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Environment OS: Windows 10 Pro v1909 Affected Programs: Adobe Creative Cloud, Microsoft OneNote Application: NordVPN (and other VPN services) Observation After connecting with a VPN, you have Internet access with your Web Browser, but: Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop will not connect, showing the error: “No Internet Connection” and displays the message: “You are offline. Some … Read more
The Gateway IP address for the default route, 0.0.0.0, should be the IP address of the Default Gateway/router for your current network. Open a Command Prompt, with admin rights, then type the following command, then press the Enter key: route print If the Gateway IP address for the default route, 0.0.0.0, has the wrong IP … Read more
With Windows Vista and Windows 7, Telnet is not installed by default. To enable Telnet, do the following: Go to: Start > Control Panel > Programs Under “Programs And Features” select “Turn Windows features on or off” Tick “Telnet Client” Click the OK button To start Telnet for with first time, open a Command Prompt … Read more
OS Windows 7, Windows Vista According to Microsoft, “HyperTerminal is no longer part of Windows.” Purpose of HyperTerminal HyperTerminal is a terminal emulation program that supports communications over TCP/IP networks, Modems, and serial COM ports. I use HyperTerminal to connect, via the serial port, to the console port on Cisco switches and routers. This lets … Read more
Alternate title: Unable to Connect to the Internet OS: Windows Vista Business Router: Linksys BEFSR41, and Cisco Problem Description Upon connecting to a new network, “Access” in Network and Sharing Center indicates that the connection is “Local Only” instead of “Local and Internet.” Windows Vista firewall is enabled, but no recent changes were made System … Read more
Program: Cisco VPN Client v5.0.07.0290OS: Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bitComputer: Lenovo X220 Tablet After upgrading from Windows 8 Pro to Windows 8.1 Pro, the Cisco VPN NIC driver stopped working.The driver wouldn’t update via Device Manager. I uninstalled the Cisco VPN Client 5.0.07.0290 then rebooted the computer. When I tried re-installing the Cisco VPN Client 5.0.07.0290, … Read more
Symptom In Internet Explorer, PNG images on a Web page may not display. Instead, a placeholder (red X), may appear in place of the PNG images, but all other image types are displayed. Solution If PNGs display when logged in as an Administrator, then try restoring the default security templates for the affected user: Log … Read more
Step 1: Ping the broadcast address on your network from any Windows machine. If your subnet is 192.168.1.x with a mask of 255.255.255.0, then you would ping 192.168.1.255. Don’t be concerned about the “Request timed out” messages. C:\Users\Demo>ping 192.168.1.255 Pinging 192.168.1.255 with 32 bytes of data: Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. … Read more
NAT traversal technology allows network applications to detect that they are behind a UPnP-enabled NAT device. Then the applications can learn the shared, globally-routable IP address, and configure port mappings to forward packets from the external port of the NAT to the internal port used by the application—and all automatically so the user doesn’t have to manually configure … Read more
Why Should I Care? To learn how much you’re at risk, and what you can do to protect your accounts from getting compromised or identity theft. Attempting to recover access to your compromised accounts, or handling the fallout from identity theft, and the wasted time in doing so is stressful. You may never regain access … Read more