Tag Archives: Fix

Axis 2100 Network Camera Repair

Posted by dave on April 18, 2012 No comments

I bought an Axis 2100 camera off the bay the other day, it didn’t have a power supply but was very cheap so I took a gamble with it. I bought an AD-121AD generic power adaptor from the bay too, …

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Which program to use to open .exe file

Posted by dave on May 23, 2011 No comments

Following a dodgy Java virus on friday on a Windows 7 machine, I was unable to open .exe files. I removed the virus with MalwareBytes A bit of googling revealed this page which has some nice registry fixes for various …

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.jira-home.lock not removed when restarting Windows

Posted by dave on February 15, 2011 No comments

Following a machine reboot the other day, my copy of Atlassian JIRA stopped working with a startup error that the lock file was still in place. I have had this happen before and so to make sure it doesn’t happen …

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GoDaddy VPS Time Zone Keeps Auto Changing – Registry Fix

Posted by dave on November 10, 2010 No comments

Right, another day, another problem. I have another VPS, this one is with GoDaddy, and generally I’m quite happy with it, I’ve only had to contact GD once, to upgrade it and that was fairly painless, other than my 10% …

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Replacing the Thermocouple on a Baxi 51/3RS Boiler

Posted by dave on July 14, 2010 1 comment

So, the other day, the missus goes to take a shower and then quickly realises that there is no hot water. I checked the boiler and the pilot light had gone out, damn it, “oh well, I’ll just relight it” …

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My screen is upside down!

Posted by dave on July 7, 2010 No comments

Some users experience this after mashing the keyboard in a fit of rage when Facebook won’t load. The fix: CTRL-ALT-UP Simples! (Thanks to Dan)

A system restart from a previous installation or update is pending

Posted by dave on July 5, 2010 No comments

I’ve recently installed Microsoft’s Threat Management Gateway and more recently SharePoint Services 2010. Both have been installed on a Hyper-V VM and both times, after installing the prerequisites I’ve been told that I can’t install the main software as a …

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