Recently a client of mine got some spyware. I cleaned it up with Malware Bytes as I usually do but she was still experiencing popups in Internet Explorer. I reset IE and ran additional scans but the PC kept getting popups. I downloaded and ran ESET’s Online Scanner and it caught all the spyware Malware…
Outlook 2007 Printer Issues with KB2509470
I had a user that was getting the following error message in Outlook 2007… There is a problem with the selected printer. You might need to reinstall this printer. Try again, or use a different printer. To fix this I removed the Microsoft KB2509470 update. Remember to blacklist the update so it does not re install…
VolumeDrive VPS stats
CPU: 2 Ghz Dedicated CPU RAM: 1 GB Dedicated Memory HD: 50 GB Hard Drive Space BW: 2000 GB Transfer Per Month IP: 1 Public IP Address #less /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 44 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5620 @ 2.40GHz stepping : 2 cpu…
Remove an IP Address from denyhosts
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…
My review of Windows Phone 7 and the Sprint Arrive
I picked up the Sprint Arrive a few days ago. I’ve had the itch to try out Windows Phone 7 so when they announced a device for Sprint with a physical keyboard I was pretty much sold. Most reviews I’ve read are positive and Nebraska Furniture Mart had a special for $79.99 so I jumped…
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…
Disable Ping in IOS 4.3 for the iPad
Some have reported that their battery doesn’t last as long with IOS 4.3. One recommendation which appears to help is disabling Ping. I took some screen shots to help walk you through disabling Ping on the iPad. First click the Settings app and select General in the left column Then select Restrictions in the right column…
IPv6
http://xkcd.com/865/
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…