Having recently jumped into the world of Windows 10 IoT the first stumbling point seems to be Installing an app (which has multiple dependencies) onto my Rasberry Pi 2 Model B using the AppX Manager. In particular after selecting the AppX file, the Certificate and listing out the Dependencies I get the error: Commit deployment Error source: <appx file>.appx Error… Read more
Category: Software
This section looks at what is new in the world of software (Operating Systems included) and how to take best advantage of what is out there.
Jump right into a SSH session from the PRTG Enterprise Console
Ever wanted to jump right into a SSH session from an item that you’ve seen in the PRTG Enterprise Console? By setting up a Device Tool its all too easy to do by just clicking on the device and pressing a function key on your keyboard. Note that the Device Tool feature of the Enterprise Console can be used for… Read more
Windows 10 Mail – Your Outlook account settings are out of date – Fix
After giving the Customer/Technical previews of Windows 10 a wide berth (just haven’t had the time to play with them) I’m now finding I quite like Windows 10 on my Surface Pro 3 (i5 128GB); an interesting issue though – whenever I launched the new Mail app I found I was presented with the error message- Your Outlook account settings… Read more
Fun with SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is a powerful tool that comes with any of the paid editions of SQL server. By design its main function is to extract, transform and load data into databases however by mixing in CSV exports and PowerShell commands it can help automate various workflows. Although I won’t delve into too much detail in this… Read more
PRTG Case Study Live
Make no mistake I’m all for PRTG as my preferred Network Monitoring software so when I was asked to be featured in a case study I jumped at the chance. That study is now live and can be seen here – http://www.paessler.com/company/casestudies/oxford_spires_uses_prtg Another similar article can also be seen here – http://www.networkingplus.co.uk/case-study-details?itemid=351
Setting up Microsoft Forefront Identity and Lifecycle Manager – The service account could not be found
When setting up an installation of Microsoft Forefront Identity and Lifecycle Manager 2010 R2 going through the initial setup phase to configure common services I was getting the error message The service account could not be found. This could be due to an incorrect password. Please check the service account and try again. As it turns out I was getting… Read more
Deploying AirServer 1.9.6 via SCCM
Go into any school these days and it will be hard to avoid any shiny ‘iDevices’ and in support of that I have recently deployed AirServer by App Dynamic. The installer is provided as an MSI although our retailer suggested a command line option to deploy and activate the software for all users of the PC; a very nice idea there… Read more
Fallout 3 & Windows 8 – The ordinal 5359 could not be located in the dynamic link library
A few days ago I went out and bought Fallout 3 having heard that its a good game to try if you like the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and Metro series games. However when trying to run the game or update it to the latest available patch version on my Windows 8.1 PC I kept getting the error message- The ordinal 5359 could not… Read more
Deploy the OSX Impero Client with Munki
Since discovering it Munki has made my life looking after Apple Macs measurably easier. In short it allows the centralised deployment of Apple OSX updates as well as the deployment (and updating) of 3rd party software. In the short screen shot guide below I show how to deploy the OSX Impero Client using Munki.
Setup 10ZiG PeakOS to work as a digital status display (Kiosk mode)
Thin Clients are typically used to connect to VDI/Session hosted environments using though Microsoft/Citrix/VMWare technologies but they do have their other uses… In this post I am going to show you how to setup a 10ZiG thin client (in my case the 5872v) running their custom made Linux PeakOS that will Display status maps from my PRTG network monitor server… Read more