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This section features help articles and how-to's covering a wide variety of subjects

Setting up SSH Trust Between Two Linux Servers

March 7, 2024 Alex Linux, Windows

Establishing SSH Trust Between Two Servers is crucial for secure network connections. This guide will walk you through the process of using SSH keys for authentication, ensuring all user authentication, commands, output, and file transfers are encrypted to protect against network attacks. Setting up cron[…]

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Dual Booting Kali Linux and Windows – A Guide to Fixing GRUB

September 7, 2022 Alex Linux, Windows

Setting up a dual boot with Kali Linux and Windows offers unique challenges, especially when configuring the GRUB bootloader. This guide outlines the essential steps and addresses common issues, focusing on GRUB configuration. Understanding the Requirements The Kali documentation provides extensive information on this process.[…]

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Hardening On-Premise Exchange in the Remote Work Era

July 26, 2021 Alex Windows

In the current era of remote and hybrid workforces, the security of on-premise Exchange servers has never been more vital. Ensuring the integrity of your organization’s sensitive information and safeguarding against cyber threats requires a proactive approach to hardening your Exchange infrastructure. Although Microsoft provides[…]

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How to Use Cockpit and ZFS to Transform Ubuntu into a Powerful NAS

January 21, 2021 Alex Linux

If you’ve got an Ubuntu machine that you’d like to use as a Network Attached Storage (NAS) server, Cockpit makes it easy to do. Cockpit is a web-based server management tool that lets you manage multiple servers from one dashboard. In its latest version, Cockpit[…]

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Fixing UEFI boot problems on Windows 7,8 and 10

August 7, 2019 Alex Windows

Moving to a secure boot UEFI is a great option. However, in some cases, the conversion from Legacy to UEFI using mbr2gpt fails and your computer is stuck in a boot loop. You will need a Windows 10 iso. Burn it on a disk, or[…]

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Allow domain users to start a scheduled task on a server

August 2, 2019 Alex Windows

This may prove to be useful in cases where a user, or group, may need to run a script on a remote computer that requires admin privileges. Therefore, limiting the need for added permissions. Create a new task on the machine that will run it.[…]

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Samsung Dex sound fix on the HP Elite X3 Lapdock

April 18, 2019 Alex Android

The HP Elite X3 Lapdock might have been designed to work with the well ahead of its time HP X3 Windows phone, but it makes an almost perfect Dex accessory. Here’s a quick look at what Dex is Everything works ok on the lapdock, except[…]

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Creating a bootable USB in Windows

February 28, 2019 Alex Windows

Typically, an operating system comes preinstalled or you can acquire it online. But if you need an external installation medium, most everyone uses a bootable USB drive. A USB drive is perfectly suited for setting up (or resetting) a system – there are also many[…]

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Asus Vivo RT Windows 8 install image

February 28, 2019 Alex Windows

The Asus Vivo RT is a great tablet for the price. I used it as a thin client and a terminal client extensively. If you own an Asus Vivo RT and lost the recovery image, you can download it here. This is the original Windows[…]

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Install CouchPotato on Ubuntu 18.04

February 27, 2019 Alex Linux

CouchPotato lets you download movies automatically, easily and in the best quality as soon as they are available. Awesome PVR for USEnet and torrents. Just fill in what you want to see and CouchPotato will add it to your “want to watch”-list. Every day it[…]

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