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We recently encountered a problem with our System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) console where some old alerts could not be removed or cleared. Despite confirming that the alerts were no longer relevant, every attempt to clear them resulted in a red X generic Microsoft error, causing the console to crash. What Caused the Issue? The […]
Microsoft released an emergency update last week under CVE-2019-1367 which claimed to fix an Internet Explorer exploit. If you are now reading this post, I’m assuming that you have already noticed that having installed these set of updates, you now have print spooler problems?! CVE-2019-1367 v1.0 As most businesses probably have, we urgently rushed out […]
Introduction If you are a WordPress user, you may want to find a way of excluding a certain category from your main homepage. This could be if you post latest news articles but do not want them to clutter up your homepage. The reason I wanted to exclude a certain category was that I run […]
How to convert MKV to MP4 video format using just VLC Player.
If you are running a Windows Server environment and you are becoming increasing low on system drive space, then you may want to consider removing the built in payload files for Windows Features. Windows Server comes with the payload files readily available if you want to add any additional Features or Roles to your server. […]
I recently had an issue where I added a “test” Gmail account to my existing account. However, for some reason, this test Gmail account became my default email address and I could not find out how to get rid of it and get my main email address back! I have today finally figured it out, […]
You may have noticed that Google Chrome stopped enabling Adobe Flash Player by default from version 76 and onwards. This is annoying when you require it for certain flash websites that use flash (some video content sites for example) but you can easily re-enable it. Google December 2020 Deadline However, you may have noticed when […]
What would work for you at work? A cool, clean, and clutter-free desk is one way to put it. After all, you spend practically the whole day at the office even if you exclude the hours of commute or drive. While this survey is old, it’s true that not every workday is going to be […]
If you are using a Nutanix Hyperconvergence solution in your infrastructure environment, then you may have come across a problem where the Nutanix CVM gets stuck in Maintenance Mode. Fixing this issue is very simple, but you will need the following information before starting the fix: Prerequisites PuTTy or other SSH client Nutanix Cluster administrator […]
If you reboot your VMWare vCenter Appliance, you may get into a situation where it reboots into the localhost login screen instead of the more familiar black and yellow/blue two tone layout with the management IP addresses shown like below: The first thing to do is not to panic. I have seen people get very […]
So you have your Instagram account up and running. You have uploaded some funky pictures and learnt how to use hashtags to get likes and comments. But now you want to see how many people are actually visiting your profile, you know, the ones that look but don’t like and don’t comment? Yes, those people! […]
From dash cams to security cameras, digital video capture is big at the moment. Maybe you are trying to capture something to go viral or just simply trying to protect your property, getting the right video camera is a must. We have tested and reviewed a few video cameras, dash cams and baby monitor cams, […]