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    Classic Shell > StartIsBack

    I was a big fan of Start8 back in the Win8 days. It produced a perfect replica of the Win7 start menu without extra junk and it could turn off hot-corners while the desktop was active. It was also very stable, unlike other programs I tried.
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    Surplus eBay Server?

    5 year business PC replacement cycle.
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    Surplus eBay Server?

    Why not get an Optiplex small form factor and stick it on a rack-mounted shelf? They have room for an SSD and a 3.5" hard drive. It is best to record locally over SATA. If you must record to a external storage, I recommend getting a second NIC dedicated to to the NAS and use iSCSI so it appears...
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    How are you dealing with motion at night with just IR?

    I use longer make times to filter out a lot of false alarms. If someone is actually on the property, they're going to be there a lot longer than the second that a passing bird might stay in frame.
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    Surplus eBay Server?

    Laptop are not designed to run 24/7 and CPU performance is much less than their desktop counterparts.
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    Camera or not

    Blast it with a green laser. See if anyone complains.
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    Placement of camera; front of house

    Most people recommend @EMPIRETECANDY who does have a store on aliexpress, along with a million other sellers. I've always emailed Andy directly rather than use the store.
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    Calling Android users! Hik-Connect push notifications not showing when locked [SOLVED]

    This is definitely an Android issue. I'm having the same problem with notifications in general not appearing until I unlock the phone, then they come through immediately. I've Googled it and it seems to be a long-standing issue without any solutions once you check the settings as you have. It...
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    How are you dealing with motion at night with just IR?

    Lower the minimum contrast. Cats and raccoons trigger mine at 25 with just IR on.
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    Will my ISP Changing my IP stop a current hack?

    MAC addresses do not cross routers. But yes, if someone actually installed a RAT, all bets are off.
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    The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies

    Gee, who could have seen this coming? Can we please go back to making stuff ourselves or buying from allies, please?
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    Will my ISP Changing my IP stop a current hack?

    If someone is attacking your IP address, the attack will stop (against you, at least) when you change IP addresses. But if you have vulnerable devices accessible from the Internet, the bots will find you again before long.
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    Which ports to forward for dahua ptz?

    Because there are never bugs or backdoors that bypass authentication altogether, right?
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    Which ports to forward for dahua ptz?

    Forwarding ports to IOT devices is akin to not getting vaccinated. Don't be "that guy".
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    'Do not' - trust your cable meter.

    Simple testers aren't very reliable. Better ones will test for split pairs which is very important. Really good ones will test for all kinds of other stuff but are also very expensive. I have the second kind.
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    Junction box mounting

    The pfa139 is maybe an inch thick at most. It is tapped for 1/2" threaded conduit on two sides.
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    Junction box mounting

    1) The holes don't line up. 2) This is a good choice, but they shouldn't be that expensive from @EMPIRETECANDY 3) These wall mount brackets assume the cable is coming through the wall you're mounting the bracket on. They don't mount to a junction box and don't have a threaded opening for...
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    Review-Dahua IPC-HDBW4231F-E2-M Dual Starlight Cam

    Your drywall, wood, or siding isn't going to burst into flames at 120F.
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    Choppy video recording when both cameras enabled

    No matter how many routers you have, they're all still sharing the same very limited spectrum. Keeping them all on separate channels (only use 1, 6, 11 to avoid overlap) may help but 2.4GHz wifi is a fundamentally overtaxed and broken means of communication.
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    Can I use H265 cameras with H265 nvr?

    The camera compresses the video before sending it over the network. There's a setting in the camera's web UI to change the compression type. You can always set the camera to use h.264 if the NVR can't handle h.265.
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    Bad day and a lucky guy

    At least they turned the phone landscape.
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    Choppy video recording when both cameras enabled

    I think its a wifi issue. 4MP is over 4x the bandwidth of 720p. Also, older devices don't play as nicely and can hose the whole WLAN. Upgrading to an AC router may help, but there's only so much bandwidth available at 2.4 GHz which is probably all the cameras support. This is why hard wiring is...
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    Review-Dahua IPC-HDBW4231F-E2-M Dual Starlight Cam

    The 4231's all use the same sensors so image quality is the same. The dual model just puts two cameras on one body.
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    Choppy video recording when both cameras enabled

    A quick Google search suggests these cameras support wifi or POE. Are you using wifi?
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    Another New Guy

    There's nothing unique about connecting an IP cam to a network. If you don't understand IP networking, then you might want to call in someone to help you at least get it connected to your LAN.
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    Another New Guy

    I have a stack of little CDs that came with the cameras but have never used them. Everything is done through the camera's web interface. Have you connected the camera to your network and reached it via browser? I believe Dahua's default IP address is 192.168.1.108. If your network is not...
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    Obviously over my head

    Following the same standard on each end, either 568A or 568B, is not the same as simply putting the wires in the same order of your choosing on each end. The standards put specific wires in specific position for a good reason.
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    Obviously over my head

    As long as you pick one standard and stick to it, you can use either but 568B is the more commonly used one in the US. You'll also want some way to record the cameras, either an NVR or a PC with Blue Iris. You may also want to stick an SD card in each camera as a backup in case your recorder...
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    Remote access of BI best practices?

    Option 4: ngrok - secure introspectable tunnels to localhost
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    Do you turn off camera time overlay?

    I use direct to disk. Even if I didn't, I'd still prefer to have the label and time embedded in the video so it's there even when I'm not viewing them through BI. I also record motion events to the cameras SD cards and want the time there. I also feel like embedding the time in the video stream...
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