The Web Site for the CA Must be Configured to use HTTPS
Jan13

The Web Site for the CA Must be Configured to use HTTPS

KB ID 0000838  Problem When attempting to contact a server running the Certification Authority Web Enrolment role, you may see the following error. In order to complete certificate enrolment, the Web site for the CA must be configured to use HTTPS authentication Solution The correct fix is to set the web server (IIS) to serve the certificate website securely using https, though you can just set Internet explorer to ‘work’...

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Fortigate Blank Web Page?
Nov12

Fortigate Blank Web Page?

KB ID 0001713 Problem I’ve been trying to deploy a Fortigate into EVE-NG (article to follow) this week. I could get the appliance running fine but when I tried to access the web management console all I got was the following. Note: I have a couple of management VMs in EVE-G (Windows 7 and Server 2012), they had a mixture of IE, Chrome and Firefox on them but still I could not get in? Solution All forums yielded no more info...

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vCenter and PSC: IE Content Was Blocked
May30

vCenter and PSC: IE Content Was Blocked

KB ID 0001440 Problem I’d just installed a new vCenter and Platform Services Controller for a client this week. When I tried to access the web consoles I saw this. Content was blocked because it was not signed by a valid security certificate For information see “About Certificate Errors” in Internet Explorer Help. No amount of allowing certificates without revocation, and tinkering with the registry would let me in?...

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Internet Explorer Puts ‘Borders’ Round Your Images
Nov17

Internet Explorer Puts ‘Borders’ Round Your Images

KB ID 0000823  Problem Chrome is my browser of choice, so I don’t look at my website with IE often. (Yes I know that’s bad practice for a webmaster). So I was surprised when I opened my home page and saw this. IE does this IF your image is a hyperlink. Solution Option 1: Edit your Hyperlink If you have a lot of them this is quite time consuming, but you can add the attribute of border and set it to zero within the IMG section of...

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Disable Internet Explorer Welcome Screen
Nov17

Disable Internet Explorer Welcome Screen

KB ID 0000175 Problem On a home PC, the welcome screen is not so bad, but in a corporate environment where users move round a lot, this popping up every time you log onto a new machine can get quite annoying.   Solution You have two options, Option 1: The simplest way in a domain is to disable it via group policy. You can find the relevant group policy at Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows...

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