I wanted to setup a DYNDNS.ORG account on my Eircom Netopia 3347NWG ADSL modem. There are no settings on the router itself for this. Luckily however, I found that I could add it using the following steps.

1. Open Internet Explorer and login to your router. It’s usually 192.168.1.254.
2. Go to Expert Mode, Configure, Advanced and Router Password. Create an admin router login with password.
3. Open a command prompt. Start, Run, type CMD and hit enter.
4. Type telnet 192.168.1.254

      5. Enter username and password as previously created. Note: username is ‘admin’ by default.

      6. Type the following and change where relevant (IN BOLD)..

>configure
>set dynamic-dns option dyndns.org
>set dynamic-dns ddns-host-name yourhostname.dyndns.org
>set dynamic-dns ddns-user-name yourusername
>set dynamic-dns ddns-user-password youruserpassword
>save
>quit

Restart your router

Finally, simply wait a couple of minutes for your router to sync with your dyndns account.

To test, simply ping the address i.e ping yourhostname.dyndns.org . you can also check the router logs for something like this: 00:00:00:37 Dynamic DNS update attempt returned good

If you receive this error: “Validation unsuccessful; cannot save current configuration. ”
You most likely have not entered the correct dyndns username and password correctly. Check all your settings including the new host and ensure it is identical from the dyndns login.

My Small Business Server 2003 suddenly for no apparent reason reverted to its original 5 user licenses. I had actually lost 15 CALS without any obvious cause. The only other issue with the server at the time was low disk space.

It turns out that this is a known bug that occurs when an SBS Server runs low on disk space on the OS drive. It can also stem from improper AV Scanning/Removal or poor system resources, etc.

To fix your licensing problem please follow these steps.

1. Find licstr.cpa & Autolicstr.cpa files under thew c:\windows\system32 folder.

Note: Make backup copies of these files to C:\Temp just to be safe.

2. Rename the original licstr.cpa to licstr.old.
3. Rename autolicstr.cpa file to licstr.cpa.
4. Restart the License Logging Service. Start, Run, Services.msc, locate the service and restart.
5.Goto Server Management Console -> Licensing, refresh the page and you should now have your original licenses in tact.

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I needed to be able to access more than one pc in the office network remotely using Remote Desktop Connection. Since RDP is set to use port 3389 I had to make several changes.

1. Change the default port number on the second (listening) computer. To do this;

- Start Registry Editor. [Start, Run, Regedit]
- Locate and then click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\TerminalServer\WinStations\RDP-Tcp\PortNumber
- On the Edit menu, click on Modify, and then click Decimal.
- Type the new port number, exampleand then click OK.
- Quit Registry Editor and restart the computer.

2. Modify the router to port forward this new port number to the specified IP address of the specific machine you are trying to connect to.

Note: You should ensure that both router firewall and software firewall allow access via this port.

 3. Make sure you specifiy the new address:port when connecting over RDP.

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The ahsay online backup failed with the message “Expect log sequence ‘xxx’ but found ‘SERVER\Microsoft Information Store\ First Storage Group\xxxxx.log”

The solution and description to this error is set out below;

The problem occurs because another backup has already initiated a change in the log sequence.

To fix the problem, disable all other backup systems (NT Backup, Backup Exec, etc) and restart the online backup.

I could not login to my broadband router from Vodafone.  Its an Equip Router. The  default login page is here; http://192.168.1.1

The username and password that I found in the end was;

Username: admin
PasswordVF-IRhg556

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My Dell desktop computer would not boot up. After I powered it on, I would receive six long beeps and nothing would happen.

The solution and description to this error is set out below;

To fix, open up the pc and reseat the RAM.

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The broadband in our business network would randomly disconnect throughout the day. We also experienced fluctuating Internet speeds throughout the day sometimes bringing web access to an absolute crawl. 

The solution and description to this error is set out below;

After reviewing the logs from the broadband router, we found that uTorrent was the cause. An employee had installed the software on their laptop and even though the software was not in use, the Internet Service Provider was disconnecting the broadband connection due to “too many open connections”.

The best solution for this is to remove any peer-to-peer software (uTorrent, BitComet, Limewire, Bearshare, etc) from any desktop or laptop within your network.

1. Click on Start and go to the Control Panel.
2. Add/Remove Programs.
3. Look for Peer-to-Peer software (uTorrent, BitComet, Limewire, Bearshare, etc)
4. Click on Remove/Uninstall and reboot the pc once the uninstall is complete.

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Outlook was stuck in a continuous loop in Send/Receive at around 50%. It seemed to be downloading mails byte by byte but could not complete the task.  Also, the application itself was constantly hanging and bringing the pc to a standstill

The solution and description to this error is set out below;I tried everything; removing the extend.dat file, recreating the mail profle, etc. The solution that worked in the end was a repair install of Microsoft Office.

To do this;

1. Click on Start and go to the Control Panel.
2. Add/Remove Programs.
3. Look for Microsoft Office 200x.
4. Click on Change and follows the prompts to run a repair install of the application.

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Connecting to a VPN fails, giving error code 1717

Solution:

1.  In Windows Vista: Click Start , type regedit in the Search box, and then press ENTER.

(If User Account Control is enabled it will prompt for confirmation.)

In Windows XP: Click Start, then click ‘Run…’ and type regedit, and then click OK

2.    Browse to the registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RasMan

3.    In the right panel, open the DependOnService key and delete SstpSvc entry.

4.    Reboot the and check if you can dial theVPN connection now.

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The problem was when logging into windows, it immediately logged off automatically. This was the same for each user account and even attempting to log in using Safe Mode.

This turned out to be due to userinit.exe not running correctly. A virus had hijacked the log in process, running its own executable instead of userinit.exe. A registry key referencing userinit.exe had been altered.

The solution is as follows:

The obvious difficulty is that I could not log on to the PC to access and edit the registry. To get around this a bootable CD such as Hiren Boot CD or BartPE is required.

To edit the registry of the PC  Boot int Windows PE or Minid XP on the device.
Once in Windows go to the command prompt and  type regedit.
Select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
On the File menu, choose Load Hive.

A series of message boxes might appear that stating that the folder cannot be found and that the location is unavailable. Ignore any such messages and click OK when they appear.

The Load Hive dialog box will appear.
In the Files of type box, select All Files.
Navigate to the registry location on the local PC. Typically this is C:\WINDOWS\system32\config.

In this config folder, select the hive SOFTWARE and then click OK.
Back in the Load Hive dialog box type a Key Name, e.g., TEST_ITEM.

Choose HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, and then choose the new reg key .

Browse to:
“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TEST_ITEM\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon”

Look for a a key named “OldUserinit”, delete the “Userinit” key and rename the “OldUserinit” key to “Userinit”.

The “Userinit” key should be “C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe”.

Usually the problem is that this key is referencing an alternative exe which is causing this automatic log off.

Now clicke HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, go to the File menu, and then choose Unload Hive.

Reboot the PC. The log on process should work correctly. However a virus scan needs be run immediately. This is because the problem may reoccur at the next logon (This happened to me)

A scanner such as Combofix, Smitfruadfix and/or Malwarebytes should be used. Each of these can be found from a Google search.

After rebooting it is recommended to run an additional scan, perhaps with the installed Anti-Virus program.

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