Category: tips

  • Reload Unifi OS Without Reboot

    Reload Unifi OS Without Reboot

    NOTE: As of Unifi OS v2.5.17 the podman command no longer works on UDM Pro devices. It may not work on any devices with the newer Unifi OS installed. You can try this command to restart just the UniFi Network application. Restart OS – To do this, SSH into device (see this article) and run  podman restart…

  • PSA: Scam Alert! Forever Yorkie Kisses – Happy Pet Companions

    PSA: Scam Alert! Forever Yorkie Kisses – Happy Pet Companions

    My wife found a really cute Yorkie puppy named Blue and wanted to buy it. After a couple of emails, the alarm bells started ringing. Following are the points of evidence for me to call a scam alert. Here is a picture of Blue on the site https://foreveryorkiekisses.com/available-puppies/ My wife filled out the “Adopt Blue”…

  • Lock My PC Scam

    I just finished tussling with a client’s computer that was locked with a small legitimate program called Lock My PC from FSPro Labs. I found several articles talking about the response they had to an increase in nefarious use of their program. Here is one of them https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lock-my-pc-used-by-tech-support-scammers-dev-offers-free-recovery/ talking about the response FSPro had for…

  • Logitech Mouse Hitching in Windows 10 Fixed

    Logitech Mouse Hitching in Windows 10 Fixed

    My Logitech G502 was plaguing me with intermittent hitching. Sometimes it would work great for days and other times it would be barely usable. I assumed it was a driver or Windows issue. I tried many suggested solutions and none of them worked. The problem even pursued me through a major computer platform upgrade from…

  • Repair error 3371 status code 11118 in Quickbooks

    I have used this solution in two different situations when I changed hard drives in computers by imaging the old one. I ripped it from here for the sake of preserving knowledge. I don’t trust Intuit.If the encrypted file containing your licence number and product code is damaged, QuickBooks will not open, and might display an…

  • How to Add or Change the Manufacturer Information for your Computer

    If you build your own computers, you will occasionally notice in various places that the manufacturer of your computer is listed as unknown. The system properties applet will show the information you place using this method. Add or Change the Manufacturer Information for your Computer Shamelessly copied from here for knowledge redundancy.

  • Restore Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 10

    Restore Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 10

    If you would like to use and or restore Windows Photo Viewer as your default photo viewer in Windows 10, this write-up is for you. askvg.com

  • Move Primary Domain Controller to New Server

    Copied from Ali’s Blog (link removed because blog is now dead) for my own convenience and for the sake of knowledge redundancy. Here is a High Level process of migrating from a server 2003 PDC to 2008R2 PDC (Or to any new windows server): 1.     Configure a new server 2008 R2 2.     Join to the domain 3.     Run…

  • AT&T Towers

    I just got off of the phone with AT&T customer service complaining about a lack of service. The lady gave me this address to send a request to get a tower placed on my property. Basically you need to send this information to them and (hopefully) they will contact you about putting a tower on…

  • Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window.

    This morning I encountered this error when I tried to open Outlook. “Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window.” Turns out, all you need to do is go to run and type or paste “outlook.exe /resetnavpane”. In XP “run” is located at Start > Run… In Vista and Windows 7 it is combined…

  • How to delete or force delete print jobs

    Written by Ellie under Geek Girl We have all sent print jobs to the printer to only realize – “I shouldn’t have sent that!” But when you right-click on the job and press delete, the job says “Deleting” but never goes away! The only way I knew of to fix this was to restart my…

  • IBM xSeries 346 PCI slots

    This is a picture of the PCI riser card in my IBM xSeries 346 8840-45u server From this diagram, I surmise that the PCI slots are the 3.3v 64-bit style.