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30Jan/120

CCA 3.2 Available for Cisco SMB Products

Cisco have released version 3.2 of CCA (Cisco Configuration Assistant), so far the update has been smooth with no issues.

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30Oct/110

PCI Compliance for SIP Trunking

VoIP.co.uk have released a new product providing  encryption on SIP trunks. Any concerns about voice security, whether making/taking a credit card payment, calling the bank, or just wanting to know that calls are not being evesdropped are resolved with this product.

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5Aug/1012

sage.sbd.platform.installation.softwareupdates.ui has stopped working error

When starting Sage it would request to be updated, if ‘No’ was clicked it would close the application. Clicking ‘Yes’ would start the upgrade process where where you can select the update. At that point the following error would occur; sage.sbd.platform.installation.softwareupdates.ui has stopped working

29Jul/100

How to view .htaccess files on your server

Most web servers are configured to hide files with names that begin with a period – .htaccess and .htpasswd files, for example. Here’s how to configure a few popular FTP clients to display hidden files:

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19Jul/101

Enable Multiple Instances of Windows Live Messenger for Multi Logins

So far until WindowsLive Messenger 2009, all versions of MSN Messenger and Windows Live Messenger (WLM) does not support running multiple instances of the program. It means that at any one time, only one Windows Live Messenger program is allowed to be launched, effectively restricts WLM users to login to just not more than 1 account at one time.

17Jul/100

Cisco Quick Tips

Quick tips for performing common tasks with Cisco networking equipment:

10Apr/100

How to integrate a Microsoft Outlook Web Access email address with a BlackBerry Internet Service account

To integrate a Microsoft Outlook Web Access email address, complete the following steps: Go to the wireless service provider’s BlackBerry Internet Service web site and log in to the BlackBerry Internet Service account. Click the Set Up Account button. Complete the Email address, Password, and Confirm password fields, and click Next. Select I will provide the settings to add [...]

2Apr/100

Cisco Network Topology Icons and Visio Stencils

I came across several cool Visio shapes for Cisco’s Network Topology icons used in their product documentation. . Network Topology Icons http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac50/ac47/2.html Visio Stencils http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/prod_visio_icon_list.html

29Mar/100

How to Reset A BlackBerry To Factory Defaults Settings

Need to do a clean reset of your Blackberry to its factory defaults? If you are not too keen on the idea of reloading the OS you can use the on-board reset capability (they call it “wipe” the handheld device). This option is hidden pretty deep in heart of the Blackberrys multi-layered system so that [...]

24Mar/100

Great browser app

I came across this application and i think it very cool especially if you work from two or more computers. It allows you to synchronizes browsers, cross platform it basically backs up your favorites across multiple computers. It is a free add-on, and supports, IE7, IE8, Chrome, Firefox and Safari 4. Works on both Windows [...]

5Mar/101

Plesk & Symfony Framework

I came accross a project where i had to install Symfony Framework on a Plesk server. The Symfony had been transfered to the server using ftp, i need to create a vhost.conf file to notifity the plesk serevr where the document root is. First create a file on your local computer vhost.conf in file type [...]

27Feb/101

How to edit php.ini from ssh

To edit the php.ini on you server log on to the server via ssh (putty) 1. Log on to your server via ssh 2. Change directory from present home folder using ‘cd ..’ command 3. # cd /etc 4. # ls (make sure your php.ini file is present) 5. # vi php.ini 6. Find the [...]

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25Feb/100

Outlook 2007 Crashing error 0x0003bb5c

I came across an issue, where Outlook 2007 upon every attempt to open it crashed. In the event log it showed an error code of 0x0003bb5c, the PC had Windows XP with SP3 installed. Full Event Log Meggae; Faulting application outlook.exe, version 12.0.4518.1014, stamp 4542840f, faulting module mso.dll, version 12.0.4518.1014, stamp 4542867b, debug? 0, fault [...]

18Feb/100

Blacberry Shortcuts (for the true geek)

Like most business professionals I’m addicted to my BlackBerry 8310 Curve. However, I’m also a geek so to enhance the geek experience I list some keyboard shortcuts… Alt+Escape (Arrow Button) to switch from one application to another (like the Alt-Tab in Win32 or Unix) View Event Log From the Home Screen – hold down the Alt [...]

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11Feb/100

Blackerry not syncing properly with BES

I recently had a problem where the company blackberry not syncing properly with BES (Blackbery Enterproce Server) When Attempting to connect a new handset to the server it would connect to the server successfully activiting email@addess.com verifing encryption encryption verified waiting for services.. The acvitation gets stuck waiting for the services to download. The solution was to [...]

28Jan/100

Outlook Prompting for Passwords to Connect to Exchange 2007

Recently Outlook began prompting users to enter their credentials.  The strange thing is, the logon box’s title indicates it is attempting to connect to our outside FQDN instead of the internal one (remote.domain.com).  This is a very common question in the last month for SBS 2008 users. It is resolved by approving rollup 9 for [...]

5Jan/101

Welcome to the new Blog

Welcome to our new Blog. We will be providing some cool techie tips for the general users as well and the more experienced users.

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