Saturday, 31 March 2018

Polatap Ultimate Bluetooth Audio and Battery Travel Kit

Polatap Ultimate Bluetooth Audio and Battery Travel Kit


If your like me, i am always on the look out for interesting but innovative gadgets, i usually search around the net, but quite lately i have been looking on kickstarter, for those who don't know what kickstarter is, its an online community where projects are funded and as the name suggests, gets kickstarted so that they can start the project with the funds they raised from the interested backers and community.

Polatap is a kickstarter project and to me this kickstarter project is interesting enough because i love audio and travel that i had to share this quick video i found. Enjoy, you will know what i mean when you see the video!

Tuesday, 27 March 2018

How To - Map Network Drives By Batch File Logon Script

Mapping Network Drives Batch File Logon Script - Get yourself out of trouble temporarily if you are having map network drive issues on your network by using this useful logon script

Hello all fellow IT Geeks, Beginners and the alike.

Here is a batch file script you can implement on your domain network to map network drives if you are having issues with user accounts not mapping drives properly through Group Policy. This can get you out of trouble for the interim so that you can concentrate on finding out what the problem is with your drive maps, group policy objects etc. This script can be easily modified and implemented within minutes.


Steps:

  • Create your batch file in notepad and copy and modify the below script
  • Name it accordingly, for this example we named it mapdrives.bat
  • Place/Copy the saved batch file under C:\Windows\SYSVOL\domain\scripts on your domain controller/server
  • In Active Directory implement the script to the users who are having map drive issues - In Active Directory and users, locate the user, go to the profile tab type the name of the script, in this example mapdrives.bat
  • Go to the machine of the user, go to command prompt type in gpupdate /force and reboot
  • Check the results of the group policies being applied gpresult -r
  • If all good when you logon next, you should see command prompt flash when you login and do its magic!

This is a good solution for you to get you out of trouble temporarily whilst you dig around and troubleshoot your network, it can be especially useful for those who have multiple mapped network drives assigned to their profile.

The below script has to be modified accordingly to your environment therefore it is advised that you modify to your network such as the drive letters for example.

I would suggest to test this on a few test machines out before implementing the script to your specific domain users.


@echo off

echo  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
echo Mapping Network Drives Batch File
echo  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

net use K: /delete
net use R: /delete
net use V: /delete
net use W: /delete
net use X: /delete
net use Z: /delete
echo

NET USE K: \\dc01\ManagerDrive /persistent:no
echo.
NET USE R: \\dc01\Photos /persistent:no
echo.
NET USE V: \\dc01\software /persistent:no
echo.
NET USE W: \\dc01\GeneralData /persistent:no
echo.
NET USE X: \\server02\Otherdata /persistent:no
echo.
NET USE Z: \\dc01\Homes$\%USERNAME% /persistent:no
echo.



echo.
echo.Time synching now...
NET TIME \\dc01 /SET /YES

echo.
echo  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
echo LOG - ON Completed
echo  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

echo.



Thanks and Enjoy!

Friday, 23 March 2018

How to - Ubuntu unable to read exfat file system

How to - Ubuntu unable to read exfat file system

Today i was faced with a very unusual error message when i loaded up my usb key, the usb key was formatted in exfat. Unfortunately the key was not recognised in my Ubuntu system.

See below the solution, to be able to read exfat system in Ubuntu or just about any Linux distro.


Command Line

In your Ubuntu system open up terminal

sudo apt-get install exfat-utils exfat-fuse

Once executed the command, plug in your usb key and now your Ubuntu should be able to read the contents.

Tuesday, 20 March 2018

Ubuntu's Answer to CPUZ - How To Install CPU-G On Ubuntu 16.04


CPU-G - Tool for knowing your Processor,Motherboard,Memory System etc.





So if you have been looking for an equivalent to windows version of CPUZ for Ubuntu, here it is, its called CPU-G, CPU-G is a free and open-source CPU-Z fork that collects and displays information about your computer which includes CPU, RAM, motherboard type.

Its a simple information tool to show you what hardware you have inside your computer basically.

So included here today i will show how you can install it on your Ubuntu environment, for this example i am using Ubuntu 16.04.

Assume that you are not root, therefore added sudo at each command otherwise you can use the command without sudo at front if your are already super user.

1. Add the repository for installing the cpu-g
Sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao

2. Update the newly added repository.
Sudo apt-get update

3.Install the cpu-g package
Sduo apt-get install cpu-g -y

Enjoy!

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