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Password Reset for Ubuntu System

Yes! I forgot my password to a fresh install of Ubuntu. Thankfully I can recover using the following steps: 1. Turn your computer on. 2. Press ESC at the GRUB prompt. 3. Press e for edit. 4. Highlight the line that begins “kernel ………”, press e 5. Go to the very end of the line, add rw init=/bin/bash […]

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Exchange Server 2010 Prerequisites on Windows Server 2008 R2

In order to install Exchange server 2010 with Client Access, Hub Transport, and Mailbox server roles: 1- Servers that will host the Hub Transport or Mailbox server roles require the Microsoft Filter Pack which can be downloaded here: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=137042 2- After installing the Filter Pack run the ” Import-Module ServerManager “ command from Windows PowerShell […]

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Disable Revocation Check on SSTP VPN Sessions

Please use the following steps: You will need the create the following registry Key (REG_DWORD) under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Sstpsvc\Parameters Setting the key value of 1, will prevent it from checking. More detailed info below: NoCertRevocationCheck Registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Sstpsvc\Parameters Registry entry: NoCertRevocationCheck Data type: REG_DWORD You can use this registry entry to enable or to disable the SSL […]

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Windows 7 ‘GodMode’

I remember this little trick from back in my Windows Vista days, it seems that this also exists in the Windows 7 world. The trick is simple to execute, just enter the following commands:: up up down down left right left right b a select start By creating a new folder in Windows 7 and renaming it […]

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Openfiler – case of the missing storage

Today I was doing some cleanup on one of my Openfiler SAN Servers, in an attempt to recover unused disk space when I encounter an odd issue of the storage not being reclaimed. After waiting sometime I decided to investigate this problem. Opening putty, I SSH’ed into the server and was able to see that […]

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YouTube Video Issues in Google Chrome

Recently I have noticed the following issue when I was viewing videos on YouTube with Google Chrome.  All YouTube video’s seem to have this green car added to the top of the video and also look blurry. I also noticed that the color seems to be distorted. The odd thing is that other sites don’t […]