I had an issue where emails were no longer being imported into WHMCS. Child process of cagefs_virtual_address_pipe transport returned 255 (could mean shell command ended by signal 127 (Unknown signal 127)) from command: /bin/cagefs_enter Turned out when WHMCS upgraded to version 7 some of the permissions were reset on the cron files. Changing the /cron/cron.php…
Many companies use Ninite as their defacto app installer for new computers. However, unless you are using Ninite Pro you are in breach of its terms. Just-Install is a free opensource alternative and allows installation of many applications via command line making it perfect for installing software through RMM tools. How do you use…
Finding the correct SNMP OID’s to monitor a device is more or less a painful process. Here is an example of using trying to find OID’s to monitor a QNAP NAS device. Thankfully they include the MIB file on the device itself. Easy right? I download the file and take a look, but there are…
A single click can be the difference between maintaining data security and suffering massive financial losses. From the moment just one employee takes the bait in a phishing email, your business is vulnerable to data breaches and extensive downtime. Quickly spot the red flags and put phishing emails where they belong: 1. Poor spelling and…
As the title says, here is how to schedule a reboot on a linux server. Example: Reboot at 11PM shutdown -r 23:00 Example: Reboot in 20 minutes shutdown -r 20
A customer called with an issue when typing in outlook. According to a few articles it appears there was an update released in Febuary that caused the smooth typing effect to lag. Updating Office using the command below seemed to do the trick. cd %programfiles%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun officec2rclient.exe /update user
I had an issue last night with a POS system that froze after login. Its old software and no documentation so I thought I could trace the transaction in the database and see what was up. MSSQL has SQL profiler but is not included in SQL 2005 Express, so I found this awesome utility that lets you…
A while ago I came across a program called bins that appeared to fill my desire to group pinned icons in my taskbar. Unfortunately, Windows 10 had just been out and there was no support for it. I decided to buy it anyway and give it a shot. Despite installing ok, the program was not acting as…
Windows 10 Had a dark theme which is much easier on your eyes. To enable it run the following command: REG ADD “HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\Personalize” /v AppsUseLightTheme /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f Log off and back on again and presto! The background colour for the Windows 10 menus will be dark. If you decide you don’t…
So my mum called me up today in a bit of a panic. “I’ve tagged the wrong person on facebook!” After I took a quick look, its not exactly as straight forward as facebook may think it is. So here is how its done. Click on the Image that you tagged someone in, then in…
