Hiding “Likes” on your Twitter Feed

If you prefer that your Twitter Feed contains original content rather than an endless stream of Tweets that have been “liked” by those that you follow, you may wish to try the steps below. Unfortunately, you can’t block “liked” posts across the board, but you can clamp down on the worst offenders. The first step …

GoPro 7 and YouTube Live Streaming

This article covers setting up a YouTube Live Stream using a GoPro 7 Black and an iPhone 6. - Well, that was the intention. However, having gone through the necessity steps to get this up and running, it turns out that there is a minus of 1000 subscribers required before YouTube streaming is permitted. Bluetooth …

Sage Payroll “No Updates Were Installed” Error

Occasionally, you may find that the Sage Payroll “Software Update” routine continue prompt for an update that has been installed previously. After hitting “Install Now”, you get a further notification that “No Updates Were Installed”. - - This is infuriating, but simple enough to resolve. Delete the “softwareupdates.dat” file from within the “C:\ProgramData\Sage\SBD Software Updates” …

Handbrake: Setting the Output Folder

Within Handbrake Preferences, use {source_path} to automatically set the "Default Path" to be the same as the Source Folder. - -

Dell PERC H700: Importing a Foreign Array “On The Fly”

I recently upgraded the Operating System on my Dell R510 Server. I installed two brand new SATA Drives and built a new PERC H700 RAID 1 Array for the OS and Data. I removed the existing RAID 1 Disks and put them in the cupboard for a rainy day. When I had everything up and …

DFS Fileshare and Microsoft Office Protected Mode

We recently switched to using DFS for our Fileshares, but quickly ran into a problem with Microsoft Office Documents opening up in "Protected Mode". The reason given was that Word and Excel believed the files originated from the Internet, and therefore was warning users each time they opened a document from the DFS Share. I …

SAGE 200: Purchase Ledger Contacts Schema

Here is another one in a series of articles documenting the Sage 200 Database Schema. This time, I was struggling to generate a list of “Email Contact Addresses” for Remittances Advice within the Purchase Ledger. Click here to download a PDF copy of notes I made whilst decoding the Sage PL Contacts Schema. Hopefully, you …