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“Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
I had to recover a RAID-5 array from a client’s Thecus NAS which had stopping reading the disks or even starting up properly.
Fortunately this NAS, a Thecus N4100PRO, is basically a Linux server and uses the standard software RAID and LVM formats.
Had to set the PC clock to 20 Nov, 2011 to get the install working!
Once it was done I could set the clock back and keep using it.
A common error that terminal server administrators will bump into every now and then is the “The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections” message.
This problem happens because Windows only allows two remote terminal services connections when you are in administrative mode, and you’ve either got two people already on that server, or more likely, you’ve got a disconnected session that still thinks it is active.
If you happen to be at the same location as the server and can physically log into its console then you this is fine as you can log in and clear the connections. However, things can get a little more annoying if the server is at a remote or client site.
Open a command prompt and type:
mstsc /v:11.22.33.44 /admin
or
mstsc /v:11.22.33.44 /console
Replace “11.22.33.44″ with your server’s IP Address.
This will connect to the physical console session on the server, thus temporarily getting around the session limit. Please note, however that you may only get one chance at this and if you get disconnected from this session you may have no choice but to physically go to the machine. Therefore, once you get logged in, go straight to Administrative Tools, open Terminal Services Manager and clear those pesky logged sessions!
I had to install a local instance of MediaWiki this afternoon. After setting up a web server, downloading the latest version and completing the installation process all worked well except for the following two lines at the top of the browser:
Notice: A non well formed numeric value encountered in …\includes\CryptRand.php on line 382
Notice: A non well formed numeric value encountered in …\includes\CryptRand.php on line 383
Change line 285 from:
$bytes .= $iv;
to:
$buffer .= $iv;
Then I had to logout, clear my cache, then all was fine. I’ll update here if I find out more details about the exact causes of this error/bug.
Apparently, this list has been around for awhile but it’s the first time that I have heard of it. It’s a huge list of Network Monitoring Tools maintained by the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
This list is exhaustive to say the least, as well as exhausting if you were to go through and investigate every item on the list…
So, here it is: SLAC’s behemoth list of network monitoring tools
[found via The Nubby Admin]
Today I needed to capture a screen shot of the Windows 7 UAC prompt for a How-To document I was writing and discovered that you can’t… by default.
Fortunately, there is a registry change that can allow the PrtScn key to work while these prompts are on the screen.
To prevent Windows from switching to Secure Desktop mode when the UAC prompt appears:
You may have to reboot your system for this change to take effect, although I didn’t today.
Take a look at the screens from a recent iPhone App release:
Girls Around Me iPhone App screen shots
[Source: Venturebeat]
Yes, it really is as creepy as it looks. Basically it looks up all Foursquare check-ins published by females in the immediate vicinity of this App’s user aka Mr Desperate Stalker.
Now while Foursquare has shut off this apps access to its site and data, this should be taken as a wake-up call of the potential dangers, especially to women, of making your location and movements publicly available via services such as Foursquare. This will, undoubtedly, be one of the first of a whole new breed of “Stalker Apps”. Even Facebook is doing mobile check-ins now via its app.
If you’re a regular user of these services, either stop using them or think very carefully about why you’re using them and why exactly you want to share your every movement with the world. At the very least, check-in after you’ve left! Also, if you use Facebook check-ins check your privacy settings carefully to ensure you control exactly which friends can and cannot see your current location.
Be careful, it’s a crazy world out there!
