Interesting: Peplink multi-WAN routers and VPN solutions.
Lets see how this compares to MikroTik stuff (:
–jeroen
Peplink multi-WAN routers and VPN solutions.
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/24
Posted in Internet, Power User, routers | Leave a Comment »
itunes keeps opening on its own (via: Apple Support Communities)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/24
Just had this occur on my machine: iTunes kept popping up like very 30 seconds (also resuming the radio channel I was listening to before), while I was watching some YouTube archived web casts.
After reading itunes keeps opening on its own: Apple Support Communities, I new what could cause it:
- The external speakers seemed to be what was causing my problem. Unplugged and plugged them back in and it appears to have stopped. Thank you!
- The cause for me it seems is my headset. I think its just a bug with non-apple headphones with mics.
- iTunes launches every time I pull my (iPhone) headphone jack OUT of my Macbook Pro.
I remember bringing another set of headphones (the final Sennheiser from a bunch I bought a long while back also had diminished its sound volume by more than 70%).
The contact plug had been in the air for a while, so the connector had built up some thin corrosion on it making the connection flaky. Cleaning the plug fixed it.
Apparently, that simulates signals which your Mac uses to detect if your headset has a remote control on it, then automagically starts iTunes for you.
–jeroen
via: itunes keeps opening on its own: Apple Support Communities.
PS: Researching this issue I found how somebody modded his headset cable to allow for a good Mic/Headphone combination.
If your jack has gotten dirty on the inside, follow these steps to clean it.
And yeas, I know that liquids usually make corrosion go much faster, so be careful taking your device for a run.
Share this:
Posted in Apple, Mac, MacBook, MacBook Retina, Power User | Leave a Comment »
WinForms Container Controls 5: FlowLayoutPanel
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/24
When using a FlowLauyoutPanel, I always forget on which control the FlowBreak design time property / SetFlowBreak run time method operates.
Then I always end up writing a short demo program like Container Controls 5: FlowLayoutPanel.
It operates after the control on which you set it.
It is like text in a Word Processor: it breaks after the place where you set the break. Read the rest of this entry »
Share this:
Posted in .NET, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, .NET 4.0, .NET 4.5, C#, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C# 4.0, C# 5.0, Development, Software Development, WinForms | Leave a Comment »
Apple Tips: Setting-up a new Mac from an old one or its Backups Transferring files from one User Account to another
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/24
Time consuming, but works:
–jeroen
Share this:
Posted in Apple, Mac, Mac OS X / OS X / MacOS, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, MacBook, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Power User | Leave a Comment »
Moving Mac OS X VMware Fusion VMs to ESXi (via: Ask Different)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/23
Interesting read: vmware – Moving Fusion VMs to ESXi – Ask Different.
I was kind of expecting something like this, as VMware has been notoriously bad at proving Mac OS X tools (whereas their VMware Workstation for Linux is on par with their Windows product, Linux also lacks a vSphere Client and a standalone VMware vCentre Converter).
Good to have my expectations confirmed. Not so good that this is a tedious process.
Note that you need twice the disk size on your Mac, as you recreate the vmdk files on your Mac in a format that ESXi understands.
Oh well…
Note there are even more tedious ways, but good to know they exist.
- VMware P2V Migration: Importing Virtual Machines into VMware ESXi Pt 1.
- VMware V2V Migration: Importing Virtual Machines into VMware ESXi Pt 2.
- Migrating OS X VMs to a VMware ESXi server | Der Flounder: uses the VMware Converter in a separate machine, to which you need to give access to your VM files from OS X.
- Regis University IOS Practicum Wiki – Import Existing VMWare Fusion VM into ESXi with VSphere Client.
- Converting a Fusion Virtual Machine to ESXi | Paul Brice: uses the VMware OVF tool (so you need extra space on your Mac and extra space on your ESXi box)
I really wish VMware Fusion could do what you can do with VMware Workstation to manage your ESXi hosts (including Free ESXi) & VMs.
–jeroen
via:
- vmware – Moving Fusion VMs to ESXi – Ask Different.
