After a WordPress site move to new hosting, some images wouldn’t load and investigating the php error log revealed: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/) is not within the allowed path(s) The solutions was to edit the database using phpMyAdmin, go to the table wp_options and set the correct value for upload_path.
On a VMware 5.5 ESXi host I suddenly experienced guest machined that hanged or froze. I had to reset the guest machine to get it up and running again. In the Events tab I could see entries like below at the time of freezing. Lost access to volume 51d15c1a-17706da4-0ae6-001f29e5c998 (datastore1) due to connectivity issues. Recovery […]
When trying to install an APS package on a ISPConfig3 system, the package was never installed and the status “installation_task” remained for the site I tried to install a package. Investigating /var/log/ispconfig/cron.log revealed: PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function curl_init() in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/aps_installer.inc.php:627 This problem can occur when curl is not installed on […]
The Apple products, iPhone, iPad and Mac computers sometimes has problems when connecting to a wifi network where other devices have no problems. The problem seems to be in the encryption used. Make sure the router doesn’t have WPA/WPA2 mixed mode enabled, i.e. set it to WPA2 only. If encryption is configurable, use AES (not […]
When trying to install Samsung Kies 3 on a Windows 10 machine, the error message “Side by side configuration is incorrect” was displayed. The reason to this error is that the Visual C++ 2008 runtime is not installed. To solve the problem you need to download and install Microsoft Visual C++ 2008. Download it from these […]
The problem seems to be caused by two updates from Microsoft; KB2837618 and KB2837643. There is a simple solution though: Right click on the affected account in the left pane and select IMAP Folders Below the list of folders, uncheck the box for “When displaying hierarchy in Outlook, show only the subscribed folders.“ Exit Outlook […]
Today, august 14, the site celebrates 10 years of supplying technical solutions to tech nerds all over the world! The first post was written on august 14, 2008. Happy anniversary to nerdia.net! Do you have technical solutions or other things you find would be suitable to publish here – send me a message through the […]
A Windows 10 user contacted me because the desktop had disappeared. The first thing to check is if Windows is in “Tablet mode” which disables the desktop. Go to the Control panel Search for “tablet” and click on “Table mode settings” In the “When I sign in” change from “Use the apropriate mode for my […]
If you end up missing the menu etc in Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04 and 17.04, i.e. you only see the desktop but nothing more. You can’t even restart the machine. It can be resolved like this: Right click on the desktop and select “Start a new terminal” In the terminal window run the following commands; sudo […]
Using PrestaShop 1.6.1.18, this was an older shop that had been offline for a couple of years. It had been upgraded in steps from PrestaShop 1.4 via 1.5 to 1.6. While testing it before relaunch of the shop a problem was discovered. Sometimes when adding a product to the shopping cart, another random product was […]