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  Instructions to Bypass Samsung FRP. No tools required. To start, reboot your phone or tablet and disconnect from Wi-Fi. 1/ Click Connect to your Wi-Fi network. 2/ At the top right corner, tap MORE, then ADD NETWORK, type a few characters in the box, highlight them and you will see a pop up with ASSIST on the right, hit it. 3/ A Google Search page opens, tap NO THANKS at the left bottom corner, then type CHR in the Google search box, CHROME browser will pop up, select it. Note if you cannot get the Chrome open the rest of this procedure will not work. 4/ Type in the Search box "Google Account Manager apk. 5/ Select the link from APKMirror.  6/ Tap the ARROW DOWN and download version 6.0.1 which is lower down the list (skip the ads). 7/ On the new browser page, tap DOWNLOAD APK to download.  8/ A pop up "Chrome needs storage access to download files ", so tap Update Permission. 9/ At the next pop up ALLOW: Allow Chrome to access photos, media, and files on your devices.

Use PowerShell to Find an Active Sync Device AD Lockout  One liner - Change the server name and username Script opens the current ActiveSync log file, finds the target username, filters only the IIS failures and pops the result into a grid to view You should be able to identify the following  the user device model causing the problem  the current IP Address and the mail client Copy and paste the one-line script into PowerShell ISE, change the name of the CAS server and change the username to match your problem user account. dir \\NAME_OF_CAS_SERVER\c$\inetpub\logs\LogFiles\W3SVC1\u_ex$((get-date).tostring('yyMMdd')).LOG | sls "fred.username" | sls " 401 " | Out-GridView Let me know how you get on... Keywords: AD, Active Directory, Exchange, ActiveSync, Lockout

Windows 10 - it doesn't look like you're connected to the Internet - Microsoft Store won't open - Microsoft News will not update - Internet icon in the bottom right corner of your screen shows the yellow triangle Yet Edge, Internet explorer and Chrome still work normally. Reboot does not fix. Other messages: You'll need the Internet for this. It doesn't look like you're connected to the internet. Please check your connection and try again. 0x800704cf    The Fix IPv6 has become your default internet protocol. 1. Click Start 2. Type ncpa.cpl and press Enter 3. Right click your Ethernet icon and select properties 4. Un-check Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) and click Ok Why Possibly your local router has issued IPv6 addresses but this is not fully supported by your ISP.

How to get Adobe Page and Zoom Preferences to Save The Annoying problem  You set up Adobe Reader to save page settings such as Zoom and Page Display, then close the Reader and open a new document and the settings are back to normal. You can get the settings to save per document but there ain't nobody that wants to open each document and fiddle with the settings. The Fix 1. Set the page display Preferences you want [Preferences - Page Display] 2. Go to Preferences - Accessibility - Override Page Display       Untick Always use Page Layout      Untick Always use Zoom Setting  3. Close Adobe and open again - all fixed. Comment What Adobe Muppet decided to add a page override for the Page Display, in a different configuration screen. Someone ought to be fired. Please add your comments if this worked!

Run monerod Windows Server 2016 Install Service with Custom Path Running on a Windows server it may be preferable to store the monero database on a faster drive - moving it off the operating system drive. To run as a service you'll need to specify the new disk location but this is not simple to specify in the service. Create your new disk and assign drive letter - formatted as ReFS with 64k cluster size. Stop the monerod daemon Copy files from c:\programdata\bitmonero to the new location d:\bitmonero - no spaces in the folder path Rename the old folder c:\programdata\bitmonero - for safety Create a symbolic link from the original default path to the new location. Open Administrative cmd.exe mklink /D "C:\ProgramData\bitmonero" "d:\monerodir" Now install the service Open Administrative cmd.exe CD to the monerod.exe program folder Run monerod --install-service (this took a few minutes to install) Open Services.Msc - set service to automatic

Freshdesk to Sharepoint with Powershell - Part 1 Sharepoint provides a simple way to create multiple views of data for different purposes using lists. Freshdesk contains our open ticket data with a display that is not always optimal for managing tickets and agents. This set of scripts updates a familiar Sharepoint list with the Freshdesk open ticket information. Sharepoint is used to view and share information in a simple readable form. The list is updated each 5-minutes providing a near real-time view of ticket information. Once setup, the Sharepoint list can be modified to create the simple views of tickets by Customer, by Engineer, By Call Type, By Logged time. Updates to the data are made with a hyperlink back to the actual Freshdesk ticket for updating with new information as needed.   The scripting comes in two parts for simplicity.  Part one downloads all open tickets to a .csv file used for Sharepoint input. Part two updates the Sharepoint list with ticket in

