If a file refuses to open in a folder (e.g. PDF) or copying it in Windows Explorer causes Explorer to crash then the issue might be file length. Symptoms: Most versions of Microsoft Windows since Windows 7 can handle a file path and name length of up to 256 characters. If a file name (including the […]
The Problem ( Summary) Disabling ssh password authentication in sshd_config, no longer works. After disabling it you can still log into an Ubuntu server (22.04.3 in my case) using a password. There is a description of my process and a fix below. My Experience I’ve just installed Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS. Set up SSH as I […]
The issue of the gcc binary not being found has old answers when looked up in Google. The answers also offer a solution that is not suitable. This answer is for when installing VMWare tools on Ubuntu, Lubuntu, Mint Linux etc but the principles will be the same for RedHat, Debian, Suse CentOs etc – […]
We have a had a complete ‘mare with Office today. 6 hours in and still trying to get it installed. Steps (reboots inbetween): Standard install – Created live.microsoft.com account, downloaded installer and started. Error 30088-16 Un-installed every version and component of Office individually, rebooted and tried again. Failed – Error 30088-16 Ran Ms clean up […]
Symptoms: A client with Windows 10 sees a black screen after login. There are no desktop, icons, start menu or other screen items. The mouse icon / arrow does show. Diagnosis Access was gained using CTRL-SHIFT-ESCAPE and bringing up the Task manager. Performance manager is accessed via task manager. Windows Explorer is using 100% of […]
What Is Ransomware: In short ransomware or cryptolock threats are a form of malware or virus that either: Locks up your files with a secret password then forces you to pay money to get them back (cryptovirus). Threatens to publish your information if you don’t pay a ransom They do this by getting a user […]
WordPress has a vulnerability that enables malicious hackers to commit a DOS attack against WordPress websites. According to the vulnerability DB ( https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9021 ) all recent versions of WordPress are vulnerable. (version 4.9.4 and below) WordPress has not yet released a patch but if you are running the nginx web server there is a mitigation […]
