Terminal Server restarted by a user
Have you ever had your Windows Terminal Server restarted by a user? That’s kind of annoying wouldn’t you say? You slave and work all your career to keep your server fleet up-time at a...
Author: George Almeida
Test SMTP from server
Ever need a quick and easy way to test SMTP relay from a Windows server? Does this feel familiar? You come into work and before you can grab your much needed cup of caffeine, you...
Thank you for 2016!
As we conclude our third full year after the relaunch of the GeorgeAlmeida.com blog, we are happy to announce that the traffic to this site has increased 179% and has also enjoyed a nice bump in revenue...
Mouse pointer disappears and flickers
I’ve been having a really annoying problem with my Lenovo Twist where my mouse only appears when I move it and disappears as soon as I stop moving it around. In other words, the mouse...
Emoji showing as blank
After an update to the Messenger app on my wife’s Moto G4 Android phone, the emoticons stopped showing up on texts to other people. The emoji was missing from the text but they still...
Search Group Policies
One of the things system administrators do quite often is create, tweak and troubleshoot active directory group policies. As you know, some of these group policies can become quite large and can contain hundreds...
Blog within a blog in WordPress
So you want to create a blog within a blog huh? Wordpress is a GREAT blogging platform, perhaps the best available, especially for the price! It can do a whole lot of cool things and...
Backup computers for free in ONE Step
If you want to back up computers for FREE in ONE STEP, then please read on. Backing up your computer is one of those things that we all know we should do on a regular...
Windows update service utilizing high CPU and memory
We had a major issue where, all of a sudden, many computers running Windows 7 had an issue with the windows update service utilizing high CPU and memory. The problem started to become serious...
Password Security
With all the security breaches happening on networks and computers all over the world, you’d think that something as simple as password security would be in the forefront of everyone’s mind. Yet, for some...
Secure applications using Dynamic RPC Ports
Securing your Windows Server running applications using Dynamic RPC Ports can be a little frustrating but it doesn’t have to be. RPC stands for Remote Procedure Call and it is basically used to establish communication between client/server...
Customize ComicPress Navigation Buttons
I decided to help my daughter with a project recently. The project was to fire up a website for her webcomic. I thought to myself, this is simple enough right? All I need to do...