This post relates to the following articles, which contains an overview of the issue and the workaround rewster.uk developed to resolve the issue: https://rewster.uk/2017/12/31/upload-problem-with-backblaze-on-64-bit-computer-possible-workaround/ and https://rewster.uk/2018/12/19/backblaze-workaround-update-backblazeworkaround-exe-and-scheduled-check/ GREAT NEWS, I received the following email on the 9 Jul: My name is Christopher and I am one of the senior support agents here at Backblaze. Our engineering […]
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Namecheap EasyWP, cheap hosted WordPress, flawed for business use
** Initial report on 21 June, still outstanding as of 6 Aug (45 Days)** Large File Issue EasyWP is a cheap managed hosted WordPress, I host 3 sites on it, 2 have downloads or photos sections, but the 3rd site is a proper business site that has large software installation files customers download around once […]
Renaming 5 GHz network SSID on EE Smarthub with Microsoft Edge (Jul 2018 Firmware)
** NOTE: This is for EE Smarthubs with firmware at least July 2018, for older firmware click here ** With the EE Smarthub if you switch the Wi-Fi to separate bands you cannot type the name you want for the 5 GHz network, it is automatically prefixed with 5GHz- as you type. Change in Microsoft Edge […]
Kodi 18 (Leia) 3D MVC (Blu-ray 3D) Build
The last build of the 3D MVC Build by @afedchin was Kodi 17.6 back in Dec 2017, @afedchin was unable to continue development for Kodi 18, but @Morpog has stepped in and has now seems to have got Kodi 18 Leia working with MVC 3D and has provided a test build. I have tested and […]
Help this blog, Buy Me a Coffee at ko-fi.com
Just a minute of your time I have added ko-fi.com Buy Me a Coffee links to my blog and my programs, this is instead of running ads which are annoying. If you have found any of my programs or articles useful and would like to say thanks and leave a comment, then click the Buy Me […]
WordPress forced updates… again!!!
On 8 January 2019, WordPress pushed out another unwelcomed update to the site, I thought there was something wrong with the site or a clash with the Night Light Mode on my Surface tablet, the nice orange highlight had been changed to dark pink. I contacted support on my main computer and noticed that this […]
MX10 Android Box not booting, stuck on red light
Flashed the wrong firmware onto my MX10, after searching found that I had to short the eMMC to hard reset the device. It explained about the two copper pads, but the picture was not the same model as the MX10, so i am adding photos here for future reference. ** perform this fix at your […]
FLAC to OPUS – Convert a folder of FLAC Lossless music to OPUS compressed versions and keep them in sync.
I have a large collection of FLAC losslessly encoded music (CD and Hi-Res) on my home server, this is great when listening at home, but I want to listen on my phone offline and when traveling, I use Foobar2000 for this purpose. I have a 256GB MicroSD card in my phone, so I looked at […]
Backblaze Workaround Update – BackblazeWorkaround.exe and scheduled check
** This is now fixed, see https://rewster.uk/2019/07/10/upload-problem-with-backblaze-on-64-bit-computer-intel-apollo-lake-finally-fixed-after-18-months/ ** There is an update to the BackBlaze Workaround article, with updated executable instead of the batch script: Upload problem with Backblaze on 64 bit computer (Intel Apollo Lake?) (possible workaround). BackblazeWorkaround.exe Changelog: 1.4 Fix for closing the service, and resolved issue when copying the bztransmit files. Double […]
Download links now at hosted @ BackBlaze B2
The links to zip and exe files are now hosted at BackBlaze B2, all my own files are digitally signed. Where possible the links are now to the exe files rather than the exe in a zip file. Some files in zips can give a security error with Google Chrome as it takes a while […]