Internet Browsing Slow? Speed up by Changing your DNS
Internet Browsing Slow KB ID 0000200 Problem Note: This is only applicable to your HOME Internet connection, if you are on a corporate domain then DO NOT change your DNS Servers. However if you want to perform this on your domain DNS servers, you can find out which are the quickest DNS servers. and add them to your forwarders. This process aims to speed up your internet browsing by changing your IP address settings, so that all the...
Secure and Encrypt USB Drives
KB ID 0000060 Problem We would be lost without the good old USB Key/Thumb drive in this day and age, now the floppy drive is officially dead its our primary method of moving files and software about. I have the habit of leaving both CD/DVD’s in clients servers and my thumb drive onsite because I have a head like a sieve =[ I did this the other week, and thankfully I was going to be away on course for the following week, so I...
Using UtraVNC SC (Single Click)
KB ID 0000059 Problem If you need to remote a distant PC, either for work purposes or you have a friend or relative who is technically challenged. Or you simply would like to be able to get back to watching TV, or having a life quicker, you would rather “Fix” it yourself than talking a frightened technophobe though the registry etc. Then UltraVNC SC is the tool you need. Normally using VNC you would need to talk the person at the...
LogMeIn – “Your session has timed out or the host went offline during your connection attempt”
KB ID 0000013 Problem You get the “Your session has timed out or the host went offline during your connection attempt” error when trying to connect to a logmein session. Solution On the target (remote) PC / Server Firstly make sure that LogMeIn on the target machine is not in the middle of updating itself, Then, 1. Start > Run > CMD {enter} 2. Net stop logmein {enter} 3. Net start logmein {enter} Related...
Event ID 7023
KB ID 0000353 Problem Event ID 7023 Source: Service Control Manager Description: The Internet Authentication Service service terminated with the following error: Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. In my case the server (SBS2003) had recently been patched and updated. It was one of...
Nero Install Error: ‘The Installation process cannot be resumed…’
KB ID 0000294 Problem Seen while installing Nero Burning ROM, at various points along the install it will fail with the following error, Error: The Installation process cannot be resumed. A rollback of the failed component will be performed. Some applications have been installed successfully and can be used, Do you want these applications to be uninstalled? Solution 1. Click “Yes” to uninstall. 2. Download and run the...
Event ID 63
KB ID 0000363 Problem Activation context generation failed for “C:Program Files (x86)Common FilesAdobe AIRVersions1.0Adobe AIR.dll”.Error in manifest or policy file “C:Program Files (x86)Common FilesAdobe AIRVersions1.0Adobe AIR.dll” on line 3. The value “MAJOR_VERSION.MINOR_VERSION.BUILD_NUMBER_MAJOR.BUILD_NUMBER_MINOR” of attribute “version” in element “assemblyIdentity”...
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...
Migrate your Facebook friends to Google+
KB ID 0000483 Problem I like Google+ it’s clean and free of junk. There are no annoying applications, and unlike Facebook (which gets thousands of pieces of Malware a day posted to it), It’s gaining new users at an alarming rate. However migrating your friends is not a simple task, most posts on the web involve creating a Yahoo mail account and using that to drag the people across, this method is much easier and works a...
Sage 200 – The remote server returned an error: (502) Bad Gateway.
KB ID 0000606 Problem A client showed me this today, I don’t support their Sage, but I was on site and the people who do support their Sage (I wont name and shame one of our competitors), had told them it was their DNS server that was causing the error. Logon Error Loon failed due to unexpected error. Please check if the Sage200Configuration database is configured and running. (Message was: The remote server returned an error:...