Category: Web and Network

  • Batch delete multiple videos in YouTube Studio

    Currently (as of June 2019), there is no option in the new YouTube Studio (still in Beta) to batch delete multiple videos at once. You have to click the Options button (three vertical dots) next to each video and select Delete.

  • HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus – no longer scans to SMB shares

    Issue HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus refuses to scan to a SMB share on Synology DiskStation NAS. When trying to scan, device’s LCD screen displays following error: Connection ErrorCannot connect to \\192.168.0.15\scans. Make sure the remote computer is turned on. Printer’s web GUI shows following error when testing Network Folder connection (Scan > Network Folder…

  • Secure Wipe Netgear ReadyNAS Pro Business Remotely

    I had an old Netgear ReadyNAS Pro Business box that had to be wiped and decommissioned. In such cases I would normally pull the drives and wipe them using DBAN on a PC. Unfortunately this NAS was located in a remote office and I didn’t fancy to jump on a plane just to wipe some…

  • Insert Custom HTML button to Joomla JCE editor

    Download JCE Custom HTML plugin from GitHub (I also saved a copy here.) Open / extract the jce-custom-master.zip file and edit editor_plugin.js (located in plugins\jce\editor-custom).  Modify html variable on line 8 to include HTML/Text of your choice. Save the modified editor_plugin.js file back into jce-custom-master.zip.

  • HP OfficeJet – Printer Failure – There is problem with the printer or ink system…

    Issue HP OfficeJet Pro 8600 Plus printer displays following error on its LCD screen and refused to perform any functions. Printer FailureThere is a problem with the printer or ink system. Turn printer off, then on. If problem persists, contact HP.

  • HP Officejet error: Printer Failure – There is a problem with the printer or ink system…

    Issue HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus shows the following error on the LCD screen and is completely non-operational. Printer FailureThere is a problem with the printer or ink system. Turn printer off, then on. If problem persists, contact HP.

  • Setup L2TP / IPSec VPN Server on SonicWALL Firewall

    This tutorial is for setting up L2TP / IPSec VPN server on SonicWALL TZ300 with Firmware version 6.5. This should work for majority of other SonicWALL firewalls as well. Switch to Classic Navigation Mode if not already in Classic Mode (hamburger icon in bottom left). Go to VPN > Settings and Enable WAN GroupVPN.

  • Add second VLAN on Netgear GD724T Switch

    This simple setup allows to split one Netgear GD724T 24 port switch into two 12 port VLANs so that it can serve 2 independent network segments / subsets. Login to the Netgear switch management web interface. Go to Switching > VLAN > Basic > VLAN Configuration Create a new VLAN with Name and ID of your choice (i.e. Name: LAN-2 ID: 10).…

  • Google Mobile-Friendly Test reports Joomla site as not mobile friendly

    Issue A Joomla website that uses a responsive design and would normally be considered mobile friendly is reported by Google Mobile-Friendly Test as not mobile friendly.

  • SonicWall Content Filter doesn’t block Youtube on Google Chrome (QUIC)

    Issue SonicWall Content Filter is setup to allow all web access during lunch break time, but block all non-work related websites for the rest of the day. Mostly this works as expected, but some users are able to access Youtube during work hours. This only affects users on Google Chrome browser. Users on Internet Explorer and…

  • Exchange Online – Move emails sent to alias to another folder

    Issue Creating an inbox rule in Office 365 / Exchange Online that moves emails sent to user’s alias to a subfolder inside inbox. Standard rule <The message was sent to ‘alias-email@domain.com’> doesn’t work as intended. When saving the rule, Microsoft Exchange resolves the alias into primary user’s email address. This results into all emails being moved to the…

  • SonicWall SSO – Excluding Service User Accounts

    Dell SonicWall Single Sign On (SSO) agent often pulls service user accounts (Sophos Antivirus, Nvidia Updater, etc.) instead of actual logged in users. I noticed that this is especially prominent when DC Security Logs option is used. In this example SonicWall SSO agent is pulling sophos.update account instead of actual logged-in domain users.