Error 1722 There is a problem with this Windows Installer package.
Error 1722 KB ID 0000985 Problem Error 1722 is a pretty ‘generic’ windows installer package error. When attempting to install the AnyConnect client software this happened; Error 1722. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action VACon_Install, location: C:Program FilesCiscoCisco AnyConnect...
Cannot Join Domain?
Cannot Join Domain KB ID 0000534 Problem The primary cause (99.99% of the time) a client cannot connect to, or join a domain is DNS related. The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted Solution : Cannot Join Domain 1. To Troubleshoot you need to know the IP address of your DNS server, In many cases it’s on the first domain controller but that’s not always the case so find out (go to a WORKING...
Run PowerShell (and Command Prompt) Administratively
KB ID 0000988 Problem We had the ‘run as’ service way back in Windows 2000, so the concept of running a command window ‘as administrator’ should not be difficult to understand. But the amount of times I tell people ‘You need to run that as administrator’, and they reply ‘I AM an administrator’ is far too high. With PowerShell theres no way of knowing, and with command prompt the...
Enable PPTP Split Tunneling
PPTP Split Tunneling KB ID 0000997 Problem I was asked yesterday, “When you get five minutes, I need you to enable PPTP split tunneling, because when I VPN into a network I lose Internet connectivity”. On inspection he was using the Microsoft VPN client, I jumped on the VPN device to discover it was a Cisco IOS router. What I discovered was, unlike the firewall VPN’s I’m used to, you DONT set split...
Juniper JUNOS SRX NAT – Static ‘One-to-One’
SRX NAT KB ID 0000995 Problem Setting up ‘Static NAT’ is the process of taking one of your ‘spare’ public IP addresses, and permanently mapping that public IP to a private IP address on your network. In the example above I want to give my web sever which has an internal IP address of 192.168.1.10/24, the public IP address of 1.1.1.5/24. So if someone out on the Internet wants to view my website, they can...
Juniper SRX Commit Errors
SRX Commit Errors KB ID 0000999 Problem WARNING: This article is not to cover every problem that will stop you committing the firewall config. It just serves to document problems I’ve encountered, and I how I overcame them. Solution: SRX Commit Errors I came across the following two problems whilst attempting to setup a ‘chassis cluster’. both were related to configuration existing on interfaces that I wanted to use...
Connecting GNS3 to VMware Workstation
GNS3 to VMware KB ID 0000996 Problem A while back I got an email “Here is a suggestion for an article. ‘How to link GNS3 with VMware Workstation'”. Sorry it’s taken me so long to get round to it, here you go Daniel Newton. Solution: GNS3 to VMware Before we start I’m assuming you have installed VMware Workstation, and you’ve installed and configured GNS3. 1. Launch VMware Workstation > Edit >...
CentOS TFTP Server (Install and Configure)
CentOS TFTP Server KB ID 0000998 Problem I needed to back up a Cisco firewall, and perform an upgrade remotely, despite my best efforts to use the ASDM and update via http, I had to go ‘old school’ and bring up a TFTP server on one of my CentOS Linux servers. Solution CentOS TFTP Server 1. Log onto the server and install the xinetd TFTP Server. Execute the following command and follow the on-screen prompts. Using username...
Windows SSH ‘No Matching Key’
No Matching Key KB ID 0001900 Problem : No Matching Key Typically I see this problem on my mac or within various Linux distributions. I’ve covered extensively how to fix this on a mac in the following article. macOS – SSH Error ‘No Matching Exchange Method Found’ So when I saw the same question asked for a Windows client, I went and looked, and found some patchy information, so I thought I’d work it out and post it here...
Printers “Some Of These Settings are Managed By Your Organisation”
Managed By Your Organisation KB ID 0001899 Problem When attempting to add a printer, or engage with the printer settings dialog, you may see. Some Of These Settings are Managed By Your Organisation Solution : Managed By Your Organisation This is usually because a policy is being applied, (or has been applied) that is making a change in your registry, to the following key. HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Microsoft > Windows...