Like many, for the last 8 years, I’ve been taking medication for depression. This medication has taken the form of SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors) which is the usual starting point for people seeking help. The medication I started with was Citalopram, first at 20mg per day and then later on to 40mg. When I […]
Author: Richard
30-something Sysadmin from the Midlands, UK.
Lemon Drizzle Blondies with a Biscuit Base
I’ve not mentioned this before here because the intention for this page was to be a technical place dedicated to my professional life, but after getting my annual domain name renewal reminder, I figured I should expand the subject range a bit in order to get the most value out of this place. Anyway, one […]
Resetting a Cisco switch or router when you don’t have the password.
So this week I finally waved goodbye to my trusty IKEA Lack Rack which I started to assemble during the lockdown, mainly out of boredom and because my CCNA was on the horizon. Two guys came to pick it up, they were new to networking and were about to embark on their own Cisco journey. […]
Want Windows 11? Don’t have TPM 2.0 or a compatible CPU? There’s a way…
Once again I need to start by making reference to the amount of time since my last post; it’s been a little while! While I’m still technically in the same role I’ve had for 3 years now, we’ve recently merged into a much bigger company and even though that’s been going on for a while […]
ITIL V4 Certified
My employer recently put me through the Axelos ITIL V4 Foundation course, along with the exam. I really enjoyed the course, and the exam was kind to me (82%) so I’m happy to get this one under my belt! There are some new Azure Certifications on the horizon, namely the AZ-800 which is released in […]
Certification Progress
It’s been a while since I wrote a post on here; I haven’t written a post all year in fact and thought it was about time. This isn’t really a technical write-up (I’m looking to do more of those, and have some topics to cover) but more of an update on what I’ve actually been […]
Unable to delete a shared mailbox in Exchange Online.
It’s been a short while since I posted anything, so here’s a small and simple issue I had today which I’ve dealt with in the past but forgot to write up here. Apparently it’s quite common; so, here’s a solution just in-case you stumble across this blog before the other 100+ other solutions available online. […]
VirtualBox only allows you to create 32-bit VMs?
This is a problem I came about recently while installing VirtualBox on my home server so I could have a play about with some VM’s. Apparently, it’s quite a common problem but I couldn’t find too much on it so I thought I’d go through a few steps you can take in order to get […]
Adding and Removing Calendar Permissions in Office 365 with PowerShell
Right then! More PowerShell shenanigans and this one is more by necessity rather than simply ‘doing it because you can’ as (correct me if I’m wrong) there’s no way to do this in the GUI/Admin Center. So, nice and simple really this one. As before in the last post, you’ll need to connect to your […]
Setting an Out of Office reply in Office365 with PowerShell.
Since I started my new role, something I have been tasked with getting to grips with more is PowerShell. From my limited experience with it so far I can already tell you I love it and it’s truly going to be massive going forwards, if not already. So, I’ve started to wean myself into some […]