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EXCEL Import into OUTLOOK calendar problems

Posted on 2025/03/05 by maoeh

Here is a sample list: Problems I had: Problem: Outlook import greyed NEXT buttom Import a CSV file ended with a greyed NEXT button. I did not recognize the little button left to the destination that I had to select. … Continue reading →

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Set processor affinity for scom agent

Posted on 2019/03/23 by maoeh

Problem SCOM agent tasks are consuming 100% processor time causing a slow reaction time on servers. Solution Force SCOM agent processes to run on one CPU-core so other tasks get processor time. To achieve this add a scheduled task running … Continue reading →

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Revoke certificate from Microsoft PKI

Posted on 2019/02/10 by maoeh

This solution is based on powershell module PSPKI . Here is a link to download it : https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/PSPKI/3.2.7.0 Open Poweshell and run the following commands Import-Module PSPKI $sCAServer = "<FQDN of your CA Server" # read certificates into a variable … Continue reading →

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Enable access to a file system share using dns alias

Posted on 2019/01/11 by maoeh

Out of the box Windows is not allowing access to a file system share exept using the server name. Example  \\Server\share or \\server.domain.com\share To access a share using a dns alias do the  following. create a dns alias pointing to … Continue reading →

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Synology phpMyAdmin update is ending in page error

Posted on 2018/12/10 by maoeh

Problem phpMyAdmin is not starting. You get a webpage displaying the following error in red color. The mysqli extension is missing. Please check your PHP configuration. Solution: Open “Web Station” GUI from the main menu of your NAS. Then proceed … Continue reading →

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Change WordPress file rights on Synology

Posted on 2017/03/01 by maoeh

If you copied a wordpress file structure to your NAS you possible endup in wrong file rights. Open Telnet session and change to superuser mode . After that, change owner and rights so WordPress is working without errors. su sudo cd … Continue reading →

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Permalink dos not change in WordPress

Posted on 2017/03/01 by maoeh

I changed to a new Synology NAS from DSM 5.2 to 6.1. After migrating my WordPress site Permalinks worked only in default mode. On my old NAS i used to have something like “/2013/10/file-open-security-warning/”  . Problem: The permalink update is not running … Continue reading →

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