I just can’t remember how many times I’ve seen this same error popping out to me when I was trying to connect to a new SQL server. And every time when I see this I had to dig into my mind figuring out what to do to solve this. So it’s time to jog down the notes for the next […]
A user complained that he couldn’t listen to the wav file from his Outlook when he’s on Remote Server. I logged into the server and noticed that there is a red X mark showing on top of the speaker icon on the system tray, indicating that there is no audio output device installed on the server. Because this is a […]
If you use Outlook you have reason to rejoice, because there is a wide range of free add-ons that greatly enhance Outlook’s functionality and add considerably to it’s user experience. Here comes a list of them that are free and useful. Tip my hat to FreewareGenius for making a good list of them here and here. Note that all add-ons […]
In order to show the hidden text in your Word document you need to turn on that Show Marks & Symbols button. But for those who don’t like this button turned on at all time, you need to use a few tricks in Word to force the hidden text shown without having to press that button. The basic code in […]
Among all computers I have installed Cisco VPN Client, my Windows 7 is the only one that had the problem connecting to the remote VPN server. I kept getting this Reason 442 message telling the connection terminated locally by the client pretty much every time when I wanted to use it. Secure VPN Connection terminated locally by the client. Reason […]
I was on the marketing shopping for a decent, simple, and yet reliable remote support tool, and have found TeamViewer pretty attractive. Now today, after having given another tool Techinline a trial run, I am impressed too how simple it is to use their tool to connect two parties all together. Techinline remote desktop purely uses the web app to […]
I was on the market looking for a remote support solution that is simple, reliable, and not expensive. I had considered GotoMyPC, WebEx, GotoMeeting, LogMeIn, etc. and found they are pretty much in the same way in terms of how to make it work, even the cost is pretty much in the same range. When I came across TeamViewer, I […]
I recently had this error happened on a laptop that caused a user who used that laptop as the presentation in a meeting to present some of the ideas on the internet. The conflict also took our phone system down because that phone system had the same IP address as the laptop got from DHCP server. It’s a very rare […]