by admin | Nov 6, 2017 | Administration, Linux
[:en]When you copy a fresh Rasbian “Lite” image (headless, i.e. only terminal) to your Pi’s SD card (e.g. with Win32DiskImager), you might would like to enable SSH by default. Otherwise, you would have to connect at least a separate HDMI monitor and...
by admin | Nov 3, 2017 | Administration, Entertainment
[:en]Sometimes Kodi’s internal SQLite databases get damaged, maybe due to corrupted memory cards. This leads to strange results for certain addons or the repository list, e.g. addons don’t work, are shown multiple times or as damaged, no updates etc. To...
by admin | Nov 3, 2017 | C# .Net
[:en]The new .NET Standard 2.0 by itself is a great approach for developing OS comprehensive software. Unfortunately, this also means some Windows-specific components are not (or not fully) supported by it. E.g. with .NET Framework 4.6.1, you could easily create...
by admin | Nov 2, 2017 | C# .Net
[:en]If you upgrade Visual Studio to the latest version and want to upgrade your .NET Core project to the new Standard definition, you might experience missing “.NET Standard” entries in your project’s properties. All entries contain the Core...
by admin | Nov 1, 2017 | Administration
[:en]If you use Outlook’s Home Page feature and installed October 2017’s current updates, you might experience this feature is suddenly gone (due to security reasons, according to Microsoft). However, this feature is very useful to display web pages in...
by admin | Oct 25, 2017 | Android, Mobile phones
[:en]Just published v3 of DXSdata Intercom Doorbell App for Android with several improvements and bugfixes. Get it via Google Play Store. [:]
by admin | Oct 23, 2017 | Administration
[:en]From Windows 8 upwards, for some reason Microsoft decided to neglegt the original VSS shadow copies and and recommend the File History feature. For me this is not an option, as you need an additional HDD (or network drive). In my opinion, a regular full or...
by admin | Oct 13, 2017 | Administration
[:en]Using the command line shell or batch files (.bat), you can easily check if a single file exists. if exist c:\myfile.txt echo asdf if not exist c:\myfile2.txt echo bsdf Note the example above does not work with directories or drives! (At least, not on older...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Administration, C# .Net, Software
[:en]Just re-published an older project on Github. UPS Battery Service runs a Windows service which watches local battery events, which are then logged in local and/or Event Log where you can further proceed with custom actions, like informational emails, shutdowns...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Administration, Home Automation, Linux, PHP
[:en] In a previous post, I explained how to set up Mikrotik Routerboards as a VPN gateway. This post is about how to remotely switch the VPN on and off via Smart Home visualization OpenHAB 2, so it affects your whole LAN. You can even switch to other VPN...
