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Ubiquity UniFi Cloud Key controllers are notorious for getting corrupted database after powering them off without clean shut down. Best course of action in such cases is to factory reset the Cloud Key and then restore from a backup up.…
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Google Chrome failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect
Issue Google Chrome fails to start with the following error: C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exeThe application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail.
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Recover data from faulty Synology NAS
Issue Synology DiskStation 415+ NAS failed. Blue power button LED keeps blinking. Status LED is off. All 4 disk orange LEDs steady on (there are only 2 HDDs installed). Removing all hard drives doesn’t change anything. Replacing RAM doesn’t change anything…
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Mac OS L2TP/IPsec VPN connects but no access to remote network
Issue L2TP/IPsec VPN successfully connects to a remote VPN server, but Mac OS still has no access to the remote network. Resolution To resolve the issue I had to select “Send all traffic over VPN connection” in VPN network Advanced settings.
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L2TP/IPsec VPN from Windows 10 fails with error “remote server is no responding…”
Background Synology DS413 NAS configured as L2TP/IPSec VPN server and located behind Draytek Vigor 2860 NAT. L2TP VPN pass through enabled on Draytek Vigor Router (VPN and Remote Access > Remote Access Control > remove checkboxes from Enable IPSec VPN Service and Enable L2TP…
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Vegas Movie Studio stopped recognizing iPhone .mov files after upgrade to iOS11
Apple made changes to their image and video formats in iOS 11. For photos, instead of JPG they now use High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF). For videos, instead of H.264 they now use High Efficiency Video Codec (HEVC). As a result, Vegas…
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Migrating contacts and calendar from iCloud to Office 365
I had a task of migrating few thousands contacts and some calendars from Apple iCloud to Microsoft Office 365 (Exchange) system. Importing Calendars was pretty straight forward: Export all calendars in .ics format on a Mac via buit-on Calendar (select…
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Office 365 – Accessing Shared Calendar on MacOS and iOS
This is how I normally create a company-wide Shared Calendar in Office 365: Exchange Admin Center > Recipients > Shared Create a new Shared Account Edit account’s properties and in Mailbox Delegation tab add All Users group to Full Access…
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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.
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Xbox One controllers randomly disconnect
I had an issue on my own Xbox One where one or other controller would randomly disconnect and then reconnect few seconds later after pressing A button on the affected controller. After ruling out obvious issues (low batteries, wireless interference,…
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Office 365 – Disable focused inbox for whole organisation
Connect to PowerShell to Office 365 To disable Focused Inbox run: Set-OrganizationConfig -FocusedInboxOn $false To enable Focused Inbox run: Set-OrganizationConfig -FocusedInboxOn $true To check Focused Inbox status: Get-OrganizationConfig (look near the bottom)
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Windows Defender – The threat service has stopped. Restart it now
Issue Windows 10 Security Centre shows red X next to Virus & thread protection. Status reads “The threat service has stopped. Restart it now.“ Clicking Restart Now button doesn’t help. Following error is displayed “Unexpected error. Sorry, we ran into a…