- How cool is that!? Using VMware Workstation to manage your ESXi hosts (including Free ESXi) & VMs | virtuallyGhetto.
More links:
- Thinapped vSphere Client – VMware Labs.
- VMware vSphere Client Download URL ~ What the…..?.
- VMware: Vsphere Client Direct Download Links | tech :: stuff.
Share this:
Posted in ESXi4, ESXi5, ESXi5.1, ESXi5.5, Fusion, Power User, Virtualization, VMware, VMware Converter, VMware ESXi | Leave a Comment »
How to install/upgrade to Windows 8.1 RTM without a Microsoft account (via: Super User)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/23
I’ve bitten by this too many times, so here is the link: How to install/upgrade to Windows 8.1 RTM without a Microsoft account.
And the steps:
- Almost af the bottom of the “Sign in to your Microsoft account” screen is a seemingly disabled “Create a new account” clickable area.
Click it! - Then you get into a new screen with a deceiving “Create a Microsoft account” title, but also a “Sign in without a Microsoft account” clickable area.
Click there. - Now create a new local account that is not bound to any email address.
Thanks magicandre1981 for the pictures in the linked post: very helpful!
–jeroen
via: How to install/upgrade to Windows 8.1 RTM without a Microsoft account – Super User.
Share this:
Posted in Power User, Windows, Windows 8.1 | Leave a Comment »
Optimizing Delphi build speeds (via; Vin Colgin – Google+; IDE FixPack; DelphiSpeedUp, Microsoft KBs with speed fixes)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/23
An interesting thread by Vin Colgin – Google+ – IDE FixPack 5.4.1 shows 36.5% increase in BUILD speed under….
The post and discussion covers these topics:
- using IDE FixPack to increase performance (note: for older Delphi < 2009 versions, use DelphiSpeedUp to improve Delphi speed)
- suggestion by Ilya S on installing Microsoft KBs to improve speed (especially on Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 2008 Server): List of currently available hotfixes for the File Services technologies in Windows Server 2008 and in Windows Server 2008 R2.
- You can view your updates when browsing to the Microsoft Update Catalog from your Windows machine.
- A local SSD is a big speed improvement (:
–jeroen
Share this:
Posted in Delphi, Delphi 2007, Delphi XE, Delphi XE2, Delphi XE3, Delphi XE4, Delphi XE5, Development, Software Development | Tagged: Delphi, speed improvement | 9 Comments »
Best Buy Guides (BBGs) – mux’ blog – Tweakblogs – Tweakers
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/23
Interesting as it talks about both ZFS and ESXi servers with ECC memory: Best Buy Guides (BBGs) – mux’ blog – Tweakblogs – Tweakers.
Share this:
Posted in *nix, ESXi5, ESXi5.1, ESXi5.5, Power User, VMware, VMware ESXi, ZFS | Leave a Comment »
Keen IO – The API for Custom Analytics; store lots of events later perform visualizations and transformations
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/23
On my research list.
For massive event storage and data analysis: Keen IO – The API for Custom Analytics.
–jeroen
Share this:
Posted in Database Development, Development, Software Development | Leave a Comment »
Windows command-line: Finding default routes and setting their metric
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/23
When you have multiple network connections, sometimes you want to prefer one to be used as “default” (i.e. because it has higher speed or lower latency).
Windows already tries to accommodate for that by assigning “metrics” to your network connections. They depend on the kind of network (wired over wireless) and speed of the connection.
To see the current default network routes and their metrics, you use the route print command and filter it with findstr like this:
route print | findstr /C:"Metric" /C:" 0.0.0.0"
The “0.0.0.0” string is to filter out the default routes, and “Metric” includes the header line.
For one of my XP machines, the result is this:
This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
| Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric | |
| 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.71.1 192.168.71.28 10 | |
| 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.171.1 192.168.171.140 10 |
Now, even though both metric are 10, my 192.168.71.1 gateway is much slower than my 192.168.171.1 gateway, so I want to prefer the last one. Read the rest of this entry »
Share this:
Posted in Power User, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Vista, Windows XP | Tagged: command-line, default gateway, default routes, network connections, route change, route print | Leave a Comment »
The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 