Format a Linux USB or SD Card Using Windows
You may have noticed that if you connect a disk with Linux partitions to your Windows box, that you cannot view all of the files or the size of the drive see...
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Admin Adventures
Get a Windows PC Serial Number via Command-line
I just wanted to share a quick way to pull a Windows PC’s serial number via Cmd prompt or Powershell. You can do this by using the WMI command-line utility a...
Upgrade Ubuntu from the Command-line
Here is the quick down and dirty on how to upgrade Ubuntu via the command line. If you have a firewall or an older version installed, then there may be some ...
Setup Custom SSH Profiles in Windows Terminal
Windows 10 has OpenSSH support that is now enabled by default as of version 1803. To make quick use of this feature you can create custom options in Windows ...
How to Install Windows Terminal
Windows Terminal is a new terminal emulator developed by Microsoft for Windows 10. The current release is still in Preview but is quite stable. Let’s quickly...
How to Setup Windows Subsystem for Linux
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) provides you with a handy Bash shell running directly in Windows 10 without the need for a local virtual machine or a remot...
Use PowerShell to List VMs that Need Tools or Hardware Updated
This PowerShell script will help you easily determine what VM hardware version each of your VMs are currently running. Updating your VM hardware compatibilit...
Setting up DuckDNS in a Docker Container
DuckDNS is a free dynamic DNS service that will point a subdomain of duckdns.org to an IP of your choice. This IP can then be updated using a scripted proces...
Fix SCOM Health Rollup States for Distributed Apps
If you have a large collection of distributed applications in your SCOM environment, chances are you have run into an issue where many or all of your apps ar...
Increase the Max Number of Simultaneous Runbook Executions
Are you a really heavy Orchestrator user? You may have a problem you don’t even know about, particularly if you only have a single runbook server. Microsoft ...
Add User as Admin for Windows Azure Pack Portal
Have you setup Windows Azure Pack to use SMA and are stuck trying to figure out how to grant other team members Admin access to the portal? Though unintuitiv...
Knowledge Bombs
Enable Copy on Select in Windows Terminal
If you are coming from using any *nix terminal to Windows Terminal, there is probably one feature you are really missing. Copy on select, immediately copying...
Format a Linux USB or SD Card Using Windows
You may have noticed that if you connect a disk with Linux partitions to your Windows box, that you cannot view all of the files or the size of the drive see...
Get a Windows PC Serial Number via Command-line
I just wanted to share a quick way to pull a Windows PC’s serial number via Cmd prompt or Powershell. You can do this by using the WMI command-line utility a...
Upgrade Ubuntu from the Command-line
Here is the quick down and dirty on how to upgrade Ubuntu via the command line. If you have a firewall or an older version installed, then there may be some ...
Fix SCOM Health Rollup States for Distributed Apps
If you have a large collection of distributed applications in your SCOM environment, chances are you have run into an issue where many or all of your apps ar...
Increase the Max Number of Simultaneous Runbook Executions
Are you a really heavy Orchestrator user? You may have a problem you don’t even know about, particularly if you only have a single runbook server. Microsoft ...
Add User as Admin for Windows Azure Pack Portal
Have you setup Windows Azure Pack to use SMA and are stuck trying to figure out how to grant other team members Admin access to the portal? Though unintuitiv...
Dev Dungeon
Hacktoberfest 2020
In this crazy year that is 2020, I have made some time to participate in my second Hacktoberfest. This is a yearly event sponsored by Digital Ocean and DEV a...
Enable Copy on Select in Windows Terminal
If you are coming from using any *nix terminal to Windows Terminal, there is probably one feature you are really missing. Copy on select, immediately copying...
Setup Custom SSH Profiles in Windows Terminal
Windows 10 has OpenSSH support that is now enabled by default as of version 1803. To make quick use of this feature you can create custom options in Windows ...
How to Install Windows Terminal
Windows Terminal is a new terminal emulator developed by Microsoft for Windows 10. The current release is still in Preview but is quite stable. Let’s quickly...
How to Setup Windows Subsystem for Linux
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) provides you with a handy Bash shell running directly in Windows 10 without the need for a local virtual machine or a remot...
Coding My First WoW Addon
So you wanna make your own WoW addon? Let’s walk through the most basic steps to get you started!
Home Automation
Siri Shortcut to Disable Pi-hole
Pi-hole is great at blocking ads and protecting you on the internet. However, you occasionally may need to disable it for a few minutes so you can click on t...
Setting up DuckDNS in a Docker Container
DuckDNS is a free dynamic DNS service that will point a subdomain of duckdns.org to an IP of your choice. This IP can then be updated using a scripted proces...
Use Google Assistant to Add Items to Trello Boards
Since I decided to set up my Google Home Mini in my office I thought it would be handy to be able to ask it to log ideas for blog posts. I am currently using...
Add External Services to Google Assistant
Unfortunately, Google’s approach to setting up external services is a little convoluted compared to the Alexa skill system. During setup you are prompted to ...
Get a Free Google Home Mini from Spotify
Update: Spotify is offering this again for the 2019 holiday season until 11/15, and it is now available for Individual as well as Family Premium plans. Spot...