If you got physical access to your Windows machine or server and forgot your password, simply boot with a WinPE Live disk and replace either
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Category Archives: Bugfixing
Plesk PHP7 mysql not working.
In Plesk mysqli was activated but not working.
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Unable to update Linux on Windows 10
When i was trying to update my Linux on Windows 10, i always got this error message:
W: GPG-Error: http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security InRelease: »gpgv« wasn’t able to execute for checking signature (is gpgv installed?)
W: GPG-Error: http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates InRelease: »gpgv« wasn’t able to execute for checking signature (is gpgv installed?)
E: Couldn’t create temporary file to work with /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty_Release – mkstemp (2: File or Folder not found)
dpkg: Error: Updates-Folder »/var/lib/dpkg/updates/« can’t be read: File or Folder not found
W: /etc/apt/preferences.d/ can’t be read. – DirectoryExists (2: File or Folder not found)
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
No matter what tip i tried to use, nothing really helped, until i found a fix for it that resolved any error and did let me update the system normally again.
Here is what i did to fix it:
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How to force reboot the Samsung Galaxy S6
The Samsung Galaxy S6 and other new Galaxy devices as Galaxy S7 and maybe Galaxy S8 don’t include a removable battery.
So what to do when your phone suddenly locks up?
Well you still have a somewhat less common way to do force a restart or reboot.
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What if Plesk login fails after an update?
After we updated plesk on one of our debian servers to the newest version, we where unable to open the plesk login page. The page simply timed out without an error message.
To fix this we opened a SSH terminal access to our server and used the command:
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How to disable Microtik Routerboard beep sounds
Microtik Routerboards beep while rebooting and this gets annoying for some peoples in home or office environments.
Here is how to turn it off:
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Internet Explorer crash on personal tracking list editing
One day my Internet Explorer 11 began to block things it shouldn’t and not block things it should.
When i wanted to check the blocking lists (remember, Internet Explorer has blocking lists capable of blocking ads and malware and tracking), Internet Explorer instantly crashed.
I reopened the Browser and tried the same… Crash… again and again.
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A webpage suddenly stopped working
Today multiple webpages stopped working and there was no obvious reason.
After many things i’ve tried to fix the problem, (For examlple different console commands, tools from multiple developers, restarting my router) i tried to ping a known IP adress instead of a webpage adress. Bingo, it worked.
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Steam game not working after windows 10 upgrade
After a windows 10 upgrade or sometimes even without any reason, steam games begin to show strange behavior, crashes or not even start at all.
Verify install game cache files.
Data corruption on different places of the steam cache isn’t unusual.
Repair broken Internet Explorer and Edge
After moving some profile folders, Internet Explorer became slow and refused to load webpages.
The Edge browser simply opened and closed quickly without showing the user interface.
Copying the profile files and folders from a Windows 10 laptop, running the same synched profile, didnt help either.
Even xcopy with acl and flags copied didn’t help.