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Query all WordPress posts in MySQL not having a Yoast SEO meta description

Query all posts in WordPress not having a Yoast SEO meta description yet. You can run this on your MySQL prompt or in phpMyAdmin

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On02-12-2022
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  • Windows Server

Configure Windows Debugging Symbols in WinDbg

Set up debugging symbols for WinDbg in Windows and debug BSOD like a boss.

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On15-11-2022
  • 1 Comment
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  • Windows Server

Extract files from an MSI package

Windows has the ability to allow the MSI package (.msi file) contents to be extracted using the command line or via a script. I keep forgetting the correct msiexec.exe syntax to use to extract files from an .msi file (MSI package), so here is a short post with the command.

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On02-11-2022
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  • Windows Server

Connect to a KVM host through an ssh tunnel and arbitrary port in Windows 11 and WSL 2

Connect virt-manager to a KVM host through an ssh tunnel and arbitrary port in Windows using Windows 11 and WSL 2.

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On21-10-2022
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  • Windows Server

Windows 11 and WSL 2 DevOps environment

In this post I describe some of the settings and changes I made to make my Windows 11 and Ubuntu WSL2 into a fully fledged development environment. Here are the settings and tools I use for DevOps / SysOps on Windows.

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On15-08-2022
  • 11 Comments
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  • Windows Server

YubiKey support in OpenSSH for Windows 11

Now Win32-OpenSSH has decent support for FIDO/U2F hardware authenticators you can finally use your YubiKey for SSH authentication in Windows 11, jeej! Here is how.

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On14-08-2022
  • 3 Comments
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How to display longer username in ps

Display full username in ps. The ps output truncates usernames to 7 characters and a +. If you need full usernames in Bash ps, here is how.

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On05-02-2022
Read MoreHow to display longer username in ps
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  • Windows Server

Convert SqlCe database to SQL Server

How can I convert an SqlCe database to Microsoft SQL Server?

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On12-01-2022
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How to optimize Umbraco 8 performance

Out of the box, Umbraco is a well built and pretty fast content management system. However, it is still important you perform some steps to further optimize Umbraco's performance and loading speed.

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On23-12-2021
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3 Ways of blocking sendmail.php on IIS webserver

Here are 3 ways of blocking access to a PHP sendmail.php script on your Windows Server IIS webserver. This comes in handy if a websites on your webserver sends out spam and you need to block access to a script on a specific website or globally in IIS.

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On08-12-2021
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