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Posted by jpluimers on 2020/10/09
For a family member, I needed a Skype account not to be discoverable. This is a two-part process:
- Online part:
- Go to https://secure.skype.com/portal/profile,
- Logon,
- Click “Profie settings” (make the browser window narrower to make that tab visible),
- Uncheck “Appear in search results an suggestions”,
- Logon to Skype in Windows/Mac/Linux
- Old Skype versions (~ 7.x or older)
- In the menu, go to Tools > Options > Privacy Settings
- Check the “Only allow messages from people on my contact list” box
- Click the “Save” button
- Newer Skype Versions (8.x or newer)
- In the menu, go to Preferences > Manage ho people find you on Skype
- Uncheck “Appear in search results and suggestions”
I figured out the first part myself, the initial bit of the second part came from [WayBack] Problem in Discoverability – Microsoft Community, which made me discover the final bit of the second part and the links [WayBack] How do I opt out of being visible in the Skype public search directory on mobile? | Skype Support and [WayBack] How to hide my profile from search in Skype? – Super User.
In the first part, I also unchecked all the other boxes:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2020/10/09
I had to lough so loud when I bumped into this [WayBack] The alphabet, in alphabetical order, in various languages – The Old New Thing.
I got there because I wanted a few examples of languages having more than 26 ASCII letters in their alphabet.
Basically all non English languages (:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2020/10/09
So when another friend for the umpteeth time asks me to find their Windows password: [WayBack] 7 Free Windows Password Recovery Tools (June 2018)
Windows password recovery tools are used to recover Windows log on passwords. Here are the 7 best free Windows password recovery and cracking tools.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2020/10/06
A while ago, I had to translate from the country codes used on cars to ISO country codes, so here are a few links:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2020/10/05
Cool: a Packer template for Alpine Linux on Hyper-V and Azure: [WayBack] GitHub – tomconte/packer-alpine-azure
I like Alpine Linux because it is lightweight and the focus of being very secure, how popular it is in the Docker scene where it replaced Ubuntu and is now the standar package at [Archive.is/A2] library/alpine – Docker Hub and the motto [WayBack] Alpine Linux; Small. Simple. Secure. Alpine Linux is a security-oriented, lightweight Linux distribution based on musl libc and busybox.
Alpine is not yet out of of the box endorsed by Azure ([WayBack] Endorsed distributions of Linux | Microsoft Docs) so this is a very welcome tool.
From the readme:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2020/10/05
From my install script:
mkdir C:\bin
robocopy /mir \\live.sysinternals.com@SSL\DavWWWRoot c:\bin\sysinternals
The \\live.sysinternals.com@SSL\DavWWWRoot comes from following the https://live.sysinternals.com URL in the Windows Explorer: the Windows Explorer automatically translates that to a back-slash based share syntax.
I got at that trick via these links:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2020/10/02
Via WayBack Duitse providers mogen klanten geen router meer verplichten – IT Pro – Nieuws – Tweakers:
- kpn/xs4all: TV on VLAN 4, internet on VLAN 6, VoIP on VLAN 7
- kpn PPPoE: {macaddress}@direct-adsl, password: kpn
- xs4all PPPoE: fb7390@xs4all.nl, password; xs4all
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2020/10/02
The first post (in Dutch) has quite a few good tips on improving WiFi at your home or office: [WayBack] Router D-Link moet snelheid van 2,1Gbit/s op 5GHz halen – Computer – Nieuws – Tweakers.
There is also a nice explanation of beamforce, where the video below gives a good visual indication on how it works.
–jeroen
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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 