Devin's Tech Blog
A technology blog with How-To and Informational posts.
Windows 10 Anniversary Update
So you got your “free” upgrade to Windows 10? I had figured it was too good to be true. And now that the end of the free upgrades is here, it looks like Microsoft is going to roll out the Anniversary Update soon after. Usually, updates are good and improve the operating system, but it…
Fix missing CNAME record: guid._msdcs.mydomain
I don’t usually post much about Windows, but this is something that I ran into and it took some searching to find the answer. If you try to run “dcdiag” and get a message something like “missing CNAME record: <guid>._msdcs.mydomain” and it is unable to run the DNS checks this might help you. This is…
Update Plex Media Server (CentOS)
You may have followed the guide on the plex.tv website and setup a Plex Media Server on CentOS 6 awhile back and now have a working Plex Server for your movies. What do you do when you see that message saying you need to update your Plex Media Server application manually. There are some guides…
UniFi Wireless Controller on CentOS 6.8
This post will describe the basic setup of Ubiquiti UniFi Wireless AccessPoint Controller software on CentOS. The UniFi controller software is designed to manage multiple Wireless Access Points sold by Ubiquiti Networks. These APs are super lightweight and run a very basic Linux CLI, by default they are only open to SSH for configuration, and they do…
Having Problems Upgrading to Windows 10?
Have you been getting the generic “Windows 10 couldn’t be installed” message when you tried to upgrade your computer to Windows 10? Here are a few things you can try to get your computer to do the upgrade. I’ve been upgrading a lot of computers to Windows 10 over the past couple months, and I’ve…
Install Xen 4.6 on CentOS 6.8
I have multiple Xen hosts, and I figured that I should share the setup procedure that I use to make my Virtualization Hosts, so here it goes. First thing to do is make sure that your CPU supports hardware virtualization, otherwise you will only be able to create paravirtualized virtual machines. Host OS Installation: You…
Windows 10 Free Upgrade
As most people probably already know, Windows 10 will no longer be free after July 29th. That means as of this writing there is less than 10 days to do the upgrade. I have been upgrading computers left and right to get everything done in time. I think Windows 10 is a vast improvement over…
New Theme
Theme I finally think I picked a theme that I like, its called Elicit and I think it looks a lot better than the ugly one I had before. About Me I also added an About Me page. There isn’t a whole lot of content on it yet, but things are moving along. Hosting I think…