I said I would blog about this as I have had to do it several times when restoring an SBS 2003 or Server 2003 backup from Acronis Server 11 / 11.5 Basically, in some sites I’ve restored a backup to a Hyper-V machine within Acronis and Windows 2003 would not progress any further than the Windows 2003 boot splash ( see below )     Please note that the ...

Have came across a couple of HP EliteBook 8470P laptops up for auction this week ( Thursday – 25/02/16 )  at Paul Cooke Auctions. Specs are as follows: Brand:  HP Model:  EliteBook 8470p Size:  14″ CPU: i7 3520m @ 2.9ghz RAM:  4GB HDD:  500GB OS:  Windows 8 Professional Decent specs even by today’s standards. The laptops we seen are in good condition, ...

  There is a new version of Teslacrypt doing the rounds – a variant of Ransomware. This release calls itself version 3.0 and uses a different encryption key exchange algorithm. Furthermore, all encrypted files will now have the new .XXX, .TTT, .MICRO extensions appended to them. The major and most problematic change, though, is key exchange being modified. In ...

Recently, we had to configure a Technicolor TG703 Router Wireless Router for a client.  These routers were distributed by Magnet a long time ago and such makes it difficult to find any information on them. By default, the Technicolor TG703 Wireless Router issued by Magnet Broadband uses the following settings: user: user pass:  mygateway IP:  ...

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The Microsoft Surface Pro 4 hails itself as the thinnest, most powerful core tablet on the market at just 8.4mm. Designed to replace your laptop, the Microsoft Surface Pro 4 comes with Windows 10 Pro as standard and features a sixth-generation Intel Core i5 or i7 processor and up to 16GB of RAM. A 12.3-inch, 2736 x 1824 pixel PixelSense™ display delivers the ...

Recently, we had a client who could not send any invoices or statements through TAS Books.  The client was running TAS Books 3 on a 64bit install of Windows 7 Professional. Below is the message that would appear on screen: “The current action is not supported by the underlying mail system” It seems that “The current action is not supported by the ...

Whilst troubleshooting an issue, we removed Windows Server Update Services from a Microsoft SBS 2011 server for troubleshooting purposes.  Once WSUS is removed, Windows Updates will stop working and throw the following error: 80072EFD aka “network connectivity message”. Googling the 80072EFD error will provide solutions that suggest checking the ...

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