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setting up raid
by David Mehler 15 Apr '18

15 Apr '18

Hello, I'm going to be getting some hard drives soon. I'd like to raid them. I will have three drives each 4TB in size. My motherboard does do raid 0,1,5,and I think 10, system running win10 x64. I am wondering if there's an accessible way to set up redundant raid with these drives? Thanks. Dave.

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NVDA and Windows Audio Service (audiodg.exe)
by Luke Scholey 13 Apr '18

13 Apr '18

Hi All > I’m having an alarming issue with NVDA eating all my ram through the Windows Audio Device Graph Isolation Process; audiodg.exe. > Quite a technical issue – I’ll > Try and explain it the best I can. > I had been using my laptop, running Windows 10 and NVDA 2018.1.1, for about 3 hours doing a lot of > Emails and document editing using Microsoft word; so not that advanced. Suddenly, I got a blue screen error telling me my virtual memory had been used up and my laptop needed to restart. > I was naturally curious as to what could’ve, first used so much ram, then that it needed to eat all my virtual memory up. > I consulted task manager and found that the windows audio device graph isolation process – file audiodg.exe was using just over a GB of ram! I new this wasn’t normal and as I was watching it was increasing very fast. > It only increases when NVDA is talking though, that’s the weird thing. I’ve verified that all my audio settings are normal and my audio drivers are up to date. There is nothing else I have running that comes close to using this much ram. > After a while the audiodg.exe program uses so much ram that it shifts some into virtual to try and free some ram. This process then continues until over 30 GB of virtual has been used; then I get the blue screen error. > I then tried using narrator to see what happened to the amount of ram audiodg.exe was using and it was a normal amount and wasn’t increasing. I then played some music and the results were fine again. > Has anyone had this issue before that could help me come to a solution on how to fix this weird leak. If there’s anymore info you need please let me know. > Thanks > Luke -- Luke Scholey Webmaster i/c Publishing lukescholey.co.uk Tel: +44 7759 282586 Email: l.scholey(a)lukescholey.co.uk WWW.LUKESCHOLEY.CO.UK All feedback and questions welcome. The site admin can be contacted at: webmaster(a)lukescholey.co.uk All content copyright © 2012-2018 LukeScholey.co.uk Confidentiality Notice: This message and any attachments are private and confidential and may be subject to legal privilege and copyright. If you are not the intended recipient please do not publish or copy it to anyone else. If you have received this message in error please notify the sender immediately by using the reply facility in your email software and then remove it from your system. Disclaimer: Although this email and attachments have been scanned for viruses, LukeScholey.co.uk accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from the receipt or use of this communication.

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Micrsoft Exchange Server 2016
by George Bell 13 Apr '18

13 Apr '18

Have any of you had experience of the purgatorial setup, installation and administration of Exchange Server 2016? Aside from finding at least 4 major bugs in a new installation, what company in their right mind releases software where the Help and Best Practices Analyzer both point to the previous version? They may be similar, but there are some major differences. If you are faced with getting involved with Exchange Server 2016, please feel free to first contact me off list for more details of this almost total train wreck! George W. F. Bell Managing Director Techno-Vision Systems Ltd 76 Bunting Road Ind. Est. NORTHAMPTON NN2 6EE United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 160 479 2777 Fax: +44 (0) 160 479 2726 E-mail: George(a)techno-vision.co.uk Web: http://www.techno-vision.co.uk

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sh shell scripting, FreeBSD
by David Mehler 12 Apr '18

12 Apr '18

Hello, I'm working on a shell script on FreeBSD specifically an rc startup script but I'm hoping what i'm asking is not BSD-specific but rather an sh shell syntax question. I've got a program that when daemonized it runs on 127.0.0.1 on port 5953, I am attempting to get that process, which does not have it's own pidfile (nor does it have the option support to make one), but does show up in a sockstat output, and kill it. If at the bash shell I do: sockstat -l4|grep 5953|awk '{print $3}' I get the specific number i'm wanting to kill and no more. If I put that command in my rc script stop section when that command is run I get the whole sockstat line, It finds the specific line I'm needing but does not find the specific number I'm looking for. What I've tried: fsstop="sockstat -l4|grep 5953|awk '{print $3}'" #stop_cmd="sockstat -l4|grep 5953|awk -F " " '{print $3}'|killall -" stop_cmd="${fsstop}" I'm assuming what i'm hitting is an sh vs bash shell difference. I'd appreciate any suggestions. Thanks. Dave.

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sh shell scripting, FreeBSD
by David Mehler 12 Apr '18

12 Apr '18

Hello, I'm working on a shell script on FreeBSD specifically an rc startup script but I'm hoping what i'm asking is not BSD-specific but rather an sh shell syntax question. I've got a program that when daemonized it runs on 127.0.0.1 on port 5953, I am attempting to get that process, which does not have it's own pidfile (nor does it have the option support to make one), but does show up in a sockstat output, and kill it. If at the bash shell I do: sockstat -l4|grep 5953|awk '{print $3}' I get the specific number i'm wanting to kill and no more. If I put that command in my rc script stop section when that command is run I get the whole sockstat line, It finds the specific line I'm needing but does not find the specific number I'm looking for. What I've tried: fsstop="sockstat -l4|grep 5953|awk '{print $3}'" #stop_cmd="sockstat -l4|grep 5953|awk -F " " '{print $3}'|killall -" stop_cmd="${fsstop}" I'm assuming what i'm hitting is an sh vs bash shell difference. I'd appreciate any suggestions. Thanks. Dave.

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activating win7
by David Mehler 10 Apr '18

10 Apr '18

Hello, I've got probably a unique situation here. I'm dealing with a guy who bought win7 home premium x64 with his custom built computer. During the free upgrade period to win10 he went for it. Now having issues he has reverted to 7 which essentially means a clean reinstall. His key which was formerly working now is not showing up as valid. Does anyone have a fix? Time sensitive. Thanks. Dave.

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activating win7
by David Mehler 10 Apr '18

10 Apr '18

Hello, I've got probably a unique situation here. I'm dealing with a guy who bought win7 home premium x64 with his custom built computer. During the free upgrade period to win10 he went for it. Now having issues he has reverted to 7 which essentially means a clean reinstall. His key which was formerly working now is not showing up as valid. Does anyone have a fix? Time sensitive. Thanks. Dave.

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vultr.com
by mattias jonsson 08 Apr '18

08 Apr '18

anyone own a vps on vultr.com? if i will change os on the vps how are i suposed to do? the combobox are unusable

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vultr.com
by mattias jonsson 08 Apr '18

08 Apr '18

anyone own a vps on vultr.com? if i will change os on the vps how are i suposed to do? the combobox are unusable

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nondestructively resizing a partition
by David Mehler 06 Apr '18

06 Apr '18

Hello, I've got a windows machine that i'm needing to repartition. It's got a single 2TB drive in it, i'm needing to cut that roughly in quarters 500GB a partition. I've got a PE I have never done this, if anyone has any tool recommendations i'd appreciate it. Thanks. Dave.

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