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Convert Your Bloated Apple QuickTime .MOV videos to H264 .MP4 with ffmpeg Everybody knows that Apple QuickTime is an outdated and bloated video format that requires extra codecs to play on Windows 7 and 10, plus you need Apple Itunes or Apple QuickTime to play it back.  On Windows 7 and 10, you also need VLC media player or the codec pack to play it back with Windows Media player.  It's so bloated that a 3 minute video can easily fill up 1 GB of disk space.  Plus native QuickTime can easily fill up your icloud account.  Furthermore, it's an outdated format that will soon be obsolete. So, convert the videos to H264 video to compress down to 1/10 the file size and be playable on Windows Media Player and be ready for upload to YouTube.  Compress it and reduce the frame rate with ffmpeg to reduce the file size by 95% or more. First thing you need is Ubuntu 14 to 16+ LTS running on a decent core i7 machine with at least 4 cores. Then once you get that, you need...

PCI Data Acquisition and Signal Processing Controller driver When your ASUS or HP laptop shows a missing driver in the windows device manager, you can use this driver package from HP to install the driver.  This package contains the driver that enables the Intel Dynamic Platform and Thermal Framework firmware. Intel Dynamic Platform and Thermal Framework provide system temperature and power utilization information for the system thermal  protection to function properly. This package is provided for supported notebook models running a supported operating system. This will work on ASUS Zenbook Touch UX31A and HP laptops too. Plus it will work on Dell Optiplex desktops and Latitude laptops too! ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp71501-72000/sp71638.exe

Here's How I Convert Apple Quicktime .MOV and Windows .AVI Video to .MP4  Introduction Many Apple devices shoot video in H265 hvec, mpeg-h video format, and contain them in dual stream format where Stream 0 is H265 video and Stream 1 is MPEG AAC (mp4a) audio.  The file container is .MOV.  Other formats substitute H264 video for stream 0.  The results is what they call "Quicktime".  Other non Apple devices such as Sony Handycams and Mavicas store their video with a .AVI format. This container has JPEG video.  For all these weird and outmoded formats, you can convert them to more modern MPEG-4 video and MP3 audio, or H264 video with MP3 audio. Choose your codecs from this list .   This blog entry has examples of how to convert videos with VLC command line and ffmpg command line.  If this blog entry is helpful or you know of a better way, please say so in the comments. -- Thanks Guys! Convert it using MSDOS Batch Scripting and VLC player ...

How to Check Domain Controller Roles and Change them in a Dual DC Setup - Active Directory - Seize the Roles Using NetDom using the netdom command in a command prompt or dos prompt window to display the assignment of roles.  Herre we have roles split between ADS-01 and DC1 servers.  The text in  red/yellow  is what YOU type in to make it happen. C:\Users\Administrator.HOMESLICE>  netdom query fsmo Schema master               ADS-01.homeslice.local Domain naming master        ADS-01. homeslice .local PDC                         DC1. homeslice .local RID pool manager            DC1. homeslice .local Infrastructure master       DC1. homeslice .local The command completed successfully. Using ntdsutil Using ntdsutil to transfer the schema master and naming master. For t...

Fixing the Dreaded Outlook 2013 Signature Pane and Stationary Pane Error On Windows 7, 64bit with Office 2013, 64 bit, you also get event 27 in your Application event log "Outlook Error" with no real details, and the Outlook signature pane does not work anymore, plus stationary and fonts will not open up anymore. It is caused by a missing registry key called LocalServer32 and its associated REG_SZ keys.  Once you add the missing registry keys, you have to reboot your computer to see it working again.  Don't apply this fix to Office 2016 or Office 365! Furthermore, only apply this fix to 64 bit Office 2013. For 32-bit installation: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{0006F03A-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\LocalServer32 For 64-bit installation HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{0006F03A-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\LocalServer32 Edit the registry and add the LocalServer32 and Default keys containing the path to Outlook.exe.. you may jus...

