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PROBLEM Have you needed to log in remotely to a server on your WAN only to find the firewall enabled and blocking remote desktop connections? This information comes from an occasion where a new virtual server was set up and the firewall was enabled before the remote desktop connections were allowed. As it was a virtual server hosted on…
Problem Everyone knows the port for Remote Desktop services, but I still want to allow access remotely. Solution For a quick piece of added security when using Remote Desktop change the port that it listens on. This can either be assigned through your router’s Port Forwarding functions or can be done by assigned a new value to the HKEY_LOCALMACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\TerminalServer\WinStations\RDP-Tcp\PortNumber…
PROBLEM When opening MYOB a dialog box appears with the cryptic messege: “Error: Something’s gone wrong and AccountRight needs to close”. Clicking the close button (X at the top right) allows you to just keep using MYOB AccountRight. RESOLUTION This problem is described on MYOB’s website, but, as is typical with MYOB, the solution provided is less than useless….
If you would like to hide a PC from being visible to others on the same network run the following command on a command line (Start – Run – cmd – OK) net config server /hidden:yes You will need administrative privileges to run the command.
How to stop Windows XP automatically connecting to network resources. PROBLEM Windows XP looks through network resources on the network and automatically connects to available network resources. This can clog up the My Network Places and Printers and Faxes area. RESOLUTION Fortunately this function can be turned off fairly easily. Simply click on My Computer, select the Tools menu, then click Folder options and View….
A lot of malware, viruses and spyware disable the use of the Registry Editor to stop you from removing the offending software. If this happens, you can re-enable use of the Registry Editor by click Start and then Run and typing in: REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f then click OK. Then you will be…
Normally, unresponsive programs need to be closed manually by using Windows Task Manager. This is accessed using the “CTRL + ALT +DELETE” command, then highlighting the relevant application & clicking “End Task”. However, you can configure your computer to close the unresponsive program automatically. Follow these steps to configure windows registry to autoend unresponsive tasks: – Close all open…
Problem An audio CD isn’t recognised when inserted into the CD Drive and when you click on the drive icon a message saying “incorrect function” appears. Solution The cause of the problem seems to be when you have more than one overlying driver for the CD. That is, you have more than one installed program trying to add it’s…
If you use a different keyboard layout to the standard QWERTY keyboard you may still be trying to type in your password in the QWERTY layout before Windows loads your personal settings and you are able to use the layout you like. This is because Windows stores the keyboard layout setting per user account. To change the default keyboard…
ESP8266 Programming with VS Code
Summary ESP8266 modules are cheap and flexible…
Install and Manage Node.js with NVM
Node.js is a popular tool for Javascript…