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Content was blocked because it was not signed by a valid security certificate

If you are getting the following message when accessing a website, “Content was blocked because it was not signed by a valid security certificate” You might want to check the followings:  1. Check the website certificate and make sure it is from the correct website. 2. Check your browser’s security settings and make sure it is [...]

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Microsoft Security Bulletin Minor Revision

****************************** ************************************** Title: Microsoft Security Bulletin Minor Revision Issued: August 24, 2010 ******************************************************************** Summary ======= The following bulletin has undergone a minor revision increment. Please see the appropriate bulletin for more details. * MS10-046 – Critical Bulletin Information: ===================== * MS10-046 – Critical – http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-046.mspx – Reason for Revision: V1.2 (August 24, 2010): Added an [...]

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How to renew an IP address?

For those that are newbies in the Windows environment, here is how to renew an IP address in Windows. 1. Open the Command Prompt Click Start -> Run -> type CMD 2. In the Command Prompt, type “ipconfig /release” and hit enter.  This will release your current IP address. 3. Next, type in “ipconfig /renew” [...]

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Outlook 2007 Certificate Security Alert

If you are getting a certificate security alert with the following error when you open Outlook 2007. “the name on the security certificate is invalid or does not match the name of the site”  This is because the name on the server and the name on the certificate is mismatched.  To resolve this, you will [...]

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How to Configure Virtual Servers Failover for Citrix Netscaler?

Below are instructions on configuring Virtual Servers failover in a Netscaler device 1. Login to the Configuration page for the Netscaler 2. Find the Virtual Servers and Services node and expand it 3. Click on Services and choose “ADD” 4. Type in the Service Name (e.g. NODE1) and Server IP address for the first Node [...]

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How to enable Wake on LAN WOL

To enable Wake on LAN or for short WOL or PME, you will need to make sure that your hardware supports it.  There are two places you will need to check. 1. BIOS 2. Network Adapter Once you are sure that your hardware supports WOL, you will need to enable it. To enable WOL or [...]

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How to connect a modem into the AUX or CON port?

Here are the steps in setting up a US Robotics Modem to work on a Cisco AUX or CON port. 1. Connect a RJ45 to DB25 adapter to the modem and label it as modem. RJ45 to DB25 Adapter Pinout RJ45 DB25 1 Blue 4 2 Orange 20 3 Black 2 4 Red 7 5 [...]

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Can’t find server name for address x.x.x.x: Non-existent domain

If you ran into this error with your DNS server, then most likely you forgot to setup the PRT entry for the DNS server. “Can’t find server name for address w.x.y.z: Non-existent domain” Once I added back the PRT to the DNS server, the error went away and DNS isn’t timing out no more.

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Is NetFlow supported on Cisco Switches?

Unfortunately, Netflow is only supported on L2 devices (e.g. Routers).  Switches such as Catalyst 2900, 3500, and 3700 series are all L3 devices. Therefore, Netflow isn’t supported.

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How to add multiple dns entries with netsh?

If you want to add multiple dns entries using the netsh utility, you can do it by using the following commands. netsh interface ip add dns “Local Area Connection” 10.0.0.53 netsh interface ip add dns “Local Area Connection” 10.0.0.54 index=2 To remove a dns entry, you can use the following command netsh interface ip delete [...]

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