by admin | Aug 16, 2021 | Administration, PowerShell, Software
[:en]Scenario USB server devices, e.g. used for virtual appliances, can be error-prone when it comes to auto-reconnect USB client devices on startup. In addition, if you have to redirect USB license dongles to some virtual server, some devices might get...
by admin | Dec 24, 2019 | CNC, Home Automation, Software
[:en]Assuming you have WinPC-NC USB 2.x installed, follow these steps to be able to control your Stepcraft CNC with your PS3 Dual Shock controller. With former methods like ScpToolkit, it was possible, but only via wired USB connection. Using the new approach below...
by admin | Dec 6, 2018 | C# .Net, MySQL, Software
[:en]AutoMapper is not only a useful tool for mapping e.g. DB model classes to flatter ViewModels, it can also simplify and optimize SQL queries / expressions generated by LINQ. You can get it via NuGet for any .NET framework type. Example Let’s suppose we have...
by admin | Dec 6, 2018 | C# .Net, Software
[:en]Keeping .NET projects up to date is simple in general, but when it comes to details of huge (and old) projects, it can be challenging. In this case, I created a .NET project with MySQL DB about 10 years ago, using mainly DataSets. They were quite easy to handle...
by admin | May 22, 2018 | Administration, Entertainment, Software
[:en]Windows 10 1803/1804 upgrade seems to include a dubious “feature” which disables custom firewall exceptions and deletes several registry keys, for whatever reason. So if you use a Mediacenter combination like this, LibreELEC / Kodi Rpi clients Server...
by admin | Apr 20, 2018 | Administration, Software
[:en]Buying a large number of MS’ full Office package can become quite expensive, so for some scenarios it can be an option to use some free / open source applications like LibreOffice. But for Outlook 2016 there is no 100% satisfying alternative available, so a...
