After setting up a RAS VPN server users are experiencing the following error when trying to connect: The connection was prevented because of a policy configured on your RAS/VPN server. Specifically, the authentication method used by the server to verify your username and password may not match the authentication method configured in your connection profile. […]
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as of March 18, 2020, System Lifeline Inc. will be taking the following measures to ensure the health and safety of our team, our clients, and the public: – Until further notice, our team members will no longer be making onsite visits, with the exception of catastrophic failures requiring […]
Windows Server Backup is a nice, built in solution for small companies wanting to ensure their local data is safe from hardware failure and corruption. The backup itself is built into Windows (no special license required) and will run to locally attached drives (USB, iSCSI, VHDX, etc.). With all backups though, you are only as […]
Background: Articulate is a software company that has developed software packages for creating online, interactive, e-learning course presentations. There is a plugin for WordPress called “Insert or Embed Articulate Content into WordPress” created by elearningfreak that allows content editors to easily upload and embed Articulate content into their WordPress posts. Problem: One of our hosted website […]
Continuing our discussion on the Task Scheduler issue, we are going to examine another related problem. This time it is the history logs that were not working properly. After getting the tasks running again, we next noticed that the History tab inside our Task Scheduler was not keeping up to date. Even worse, it seemed […]
We were recently contacted by one of our clients informing us that the Task Scheduler on one of the servers was acting strange. It seemed that the tasks themselves were firing off at the appropriate date/time however nothing was really happening at all in the background. The Task Scheduler was then returning a successful code […]
Just like when Windows XP became end of life in 2014, the server version of the XP kernel (Windows 2003 Server), and arguably the most stable Windows Server operating system, comes to the end of its supported life on July 14, 2015. So you have one or more Windows Server 2003 machines in your environment, but […]
Whether you’re in a desolate area, travelling for business, or simply just cannot find a WiFi network around you, there is always a signal right in your pocket. If your cellular phone is modern enough to support tethering (Roughly newer than 5 years old) then chances are you have the opportunity to use your cellphone […]
Two items high on the list of concerns for many companies are backups, and cost. We recently had a client looking for a cost-effective but reliable solution for backing up their internal SharePoint 2010 environment. So, without reinventing the wheel, we deployed a nice little PowerShell script produced by the good people over at CodePlex […]
Nothing beats getting something for free. One of the great things about owning a PC is the availability of free software that can help your system run better, and help with troubleshooting issues. Here are five of my favorite free programs to get your bytes flowing: 1. Find the data hog with WinDIRStat https://windirstat.info We […]
