My Windows 11 (24H2) computer has Hyper-V enabled, and with that comes something called the “vEthernet Default Switch”. I have disabled NetBIOS on my ethernet adapter (via DHCP), and also the several bridge adapters for Hyper-V. But the so-called vEthernet Default Switch is recreated every time windows boots, and its […]
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Here’s the Windows 11 SmartCard popup for the CAC card PIN. A recent update in the last six months has caused the dialog to occlude the first line. Is there any way to determine what caused this? Can I fix it? The dialog works so it isn’t a big deal. […]
I have a stale Proxmox (qemu) VM. I have tried qemu unlock ... and I tried to delete the lockfile (permission denied). Is there any other way as rebooting the hypervisor to release the lock? Clarification: I try to reboot a VM, but the shutdown hangs (since hours), than I […]
I’m setting up a build and I need libgl1 for some OCR work, we’d prefer the app have a turnkey install (not having to call apt-get). If it’s not possible it’s not possible (we’ll add it to a shell script…or something) but it seems surprising that say pip install opencv-python […]
Magento is a powerful and flexible eCommerce platform, but its rich feature set can make optimization a challenge. Slow page load times… Continue reading on Medium »
I need to create a Wi-Fi access point for my car to use as a redundant connection while traveling. I’ve already tried using a pocket 4G Wi-Fi router, but it takes my phone a few minutes to realize that the Wi-Fi network it’s connected to has lost its internet connection. […]
I had this PC (HP Pavilion 590-p0318ng) before buying a new setup. I only used the CPU, RAM and GPU from this PC. Specs were: Intel i5-8400, 16 GB DDR4 2666 MHz and a GTX 1050 Ti. These parts are now installed in my setup that runs perfectly! Basically now, […]