Tag Archives: Monitor

PowerShell Script to Monitor Server Date and Time using PRTG Network Monitor

Posted by dave on August 10, 2011 2 comments

I had an issue this morning when a hosted server was randomly 1 day out. All the date and time settings were correct, but as a lot of the web sites running on this box depend heaivily on system time, …

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PCI, PCI-E and AGP Simplified

Posted by dave on February 28, 2011 No comments

So you want a new graphics card, or rather you need a new graphics card since your old one is now obsolete and not supported by Windows 7? It’s probably best to have a cup of tea ready before going …

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DVI Connectors Explained

Posted by dave on February 28, 2011 No comments

Well, my simple interpretation of the explanation found here anyway. DVI-D = Digital only DVI-A = Analogue only DVI-I = Both analogue and digital So not quite as complex as I initially thought. Importantly, you need to know that the …

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PFSense Upgrade 1.2 -> 1.2.3

Posted by dave on February 9, 2011 No comments

I figured I was about time I upgraded out PFSense box, mostly because I wanted to play with the new packages available for 1.2.3. The upgrade from 1.2 is simple, just head to the “Firmware” option on the left: And …

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Toner OID’s for Konica-Minolta BizHub C451

Posted by dave on October 21, 2010 10 comments

Having recently upgraded to PRTG Network Monitor 8, I had questioned how I might then also check the toner levels in my Konica-Minolta Bizhub C451 printer and also the RAID arrays in my HP Servers. Patrick from Paessler pointed me …

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PRTG Network Monitor 8 Review

Posted by dave on October 20, 2010 4 comments

The other day I was checking my emails and amongst the mundane rubbish of people trying to flog me Viagra or robots spamming my blog, I spotted an interesting mail from a person at the PR company for Paessler, the …

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Creating Maps with PRTG Network Monitor 7

Posted by dave on October 6, 2010 No comments

I use PRTG Network Monitor to monitor pretty much everything, and it works very well. I get email alerts when anything critical happens and can also monitor the status of everything from both the  windows GUI or the web interface. …

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HP L1906 LCD Monitor Repair Guide (Faulty Capacitors)

Posted by dave on September 8, 2010 4 comments

One of my users was complaining one day that her computer wouldn’t come on, the box was on but the monitor was blank. I rebooted the box and it seemed ok for a little while, then, about an hour later …

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