I use a firewall that lets me approve or deny every request every program makes. It also lets me set any given program for approval or denial of all its requests without asking. I recently installed Python Install Manager, and I’m finding that it asks for Internet access rather often. […]
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I have a bootable disc image supposed to boot Windows (a rescue image or the installer). However, when I try to boot from it, I encounter the following error: CDBOOT: Cannot boot from CD – Code: # with “#” being a number from 1 to 5. What do these errors […]
This might seem obvious for a person, but it seems that computers might start contacting DNS servers, start working with IPv4 and IPv6, use DHCP settings, …, just for contacting themselves. When I launch multiple REST-API calls to my own computer (by surfing to http://localhost/Operation?Variable=Value), this causes quite some delay. […]
I want to remove the left/right padding of terminal in VS Cod (see red arrows above) Tried disabling gutters, scrollbars, custom CSS, etc… but they don’t actually increase the underlying xterm width. I use TUI applications often (e.g. OpenCode), and this padding eats up 3-5 character width on fullscreen TUI […]
Plan: connect some annke cameras via an unmanaged switch to a dedicated network card (pci-e) and set up frigate. Frigate is set up with docker, but without home assistant. System: freshly installed linux mx Camera were activated in windows by connecting them via the same switch directly to the windows […]
My laptop intermittently reported: Test-ComputerSecureChannel False The failures persisted for periods ranging from several minutes to more than 40 minutes, then returned to True without any related action on my part (computer-account repair, password reset, domain rejoin, DNS change, or VPN reconnection). Extensive testing established that the workstation’s domain trust, […]
Following on from the comments on this post. I have a small 2048×1536 screen. I’ve tried connecting it to a MacBook Neo, and a Surface Pro 7 via a USB C to HDMI dongle. I have identical results with more than one dongle of different designs, though its possible they […]
The DISM will generate a log in C:WindowsLogsDISMdism.log. This log is generated by the following command: DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth I want to disable the “C:WindowsLogsDISMdism.log” completely. How can I set the DISM logging level for DISM in Windows 11 or disable DISM logging?
Previously, if I delete the default gateway (0.0.0.0), it ended internet connection. I don’t know what changed, but now it does not. I have tested it with successful pings and loads to various sites. What do I need to delete in order to kill the connection? Here is my route […]