I had some extra hardware lying around, and my trusty backup drive got full so, I decide it was time to build a lab environment so I could develop stuff easier. This involves, to start with a Windows Server 2016 Essentials server. Hopefully everyone out there will find the process I’m going through to set […]
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Clear OS – SugarCRM Removal
How To Remove SugarCRM from ClearOS I’m not going to show how to put SugarCRM on ClearOS because there are a lot of guides out there how to do that. I’m going to show how to take it off. Here’s how to do that. This is more of a theory guide than a step by […]
ClearOS – Initial Configuration – Video
Recorded my initial configuration of ClearOS. Here’s the video with my commentary. I do make a few mistakes in the video. One is the OS is really Centos, and while I did add SugarCRM, it wasn’t what I needed. I’ll be linking instructions for that soon though.
Clear OS – Initial Thoughts
Spent a good part of my weekend building a box out of parts cobbled together in my garage for a ClearOS server. Thought I’d post some first thoughts on the process and why. What’s it for? I’d been thinking I needed a small business server for a while to help me manage some projects and […]
CMOS Batteries – Most Common Type
Quick post for something to add to your toolkits. Occasionally a CMOS battery will go out, especially on an old machine that’s been sitting around a while. They last several years but not forever. I’ve seen some ancient machines that use some weird battery packs but most motherboards use plain old ‘CR2032’ lithium batteries. You […]
How to Fix Exchange 2010 OWA Basic Mode As Default For Some Users
I ran into this problem when we upgraded from Exchange 2003 directly to 2010 several years ago. I’d bet it’s a general problem for Exchange 2007, 2010, and 2013 as well. Some users OWA experience will be set to the Light or Basic mode instead of the better “Premium” mode, which is the more familiar […]
A Novice’s Guide To Selecting Good Email Encryption
What Are The Main Things You Want From Email Encryption? Well the list will be different I guess for everyone, but what I intend to provide here is a basic set of requirements for novices to email encryption and where you might obtain them from. Happy? Read on! You’re an expert and know it all? […]
Self Signed Certificates in Exchange 2010
My certificates expired recently on my Exchange server and I had to set about renewing them. Not fun, more on that later. I was going to make a long how to on this but Microsoft has a wiki post on TechNet about this very subject with pictures and explanations. How to use a self signed […]
PGP Encryption – A very basic overview.
As an IT guy I get a lot of questions about all kinds of topics, and lately security is pretty high on people’s minds. One of the biggest questions I get is secure communication and how it works. So here’s a very basic overview on PGP encryption which will tie into e-mail communication. What is […]
How to Apply Cyberoam 10 Firmware Updates
A few times a year a notification on your Cyberoam’s dashboard that looks like this: The update can be downloaded directly from the link and the update process is fairly painless. I’ve done this for two dozen or more units and never had one brick, so there’s very little worry here. Also the Cyberoam keeps […]