Now there’s an attention grabbing headline if ever I saw one! Just a quick reminder post in case I come across this again or it helps anyone else. We did some work for a client recently to replace their firewall with a shiny new Sonicwall NSA 2600. In the days following the replacement we were
Where Did January Go!?
Every year I usually write a post that looks back on everything that happened in the previous year. The end of 2014 and the start of 2015 has been so packed with so many various things January seems to have just vanished before my eyes. This time last year I was writing about how tragically
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Close Programs To Prevent Information Loss
I felt like such a noob when I realised what this was I thought I’d publicly shame myself so it doesn’t happen again. For a few weeks I’d been getting pop-ups on my computer warning about low memory and impending data loss! Internet Explorer or Chrome were usually the programs it reported needed to be closed
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A Darth Vader Lightsaber And A Charity Auction
This dear reader is a Master Replica of Darth Vader’s Lightsaber, complete with certificate of authenticity, signed by none other than Gareth Edwards. Director of Godzilla and an upcoming Star Wars film! It’s just one of many items available at a charity auction that’s taking place this Friday (14th November) at Ambleside Sports Club in
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Useful Tool: Service Trigger Editor
Newer versions of Windows introduced the concept of Trigger Start services. The idea being that a specific event “triggers” the startup of a service. In the past the service would have been running, using up resources waiting for that moment when it was needed. Using this newer method means services a dormant until they are
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Packt eBooks and Videos – Level Up!
The good people over at Packt Publishing have a special offer on at the moment. Basically the more ebooks or videos you buy the larger the discount! ALL eBooks and Videos are just $10 each or less. Any 1 or 2 eBooks/Videos –$10 each Any 3 to 5 eBooks/Videos – $8 each Any 6 or
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Facebook Reviews
A couple of days ago I had a message pop up when I logged into Facebook Hello, A review you posted has been removed. Reviews must follow the Facebook Community Standards and focus on the core product or service offered by the Page. Reviews that don’t follow these guidelines may be removed. Please keep in
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Syntactically invalid HELO argument(s)
Yesterday I had a client report that certain emails were being bounced The SMTP error message was this 501 Syntactically invalid HELO argument(s) Not one I’d seen before! As with most support queries one of the first questions to ask is “what has changed?” and this particular client has a Sonicwall Email Security Appliance that
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Activate Remote Desktop Remotely–Revisited
I wrote about how to achieve this way back in 2007! It’s one of the more popular things I’ve written about and I still refer back to it pretty often. The steps were for Windows XP and mostly worked for Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. That said there are more options available now
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Surface Pro 2 Losing Network Connectivity
A client recently purchased a couple of Surface Pro 2 devices and needed some help getting them set up. I’d got everything as I wanted and was just about to hand them back when my phone rang. I took the call and by the time I came back the device had gone into standby mode.