Removing Dell's wallpaper on a new server.
Just installed a new server, and was getting fed up with the age it took for RDP to load up when i was accessing it from elsewhere.
Finally got round to Googling it and found the following site explaining how to get rid of it - ah faster loading times!
http://www.nogeekleftbehind.com/2007/06/05/hack-removing-the-annoying-dell-wallpaper-in-rdp/
26 November 2007
3 November 2007
Had to replace a router at a small company i looked after, so had a look around for a router with VPN capabilities.
Settled on a Linksys AG241 in the end, being reasonably priced, and a Linksys which i'm used to working with.
Set the router up ok, but seemed to have trouble getting the VPN working so i could connect via my laptop. Googled for ipsec vpn clients, and tried a few out, but none seemed to work.
Read a review for SSH Sentinel and managed to download the last free version (1.4) and got it working once, but then it just threw all my network connections out, so had to uninstall it.
Recently found a guide on getting the VPN working with another Linksys router, so followed the instructions (details are very similar on the VPN pages) and it has worked first time.
Instructions here: http://www.homenethelp.com/vpn/router-linksys.asp
Router is now working exactly as i need it - with the VPN connection i can now use Ultr@Vnc to connect to any of the PC's at the company to provide remote support without having VPN in via the server (which died last week anyway)
Settled on a Linksys AG241 in the end, being reasonably priced, and a Linksys which i'm used to working with.
Set the router up ok, but seemed to have trouble getting the VPN working so i could connect via my laptop. Googled for ipsec vpn clients, and tried a few out, but none seemed to work.
Read a review for SSH Sentinel and managed to download the last free version (1.4) and got it working once, but then it just threw all my network connections out, so had to uninstall it.
Recently found a guide on getting the VPN working with another Linksys router, so followed the instructions (details are very similar on the VPN pages) and it has worked first time.
Instructions here: http://www.homenethelp.com/vpn/router-linksys.asp
Router is now working exactly as i need it - with the VPN connection i can now use Ultr@Vnc to connect to any of the PC's at the company to provide remote support without having VPN in via the server (which died last week anyway)
13 October 2007
Been having problems where i'm currently working getting a remote site to connect properly to a server with remote desktop.
Every other time the PC's logged on, it wouldn't connect the terminal services sessions, so the local drives and printer were not available from the rdp session (which the site needed).
Googled it but didn't find much to try and resolve the issue - made sure the printers were added on the server; the users profile allowed them the correct permissions; even changed the registry entries for rdp on the users PC.
Double checked the connection via my server at home and it worked fine everytime i logged on, so pointed to an issue on the server - that's when i saw that the PC's had over 1000 rdp connections which kept increasing everytime we logged on.
Rebooted the server and voila - rdp was working correctly - suppose we could have restarted the services, but no-one else was using the server, so a quick and dirty reboot seemed the order of the day.
Every other time the PC's logged on, it wouldn't connect the terminal services sessions, so the local drives and printer were not available from the rdp session (which the site needed).
Googled it but didn't find much to try and resolve the issue - made sure the printers were added on the server; the users profile allowed them the correct permissions; even changed the registry entries for rdp on the users PC.
Double checked the connection via my server at home and it worked fine everytime i logged on, so pointed to an issue on the server - that's when i saw that the PC's had over 1000 rdp connections which kept increasing everytime we logged on.
Rebooted the server and voila - rdp was working correctly - suppose we could have restarted the services, but no-one else was using the server, so a quick and dirty reboot seemed the order of the day.
7 May 2007
Cannot Locate Recurrence Information for this Appointment Outlook 2007
Kept getting an error for an old recurring reminder on Outlook 2007
Googled it but error only seems to come up for old Outlook 98 or 2003.
Even tried MS, but following their instructions, i still couldn't delete the corrupt reminder.
Wouldn't let me right click on the line to bring any options up.
Also tried /cleanreminders (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;296192)
but that still didn't work.
In a last attempt, i tried just hitting the delete button on the corrupt line and it only bloody deleted it!
Shut down Outlook and restarted - no error messages any more. Sweet.
22 April 2007
Virgin Central not working with red button
Been having problems with the red button not working on Virgin Central (ch 119 & 120).
Spoke to tech support (after 15 mins on hold) to find that going to BBC1 and pressing the red button then makes 119 & 120 work again.
Been ok for a few days, but went again earlier - had to goto 119 after BBC1 as it didn't like going to 120 first for some reason.
Oh well - sorted for the short term anyway.
11 January 2007
Bloody wireless....
Got a call to install a wireless network for a customer - they had a Compaq V6000 laptop, Netgear DG834N router and HP C6180 All-in-one printer.
Router was up and running really quickly - connected the printer to it wirelessly, but then tried connecting the laptop to the wireless network. It would connect at 54 Mbps then after a few minutes drop to 1 Mbps - it said it was connected but it wasn't really.
Upgraded the firmware on the laptop (Broadcom onboard wireless) and the router, but still the same issue - random connects and disconnects.
Tried dropping the speed from 270 Mbps to 54 Mbps with no joy. Then dropped the encryption from WPA2 (AES) + WPA (TKIP) and kept gradually raising the encryption until it stopped working.
Looks like the problem in the end was the speed was too high for the onboard wireless and the encryption was too high also (V6000 only has an expresscard slot, so not much chance of getting a wireless card for it in the near future).
Encryption settings were left at WPA2 (AES) and the wireless worked fine - got 54Mbps signal all around the house.
HP software that comes with the printer is so bloated though - 300 Mb download and installs to 800 Mb!!! Doesn't even work properly as you are supposed to be able to push a scan straight to a PC over the network - managed to get it to work once; just bombed out all the other times, but the customer was happy to leave it, as long as the laptop could print to the printer that was fine.
Got a call to install a wireless network for a customer - they had a Compaq V6000 laptop, Netgear DG834N router and HP C6180 All-in-one printer.
Router was up and running really quickly - connected the printer to it wirelessly, but then tried connecting the laptop to the wireless network. It would connect at 54 Mbps then after a few minutes drop to 1 Mbps - it said it was connected but it wasn't really.
Upgraded the firmware on the laptop (Broadcom onboard wireless) and the router, but still the same issue - random connects and disconnects.
Tried dropping the speed from 270 Mbps to 54 Mbps with no joy. Then dropped the encryption from WPA2 (AES) + WPA (TKIP) and kept gradually raising the encryption until it stopped working.
Looks like the problem in the end was the speed was too high for the onboard wireless and the encryption was too high also (V6000 only has an expresscard slot, so not much chance of getting a wireless card for it in the near future).
Encryption settings were left at WPA2 (AES) and the wireless worked fine - got 54Mbps signal all around the house.
HP software that comes with the printer is so bloated though - 300 Mb download and installs to 800 Mb!!! Doesn't even work properly as you are supposed to be able to push a scan straight to a PC over the network - managed to get it to work once; just bombed out all the other times, but the customer was happy to leave it, as long as the laptop could print to the printer that was fine.
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