Safari – Open jnlp Files Not Download Them
KB ID 0001148 Problem Next to the rise of Nazism, war, hunger, and pestilence Java is the worst hing to happen to humankind! But because people keep using it for management consoles and things we are stuck with it. I’m particularly a big fan of the way they (Oracle) upgrade it because it’s got some huge security flaw in it, then all my remote iLO, DRAC and Cisco ASDM sessions don’t work anymore. It’s even...
VMware Fusion – Change IP Addresses
KB ID 0001147 Problem I use Fusion a lot, and it does what I want and never gives me any problems. I was working for a client this week and had to VPN onto their network (172.16.0.0/16 but all the servers were on 172.16.48.x). When connected I could not RDP to any of their servers? I asked a colleague to try on his laptop and it worked fine? I asked another colleague who also uses a mac, his worked as well. Solution I wondered if I...
Apple Mac OSX – Send a ‘Function Key’ Keystroke
KB ID 0001131 Problem I was remotely connected to one of My Dell servers via a DRAC. I needed to enter the ‘boot sequence’ at startup and that meant pressing F11 at the server boot seen. However F11 on the mac shows the desktop. Solution To Send a ‘function keystroke’ you need to press Fn+cmd+{function key} Related Articles, References, Credits, or External Links NA
I’m Going on Holiday, What do I need to Disable on my iPhone?
KB ID 0000622 Problem Here in Europe the big mobile Telco’s are being forced to keep roaming prices down. But going abroad with all your data services turned on can mean you might come back to a big bill. Solution 1. On most peoples phones “Data Roaming” is already disabled (Mines always off).Data Roaming is designed to let you use another provider’s phone network if your carrier signal is too weak. On some...
Dropbox – Windows, Linux, Apple and Dropbox Portable (USB) Installation
KB ID 0000409 Problem You would like to sync your files/folders between more than one machine? Dropbox, is a service that lets you keep files in “The Cloud” and synchronise them across multiple machines and platforms. It’s one of those things that once you start to use it you wonder what you did before you had it. Simply put it’s like having a USB drive that you don’t need to carry around with you, and...
iPhone – Taking Screenshots / Screendumps
KB ID 0000361 Problem All iPhones (above version 2 on 3G, 3GS and iPhone4) have the ability to take screenshots without having to download an app! Solution 1. Assuming you have the screen open you would like to capture, press the “Home” button, and while still having it pressed briefly press the “Sleep/Lock” button 2. The screen should “flash white” briefly and providing you are not on silent, you...
iPhone and iPad – Configure the Cisco VPN Client
KB ID 0000360 Problem You have already configured a Cisco ASA / PIX device to provide Client VPN connectivity, and you now wish to configure the iPhone/iPad Device. Solution Note: The screen shots are taken from an iPhone running (4.2.1) the process for iPad is the same. 1. Select Settings. 2. Select General. 3. Select Network. 4. Scroll to the bottom of the page and select VPN. 5. Add VPN Configuration. 6. Select IPSec. 7....
Cisco AnyConnect Error (iPhone)
KB ID 0000362 Problem While using the Apple/Cisco Anyconnect App/Client you receive the following error. Error: The secure gateway has rejected the agent’s VPN request. A New connection requires re-authentication and must be started manually. Please contact your network administrator if this problem persists. The following message was received from the security gateway: No License. Solution The most pertinent information...
Tether your iPhone or Using your iPhone as a Wireless Access Point (without jail breaking it)
KB ID 0000373 Problem Before you start, your provider has to allow tethering of your iPhone, if the option is not there you need to speak to them, some carriers will want to charge you more for the privilege, others will not care, thats not Apples fault, nor is it mine 🙂 Secondly, before you all start mailing in to berate me, yes I know I’m not turning my phone into a wireless access point, what I’m actually doing is...
iPhone – Bluetooth Problem
KB ID 0000374 Problem I wrote an article yesterday about tethering via bluetooth, and had a few problems, sorry to say the web was not much help at all 🙁 Basically the iPhone was marked with a yellow warning triangle, and when clicking the troubleshooting option you see the following, Error: Bluetooth Peripheral Device doesn’t have a driver. 2. I read some forum posts and the general advice was to download iTunes, extract the...