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ASK-Solutions is a foundation with the goal of promoting the sharing of (technological) knowledge, cooperation and social cohesion. We do this through various projects where knowledge sharing and cooperation are central.

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March 7th, 2023

Prestashop Friendly URLs not working

Prestahop is a free, feature-rich, and open-source E-commerce solution. It is supposed to be installed, not run "hosted" in the cloud. Prestahop is used by many shops worldwide and is available in many different languages.

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October 8th, 2023

Original Prusa XL – Arrival

Last week we received our long-awaited Prusa XL. Immediately after the announcement on November 18, 2021, we pre-ordered one. Due to the global shortages during that period, it was conservatively estimated that the first pre-orders would be shipped in Q3 of 2022.

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November 14th, 2023

Original Prusa XL – Assembly

We ordered the semi-assembled version of the Prusa XL. When pre-ordering, we were disappointed that there was no kit version, but very happy when the printer arrived. We very much like building at least one printer ourselves; we’re not only tinkerers but by building the printer from it’s components, you get a real good grasp on how the printer functions, how to troubleshoot it and how to repair or improve it.

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January 7th, 2022

Synology Active Backup for Business - fixing symbolic links

This article is about fixing symbolic links when using Synology Active Backup for Business. Also a solution to solve munge problems with rsync on other platforms.

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March 28th, 2022

Dual WAN connection with IPv6 on Ubiquiti EdgeRouter

This blog is about fixing IPv6 prefix delegation on a Ubiquiti EdgeRouter with Dual WAN connection.

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News

August 11th, 2023

'Windows Update Restored' website provides updates for classic Windows versions

A community-based project recently went live, providing access to long lost Windows Update pages, which work with classic versions of Windows to enable updating the OS.

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December 24th, 2023

Merry Christmas and a Happy 2024 🎄🌟

We wish you and your employees a Merry Christmas and hope that our pleasant relationship will continue in the coming year. We, and hopefully you too, can look back on a successful year in which it has become clear that sustainable relationships are of great importance in a declining economy.

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April 18th, 2022

Reduced availability

Our ISP is switching to a new technology. You may experience some reduced availability contacting us in the next few days.

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June 5th, 2022

New York state passes first electronics Right to Repair bill

The New York state assembly has passed the United States’ first ever Right to Repair bill covering electronics, 145 to 1. On June 1, the New York State Senate passed their version of the bill in favor 59 to 4. Called the "Fair Repair Act", the measure would require all manufacturers who sell “digital electronic products” within the state borders to make tools, parts, and instructions for repair available to both consumers and independent shops.

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December 23rd, 2022

Power grid outage

Tonight at half past eleven, a large part of Haarlem and several surrounding villages were affected by a disruption in the power grid. The ASK-Solutions data center is also located in the affected area.

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