Tag Archives: computers

Pulseaudio Microphone Loopback (Listen While Recording)

Posted by AdamD. on 07/06/2012 1 comments

I got a new headset today that features two 3.5mm audio jacks: one for the headphones, the other for included boom microphone. However, when plugging in said device and using it with the headphones on, I find it rather difficult to use VoIP applications (like Teamspeak) when I can’t hear my own voice. What’s needed is a microphone loopback, so I can hear myself through the headphones while I’m talking. Here’s how.

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Powershell: Convert Hex Groups to ASCII (Softalk Mail Server)

Posted by AdamD. on 11/08/2010 1 comments

A friend came to me the other day asking if I knew how to convert hex strings to ASCII. For some backstory, the e-mail server they use at his workplace (Softalk Mail Server) wasn’t archiving e-mail properly, so he had …

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Powershell: Find Installed MSI’s on Remote Machines

Posted by AdamD. on 03/31/2010 2 comments

As an admittedly lazy IT person I’m all about crafting ways to automate tasks, even if it requires a bit more forethought on the frontend. I had a request come up to do an “inventory” of who had a certain software package on our machines. This is what I eventually came up with.

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