If you find you no longer can connect to your work, school or from a particular Hotspot it could be due to them (the network) no longer has the port (door) opened that allows the type of vpn traffic your device is using in its attempt to connect. As it relates to this post, I'm more specifically referring to connections that use the PPTP vpn protocol (Windows, Mac... etc). The PPTP protocol is now considered more vulnerable from a network security perspective than several other current VPN alternatives.  In many cases, it's been causing headaches for Network Administrators who should have migrated from its use by now. Perhaps it's due to the particular bubble I leave in, but it sure seems like there was not much lead time (notice) regarding the impending switch... weeks maybe? Apple users need to take particular note ... As of iOS 10, PPTP vpn connects are no longer supported from any of their devices.  I speak a bit more on this here .

If you find you no longer can connect to your work, school or from a particular Hotspot it could be due to you upgrading to Apple's iOS version 10.X or greater... or because you simply purchased a new Apple device. Apple's operating system (iOS) as of iOS 10 now no longer supports PPTP vpn type connections . More on this from Apple directly... https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206844 Consequently , the remote hotspot (network) from where you are trying to connect may no longer have the port (door) opened that allows PPTP traffic.  After all, why keep a port open that's no longer needed on your network? Apple switched for good reason... the PPTP protocol is now considered more vulnerable from a network security perspective than several other current VPN alternatives.  In many cases, it's been causing headaches for Network Administrators who should have migrated from its use by now. Perhaps it's due to the bubble I leave in, but it sure seems like there was no

After long since completing a song I composed in Garageband that I imported into Pro Tools 12, I realized I wanted to add an additional track to the version that was once on my iPad.  The problem... it was on an iPad I now had since restored from its former jailbroken state.  After 'un - jailbreaking' the iPad, I restored it from a backup that was created before I created the song in Garageband. Fortunately, I previously had backed up the song via the 'old' Garageband to my iCloud account. The bad news... it was not initially apparent how to download/import it back into my newly restored iPad.  If you too find yourself in this situation, the following should help ...  1). Make sure you have your iCloud Drive enabled .  You would think that's been the case since all this time you had been saving it to iCloud ( well... yes and no ). Check by going to ... Settings > iCloud > iCloud Drive > [ON] . 2). Now go into Garageband and on the wind

Regarding connection and call quality issues on your voice or data communications... have you or your business experienced any of the following issues? Communication or connection issues with modems, alarms panels or any other telecommunication device? or... Someone tried to call you, but your phone never rang? Someone tried to call you, the phone rang on their end but didn’t on yours? A call came through, but the quality was poor? A call came through, but the Caller ID was incorrect? Especially if the issue happens suddenly, your phone line / service maybe experiencing its issues due to "Grey Routing" or a "Least Cost Routing" configuration change by your Phone Service Provider.   To save you from reading through the technical explanation that follows, I'll first start by stating a permanent solution... I highly recommend after  your issue has been re-mediated that you request for your line / circuit be placed on an "exceptio

Before proceeding... it goes without saying to make sure you have visited the website of the manufacture of the monitor(s) in question and be sure you are using the most update to date Windows driver for your monitors. If not, download and install. -------------------------- Really digging the new Windows 10 upgrade, which I have performed on several devices thus far... laptops, tablets (even the $99.00 Winbooks) and domain attached computers (non-enterprise licensed machines). But... With just a few of the upgrades, I ran into a couple of the following issues relating to Display... - External monitors no longer worked. - Two external monitors presented the same display (mirrored), when I wanted to actually extend the display across both of them.  There were no options to make the changes I needed. Right clicking on the desktop and going to Display Settings or Personalize did not help. Nor did Windows see the extra monitor(s). While right clicking on the desktop to get

In the past, end users who should not have had the ability to delete certain Exchange Public Folders from within their Outlook client accidentally  were able to do so.  When these users were initially set up for access to the folders, they were given the permission of 'Owner.'  Reason being, staff at the time were not set on how to grant the proper least priority permissions which would enable the users to make changes within in the folders without escalated permission that also allowed them to delete the folders. To correct the problem, I first needed to know who had what permissions to each folder.  What follows are several commands which can be used within the Microsoft Exchange Management Shell that allows you to obtain such information.  You can either output the information on screen, or to a file where you can use such a tool such as Excel to examine and sort the data. In the following examples, replace FOLDERNAME with the name of your Public Folder. The -recurs