Kevin Oppihle's Tech Notes

Plug the router into your PC using the LAN port Setup your internal network card to use static IP 192.168.1.10 Access the Fortigate using the IP 192.168.1.99 Username is Admin password is blank Once you are logged on start the Wizard on the top right and follow the prompts: Once you have configured the base settings including your internal IP and external IP you will be prompted for a Virtual IP. This is for routing an external IP to an Internal IP. You can use the wizard or add it later using the “Firewall Objects” ” Virtual IP” “Virtual IP” as shown in the example below: In the example above the External IP is going to the internal IP 192.168.16.2 the “SBS” server Note: for the internal and external address range if just one IP only enter address in first field leave end of range blank. You will likely need to restart the device at this point after saving your settings and change your IP as necessary to reach the revised firewall address. Below is an Example of my “System” “Net...

Problem: email is being rejected by recipient server due to DNS mismatch Solution : Confirm Reverse DNS is configured Go to MXtoolbox.com and select SPF records Then enter in ptr:(your external IP) for example ptr:208.65.144.12 as shown below:   Click “SPF Record Lookup” And you should see the following with your domain name listed. If it is not Contact your ISP and ask them to create an RDNS record for you. Reconfirm the RDNS record was changed and propagated by repeating steps above.

Problem: The McAfee Client is running on the XP workstation however in security center and outlook it appears as if the client does not have a valid antivirus suit in place. McAfee Agent 4.5, McAfee AntiSpyware Enterprise Module 8.7, VirusScan Enterprise 8.7i When you open Outlook go to Tools> Trust Center> Programmatic Access you see the following: Solution: After researching and trying everything from reinstalling Office, reinstalling McAfee suite, Clearing the security center cache… The fix, as crazy and easy as it sounds, is to remove the workstation from the domain restart it, log on as a local administrator, open up security center (Start> Control Panel> Security Center) exit that then rejoin the PC back to the domain. Then the status will change back to “Valid” Credit: Cublands

Problem: Unable to remove because “Client is Managed” when you use add and remove programs Solution: Caution: it’s the registry you break it you bought it… Delete the following registry keys: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Network Associates HKLM\SOFTWARE\McAfee Then go to add and remove programs and uninstall McAfee Agent and it will now allow you to uninstall. This will require a restart

Problem: So you have multiple completely separate Office Word 2010 documents all formatted and complete and you decide you want to combine them into one larger word doc. You don’t want to cut and paste and reformat all day and you don’t want to combine them one at a time. Here is how to import them all at once with formatting: Solution: Open your new document you want to import in Word Go to the “Insert” tab Select “Object” > “Text from File” Browse to the document or documents you want to import, Select the document or multiples, and click “Insert” And wait! It may take some time for it to import multiple documents especially if they are in double digits. You may need to add some page breaks but besides that your formatting should be in place.

To resolve this issue, follow these steps: Click Start , type Task Scheduler in the Search box, and then click Task Scheduler . Enable the trigger that regularly starts the RacTask task. In Task Scheduler, expand Task Scheduler Library , expand Microsoft , and then expand Windows . Right-click RAC , click View , and then click to select the Show Hidden Tasks command. Note If the Show Hidden Tasks command is already selected, go to step 2c. Double-click RacTask . In the RacTask Properties dialog box, click the Triggers tab. On the Triggers tab, double-click the One time trigger. In the Edit Trigger dialog box, click to select the Enabled option, and then click OK . In the RacTask Properties dialog box, click OK . Close Task Scheduler. Update a registry setting. Click Start , type Regedit in the Search box, and then click Regedit . In Registry Editor, set the value of the following registry entry to 1: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Reliability Analys...

To see who is on the local RDP sessions using command prompt as an administrator run: c:\qwinsta If it is a remote server you are trying to view use the /server: server name or IP as shown below: c:\qwisnta /server:10.0.0.1 or c:\qwisnta /server:PDC1 You will see a display showing the following: Sessionname Username  ID  State         Type  Device console          koppihle3    2   Active To disconnect Koppihle3 use c:\rwisnta /server:servername ID# as shown below c:\rwinsta /server:PDC1 2 Give it a second or two to process the log off especially if using roaming profiles To confirm the session is disconnected run the qwinsta query again