 3 or 4. I thought I was going to tackle this and set something definitively out there for some people to follow. And today I will finally do just that. Here are the suggested WordPress file permissions for Windows: RUN…
This past week, I had a failed port one one of my C2100’s. The specific part was a Intel PRO/1000 VT Quad Port Gigabit PCI-E Ethernet Network Adapter (HM9JY). Now just one single port failed and I was using all 4 ports for iSCSI from my FreeNAS C2100 to my esxi cluster. Luckily I have…
I have updated this as of 12/27/2023 as a user came across this page and informed me the script I wrote is not long working. I have updated the script to work again. Log into your steam account, navigate to your profile page and then the “Games” page and Select “All Games”. Open up the…
vCheck is a PowerShell HTML framework script that started with one guy, but is now a community driven and from what I have seen, it’s pretty neat. vCheck can be configured to just run once, or as a scheduled task on a Windows box. It also offers the option of sending the report via email.…
Powershell & PowerCLI Prep #Set Execution Policy Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned #Ignore SSL Certificates warnings Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction Ignore -WarningAction SilentlyContinue #Connecting to server & save creds: Connect-VIServer vCenter.DOMAIN.com -User DOMAIN\Administrator -Password -SaveCredentials #Location to open up PowerCLI normally: . “C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI\Scripts\Initialize-PowerCLIEnvironment.ps1” CMDLET function Load-PowerCLI { Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue Add-PSSnapin VMware.VumAutomation -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue Add-PSSnapin VMware.DeployAutomation…
I was recently asked to help someone build a “Retro Gaming System”. While thinking of the best way to do this, I figured that I would like to give them something that they can come back to and do this on their own; at anytime. There are plenty of other tutorials and ways to go about this,…
You can now use Powershell with Linux Operating Systems! See instructions below on how to set up your Linux distro with Powershell Source CentOS / RHEL Install wget (if not already installed): sudo yum install wget -y Download PS to the temp folder: wget -i /tmp/ https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v6.0.0-alpha.9/powershell-6.0.0_alpha.9-1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm Install PS: sudo yum install powershell-6.0.0_alpha.9-1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm -y Ubuntu…
Have you ever wanted to go back and play the Oregon Trail you grew up on? Well it’s pretty easy to relive those childhood memories, just keep reading Step 1: Download DOSBox and install it: DOSBox Download Step 2: Download Oregon Trail for Free: Oregon Trail Download NOTE: This website has a limit of 2…