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PC will display a loss of trust between it and the domain. This will prevent the user from logging into the PC. This has so far only occurred to laptop users. Solution : The PC needs to re-establish a trust level. This requires that the PC be removed from the domain and then re-added. The PC needs to be…
Update your router settings to make sure it has PPTP compatibility and has PPTP and L2TP VPN passthru enabled. Enable port forwarding for port 1723 for the TCP/IP and the GRE protocal (protocal 47) and directed to these to your Windows 2012 server address (e.g. 192.168.0.10). The Windows 2012 server needs the Network Policy and Access Services role and…
PROBLEM Adding the Remote Desktop Services role or the Windows Server Update Services role fails with the error: The operation cannot be completed, because the server that you specified requires a restart. Restarting the server provides no solution. SOLUTION The solution is to grant the ‘log on as a service’ right to some addition built in accounts. Start the…
Problem Don’t want to leave your computer on but would like to be able to access it remotely without having to be physically present to turn it on? Try these Wake On Lan settings. Solution First, enable wake on lan in the BIOS (under Power setting normally). Also, in Windows Device Manager select properties for you network adapter and…
Resolve permissions issue in Windows 7, 8 or 10 PROBLEM Windows may deny access to actions such as installing software updates, deleting folders, customising Start Menu items. Often Windows will provide prompt you to contact your system administrator, or request Administrator privileges even when the account is the administrator. Sometimes the problem can be caused by internal Windows errors,…
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….
ESP8266 Programming with VS Code
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Install and Manage Node.js with NVM
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