I took the plunge on upgrading on my main machine. These were the hiccups: I have a DisplayLink USB/DVI adapter for an external monitor. The “compatibility check” Windows runs prior to upgrading failed to catch that I needed to install the latest driver. It just was a blank screen after upgrading. So I had to… Continue reading Upgrading to Windows 10, Part 2
Upgrading to Windows 10
I updated my laptop from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 over the last day. I did not want to leave this major update up to Microsoft’s timing, so I installed all the available updates from Windows Update, which triggered the little Windows 10 icon at the bottom of the screen. I then initiated the upgrade… Continue reading Upgrading to Windows 10
Disinfecting a hacked WordPress site
Recently I took over management of a WordPress site for a nonprofit that had been hacked at some point in the previous few months, and my job was to recover it. It had been hosted at the time on GoDaddy and it appeared that there had been a GoDaddy-specific exploit that the hackers had known… Continue reading Disinfecting a hacked WordPress site
Migrating email to Google Apps, 2015 edition
Did another email migration, about 50K emails, to Google Apps last week, this time from a very ancient mail system on Verio. A few more notes to add from this time around: First step was to lower the TTL to 600 on the MX records. Verio offers both an IMAP and POP interface, with ports… Continue reading Migrating email to Google Apps, 2015 edition
Updating an SSL certificate on Plesk Parallels
I seem to keep forgetting the steps here, when I have to re-do it every few years. Create a CA bundle file, in the proper order, via the steps here. In the Plesk dashboard (tested in v9.5.4), go to Home->Domains->yourdomain.com->SSL Certificates, and add a new one. Paste in, or upload your certificate file for “Certificate”… Continue reading Updating an SSL certificate on Plesk Parallels