Richard Fleming

Single line Conky script depicting system info at a glance

richard@fleming.pw (Richard Fleming) — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 19:01:00 -0400

A few months ago I created this simple single line Conky script that gives you a brief overview of your system info.

Installing Backup Exec 2010 Remote Agent on Windows 10

richard@fleming.pw (Richard Fleming) — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 00:12:00 -0400

We recently started upgrading existing Windows 7 machines to Windows 10, and in doing so noticed that the Backup Exec 2010 remote agent (RAWS) still functioned. That piqued my curiosity because anyone who has ever tried to install it on an existing Windows 10 machine sees this fine error…

Active Directory Password Expiry Notification

richard@fleming.pw (Richard Fleming) — Sun, 23 Aug 2015 15:43:00 -0400

Since upgrading my workplace to Windows 7 my department got a lot of complaints from users that they no longer knew when their passwords would expire. As you’re probably aware, the little balloon box in Windows 7 isn’t all that noticeable compared to the dialogue box Windows XP threw requiring you to actually acknowledge the notice.

Deploy Windows Update to Remote Hosts with PowerShell

richard@fleming.pw (Richard Fleming) — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 16:32:00 -0400

I’ve been performing maintenance on my WSUS server the last couple of days. In particular, I’ve been trying to re-install a particular update that had previously been approved, then denied. This resulted in several hosts failing to properly re-install this update automatically forcing the need to manually re-install it; to 76 hosts. Nope!

Upgrade Windows 7 Professional to Enterprise

richard@fleming.pw (Richard Fleming) — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:47:00 -0400

I’ve been looking for ways to upgrade Windows 7 Professional to Enterprise here at work so that BitLocker (and other features) would become available. I was lead to believe that the only way to accomplish this was to format the drive and install Windows 7 Enterprise from scratch, so I set about looking for hacks.

Installing ADT on Aptana Studio 3

richard@fleming.pw (Richard Fleming) — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 23:16:00 -0400

Since I got my Google Nexus in March, I found myself wanting to play with Android. All you hear these days is the benefits of creating apps for either the iPhone or for Android and I thought to myself that I would like to try.

Learn jQuery in 30 days

richard@fleming.pw (Richard Fleming) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:26:00 -0400

Lately, I’ve been introspective on which technologies I’ve wanted to learn. One area I wanted to make an improvement upon this year was a better understanding of JavaScript and the frameworks that exist for it out there, so I decided I’d look at jQuery.

A long long time ago

richard@fleming.pw (Richard Fleming) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:06:00 -0400

… I used to have a blog. It was more of a place to rant, but a blog none-the-less.

It started off as a way for me to learn PHP and web development in general. Wordpress was at version 1.2, and rolling my own web log seemed like a great way to really get my feet wet in learning PHP.

About me

richard@fleming.pw (Richard Fleming) — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

About Richard Fleming Richard Fleming is a Senior Systems Administrator for a large multinational corporation based in Sunnyvale California Richard lives with his wife and two children in the Greater Toronto Area About this Website This website uses Hugo, a static site engine written in Go. It makes use of a variety of open source projects including: Cobra Viper J Walter Weatherman Cast Learn more and contribute on GitHub.