The ramblings of a computer geek
This post details about relational theory relationships. I’ve struggled to find on the Internet any decent explanations of what these are in simplistic terms which are degree/masters degree level, and not primary school or PhD examples! I’ll introduce the types of relationship, with some simple examples showing how the relational theory of relationships is actually […]
More...After the upgrade to ProSolution 9.2, I found that the tasks we ran which used PowerShell with the ProSolution Worker Service failed with the following error message: Error: – System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.PSSnapInException: An error occurred when loading the system Windows PowerShell Snap-Ins. Please contact Microsoft Support Services. —> System.Management.Automation.PSArgumentException: Unable to access Windows PowerShell PowerShellEngine registry information. […]
More...After setting up AAA on all our switches (there’s loads of tutorials on the Internet about this) we had the problem that this also applied to the console port. We didn’t want the risk that a faulty switch could be rendered inaccessible by the AAA and leaving us in a panic about what to do […]
More...After the upgrade you may find that the Windows Authentication has stopped working. To fix this you need to performing the following steps: (This is for Windows 2008 R2 with IIS 7.5) 1. Open IIS Manager. 2.Click on the ProAchieve website, then click on Authentication, ensure the following settings are set: Anonymous Authentication = Disabled […]
More...Sometimes you need to restart a server automatically, e.g. some time in the early hours of the morning. The best way to do this is using the “Task Scheduler” within Windows. 1. Open Task Scheduler and click on the “Task Scheduler Library” in the left hand pane. 2. Click “Create Task…” 3. On the “General” […]
More...On a Dell PowerEdge R710 had this error when trying to install Windows Server 2008 R2 Setup. PROBLEM Fails when selecting the disk: “setup was unable to create a new system partition.” All seems to be fine up until that point then it just fails. Even booting from the Dell utility CD gives the same […]
More...When using PCounter you have a separate queue that will take the job from the client; this is then passed to the queue that relates to the printer identified by the swipe card box the user swiped their card through. I.e. you print to a holding queue, the job stays there until you swipe your […]
More...This can be a bit tricky as it is not obvious how you add them. Follow the below: 1. Logon to the admin.dns.ja.net console, then click on the forward zone you want to add the records to e.g. mycollege.ac.uk. 2. Now click on the “Service Address” records section. 3. Now enter the settings as shown […]
More...I always get the plug types confused. A IEC C14 plug (shown below) connects to an IEC C13 socket. This type of socket has a maximum power load of 13 amps. An IEC C20 plug (shown below) connects to an IEC C19 socket. This type of socket has a maximum power load of 16 amps.
More...To see if your partitions are aligned correctly, hit the Start menu and type in msinfo32. Enter Msinfo32 and go to Components > Storage > Disks. Look for your disk on the list and find the “Partition Starting Offset” item. If this number is divisible by 4096 (that is, if dividing it by 4096 equals […]
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