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How to fix Android Auto music stuttering issues

There are numerous reasons as to why Android Auto audio such as music of podcasts could stutter or lag in your vehicle. I went months having this issue. I tried dozens of suggestions I found online to no avail. Eventually…

Jan 25, 2020
Troubleshooting

Surface Pro plugged in, not charging

I’ve come across this issue quite a bit lately and I’m not really sure what causes it.The battery icon in the system tray will have a red X and indicate the tablet is plugged in, but not charging. It seems…

Dec 30, 2019
Troubleshooting

Outlook search not working

Windows Updates or Office 365 updates can break the Search Index database. The Search Index is used to provide instant search results. When the index is corrupt, search can become unreliable. For example, you may search for a phrase of…

Dec 27, 2019
Troubleshooting

Confluence Behind IIS Reverse Proxy

Atlassian Confluence Server for Windows is bundled with a web server which runs on port 8090. Most organisations would rather a more user-friendly URL such as confluence.domain.com. Although this isn't technically supported by Atlassian, it's best practice to leave this…

Dec 2, 2019
SysAdmin

How to resolve Dir Sync error “duplicate UserPrincipalName conflict”

I was recently prompted about a Directory Sync error witting Microsoft 365 Admin Center. The user account had the message “We detected a duplicate UserPrincipalName conflict on the value user@domain.com. All attribute values need to be unique across objects. To resolve this…

Nov 19, 2019
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SysAdmin

How to increase vCenter Appliance web client session timeout

As of vSphere 6.7 Update 1, the vCenter vSphere Client (also referred to as the HTML5 client) has reached feature parity with the now deprecated Thick Client and Web Client. But one of the biggest annoyances with the vSphere Client…

Nov 3, 2019
SysAdmin

Netlogon service Stopped or set to Manual startup

Nov 3, 2019
SysAdmin Troubleshooting

How to stream or cast from Windows to Kodi

Nov 23, 2019
Kodi

How to stream or cast from Android to Kodi

It’s possible to cast videos and music to Kodi transforming your Kodi box into a poor man’s Chromecast. Android devices can cast or stream content by leveraging the DLNA standard in conjunction with an app. In order to take advantage…

Dec 31, 2019
Kodi

How to disable the annoying navigation sounds in Kodi

May 15, 2018
Kodi