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Error loading TS Gateway Manager
February 1, 2012
Another random problem which luckily I found a German article about. Problem When opening TS Gateway Manager, you get the following unhandled exception appear: Unhandled Exception in Managed Code Snap-in FX:{4a5cf35e-7944-4869-9407-de1cbe40a268} Object reference not set to an instance of an obj... Read more & comment
Christmas Puzzle 2011 - Snakes and ladders
December 6, 2011
This year's annual Charity Christmas Puzzle has now been posted, and is available to download. This, the 21st annual Puzzle that Gordon Gray has set, has a theme designed to help completion and will appeal to people who enjoy doing Crossword puzzles, such as in the Daily Telegraph (though it is not... Read more & comment
Slow Login to Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop
August 23, 2011
Having spent 5 weeks with Microsoft technicians trying to work this one out, and seeing plenty of unsolved forum posts on this topic, it seemed worth sharing as the final solution was fairly basic. Problem While logging into Terminal/Remote Desktop Services (TS/RDS) on Windows Server 2008 R2, both... Read more & comment
Christmas Puzzle 2010 - Winnie-the-Pooh
December 8, 2010
This year's annual Charity Christmas Puzzle has now been posted, and is available to download. This, the 20th annual Puzzle that Gordon Gray has set, has a theme designed to help completion and will appeal to people who enjoy doing Crossword puzzles, such as in the Daily Telegraph (though it is not... Read more & comment
Telling Computers and Humans Apart in web forms without visible CAPTCHAs
October 6, 2010
Many websites use CAPTCHAs of one form or another to try and tell the difference between Humans and Computers interacting with web forms. As the BBC have recently commented, these can be cumbersome to implement and also annoying to users. Automated ways to distinguish humans and computer bots when ... Read more & comment
The International Routing System scam
July 26, 2010
I've just had a call from a charming Indian gentlemen telling me he was from the International Routing System and that my computer was generating a lot of traffic which was disrupting the "International Routing Systems". Apparently he had my phone number because my IP address was creating all this ... Read more & comment
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