Server Essentials 2012 Web Interface How to Hide Folders in web view for users who have no permission to a folder By default server essentials shows folders in the web interface even when a user is denied access, to adjust this feature: 1. Log into the server and go to Administrative Tools -> Server Manager. 2. Under Roles -> File Services, click Share and Storage Management.  Select the folder share which points to the web interface root folder and in the right pane, click Properties. 3. Click Advanced and check the box "Enable access-based enumeration."  With ABE enabled only web interface folders the user account has permissions to will be shown.

Current Worldwide Cyber Attack Protection News is spreading like the infection from the cyber attack. Current information suggests this is dubbed #WannaCry Ransomware.  Information Encrypts with file extension .wncry Deletes volume shadow copies (often used for quick recovery) Deletes Windows Backup and System Restore Attacks SMB shares Windows 10, Windows 8 , Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP Note the widely publicised Kill Switch is blocked by proxy server. The malware uses direct Internet access to check the kill switch domain name and web site. Ironically the more secure sites using outbound filtering are more vulnerable.  Protection Based on anecdotal information available 13/05/2017 Patch systems up to April 2017 (specifically MS17-010) Disable SMB v1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support Use File Resource Manager to block the extension .wncry Add Comments Below with Further information Most recent Twitter updates https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Wa

Android Studio can be a little slow After a while using Android Studio gets painful at startup time waiting for the IDE user interface to load, then waiting for the Android Emulator. Found that with a few quick exclusions in antivirus speed is significantly improved. I'm sure there are a few who will disagree with these changes but the trade off between security and performance is well worth it in my case. Exclude the following items in Antivirus:  C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\plugins\android\lib C:\Users\<username>\.AndroidStudio2.2\system\caches C:\Users\<username>\.AndroidStudio2.2\system\index C:\Users\<username>\.gradle qmenu-system-i386.exe Please post a response how this works for you so that others may benefit.

Do You Need to clear the settings in Veeam EndPoint Backup? 1. Stop the Veeam Endpoint Backup Service Windows + R to bring up the Run dialogue, type services.msc and press Enter. Locate the Veeam Endpoint Backup Service, Double-Click to Open and Stop the service. If the service does not stop you may need to kill the Veeam Tasks (or reboot). Keep the Window open for step 3. 2. Edit registry key to recreate the database Windows + R to bring up the Run dialogue, type regedit.exe and press Enter. Locate Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Veeam\Veeam Endpoint Backup. Change the RecreateDatabase key from 0 to 1. 3. Start the Veeam Endpoint Backup Service Go back to the Services screen,  Locate the Veeam Endpoint Backup Service, open and Click Start. Starting will take a few minutes. Once the service is started this will reset the registry key back to normal so you can close the registry editor. Your backup settings will be removed s

How to UserID by email address in Freshdesk with PowerShell 1. Prep for testing  Update this url with yourdomain to locate a suitable user account and email address.  https://yourdomain.freshdesk.com/api/v2/contacts The output is in .json format but readable enough. 2. The PowerShell  ################################################# # Freshdesk Find Contact by email ################################################# # Find this user $userEmail = "someone@somewhere.com" # Enter FreshDesk Domain $myDomain = "domainname" # API Key $FDApiKey="myapikey" ################################################# # Prep $pair = "$($FDApiKey):$($FDApiKey)" $bytes = [System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes($pair) $base64 = [System.Convert]::ToBase64String($bytes) $basicAuthValue = "Basic $base64" $FDHeaders = @{ Authorization = $basicAuthValue } [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::TLS12

Freshdesk Powershell Scripts - Get ticket summary Mission get to the current open ticket count into an include file for our board Run this Powershell script as a Scheduled Task every 15-minutes Updates a text file with the current open ticket count from Freshdesk Later we'll pick this file up our our statusboard This is what we're aiming for on our operations monitor Tickets heading up or down using indicator Open tickets differentiated from all tickets Freshdesk Ticket count by Engineer / Agent  # Part one script starts here # API Key $FDApiKey="Enter your API Key Here" ################################################# # Force TLS1.2 as Powershell defaults to TLS 1.0 and Freshdesk will fail connections [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::TLS12 # Prep $pair = "$($FDApiKey):$($FDApiKey)" $bytes = [System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes($pair) $base64 = [System.Convert

