Troubleshoot SSL/TLS connection with Indy

Yesterday, all of a sudden, one of my Delphi programs failed to connect to various WMS servers on the internet. I got the following error message: Error connecting with SSL. error 1409442E:SSL routine:ssl3_read_bytes:tlsv1 alert protocol version Since I was using a recent version of Indy, this should not happen, according to this thread on Delphi … Continue reading Troubleshoot SSL/TLS connection with Indy

Exporting Windows drivers with pnputil

I recently came across an entry in c't Magazin's FAQ about backing up Windows drivers for a fresh Windows installation. Their suggestion was to utilise the pnputil tool that is included with Windows. Further research on the topic brought up numerous other articles. Strangely, the c't article recommended the use of a PowerShell command prompt … Continue reading Exporting Windows drivers with pnputil

When changing your password in a Samba NT domain does not work

I recently set up a Samba Server using Ubuntu 22.04 as an NT domain controller (not Active Directory!). After quite some time fiddling with the settings and finally getting external help it worked. I could successfully add a Windows 10 computer to the domain and then log into it using any of the configured domain … Continue reading When changing your password in a Samba NT domain does not work

OSDN is dead

A in 2018 the reliabiltiy of SourceForge seemed to be way down and getting worse. Back then, I moved several of my open source projects to OSDN which used an older version of the SourceForge software and was hosted in Japan. They have served me quite well over the years, but unfortunately they have been … Continue reading OSDN is dead