Author Archives: Dae

Kerio Connect server connection errors after upgrading to version 9.2.6

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Dae

Kerio Connect 9.2.6 introduced a limit for a number of simultaneous connections from a single IP address, which is — by default — set to 100 per protocol. If more than a hundred of users start using Kerio Connect from … Continue reading →

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Make tojson filter in Jinja2 output Unicode instead of escape sequences

Posted on January 27, 2018 by Dae

This wasn’t documented anywhere, but kudos to the Jinja2 devs for making this so easy to figure out from the source code.

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Fixing Windows Update: what to do when wuauserv refuses to stop

Posted on August 20, 2017 by Dae

Every now and then my virtualized Windows 10 would stuck at “Checking for updates” or “Downloading updates: 0%”. The solutions on various websites suggest stopping the related system services (net stop wuauserv and net stop bits) and trashing the contents … Continue reading →

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Where does the AppStore version of DaVinci Resolve Studio 12 store its projects?

Posted on June 19, 2017 by Dae

Make sure to make regular backups of this folder:

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How to load VirtIO storage drivers in Windows System Restore

Posted on May 16, 2017 by Dae

If you need to load VirtIO block storage driver (aka viostor) in Windows System Restore (aka Windows Recovery Mode) to recover your Windows virtual machine, take the following steps. (Also please read my note below).

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How to add an existing virtual disk to Proxmox

Posted on May 16, 2017 by Dae

It’s trivial to create virtual disks in Proxmox, but what if you want to add an existing disk to a new virtual machine?

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Windows not detecting unallocated space after extending virtual disk

Posted on May 15, 2017 by Dae

You’ve extended a virtual disk in Vmware or Proxmox for a Windows virtual machine, but the disk appears the same size in Disk Management?

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Sample AppleScript + Bash uninstaller

Posted on November 8, 2016 by Dae

Should you ever need to write an uninstaller for your macOS app, feel free to base it on our project—written entirely in AppleScript and Bash: https://github.com/SmoothMouse/Uninstaller

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Does Adobe Illustrator use CUDA or OpenCL for GPU acceleration?

Posted on November 4, 2016 by Dae

Probably neither. If someone tells you otherwise, ask them to back up their claim.

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macOS kernel programming bounty to revive SmoothMouse (PAUSED)

Posted on October 29, 2016 by Dae

The discontinuation of SmoothMouse seems to have upset many people. Now that the pointer lag is fixed in the newer versions of macOS, I was hoping our users would find other 3rd party mouse drivers more useful for they provide more acceleration controls than … Continue reading →

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