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  • Unified Server Configuration / Lifecycle Controller is one of the best, OS independent ways to update DELL server BIOS and firmware of various integrated components. To boot into Unified Server Configuration press F10 (System Services) during system start-up. Then, to initiate the…

  • Configuring SSL-VPN service on SonicWALL NSA 220 (Firmware v5.8.1.15) SSL VPN > Server Settings Enable SSL VPN for WAN zone. (WAN icon should turn green)

  • Issue After restoring a Joomla website from a backup, all users logged on to a Kunena Forum are greeted with “You are banned until Today” message…

  • Issue Every time after logging on to the computer, and occasionally when working, following Kaspersky Antivirus pop-up is displayed: Cannot guarantee authenticity of the domain to which encrypted connection is establishedApplication: Google ChromeURL: ea742b26-8dd9-db1d-a3e3-44a4ab4a05b7Reason: Self-siqned certificate

  • Issue Cannot copy some files from Netgear ReadyNAS Pro Business NAS device to Windows 10 PC. Files were originally created by Macs running various versions of Mac OS X 10. Windows Explorer displays following error:   1 Interrupted ActionAn unexpected error is…

  • Issue Macbook Air (MacOS 10.11 – El Capitan) with empty Photos library cannot download photos from iCloud (previously uploaded by another Macbook). iCloud Photo Library status in Photos > Preferences > iCloud stuck on “Updating” for over 24 hours. Restarting computer, pausing iCloud upload, re-creating…

  • Here is a little trick that allows to delete those pesky folders with files exceeding maximum file path limit: Download and install free 7-ZIP utility. Open 7-ZIP and navigate to the problematic folder. Select the folder and press SHIFT +…

  • When clicking on a row in Microsoft Excel, instead of selecting a single row, it for no apparent reason it selects multiple rows. First of all make sure you don’t have Extended Selection enabled. Look into left bottom corner, if Extended Selection…

  • Issue After an in-place upgrade from Windows 7 Pro to Windows 10 Pro, computer started crashing multiple times per day with “Blue Screen of Death” (BSOD) and seemingly random error messages. Here are some of the BSOD messages I recorded: KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED (NTFS.sys) DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION…

  • Issue After instilling Kaspersky Internet Security 2016, Application Registration windows keeps regularly popping up. If you click “Remind me later“, it only dismissed the dialog and it re-appears some time later.

  • Before selling my old Peugeot 206, I removed my Kenwood stereo and I put back original Peugeot radio, model: Clarion PU-2325A(B). Bad news was that the radio was now locked and demanded a 4 digit unlock code. I could not find this…

  • Here is a little Windows 10 bug I recently discovered on my home PC. Occasionally, pinning an application to start menu does not work. Windows “thinks” that everything went fine and application has been pinned to the start menu (because…