WSUS, the basics. During the weekend I updated all the servers at the customer. I expected everything to have gone well. On Monday morning I came to the office and found out that I had not updated the WSUS server itself. I then logged onto the server and then received this error message: An error … Continue reading FIX: An error occured trying to connect the WSUS server by Bas Wijdenes
Tag: CMD
FIX: Telnet not recognized internal or external command
Command Prompt and Telnet, the basics. I mainly use Telnet to test whether a port is open to a certain server or website. Suppose that e.g. port 25 is not open to an SMTP server, it cannot receive e-mails because e-mails go over port 25. This can deviate from port 25, but I will not … Continue reading FIX: Telnet not recognized internal or external command
TUTORIAL: Find Device model name and Serial number in the Command Prompt
Find device model You can’t find the right drivers or compatible hardware for your device because you don’t know the exact product name or BIOS serial number? There is a command to find the exact product name and BIOS serial number. Find Device model name and Serial number in the Command Prompt | find device model … Continue reading TUTORIAL: Find Device model name and Serial number in the Command Prompt
TUTORIAL: open a directory in Command prompt
Opening a directory with Command prompt could be useful for example: open a directory on a different computer or server. Or open a directory on a NAS for a back-up. This way you can program a script that will open this temporarily directory and write the back-up to this letter. If you’re using this code … Continue reading TUTORIAL: open a directory in Command prompt
How to turn your laptop in a hotspot by Bas Wijdenes
Why would you? In the student house where I lived for a while, the WiFi was so bad that my cell phone could not connect. Remember that this was 8 years ago. the network adapters of telephones were not as good as those of a laptop. Every room had an Ethernet connection, so I came … Continue reading How to turn your laptop in a hotspot by Bas Wijdenes
