Mijn.Host

After the recent price changes I’ve been searching.
No more Neostrada (= Versio = TWS) for me.
Never again!

I also decided to move all my clients to their own hosting accounts and packages. I started using the services of mijn.host myself. Much faster, Litespeed servers, easy Directadmin environment and affordable.
Takes time to move, but so worth it.

That’s all folks!
Have a nice day…

PS. update 28 november 2023:
Whoppaah, and another >20% added for whatever reason!
So glad I switched to mijn.host!

Robocopy Quirks

Old-fashioned, but I still use batchfiles to automate tasks on my computer. One of them is a backup mirroring script, using the robocopy command. Recently I wanted to add a folder from C:\Program Files\appname\ to the backup, so I added the following line to the backup-script:

Robocopy "C:\Program Files\appname\" "\\SERVER\Backup\LAPTOP\appname\" /MIR /XJD /R:8 /W:15 /MT:32 /BYTES /V /NP /LOG:log-LAPTOP-appname.log

However this did not work, what’s the problem? Who knows… but the solution is to add a space before the closing end-quote. So just use:

Robocopy "C:\Program Files\appname\ " "\\SERVER\Backup\LAPTOP\appname\ " /MIR /XJD /R:8 /W:15 /MT:32 /BYTES /V /NP /LOG:log-LAPTOP-appname.log

On another note, check this, and use (also note the * and not *.* !!!):

"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" u -r -up0q3r2x2y2z1w2 -mx=0 -password Z:\somefile.zip "C:\Somefolder\*"

That’s all folks!
Have a nice day…

Blockchain.com SCAM

I have been receiving phone calls to my business number from +447500177036 and +447700134363.
Someone calling from blockchain.com… you have an account with us… balance 4.2 bitcoin… no activity, so frozen account… “Please let me send you an e-mail with instructions how to unfreeze the account”, “We are here to help you with all the steps.” …

Let me show you the e-mail:

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ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

Website suddenly no longer showing anything?
Might be a DNS cache problem!

How to clear the DNS cache on your computer

This article describes how to clear the DNS cache on your computer.

Many computer operating systems use caching to store DNS lookup results. Normally this is not a problem, and accelerates network performance. However, when you are developing a web site or configuring domain settings, your computer’s DNS cache can get in the way, preventing you from accessing the correct site.

To clear the DNS cache, follow the appropriate procedure below for your computer’s operating system or web browser.

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