Convert Win2003 Physical Server to VirtualBox
How to Convert a Physical Win2003 Server to a VirtualBox EquivalentWARNING: do not bother doing this if you have an OEM license on the physical server because you will not be able to get in to the virtual machine because you will not be able to activate the license unless you are running with the or
How to get into your own router
These instructions are for Windows users.0. Make sure your computer is physically connected to your router.1. Go to a command prompt2. Run IPCONFIG /All [Enter]3. Look for the ip number listed as your gateway. The most common number is 192.168.0.1If you have more than one adapter (e.g. CAT-5 cable p
AWS EC2: Mounting a separate set of S3 disks for each Windows user
CloudBerry Labs CloudDrivelicensed on a Windows server might seem expensive, but it depends on how large the disks are that you need, how frequently you need to access the files, how large the files are, and how complex the privacy/security issues are between users.This idea might help someone who i
Windows Server 2016 Nano - In Practice on AWS EC2
I have decided NOT to use Windows Server 2016 Nano at this time. The following explains what I got working, and where I got stuck.I wanted to run custom Windows services compiled with Delphi for win64, and have them serve dynamic web content through IIS using a custom ISAPI extension, as I do on Win
Recycle IIS AppPool from command line
Here is a BAT file for recycling the IIS AppPool from the command line, i.e. without needing to run IIS Manager. You may need to adjust the path to Windows and the name of the AppPool. The program this uses, cscript.exe, is included with Windows.cscript.exe c:\windows\system32\iisapp.vbs /a Default
IIS for mobile dev: use WACS client to make LetsEncrypt https cert
Question: how to make a free trusted HTTPS certificate for use when developing mobile apps with IIS on a development system which is intentionally private?https://flic.kr/p/qJccKyShort answer: use the win-acme client with dns validationUPDATE January 2020"WACS" now supports some plug-ins to do DNS e
How to Set Up and Serve Private Content using Amazon S3 and CloudFront
Here are my notes regarding anexcellent post by Mark S. Rasmussenabout Serving Private Content using Amazon S3 and CloudFront. He uses Dot Net and C# for the steps. By now, the browser-based AWS console has sufficient features to let us do this without compiling anything in C#. These notes follow
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