I recently setup a VPS and installed Denyhosts. I must have entered an incorrect password at some point cause I couldn’t SSH into my server. After removing my IP from /etc/hosts.deny I could log in once but after that I was added to the hosts.deny file again. To completely remove an IP address from Denyhosts…
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How to identify your SQL Server version and edition
To find out your version of SQL download/install/open Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express then click New Query Paste the below code in the query pane on the right SELECT @@VERSION SELECT SERVERPROPERTY(‘productversion’), SERVERPROPERTY (‘productlevel’), SERVERPROPERTY (‘edition’) and click Execute In the results window it will display the version, Service Pack, and edition. For older versions…
Migrate a Repository Subfolder to Another Repository
If you have a subfolder that you’d like to migrate from one repository to another SVN has some built in tools that allow you to do that. Open a command prompt and point it to the directory SVN is installed. For Windows that is C:\Program Files\VisualSVN Server\bin. The default Repository directory is C:\Repositories. Type: svnadmin…
Comcast DNS Helper
A client of mine mentioned he wasn’t able to access his mapped drives over the VPN. I remotely connected to his PC and noticed if I pinged hostname.domain.local it resolves to 208.68.139.38. I confirmed he was connected to the VPN and I could ping the IP of the PC directly. I did a quick lookup…
Quickbooks 2009 & Mapped Drives
A client of mine is using Quickbooks 2009 and has been having issues with accessing Quickbook files hosted on the Quickbooks database server. All firewall ports are open, the database server is running and the Quickbooks Connection Diagnostic Tool says everything passes. They access the files from a mapped drive to the server. It’s never…
Outlook 2010: “0x8004010F: Outlook data file cannot be accessed”
A client of mine was having the error 0x8004010F in Outlook 2010. I repaired the PST and it fixed 30 or so errors but I was still having the issue. I ended up creating a new Outlook profile using the following link… http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2289904 After creating the new profile I could not open or export the…
Outlook 2010 prompting for UAC everytime it’s opened
If Outlook 2010 is prompting for UAC everytime you open it check to make sure you don’t have Run this program in compatibility mode for: or Run this program as an administrator checked.
Speed up Outlook 2007
If Outlook 2007 has been running slower then usual you can try disabling Add-ins that are not being used. To do this Open up the Trust Center by navigating to Tools –> Trust Center on the menu. On the left-hand pane, choose Add-ins, and then near the bottom of the window you’ll see a button…
Fixing Full Screen Flash in Ubuntu 10.10
If you have Ubuntu 10.10, Intel Graphics and can’t view full screen flash videos from Youtube, Hulu, or any other site this fix might help… sudo mkdir /etc/adobe sudo su sudo echo \”OverrideGPUValidation = 1\” >> /etc/adobe/mms.cfg
Printer goes offline after successful print job
If your printer in Windows Server keeps going offline even if its status says ‘Ready‘ and you know its online try disabling SNMP on the Server. Right click the printer and choose Properties. Under the Ports tab click Configure Port… and uncheck SNMP Status Enabled.