Import mysql 5.5 dump in to 5.1
If your getting the error Unknown collation: ‘utf8mb4_unicode_ci‘ Its probally becuase you trying to inport a 5.5 export to a 5.1 databse. You can try changing CHARSET=utf8mb4 to CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci COLLATE=utf8_general_ci This will only work if you don’t have invalid caratuers in your mysql dump but it may help.
Crypto Virus’s doing the rounds again.
Hi I have a important message for you. If you receive any emails claiming to be from Auspost NSW Roads or Westpac (to name a few) here are a few tips to stop you from download a virus. 1) Check the url or website address ip the top. This www.auspost.com.au 2) Capture on sites. The […]
Kaseya Antivirus Removal Password
While cleaning up a customers laptop i found a old Kaseya Antivirus that was out of date and when i went to remove it it required a password. After searching around for a while i found there is a default code “KaseyaUninstall”
Chkdsk /r /f from batch file
I was looking for a way to get a client to run a chkdsk /r/f with our pressing y. (throught our MSP tool Naverisk) I found this trick echo y|chkdsk c: /f /r /x Though tit was quite clever. Source http://forums.techguy.org/3049075-post3.html
Java wont work in Chrome
In your URL bar, enter: chrome://flags/#enable-npapi Click the Enable link for the Enable NPAPI configuration option. Click the Relaunch button that now appears at the bottom of the configuration page. Source: https://java.com/en/download/faq/chrome.xml#npapichrome
Sharepoint asking for Credentials opening excel files
This was referenced after finding a MS hotfix article. To make the list for pass through authentication Click Start, type regedit in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER. Locate and then click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WebClient\Parameters On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click Multi-String Value. Type AuthForwardServerList, and then […]
Cisco Router Secuirty
Cisco Routers are cool but i have been finding a few issues with DDOS attacks of late. Mainly DNS and NTP. DNS DDOS access-list 153 remark Block DOS DNS access-list 153 permit ip host 202.62.147.50 any – Replace this with the DNS server your using access-list 153 deny tcp any any eq domain access-list 153 […]
Xenserver tapdisk experienced an error
Hi After upgrading a few of our Xenservers to 6.5 i moved a few hard drives from some troublesome servers. I found that after they were remounted i would get a error saying “tapdisk experienced an error” after a bit of digging around in the logs i found Server_helpers.exec exception_handler: Got exception SR_BACKEND_FAILURE_449: [ ; tapdisk […]
Xenserver Import XVA from Network Share
I was updating our servers to Xenserver 6.5 the other night and i was trying to work out the fastest way of importing some machines i exported. And it seems that xe vm-import is the way to do it. 1) do a xe sr-list and note the UUID of the SR you wish to […]
SBS 2011 / Exchange 2010 Relay
I can never remember how to setup the relay connector on the exchange 2010 or sbs 2011 (same thing) but here is a quick link that explains how to do it simply. http://exchangeserverpro.com/how-to-configure-a-relay-connector-for-exchange-server-2010/