Pinned

Split Tunneling in WireGuard on Windows

Recently I stumbled upon a situation in which I needed to use split tunneling in WireGuard. I had an application that I wanted to route through WireGuard, but everything else I wanted to route through my regular default gateway. By default, WireGuard will create a new default route setting it…

Wireguard

4 min read

Mar 7

Fix Windows 10/11 Icons Not Showing Up / Working as Expected

Alas, another Windows bug that seems to have stood the test of time. If only this were a feature instead of a bug! Maybe that’s how we should look at it…. On occasion I will have a minor bug occur with Windows — the icon for a particular file type…

File

3 min read

Fix Windows 10/11 Icons Not Showing Up / Working as Expected

Mar 5

Alternative Method to pass-thru a USB flash drive to a Hyper-V virtual machine (again, no redirection!)

Hello friends! A few months ago I wrote an article describing how to actually pass-thru a USB flash drive to a virtual machine in Hyper-V, without using any redirection. Today I found another method to accomplish the same goal, yet this method is much easier, faster, and works just as…

Hyper V

3 min read

Jan 17

PowerShell Script to Remove Duplicate Entries from PATH Environmental Variables in Windows

Available on this GitHub Gist! https://gist.github.com/asheroto/fa216475272e58837b06c4be61088530

Powershell

1 min read

PowerShell Script to Remove Duplicate Entries from PATH Environmental Variables in Windows

Available on this GitHub Gist!

https://gist.github.com/asheroto/fa216475272e58837b06c4be61088530

Nov 11, 2021

Still using the DoD 5220.22-M 3-pass method for erasing your drives? Use NIST 800–88 instead to securely erase your HDD/SSD/NVMe drives…

Recently I stumbled across an eBay seller using the DoD 5220.22-M 3 pass method to erase SSD’s… Although that is definitely not recommended, I then wondered… well, what is best practice, then? I’ve been aware of the ATA Secure Erase method for some time, but did not know if it…

Data

3 min read

Using the DoD 5220.22-M 3-pass method for securely erasing your drives?💻Use NIST 800–88 instead!🤓

Oct 21, 2021

‘create-react-app’ is not recognized as an internal or external command OR The term ‘create-react-app’ is not recognized

If you’re using Windows to develop react apps, you might come across this error in Command Prompt (cmd.exe): ‘create-react-app’ is not recognized as an internal or external command Or in PowerShell (powershell.exe): create-react-app: The term ‘create-react-app’ is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable…

React

3 min read

Oct 12, 2021

How to ACTUALLY pass-thru a USB flash drive to a Hyper-V server (not volume pass-thru, not networked pass-thru, not enhanced session)

March 5, 2022 Update: I found a much simpler way to accomplish the same goal, check out my other article here. Absurdity! Is Hyper-V the only hypervisor that does not natively support USB flash drive device pass-thru? Sure, there’s enhanced session device pass-thru, but I’m talking about a true pass-thru of…

Hyper V

4 min read

Jun 7, 2021

Docker Error: An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions

Thanks to iamsurfing for this fix. Open PowerShell as administrator, then run… net stop winnat netsh int ipv4 set dynamic tcp start=49152 num=16384 netsh int ipv6 set dynamic tcp start=49152 num=16384 net start winnat Problem fixed!

Docker

1 min read

Docker Error: An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions

Thanks to iamsurfing for this fix.

Open PowerShell as administrator, then run…

net stop winnat
netsh int ipv4 set dynamic tcp start=49152 num=16384
netsh int ipv6 set dynamic tcp start=49152 num=16384
net start winnat

Problem fixed!

Mar 25, 2021

ScreenConnect On-Premise SSL Installation Woes… Here’s the Secret to Using an Alternate Port (not 443), Working With SSL

This article is assuming you are using Windows, have an on-premise installation of ScreenConnect that is licensable, and are using Server 2016/2019 or Windows 10. This also assumes you have been issued an SSL certificate and also have the private key. My goodness, this was a head scratcher at first…

Screenconnect

4 min read

Mar 25, 2021

A Roll of Labels or Tape is Not Installed — Brother Label Printer — Printer Hack Without Frame/Cartridge

My little Brother QL-570 label printer needed new paper, so I purchased a new roll, but it didn’t come with the black frame/cartridge. Without the cartridge, you are unable to print, left with an error that says “a roll of labels or tape is not installed”. …

Brother

1 min read