September 18th, 2012
Recently I needed to install a number of fonts from a folder into a Windows 7 installation. One notable change with fonts since Windows XP is that you can’t just copy the fonts to the fonts folder. Windows Vista and 7 needs to register the font in the registry.
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Tags: Script, VBScript, Windows 7
Posted in Scripts, Windows 7 | Comments Off on Installing Fonts On Windows 7 From A VBScript
April 10th, 2012
I have a Logitech Revue GoogleTV and recently for no reason at all Netflix stopped working on it. It launches and then gives the error below. It’s simple enough to fix, but will drive you crazy if you experience the problem, since the only options it gives it “Try Again” or “Exit”. This is usually caused by conflicting login information caused by Netflix updating their security mechanisms.
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Tags: Error, GoogleTV, Netflix
Posted in Misc | Comments Off on How To Fix GoogleTV and Netflix Problem of We’re unable to connect you to Netflix
April 7th, 2012
In the part two I covered transmit and receive volume and DTMF Relay. In this last part we roll up our sleeves and look at some tcpdumps in Wireshark. This is how we can identify issues and remedy them with the past two articles.
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Tags: Telco, VOIP
Posted in Telco, VOIP | Comments Off on How To Solve Common Problems with VOIP and Fire Alarm Systems Dialing Out – Part 3
April 6th, 2012
This is part two of solving problems with VOIP and fire alarm system panels. The first part can be viewed here http://www.bohack.com/2012/04/how-to-solve-common-problems-with-voip-and-fire-alarm-systems-dialing-out-part-1/ I covered several common problems like POTS lines, on-hook voltage and VOIP quality settings.
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Tags: Telco, VOIP
Posted in Telco, VOIP | Comments Off on How To Solve Common Problems with VOIP and Fire Alarm Systems Dialing Out – Part 2
April 3rd, 2012
In this series I will cover common problems with VOIP and fire alarm panels that are connected to an Adtran ATA or Analog Telephone Adapters. Specifically panels that need to dial outbound, inbound requirements and adjustments are somewhat different.
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Tags: Telco, VOIP
Posted in Telco | Comments Off on How To Solve Common Problems with VOIP and Fire Alarm Systems Dialing Out – Part 1
March 27th, 2012
Recently I needed to allow Google thru a firewall and started to track down all of Google’s IPs. GHS or Google Hosted Services is comprised of many IP blocks and they are all used for different purposes. In the list below is only the IPv4 blocks and the ranges.
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Tags: Firewall, IPv4, Networking, Routing
Posted in Linux / Unix, Networking | Comments Off on GHS or Google Host Services IPv4 CIDR Netblock of IP Addresses
March 25th, 2012
During a recent project I found out; that Ubuntu does not have the latest package for Asterisk PBX server. So the only way to get Asterisk 1.8 is to compile it from scratch. So I am going to show you how to compile and install Asterisk 1.8 properly from source.
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Tags: asterisk, PBX, VOIP
Posted in Linux / Unix, VOIP | Comments Off on How To Compile Asterisk 1.8 on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS x86
February 26th, 2012
All authentication systems break down to three simple things: something you know, something you have or something you are. Something that you know is a password, something you have is a key and something you are is your physical looks.
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Tags: Cyrptography, Passwords, Security
Posted in Security | Comments Off on How To Create Complex Passwords From Simple Passwords With Applied Cryptography
February 25th, 2012
If you have every used CSVDE and exported Active Directory objects, you’ve noticed the integer that represents time. Last logon time is one such value that is represented as this integer. There is a way to convert it to time and date that is human readable.
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Tags: Active Directory, AD, CMD, Excel, PowerShell, Script
Posted in Programming, Scripts, Windows, Windows 2008 | Comments Off on Converting Active Directory Last Logon Time Integer to a Readable Date and Time
January 8th, 2012
After installing a radio in my 2002 Ford F-250 I found that my air bag light came on. With the key in the ignition position; it flashes 2 times and then another 7 times, which was a code 27 for the air bag system. This code means that your passenger deactivation module is bad.
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Tags: Ford, Repair
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