Jim Dolby

Category: Tips

  • Uninstall default Samsung and Android Apps without Rooting the device

    To uninstall default apps on a Samsung device without root access, you can use Android Debug Bridge (ADB) commands. This should work for most other devices, once you work out how to enable debug mode on that flavour of device. Here’s a general guide on how to do it: Remember, it’s important to be cautious…

  • Install handbrake on CentOS8

    Handbrake can be installed without having to install from source, simply for this tutorial to learn how. Handbrake install instructions for centos8 show that you have to install from source as well as installing all development tools, but there is an easier way … install from rpmfusion. RPMFusion provides software that the Fedora project or…

  • Securing your devices using DNS

    We have long wondered why some of the more harmful webpages are not blocked more easily using DNS, and we finally found a system that does it for us. Securing your devices using DNS may sound like an odd concept, but read on to find out more

  • Remove preinstalled window 10 apps for all users using powershell

    To remove the apps that come pre-installed with windows 10, open a powershell window as Administrator, and paste the following

  • How to replace Dropbox OneDrive or sugarsync with syncthing

    If your sick of paying for synchronization software that is overpriced or your running out of space using a free account, Syncthing is one answer, particularly if you have computers in multiple locations or have a good friend or family member that is happy to share some HDD space and internet bandwidth to allow you…

  • Map Network drive to remote computer via SSH

    If you need to access files on a remote computer (such as a webserver), you can use several different software to do this.

  • Adding Remote Desktop (RDP) support to windows 10 home

    Microsoft Windows 10 home is easily modified to add the Remote Desktop features. These feature are only normally available in the Professional version of win10 (pro). You don’t need to pay for the professional version to have Remote Desktop services installed on your computer. Some smart people have worked out how install Remote Desktop Server…

  • Remotely Lock & Shutdown computers using PowerShell

    PowerShell takes the functionality of batch scripts to the next level and allows you to Remotely Lock & Shutdown computers using PowerShell. The following needs to be run on each computer if using a workgroup setup. or changed in your AD security policy (to make it permanent – which isn’t advisable without signing the script)…

  • Relaunching a windows app using a batch script

    We recently had need to restart an app server exe automatically when the demonstration license it was running on caused the server to close regularly, annoying everyone trying to learn the system. We had need of a script (YAY) to check if it was running and restart it when required. Requirements: Check to see if…

  • Pausing a Batch script

    Those of you that still use batch scripts (and why not … they are backwards compatible to older systems), will occasionally need to pause a script…