Blog - Don Zalmrol

A Chernobyl visit with an Arduino Geiger counter

By Laurens Gregoir Sunday 01 September 2019ElectronicsArduino, Arduino Geiger Counter, Chernobyl, Exclusion Zone, Geiger Counter, Geiger Müller, Pripyat, SBM-20, SI-3, Terra-P, Tubes, ValvesNo Comments

Introduction Perhaps an odd project for my site but with some friends we visited the Chernobyl exclusion zone, small town of Zalyssa, city of Pripyat (Get out of here Stalker), Chernobyl (Vladimir Ilyich Lenin) nuclear power plant and Duga 3 Over The Horizon (OTH) Radar installation receiver on the 29th of…

How to create and manage the Central Store for Group Policy Administrative Templates in Windows server

By Laurens Gregoir Thursday 31 October 2024ITActive Directory, Microsoft, PowershellNo Comments

Download the latest ADMX version from MS → Create and manage Central Store - Windows Client Unpack it on on your domain server or preferably management server Copy only; the *.admx files from the root folder to a new folder called “filtered” the en-us (and/or any other language file you…

Proxmox guest drivers

By Laurens Gregoir Friday 11 October 2024ITLinux, Proxmox, WindowsNo Comments

For a Proxmox guest, whether its Windows or Linux, the VirtIO and Qemu-system drivers need to be installed. Full detailed guide: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Windows_VirtIO_Drivers Windows Download the latest "virtio-win-XXX" package from Fedora Install the "virtio-win-gt-x64.msi" driver Install the (optional) "virtio-win-guest-tools.exe" driver Reboot the guest Linux Execute the commands below # Install the…

How to create a certificate request for Exchange 2019

By Laurens Gregoir Friday 11 October 2024ITExchange 2019, Microsoft, PowershellNo Comments

Change the script below and you'll have a signed certificate in no time for Exchange 2019. This also works for Exchange 2016, but there you can still use the GUI. # Vars $serverName = "YourServerName" $friendlyName = "FriendlyName" $exportable = "$True | $False" $subjectName = "c=COUNTRY, s=STATE, l=CITY, o=ORGANIZATION, ou=DEPARTMENT,…

Proxmox – BSODs after importing Hyper-V guest(s) during boot

By Laurens Gregoir Tuesday 17 September 2024ITHyper-V, Page fault in nonpaged area, Proxmox, System thread exception not handled, XCP-NGNo Comments

So after migrating from Hyper-V to Proxmox I've encountered some issues for getting my Windows guests (server 2016/2019 and 2022) to boot properly. It seems that installing the VirtIO drivers prior exporting is not a workable solution. At least not for me. Similar issues were experienced with XCP-NG before I…