Standardize Software Licensing

Over the last years, the use of a standard software activation/license platform went up and down. I`m talking about the use of USB dongles like Synchrosoft, Pace iLOK but also of online gaming platforms like Steam.

A couple of years ago there seemed to be an agreement that each branch worked together on a single platform. Nowadays more and more companies are reinvinting the wheel. And for some (unknown) rule, each of these new platforms have their weaknesses.

Disable Microsoft Excel 2013 Animations

To disable animations (causing a little delay) in Microsoft Excel 2013, there are two possiblities.
You could either Disable hardware graphics acceleration, but this I cannot recommend.

The other option is to make a change in the registery. this can easily be done by saving the following in a .reg file

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common\Graphics]
"DisableAnimations"=dword:00000001

Opening my Slack for public

Since of this morning, my Slack channel ramoonus.slack.com is open for public.
Requirements to join are a valid WordPress.org account or sending me a request on Twitter.

Raspberry Pi desktop via RDP

To control an Raspberry Pi on Raspbian via RDP you will need to install XRDP.
This can be done by running the following command in the terminal:

sudo apt-get install xrdp

Raspberry Pi Default Username and Password

Only on the Raspbian OS:

Username: pi
Password: raspberry

How to change:

sudo passwd

First use config

sudo raspi-config