Symptoms: Error popup in center of screen that says “No SIM Card Installed” Phone still connects to wireless, but unable to connect to cell data. Sometimes switching Airplane Mode on and off will reconnect the phone to the cell towers, sometimes the error will appear again. Sometimes the phone will reconnect to cell data after… Read more »
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Running executable in Linux “no such file or directory”.
I was installing Eclipse’s Orion on a web server, and attempting to run the Orion server executable yielded the following error message: “No such file or directory” It turned out that I had downloaded an executable for the wrong architecture – in my case I’d downloaded the 32bit version instead of the 64bit version. Hopefully… Read more »
Multiple Static IP Addresses in Arch on a Single Interface
I’m running HAProxy on ArchLinux and I need a few IPs on the load balancers. In this case, I’m specifically using an IP for the stats page with the following configuration: listen stats 192.168.99.99 mode http stats uri / stats auth admin:password stats realm Internal\ LB1\ Stats In Arch you either use the network daemon… Read more »
iPhone 4S GPS constantly on
The GPS on the iPhone can get stuck on whenever an app is consistently requesting positional information. Here are two of the most common causes: Foursquare Radar iOS5 geofences for reminders Read our guide on solving this issue in less common scenarios here, which tells you how to locate the offending app ChrisSharing is caring:FacebookEmailShareDiggStumbleUponReddit
Download Media from iCloud on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod
In order to wirelessly download all those purchased music, books, and vides from iTunes to your iPad/iPhone/iPod, launch iTunes then open the iTunes Store and click on the new Purchased link on the right side under Quick Links. You will see an icon to the right of your media that looks like a cloud with… Read more »
Backup SQL to a remote location with PowerShell and BITS
Recently I had to make sure I was getting backups of my many little SQL servers. In this case, I wanted to replace an old batch file I was using with something involving powershell. As always, it proved to be an extreme improvement in functionality. This script will loop through databases and start a transfer… Read more »
SQL Mirror stuck Synchronizing after failover
I recently failed over my primary SQL database to it’s copy on the mirror SQL server. This part worked well, however when I went to fail back the database displayed “Primary / Synchronizing …” In this state it’s impossible to failover. When looking into this further I checked the Mirror Monitoring tool in SQL and… Read more »
Macbook Air Backlit Keyboard Disabled
When pressing F6 to increase the keyboard backlight brightness, you may receive the below image indicating that you cannot increase the backlight brightness: This is actually a power saving feature! To disable this, open System Preferences -> Keyboard Matt DuffSocial media junkie, blogger, and E-Nerd. I love Grand Rapids, running, my motorcycle, good beer,… Read more »
Prevent sleep on any MacBook running OSX Lion
On MacBooks, it is default (and unchangeable) behavior for the laptop to Sleep when the lid is closed. This is because of the way Apple has engineered the MacBook line’s cooling and ventilation system. They are simply not meant to run with the lid closed. Doing so risks damaging your LCD and other internal components. That… Read more »
Outlook 2010 not storing autocomplete addresses
If Outlook 2010 is not storing your autocomplete address whenever you close and reopen Outlook, follow these steps: ·Close Outlook ·Navigate to %localappdata%\Microsoft\Outlook and rename or delete the RoamCache folder ·Click Start, Run and enter: outlook.exe \cleanautocompletecache ·Close Outlook ·Open the Control Panel and select the Mail option ·Click Show Profiles and confirm what… Read more »