Author Archives: Luke

Medion MD85264 Fingerprint reader driver

Posted on April 29, 2022 by Luke

I recently got my hands (or fingers) on a Medion MD85264 fingerprint reader, which is an old device. Other product numbers on the device: MSN: 50022080 EAN: 23086302 I had some trouble to get this working on Windows 10 or … Continue reading →

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IPTV and Unifi Dream Machine (pro) or Gateway

Posted on August 13, 2021 by Luke

A while ago i had to install a Unifi Dream Machine Pro on a XS4ALL FTTH line. IPTV had to keep working in conjunction with the UDM. After some trying and reading i came to the conlusion it is not … Continue reading →

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New version of AD/Federated password tool

Posted on March 26, 2020 by Luke

I have uploaded a new version of the password tool. There are 2 features added: Support for a SSL connection to your domain controller. Since some time it is mandatory to use SSL for password related operations Support for a … Continue reading →

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Youless and OpenHAB + Grafana

Posted on March 26, 2020 by Luke

A while ago i started using OpenHAB in my home. For this i bought a raspberry pi, Aeotec z-wave stick, 3 power meters and a fibaro switch and roller shutter.I had a little trouble getting started and understanding how it … Continue reading →

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Webbased Active Directory / Federated user password and recovery tool (IISADMPWD replacement)

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Luke

A while ago i wrote a simple tool which allows users to reset their expired password as a replacement for IISADMPWD. The tool was created because at the time Office 365 did not have the ability to let federated users … Continue reading →

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Mail Performance Monitor and AWStats Totals

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Luke

Recently i have added 2 solutions to my software and scripts section: The first tool is Mail Performance Monitor which  allows you to measure how long it takes to get a mail delivered from one mail account to another. More … Continue reading →

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Server 2012: The remote session was disconnected because there are no remote desktop license severs available to provide a license

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Luke

If you ever get the error message in the title when connecting to a RDS session host while your licenses are OK, try the following: Open Regedit on the host(s) Navigate to HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\RCM Take ownership of the GracePeriod key Delete … Continue reading →

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Ugoos MK809IV

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Luke

A while ago i bought an Android TV stick to use as a mediaplayer from iBood. I bought it trough their daily offer. Nice addition was the USB Fast Ethernet adapter (WiFi sucks). Specs of the stick: Quad Core RK3188 … Continue reading →

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Compress/Zip IIS Logs using Powershell

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Luke

In my short search for a script which can compress IIS log files i couldn’t find any solution (written in powershell). So i made my one myself. The script compresses all .log files located in the sub directories of $LogDir … Continue reading →

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Autodiscover to external Exchange Server

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Luke

Recently i had to migrate office mail from an on-premise Exchange (2010) server to Office 365. After the “switch over” (and changing DNS settings for mail and auto-discover to the Microsoft servers) i noticed that Outlook (2007) on the on-site … Continue reading →

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