Random Tech Thoughts

Jan 20 2021 96

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In my daily life of web designer, IT manager, database developer, Excel specialist, application programmer, server administrator, person with a modern phone, and internet user I come across some puzzling situations. Here you can hear me work through them.

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There are Offline or Missing Virtual Drives with Preserved Cache

Jan 20 2021 2 mins

Had a bit of a scare with a server that was displaying an error durring startup:There are offline or missing virtual drives with preserved cache.Please check the cables and ensure that all drives are presentPress any key to enter the configuration utility.I was able to salvage everything though. Here are a couple, possibly helpful, links:https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/p

Rack Studs Series 2

Jan 07 2021 5 mins

How to install some new rack non equipment that didn't need rails, so instead of using nuts and bolts, I tried out these new "Rack Studs"... And it went pretty well!Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38moZrQPlease leave a rating/review for this podcast!If (for some reason) you want more of me, my blog is https://thetalkinggeek.com. And you can find me on social media at:Facebook: http

EnableLinkedConnections

Oct 14 2020 3 mins

Some older applications, like this one particular FoxPro application I'm dealing with, have trouble finding mapped drives on newer computers / operating systems (such as Windows 10). So, we just need to edit the registry a little bit!Please leave a rating/review for this podcast!If (for some reason) you want more of me, my blog is https://thetalkinggeek.com. And you can find me on

Humble Book Bundle: Learn to Code the Fun Way by No Starch Press

Oct 13 2020 3 mins

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/learn-to-code-the-fun-way-no-starch-press-books?partner=thetalkinggeekThink like a programmer: an introduction to creative problem solvingPerl one-liners: 130 programs that get things doneThe book of f#: break free with managed to functional programmingLearn Java the easy way: a hands-on introduction to programmingCode craft: The practice of writi

Can't Remote In, Black Screen When Logging On

Oct 12 2020 5 mins

If people having trouble remoting in and then you go to their local desktop and it's just a black screen, you might have a display driver issue.Open up the local group policy editor local computer policy computer configuration administrative templates Windows components remote desktop services remote desktop session host remote session environment and disable the "use WDDM

Pixel 3 XL not working with Windows Explorer

Oct 07 2020 3 mins

Sometimes updating device drivers is a mistake.Please leave a rating/review for this podcast!If (for some reason) you want more of me, my blog is https://thetalkinggeek.com. And you can find me on social media at:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KyleTheTalkingGeek/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylesouzaTwitter: https://twitter.com/thekylesouzaInstagram: http://instagram.c

Nextcloud Web Installer

Oct 05 2020 11 mins

I have to install a second Nextcloud server on my main web server. The "web installer" makes it pretty easy.Please leave a rating/review for this podcast!If (for some reason) you want more of me, my blog is https://thetalkinggeek.com. And you can find me on social media at:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KyleTheTalkingGeek/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylesouzaTwitter:

Free Computer Science Textbooks

Oct 02 2020 2 mins

Springer has put out a ton of awesome textbooks, and they made over 500 of them available for free download, including a couple dozen tech ebooks!An Introduction to Machine Learning, 2nd ed. 2017 by Miroslav KubatAutomata and Computability, 1997 by Dexter C. KozenComputational Geometry, 3rd ed. 2008 by Mark de Berg, Otfried Cheong, Marc van Kreveld, Mark OvermarsComputer Vision, 20

Windows Server 2019, Change Product Key Does Nothing

Jul 09 2020 4 mins

This might also work on Windows 10, I haven't tried it.1. Open an elevated command prompt.2. slmgr.vbs /upk3. slmgr.vbs /cpky4. slmgr.vbs /ipk PRODUCT KEYOPTIONAL (do it if you have a problem, maybe do it even if you don't)5. slmgr.vbs /ATORebootEnjoy!

Mounting Attached Volumes In Amazon Web Services

Jun 29 2020 2 mins

That's a terrible title, my apologies, I didn't want to make it too long and convoluted.Basically, if you're trying to mount an attached volume that is not your primary volume to your Ubuntu server running on AWS you can't use SDF or even XVDF as your mount point, you need to use nvme1n1p1.