Danny Garner

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Session Troubleshooting (or how to manually kill your own Citrix session) What is a disconnected session? Are you getting the "App is not available?"  Or maybe the "you have the license has reached its limit?"  Sometimes called a "hung" session, this refers to a connection to an application that remains running on the server even though it has ended on your computer.  This can prevent you from being able to launch that application again until that session is fully ended. Do I have a disconnected session? The main symptom for you will be the inability to launch an application.  Your experience may include:    -       “I just see the spinny thing” (the spinning wheel under the icon) *    -       “When I click on the icon nothing happens”    -       “I KEEP clicking on the icon and nothing happens”    -    ...

 Got Bottle Necks?  - Try These Nice Cool I/O Tools I ran across these little diddies while researching network congestion.   If you need to do some testing on your subsystems, here are some tools to help you gauge and determine the bottleneck.   http://www.sqlpanda.com/2012/11/io-subsystem-load-testing.html

Wake Up Early? Pppbbbfffttt! It seems that the mindset of the entrepreneur is wake up early and go, go go!  Well, here is an article that really puts into perspective when and how you work.  So, work like you like and you will get the worm without waking up early. https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/292889

IPAD SAVED FROM THEFT! Thank you Apple, AT&T and AirWatch!  Here is an exciting story of an iPad that got saved.   One of my co-workers was pumping gas at a convenience store.  On this occasion, he did not lock his vehicle as he customarily does.  During this time his door was opened and his brief case which contained his iPad was stolen.  It was stolen while he was right next to the vehicle.  He drove off without knowing it was missing.  The next morning, he realized that his briefcase and iPad were missing.  He immediately called the IT department.  Right move!   Given that we employ Find My Device, AirWatch and cellular SIM cards in our devices, we started out by seeing if the iPad was even on.  To our surprise, it was on and was right there on the screen showing the location!  So, now was this really showing us the correct location?  The location kept jumping from across the road and b...

WINDOWS 10 HOME OR PRO PASSWORD RESET I was working on an HP Windows 10 laptop the other day and was removing some of the unwanted bloat on the computer.  It also had a handful of malware on it.  I proceeded to uninstall the unwanted programs and thought I had finished. Shutdown the computer and handed it back to the customer.  Subsequently, she called and said "I can't get into the laptop.  Did you change the password?" I replied, "No, I didn't change the password.  It must be a virus or the way Windows 10 links into your Microsoft account. Bring it back and I will figure it out."   I literally could not get into this laptop to save my life.  I tried the original password.  I tried her current MS account password.  Had her change the MS account password only.  Still no luck!  Another caveat was that not only could we not login but also there was no network card or wireless network card showing.  So no ...

Corrupt Windows Profile and I Can't Get Out  - Fix logging in with a TEMP profile Have you had a Profile-Gone-Bad experience?  It's no fun when it happens because your computing world as you know it has just changed in an instant.  So, push that gut-wrenching feeling aside because there is hope.  The fix is a simple reghack and can be found here .

ARE YOU BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER? When was the last time you backed up your computer?  Never? Last year?   Well, now is the time!  Too many times I have worked on a computer where the hard drive has failed and there’s either no backup or they were backing it up to the local hard drive.  Most of the time that data is expensive recover or worse, not recoverable at all!   Your data is valuable!  Now more than ever because those pictures, videos, songs, bank data, and documents are our life.   There are a few options that will satisfy your computer backup needs.  I will show you the various types that are out there and help you see which fits your needs best.   3 Options: Local backup External Cloud/Online A local backup is made when you backup to the hard drive that is inside your computer.  This is highly NOT recommended as there is a single point of failure in the hard drive.  Should the hard drive goes...

MS Outlook:  Can't See Manage Rules Screen By: Danny Garner of Geaux Techie LLC geauxtechie.com Issue:  When you try to go into Outlook and select Manage Rules and Alerts, you get just a flash of the screen and it goes away. The Manage Rules won't fully open. Cause:  One of your rules is causing the module to hang.  Likely have too many rules defined. Fix: Go to Start>Search and type "outlook /cleanrules" and hit enter.  Relaunch Outlook and you should be able to select the Manage Rules screen. Reference: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_outlook-mso_other/outlook-2010-manage-rules-dialog-box-wont-open-any/9f62b456-fbf8-4163-97d6-dd6c3143f6d4

I was attempting to install a 3rd party software on a server that was already serving other applications.  The 3rd party software failed on installation and then subsequent issues started with my backup software that was on the particular server. After researching the issue, I discovered that one of the dependencies for the backup software was in fact missing from the Services list.  After referencing multiple out-of-date articles I did find that you could copy the hive from one working server to another to resolve the issue.  I was able to export the EventSystem hive from the HKLM>SYSTEM>CurrentControlSet>services>Eventsystem and import onto the errant server. After a quick reboot the service reappeared in the Services list and I was able to perform my backups.  As for the 3rd party software, they will have to make an effort to assure me that the installer is without error moving forward. Update: the backup software has been performing without error. ...