Windows 10 Does Not Show or Install Optional Updates
Remember all those optional updates in Windows 7? Often you could ignore them, but sometimes you might actually want to update all your hardware drivers at once, or even install …
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3CX Modifies Windows Hosts File
A Windows Server 2012R2 Essentials machine was returning strange results when I did a DNS query from PowerShell. I traced it back to modifications that 3CX version 14 had made …
Outbound Calls Busy through 3CX Session Border Controller
I am running 3CX 14 stand-alone on a cloud-based server with a fixed IP. At my location, I have installed the Session Border Controller (SBC), also v14, on a local …
Cox Removed Ancient Trap–Internet Fixed?
When I switched back to Cox for Internet in January 2016, the contract installer ran a new drop from the pole to my house, all the way to the jack …
3CX Custom Provisioning Templates
If you want to provision unsupported phones to use with 3CX, you may come across this article on the 3CX web site: Provisioning unsupported IP phones. It looks quite helpful …
Unlock an Account from the MaxRM Remote Command Line
The MaxRM Remote Command Line presumably operates in the context of the MaxRM agent service’s logon, which by default is SYSTEM. It’s unlikely (or perhaps not possible) to lock out …
Testing EaseUS Todo Restore
I usually use Windows’ built-in disk imaging software, but I’ve been testing EaseUS Todo Backup Free 9.1 as an alternative.
Tomato Shibby Ports Backward on E2000
Today I converted from a Toastman build of Tomato router firmware to the latest Shibby build (136) on the Linksys E2000. I used a spare E2000 device so I could …
Intel RSTe Confusing Views of a Disconnected Hard Drive
I have a Lenovo TS140 server running Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise version 4.3.1.1152. Due to an intermittent error telling me that a drive was offline then immediately back online, …
GoldMine: Remove NULL String after Rehost
When rehosting GoldMine from version 6.7 to 9.0.0.102 (a required intermediate step on the way to a later version), the rehost process inserts the string “NULL” into the Notes of …