Stephan Wibier

Linux – Cloud-init, note-to-self

May

7

2023

Tweet Just a reminder for myself. Can use in Cloud-init to set password for accounts. #cloud-config ssh_pwauth: truepassword: passwordchpasswd:list: |root:passwordcentos:passwordexpire: false

Linux – Password has been used already. Choose another

Dec

19

2022

Tweet Just a quick reminder, note-to-self Linux – Password has been used already. Choose another root@linux:~ # passwdChanging password for root.New Password:Reenter New Password:Password has been used already. Choose another.Password changed Linux is keeping the old password stored on /etc/security/opasswd. Delete the line containing the user that you’re trying to change the password.It is encrypted ...

Microsoft Security ATP Defender rename

Nov

11

2021

Tweet This is just a small post about the last rename of the Microsoft Security suites.I found this infogram on the Net and it is a good overview so I like to keep this for reference.I don’t know who the author is so I cannot give credits at this time. Microsoft Defender suite All the ...

Windows Update error 0x8007422

Aug

14

2019

Tweet This is just a quick one! I was in the process of updating a client and I got an error 0x80070422. Well ok, what is that? Actually very easy So what if I Enable and Start this service? Succes!! Happy Updating

Windows 10 (and Windows 7) License key – retrieve and report

Aug

12

2019

Tweet Recently I got a question about Embedded License keys for Windows client OS systems. These are systems with a Windows license key embedded in the BIOS. If you install Windows on a system with an embedded key, it will automatically install this key and activate it. There are several ways to get the Original ...

How-to: Fix Windows Update error 0xca00a000

Apr

14

2019

Tweet So recently I ran into a Windows Update error. I am in the WindowsInsider rings, so it is not uncommon to me that errors can occur! But this one was new, so what can I do? The error at hand was: Error 0xca00a000 Well the first thing I normally do in cases like this ...

Nutanix CommunityEdition (CE) 5.10

Mar

15

2019

Tweet Hi, so this is a new one. And it’s different, more technical. Also very nice to do and to play around with. I’m talking about the CommunityEdition (CE) of the Nutanix stack. Wait the what? Nutanix is a vendor that provides a Hyper-Converged datacenter solution. Enterprise Cloud. One OS. One Click. Any Cloud. Hm ...

HOW-TO Install Nutanix CommunityEdition (CE) 5.10 on VMware ESXi 6.7

Mar

15

2019

Tweet So in my last post I gave the address of where to get the nice and free bits to play with: Nutanix CommunityEdition (CE) 5.10 At the moment there is no ISO to download, so we have to go with the manual installation. This is not so hard but we have to take a ...

HOW-TO Microsoft Windows Store apps fail to update – Error 0x803FB002

Feb

27

2019

Tweet Sometimes when you have a Windows Store app on Windows 10 there is an update available. So you get a nice fly-out that there is one. And you think, ok let’s do this update! You click ‘Okay’ to update, and then: ERROR But why? And how to resolve this error… First what happens: And ...

Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18342 – And why it may fail to present itself!

Feb

21

2019

Tweet A nice and happy message from the Windows Insider Program website, another Build (#18342) is available. So I rushed to my Windows Insider machines and, huh wait no update on 1 device. That’s odd, the other devices in the Fast Ring are ok, but this one is not…WHY? Wel then there was the update ...