A Treasure Trove of Technology Tidbits
I setup a new virtual server in VMware 6.0 yesterday. Of course, I was logging into the console. Then, I remembered, if I wanted remote desktop to work, I needed to explicitly enable it. Run Control Panel | System Click the “Remote Settings” link on left Select the “Remote” tab Check “Allow connections from computers… […]
In late 2016, it was acknowledged that over one million google accounts have been compromised by Gooligan. To find out if you are amongst the unlucky, leverage the free CheckPoint website. Open a browser and goto https://gooligan.checkpoint.com Enter your gmail address Click the “I am not a robot” checkbox and respond to the Captcha Click […]
I was working happily, remoted into a Win7 administrative machine which happened to have the VMware client installed upon it. And, inexplicably, I noticed that my task manager window was barren of both tabs and menus. I had no idea what happened, expected it was a memory probable of some sort, so rebooted the machine. […]
Since my last login, something changed, regarding how Suntrust was using session cookies, because suddenly I could no longer pay bills or transfer money using Mozilla Firefox on my laptop. I was receiving the error message, “We’re sorry. We could not set cookies or find a session for you.” Yet, I was still logged into […]
We all know that Windows XP is a deprecated and no longer supported operating system. Here is just a nail in the coffin. I attempted to install the vSphere 6.0 client on XP, and received the error message, “When installed on a Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 host machine, the vSphere Client might fail […]
Last week, I was working happily in the vSphere fat client, and suddenly received the error, “The request failed because the server closed the connection. The underlying connection was closed: A connection that was expected to be kept alive was closed by the server.” What does this VMware actually mean? Turns out that I was […]
This spring, I quickly learned that administering online courses is a tricky business. More specifically, one common complaint that students made was that their web quiz/assignment/test session was unexpectedly terminated and could they please, please, please re-submit? Imagine that?!? So, I wondered, how does one allow for the same BlackBoard assignment to be turned in […]
I am working on automating some administrative functions and wanted to leverage Powershell coding. But, my servers come in a variety of flavors: 2008R1, 2008R2, 2012R1, and 2012R2. So, I wondered, what version of Powershell do I have available on each, and can it be upgraded? Googling, and found a reference to the original versions […]
I have been supporting an online course over the last several months, and learning a ton of tricks regarding how to configure and use the free version of BlackBoard available at www.coursesites.com for instructors who support a small number of concurrent online courses. This post regards how to create a smart view of all your […]
