Windows Server 2022 no internet access on VPS
I am no server master but I have had many Windows VPS machines from Windows Server 2016 to 2025. I had an issue using a special software (Xevil) not running on my Windows 2022 machine as Windows kept updating and the new security updates kept breaking the software by removing files. My previous post detailed…
Amazon S3 Public Buckets issue
I was getting an annoying error and I couldn’t figure out what the issue was. The error was: I already allowed the bucket to be viewed publically and I tried to add the policy under Permissions. I used the Policy Generator This is where I got stuck as it was not working. My static HTML…
Notepad++ Quick Commands
I use Notepad++ daily as a Windows NotePad replacement. Mostly because I am too lazy to save all the notes and Notepad++ auto-saves everything. I have recently been experimenting with the commands to perform tests that I would usually Google a solution to. Remove numbers from list To quickly remove the first numbers from a…
Block XML-RPC for WordPress using Cloudflare
I recently had a spate of login attempts on multiple sites all trying to login using xml-rpc. Sometimes hundreds of requests per day. After doing a bit of research, I found that an effective method to block this was to use Cloudflare. As my sites are already managed on Cloudflare free, I could quickly block…
Google Account Sign In Issues
I have had an issue that has been bugging me for the past couple of days. Every time I tried to login into one of my other Google accounts, after entering the username, the password page would just refresh back to the username page. Google support was pretty unhelpful – I got the standard, delete…
Toyota Prius Plugin Type 1 to Type 2 Cable
I am new to electric vehicles was not completely clear on the cable standards, charging options and overall practicalness of owning a Plugin Hybrid vehicle. The Prius Plugin 2014-2016 is based on the generation 3 shape of the Toyota Prius, I think it looks ok but I know it is not universally appreciated. The Prius…
YouTube Premium Price Increase on iOS devices
I tried YouTube premium for the first 3 months since release, the renewal price was £11.99 (UK price) for YouTube premium with Youtube Music. I cancelled after the free trial and went back to standard free YouTube. I didn’t expect to miss the ad-free experience and background audio available with YouTube premium. After a few…
Elementor add image from external URL – workaround
I have been using Elementor for over a year now and it is still my favourite page builder for WordPress, with 1 million plus downloads, it is a very popular page builder. As much as I love Elementor, I recently experienced an issue with adding images from remote locations. I have started to use Amazon…
Asus MG28UQ 4K monitor
I was on the lookout for a new monitor as I needed more desktop space and the old LCD TV I was using as my second monitor was breaking down. I wasn’t sure about 4K as I read that there are still issues with software such as the Adobe suite not being able to resize…
