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    What is NetBIOS you ask? In a nutshell, NetBIOS is a traditional Microsoft protocol, still in use by some of its underlying network technologies. In other words, NetBIOS allows you to call your computers by name (it even works when you don't have or need a Domain Name Server!). So why disable NetBIOS… Read More


  The nanostation Loco M2 by default comes with Airmax enabled. Airmax is UBNT's proprietary implementation of Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA). TDMA is a wireless communication technology. Airmax/TDMA is not compatible with the default 802.11 Wifi standard for Access Points. So that's why, by default, if you setup a nanostation Loco M2 to behave… Read More


While adding a new Domain Controller (DC) to your pre-existing forest, a nice tip to remember is to: (At the beginning) Always configure your wanna-be (New) DC's TCP/IP v4 PRIMARY DNS IP Address to point it to the FSMO DC. Then, once the New server becomes a new DC ("gets promoted"): Make sure that replication is successful… Read More


    To successfully import a "maildir"-type of mailbox into Outlook, you first need an intermediate step. The intermediate step involves the conversion of the "maildir" mailbox into the "mbox" format first. Once you have the single mbox-file, you can then extract the *.eml messages (& subsequently open them with Outlook).   1) "maildir" To… Read More


If you want to join your system to an Active Directory Domain, BUT you don't wanna lose your data & restart from scratch (ie. your Desktop, files, settings, shortcuts, you-name-it), here's how.   Gimme fuel. Before actually doing your real Local User Account to Domain User Account "profile migration", make yourself a favour — do a… Read More


The following is just some random advice derived from my experience on dealing with email-related issues. More specifically, here I'll be referring to exim (a very popular mail daemon), Cpanel/WHM & CentOS. Check if the user & password combination is correct. Check if the SMTP Authentication is enabled. Check if the User's mailbox is full.… Read More


Thanks to the following (awesome) blog post: http://blog.ryankempt.com/2012/09/windows-library-add-non-indexed-location.html, today I was able to add/show non-indexed network locations into my Documents Library. This workaround is especially useful whenever you're storing, say, your family Pictures on a (Linux-based) NAS that does not support indexing. For convenience’s sake, I’ll report what's involved the way "it worked for me":… Read More


  If jailbreaking your iPhone 4 is not enough and you wish to squeeze that little small extra performance off it, then proceed as follows... 1. Login (SSH) into your iPhone. SSH to your iPhone with your favourite SSH client.   2. Create a New "backup dir" to which to move some useless daemons. Why… Read More


  Today I was messing with Google Drive and the Windows Libraries.   My idea was to integrate both products so I could access my data from everywhere. If you want to skip the details and jump to the conclusion, please refer to the heading named SOLUTION (or How to correctly integrate your "My Documents"… Read More


  When you play with Hyper-V 2012 Virtual Machines on your lab, it is a best practice to use Dynamically expanding Virtual Hard Disks (VHDs) for your VMs. The difference in performance is simply unjustifiable. 'Though, the moment you start Installing/Uninstalling Applications & Adding/Removing Data on your VMs (based off dynamic VHDs), those VHDs start… Read More