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This is a bit of a niche post, but it might help someone to accomplish this in less time than I did. The tutorial will be as easy as it gets. Since the guys from ESPHome did a great job and almost everything you could wish for is already managed by ESPHome. I tried to... Continue Reading →
LAPS allows you to rotate passwords of your local administrator accounts. It gives you the possibility to view and set admin passwords from commandline or by using the fat client on a management computer. This reduces the risk of one hacked machine comprimising your whole client network. This article will show you how to set... Continue Reading →
As you may know the Microsoft approach on Privileged Access Management Feature (PAM) is quite a big feature. Planning and implementing this solution takes a lot of time. Also, many of us just want to enjoy one small part of the PAM solution. That's why I came up with a module to manage the TTL... Continue Reading →
Synology has added the possibility to add Docker containers a couple of years ago. The delivered GUI on Synology is pretty good. But in order to manage images or clean up your old stuff like images, volumes and so on. You need a more advanced GUI. In this small tutorial, we will set up a... Continue Reading →
This is a bit of a niche post, but it might help someone to accomplish this in less time than I did. The tutorial will be as easy as it gets. Since the guys from ESPHome did a great job and almost everything you could wish for is already managed by ESPHome. Required Hardware: NodeMCU-32S... Continue Reading →
This post is about a recent vulnerability published by VMware, allowing hackers to run code on the virtual machines host system. The following PowerCLI functions will help you to set up the workaround faster. Official statement of VMware: https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0026.html Description by VMware VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI USB... Continue Reading →
The Windows Server 2019 Core installation of a domain controller will be something you might need in the future. This is the bare minimum you need to install a Domain Controller and a new domain. I tried to make it as short as possible. Prerequisites: At least tone installed Windows Server 2019 Core server30 minutes... Continue Reading →
I will use a Raspberry Pi 3+ with a touch screen to display the most important data of my Home Assistant installation. This guide will work for most other sites as well. The following hardware is used: Raspberry Pi 3+New 7 inch touch screen display with case For Raspberry Pi 3 B+ Prerequisites: Basic Linux... Continue Reading →
Does this seem familiar? You are sitting in a meeting and the discussion is heated. Your thoughts wander and suddenly you are directly addressed. That's exactly when you should have had a cat fact at hand to defuse the situation. We show you how to have a cat fact ready every time you need one.... Continue Reading →
Sometimes the error 0xc1900204 can occur in the update if english is not set as default display language. To fix this problem, you have to make sure that your registry is configured correctly. To check your settings, follow the steps below: Open up the registry and go to the following key: Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\Language Change the value... Continue Reading →
