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Browsersync not Injecting or Refreshing page

27/01/2019

If all else fails check for a commented <body> tag  before your <body> tag within the source code. Right-click the page and select View Page Source to eliminate this cause.

e.g.

<!-- <body><script id="__bs_script__">//<![CDATA[
    document.write("<script async src='/browser-sync/browser-sync-client.js?v=2.26.3'><\/script>".replace("HOST", location.hostname));
//]]></script> -->
<body>

Browsersync appends its Java script after the first <body> tag it finds regardless of whether it is embedded in a comment or not! Obviously, being wrapped in a comment  effectively disables it from injecting or refreshing the page.

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Ubuntu 18.04 Install WordPress in Home partition

01/01/2019

­Install LAMP

For the purposes of this exercise the Apache document root will be moved to /home/mike/www/ and MySQL data directory moved to /home/mysql and a virtual host created called pcdocgo.co.uk

Use Tasksel to install LAMP services

$ sudo apt install tasksel

Install latest Apache, MySQL and PHP servers

$ sudo tasksel install lamp-server

Configure Apache

Add user to Apache www-data group

$ sudo useradd -G www-data mike

Prepare new document root

$ mkdir /home/mike/www
$ sudo rsync -av /var/www/html /home/mike/www

Note: rsync –

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Virtualbox after 5.2.22 GA Install and Restart Windows Guest can’t Sign In

13/12/2018

After installing  Virtualbox 5.2.22 Guest Additions and restart you can’t sign in. The Keyboard input is not recognised. Don’t try to restart from power button on login page as you end up going round in circles. Instead elect to Shutdown and then Start.

After this everything seems to be OK although I did not notice it took several minutes to shutdown the first time after successfully logging in. After this it shut down in the normal time frame.

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Window 10 1803 Update Bug Automatic Repair Loop bootres.dll corrupt

21/10/2018

Fix by Clean Install

  1. Boot Windows 10 iso usb and enter Troubleshoot – Advanced Option – Command
  2. Chkdsk d: /f  – where d: is the Windows drive
  3. Boot Macrium Reflect or Acronis True Image usb and make an image backup of the drive to a portable usb drive
  4. Boot Windows 10 1809 iso usb and do a clean install removing all partitions before hand
  5. Once Windows 10 1809 is up and running install 3rd party backup software
  6. Mount backup image and recover Home folder(s)
  7. Reinstall applications,

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Migrate Outlook 2010 onwards to another PC

19/10/2018

Outlook migration steps

  • Source PC
    • Note account settings
      • Email addresses
      • Corresponding IMAP/POP3 and SMTP servers
      • Data folder locations
      • Default delivery pst file
    • Note data file locations, e.g.:
      • c:\users\[user]\Documents\Outlook Files\
      • c:\users\[user]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook
      • c:\users\[user]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Outlook
    • Close Outlook
    • Copy all above data folders to a portable drive
  • New PC
    • Copy data from portable drive to same locations
    • Install Outlook 2010 but don’t start it
    • Run Control Panel
    • Change from Category view to  Medium Icons
    • Double-click Mail icon
    • Create new profile called Outlook
    • Set settings the same as the Source PC and save profile
    • Change Control Panel back to Category view
    • Disable Wireless/LAN connection
    • Start Outlook
    • Go to Account setting and enter email passwords
    • Re-enable Wireless/LAN connection
    • Click Send/Receive to update/synchronise data files

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List Windows Installed Programs

15/10/2018

List Installed Programs

Command Prompt

wmic product get name,version

Powershell

Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* | Select-Object DisplayName, DisplayVersion, Publisher, Size, InstallDate | Format-Table -AutoSize

Downgrade Linux Thunderbird

07/10/2018

For those who have upgraded to latest Thunderbird to find Calendar add-on is suddenly not compatible. The quick fix is to roll-back to last version as follows:

Display Thunderbird available versions

apt-cache show thunderbird | grep Version

Select last version to rollback to, e.g.

sudo apt-get install thunderbird=1:52.9.1+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Fix Windows 10 EFI 0xc000000f Boot Error

14/09/2018

Repair Windows 10 UEFI boot error 0xc000000f

If you can boot into Advanced Startup Options menu jump to step 4

  1. Insert the Windows 10 ISO USB in your PC and restart
  2. Boot from the media
  3. Select Repair Your Computer
  4. Select Troubleshoot
  5. Select Advanced Options
  6. Select Command Prompt

Type following in Command window

Use Diskpart to assign drive letter to EFI system partion

diskpart
list disk (Note which disk is your boot drive,

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