I’m Going on Holiday, What do I need to Disable on my iPhone?
Nov17

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...

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Cisco Catalyst Switches – Adding Licenses
Nov17

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...

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Certificate Services Error – ‘The Email name is unavailable and cannot be added to the Subject or Subject Alternate name’
Nov17

Certificate Services Error – ‘The Email name is unavailable and cannot be added to the Subject or Subject Alternate name’

KB ID 0001029 Problem Server: Windows Server 2012 R2 Client: Windows 8 Enterprise I was setting auto-enrollment this morning, and the computer certificates were getting issued but not the user ones. The policies were correct, the registry keys on the clients were correct, even RSOP told me the users ‘should’ be getting certificates. However nothing was working so I decided to ‘manually enroll’ and this...

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Import Microsoft Outlook Contacts into Google+
Nov17

Import Microsoft Outlook Contacts into Google+

KB ID 0000482 Problem Importing and adding friends into your “Circles” is easy if you use Gmail, however if your contacts are in Microsoft Outlook then they wont get picked up automatically. Solution Export Outlook 2010 Contacts 1. Launch Microsoft Outlook > File > Open > Import. Export Outlook 2007/2003/2000 Contacts 1. Launch Microsoft Outlook > File > Import and Export. Exporting 2. Export to a File >...

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KMS Activation –    Error: 0xC004C008
Nov17

KMS Activation – Error: 0xC004C008

KB ID 0000637  Problem KMS had been running fine for months, when we started seeing the following errors. When attempting to activate via slmgr Error: 0xC004C008 The activation server determined that the specified product key could not be used. When attempting to activate via Computer Properties. Code: 0xC004C008 Description: The activation server determined that the specified product key could not be used. Solution You need to make a...

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