RDCMan 2.7 Your credentials did not work - Fix Problem occurs when using a gateway server for access and a UPN username i.e. user@somedomain.com . Makes no difference what you type in, or save, you get prompted every time. The fix is not to use a Domain: entry when using a UPN user name Go to top menu Tools>Options Click Default group settings... Select the Profile Dropdown on the Logon Credentials Tab Edit or Enter Custom Credentials - Enter User name - Enter Password - Remove any Domain name Click Save Now check that your individual RDP settings are using the Global Group. Problem had been bugging for months and this resolved it.

root\cimv2\TerminalServices namespace is marked with the RequiresEncryption flag Scenario Published App on one server, gateway running on another server. Server 2008R2 Unable to refresh applications, icons missing in RDWeb Other servers able to publish applications Checked Gateway server is correctly added to web applications on the Published App server Event log showing Event 5605 errors: "The root\cimv2\TerminalServices namespace is marked with the RequiresEncryption flag. Access to this namespace might be denied if the script or application does not have the appropriate authentication level. Change the authentication level to Pkt_Privacy and run the script or application again." Unable to restart application server due to user activity Temporary Solution Add the Gateway server account to the Local Administrators Group on the Application server. A temporary fix but gets the apps published again. Review WMI errors after reboot

How to downgrade SQL Standard Edition to SQL Express - running SharePoint Sometimes mistakes get made, imagine checking an SQL Express installation and finding SQL Standard Edition installed.  To make this harder to find, the SQL Standard instance was named SQLExpress in Services. Run a SQL @@version to get the truth. Overview We'll use a Hyperv replica at the DR site for preparing the recipient server, a clone of production. You could also export the production server and configure as a new virtual machine. This example SharePoint 2013 installation with SQL2008R2 Standard Process fist run - without impacting production (takes about an hour) Confirm the production SQL server DNS name is locked in with a static entry. This is to prevent overwrite when starting up your recipient server. On the recipient new server: Configure the recipient server as a new virtual machine on a different subnet from production to prevent name clash. Start the recipient ser

Windows 10 upgrade stopped  Message advising Windows update couldn't continue uninstall Nero Burning Rom. Nero is not installed, nothing showing in Uninstall Programs, no services, nothing showing using Autoruns. To fix  Search c:\Program Files and c:\Program File (x86) for folders named 'Ahead' or 'Nero' Delete the folders, which places them in the Recycle bin (and prompts for Administrative approval) Refresh the Windows update screen, and the update will continue The Cause  Windows update appears to search for specific files rather than installed programs or autoruns components. Upon finding a file match for Nero stops the update presumably as a precaution.

Runtime Error 2507 dBase III type isn't an installed database type SCENARIO Server 2008R2 Terminal Server 64bit Access 2013 32bit edition installed Get Run-time Error 2507 dBase III type isn't an installed database type FIX PROCEDURE 1. Install Access Runtime 2010 32bit edition 2. Run Access 2013 from a shortcut to repair the installation 3. Install the registry keys below (Save as  .reg file). 4. Job done Note The file contents below are for 64bit operating system Note Watch out for copy and paste changing the quotes (search and replace to fix) Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Access Connectivity Engine\Engines\Xbase] "win32"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\microsoft shared\\OFFICE14\\ACEXBE.DLL" "DbcsStr"=hex:01 "Mark"=dword:00000000 "Date"="MDY" "Exact"=hex:00 "Deleted"=hex:01 "Century"=

The fix: On the source computer making the executable. Use the 32bit version of iExpress.  Create a shortcut to C:\Windows\SysWOW64\iExpress.exe Create a new project or open your saved SED file (the SED works with both 32bit and 6bit) Save the new Executable. This will be a 32bit which works on both 32bit and 64bit Operating Systems. The cause:  iExpress makes 64bit exe's when using 64bit source systems Full Error message: "The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running. Check your computer's system information to see whether you need an x86 (32 bit) or x64 (64 bit) version of the program."

Problem Installing Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Office 2013 64bit edition fails with the message "the expected version of the product was not found on the system". Fix Override product detection when running the installation file. From CMD Prompt: Proplussp2013-kb2817430-fullfile-x64-en-us.exe" "PACKAGE.BYPASS.DETECTION.CHECK=1" Installation successful Notes Previously Microsoft Office 2013 32bit Edition had been installed. Then uninstalled and the 64bit version installed. Windows Updates were up to date. Check that the Office version shows the correct version for the service pack to apply. From Word File / About.