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...
VMware Error – HARDWARE _VITRTUALIZATION WARNING
KB ID 0000570 Problem Seen while installing vSphere ESX 5 (In this case, on a Dell Power Edge). Warning(s) <HARDWARE_VIRTUALIZATION WARNING: Hardware Virtualization is not a feature of the CPU, or it is not enabled in the BIOS> Solution Unless you have a “quite old” server, you simply need to enable “virtualization Technology” in the machines BIOS. 1. On this machine (Dell PowerEdge T410) enter the BIOS...
Cisco Catalyst Switches – Adding Licenses
KB ID 0001012 Problem I had a load of Cisco Catalyst 3560 switches that needed ‘ipbase’ licenses adding to them today. I’ve messed about with plenty of ASA license upgrades before, but not switches. Solution 1. First thing you need is a Cisco PAK, this may be in an email or turn up in a cardboard envelope. 2. Go to http://www.cisco.com/go/license and log in (if you don’t already have a Cisco CCO account you...
Cisco AnyConnect – Adding Multiple VPN Devices to the Client
KB ID 0001011 Problem If you connect to a lot of different firewalls, then constantly having to change the address you are going to can be a pain. Particularly if some clients don’t have a host name for their device, and you can’t remember everyone’s IP addresses. Solution I do this slightly different to most other people, I create a connection file for every endpoint I want to go to, because a) I can transfer them...
Event ID 62464 ‘Source amdkmdag’
KB ID 0000613 Problem My laptop has an annoying habit of ‘freezing” and requiring a manual power off and back on again to get it working (HP Probook 6560b). A look in the system log yielded hundreds of event ID 62464 errors. Log Name: System Source: amdkmdag Date: xx/xx/xxxx xx:xx:xx PM Event ID: 62464 Task Category: DVD_OV Level: Information Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: xxxxxxxxx Description: UVD Information...
Event ID 14029
KB ID 0000446 Problem Event ID 14029 Couldn’t find an Exchange 2010 or later public folder replica for the free/busy folder: EX:/O={your domain/OU={your administrative group} The message is quite straight forward, Older Outlook clients (2003 and earlier) get their scheduling and calendaring info from the “SHEDULE+ free/busy” public folder. Newer Outlook clients (2007 and later) don’t need to do this. You are...
Event ID 36888
KB ID 0000634 Problem This was driving me nuts on my Windows 7 x64 Laptop. Log Name: System Source: Schannel Event ID: 36888 Task Category: None Level: Error User: SYSTEM Description: The following fatal alert was generated: 10. The internal error state is 10. I was getting a dozen of these an hour! Solution This error is caused (from what I can gather) by an error in certificate negotiation, your machine is trying to initiate...
Event ID 12016
KB ID 0000292 Problem Event ID 12016 There is no valid SMTP Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificate for the FQDN of <domain>. The existing certificate for that FQDN has expired. The continued use of that FQDN will cause mail flow problems. A new certificate that contains the FQDN of <domain> should be installed on this server as soon as possible. You can create a new certificate by using the New-ExchangeCertificate...
Event ID 9688 and 9685
KB ID 0000266 Problem Event ID 9688 and / or Event ID 9685 Event 9688 Exchange store ‘First Storage GroupMailbox Store (SERVER)’: The logical size of this database (the logical size equals the physical size of the .edb file and the .stm file minus the logical free space in each) is x GB. This database size is approaching the size limit of x GB. Event 9685 The current physical size of this database (the .edb file and the...
Event ID 9877
KB ID 0000468 Problem Content Indexing function ‘CISearch::EcGetRowsetAndAccessor’ received an unusual and unexpected error code from MSSearch. Mailbox Database: {Database Name} Error Code: 0x80041606 Solution Basically there’s a problem with the catalog data for the database, we need to recreate it. WARNING this can use a fair bit of CPU power to recreate, so you might want to do it at the end of the day. 1. On the...