How to Have Fun with Phone Scammers Fake Social Security Number  Generate a new social security number for the scammers give it a year of birth and an originating state, and get a random US tax id.   https://www.ssn-verify.com/generate https://www.ssn-verify.com/generate Dmc701 tim brown tb1602 arrest warrent number: 47mls215 Fake Credit Card Numbers When the credit card scammers call you and ask for your Visa/MasterCard or AMEX card number, give them something that they can use.  Graham King has a list of valid numbers here  https://www.darkcoding.net/credit-card-numbers/   you just need to make up a CVV and expiration date.  For extra fun, generate fake numbers and cvvs.   https://www.getcreditcardinfo.com/generatevisacreditcard.php Fake Name Generator Generate fake names and credit card numbers  https://www.fakenamegenerator.com/credit-card-validator.php  Generate culturaly correct fake personas here  https:...

Suddenly, You Cannot Print Custom Forms from Ellie Mae Encompass This often happens with Microsoft Office 2013 and sometimes Office 2016 or 365 Solution #1:  1. Open up a new document in Microsoft Word and choose "Mailings" tab at the top of the new document. 2. Then, go to Start Mail Merge and select "Normal Word Document". 3. Close Encompass and Microsoft Word, then log back into Encompass an print a Custom Form. Solution #2  1. Open up Microsoft Word and navigate to File then Options. 2. On the General tab, disable (uncheck) the "Open e-mail attachments and other uneditable files in reading view." Solution #3  1. When attempting to print a custom doc in Encompass, change the Options drop down box, located at the bottom right of the Encompass Print window, to "Print forms with field IDs". 2. Next, click the Preview button at the bottom of the Encompass Print window. 3. Once Microsoft Word opens up, change the view from Re...

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How to Build Up Your Backlinks with Press and Blog Listings Whether you have a blog or a website, here are some resources for building up your backlinks to help you get a higher rating on google. USA Chamber of Commerce Get a free business listing at the USA Chamber of Commerce.  For a small fee, you can upgrade and post links in your profile.  With the upgrade, you can publish a little HTML in your profile to make it stand out more.  You can also post a story in the news area as well.  Join the Chamber , you will love it. Feedspot - Build Backlinks for Your Blogs Anuj Agarwal's list of top information technology blogs. His IT Tech blog shows content from the top IT bloggers worldwide. You can find any manner of tech info in these 40 blogs.   https://blog.feedspot.com/it_ blogs/   Get your blogs backlinked in his list of blogs. Market Press Release One free press release per day with the free plan.  These are completely free, as in ...

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Our Top 10 Free SEO Tools that Every Website Designer Needs If you are going to build or maintain a website in 2023, you need to audit your SEO periodically, and make sure it's up to today's modern standards. Last year's SEO standards are now obsolete and google has changed things quite a bit. Ok, so we don't have 10 items yet. If you know of some more, please leave a comment below.  The first thing to remember about organic search results is to post relevant stories and content that people and bots would find.  We recommend getting a listing in the USA Chamber of Commerce , because it offers free rich content postings that can include a backlink to your website.  It has really helped the author, and he is also attending their chamber mixers in person. 1. Nibbler Website Tester SEO Audit, Headings finder, general website auditor. Immediate results, fresh and clean. http://nibbler.silktide.com/ 2. Ubersuggest Get keyword suggestions from competitor websites...

Lots of these Messages about the Diagnostic Service Host in the System Log On Windows 7/10 Machines Attached to A Domain The Diagnostic Service Host service failed to start due to the following error: A privilege that the service requires to function properly does not exist in the service account configuration. You may use the Services Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in (services.msc) and the Local Security Settings MMC snap-in (secpol.msc) to view the service configuration and the account configuration.  The good news is that you can fix it using active directory group policy or the Local Security Policy and just adding a few things to the Local Policies.  Same fix applies to both Windows 7 and Windows 10.  To Fix this using any Policy, you must be running a Professional or Enterprise version of Windows. If you have Home Edition, sorry. Here's How to Fix It You see this in your system logs repeatedly, and its dragging down your computer and making it ...