The specified version of the NuGet package is not found in Artifactory
The “chocolatey_package” Chef resource can install NuGet packages from Artifactory. Artifactory is inconsistent in case sensitivity when an application is searching for a NuGet package. When we specify the package ID only, the…
Scale inserted videos with the correct aspect ratio in Adobe Premiere CC
When we insert a video clip into our timeline that has the same height, but different width than our project, Adobe Premiere CC distorts the inserted clip. My project is 1920 x 1080, the inserted clip is 1440 x 1080. When I insert the narrower clip into…
Determine the Linux OS version
To display the Linux operating system version execute the command cat /etc/*release* uname -a
Copy files between Windows and Linux computers
There are many tools to copy files between Windows and Linux computers, I have found this method the simplest. It does not require any software installation on the Windows machine, and only one package installation on the Linux machine. Share a folder on…
Edit the HKEY_CURRENT_USER Windows Registry keys of another user
The user-specific settings in the Windows registry are stored under the HKEY_CURRENT_USER key. If you open the Regedit.exe application the HKEY_CURRENT_USER key contains the settings for your user account. To access the registry keys of another user we…
“Ran out of time waiting for the server with id” with Windows Server 2016 in Chef Test Kitchen
AWS changed how Windows Server EC2 instances send messages during boot. Windows Server 2012 R2 AWS EC2 instances sent the “Windows is ready” message every time those became available after boot. When a Windows Server 2016 AWS EC2 instance…
Test Chef cookbooks locally on a virtual workstation
When you use a virtual machine to write your Chef cookbooks you may want to test them locally with Vagrant. This nested virtual machine cannot use a 64 bit operating system, because to run a 64 bit virtual machine, the host computer’s CPU has to…
Nested VirtualBox virtual machine on a VirtualBox virtual machine
There can be reasons when we want to run a VirtualBox virtual machine on another VirtualBox virtual machine. I am setting up a Windows virtual machine to interview job candidates and want to run a small Ubuntu virtual machine on the Windows virtual…
Resize the VirtualBox image hard drive
When your VirtualBox virtual machine’s hard drive fills up Virtual Box does not provide a user interface to extend it. If you run VirtualBox on a Macintosh workstation Stop the virtual machine On a Macintosh workstation, the virtual machine image…
Ruby tips and tricks
Bang methods (Exclamation point at the end of the method name) There are methods that have a permanent or dangerous version. The exclamation point designates to use the dangerous version of the method. String manipulation The bang versions of the string…