If you are having a problem with the MICROCHIP XC8 installer hanging on installation under Windows 10 — (see screenshot below): Very easy solution… Change your screen resolution to 1080p, and TURN OFF all “screen scaling/screen zooming” settings Reboot your computer (trust me, just do this step) The installer should work fine now.…
Classic ASP switch to TLS 1.2
I recently came across a failed PCI scan for one of our clients. This failure was due to TLS 1.0 being enabled on that Windows server. We ran IISCRYPTO (link) and disabled TLS. Upon restarting the server, the Classic ASP site threw the following error: Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers (0x80004005) [Microsoft][ODBC SQL…
Adding DKIM records to Kerio Connect
If you want to implement DKIM (signed email) to your Kerio Connect setup, here’s the easy way. Start by reading these links Kerio link 1 Kerio link 2 The following setup is for Kerio Connect 9.x, and Windows Server 201X DNS server Make sure your email server is properly connected to a good public DNS…
PIC XC8 error warning: (1472) –CODEOFFSET option ignored: duplicate or conflicting option
If you receive the following error during an XC8 project build, here is how to fix it warning: (1472) –CODEOFFSET option ignored: duplicate or conflicting option the fix: under project properties, XC8 Linker, make sure there is either a) no value (blank) in the CODEOFFSET field b) some legitimate value in CODEOFFSET that…
PIC XC8 error warning: (1459) peripheral library support is missing for the 18XXXX
if you receive the following error during BUILD in XC8, here is the quick fix: warning: (1459) peripheral library support is missing for the 18F6722 the fix is simple: make sure this checkbox is UNCHECKED under the project properties, XC8 linker.
Proper DNS configuration for iPhone and Exchange Autodiscover
In order to get Autodiscover to work properly on your iPhone when doing an “Exchange” setup, you need the correct DNS records. **note: I am assuming you already have a proper SSL cert on your email server, have the correct ports opened (80, 443m 587) and you KNOW your email server is working properly. You’ll…
Quick Migration of Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V to Windows Server 2012 or 2016
Here are the proven and tested steps for migrating from Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012 or 2016. Note: You cannot IMPORT a VM from 2008 R2 into 2012 or 2016, so you have to do the whole process manually. That’s the reason for this post. log into the existing 2008 R2 virtual…
Migrate Symantec Backup Exec 2015 14.2 to new server with a DIFFERENT name
I have used this procedure to successfully migrate an installation of BUE 2015 ver. 14.2 to a new server, with a different machine name. If you are moving things from the old machine to the new machine and they both have the same names, see my post here and use that instead. I used this procedure…
Migrate Symantec Backup Exec 2015 14.2 to new server with same name
The process of moving BUE 2015/14.2 to a new server with the exact same name as the old server is pretty straightforward (but very long). The entire procedure is in this PDF which I have tried and it works fine. If you are moving to a new server with a different name, please use this…
Solution for Windows cross-subnet browsing issue in mid-2016
**NOTE: as of 12/2017 and the Fall Creator’s Update builds 1709 and later, Microsoft has again broken the functionality of the “Network” (Network Neighborhood) item inside Windows Explorer. You will probably need to do both add the registry key below, as well as follow the directions in my new post, here. ========= Hello all- this…