Setting up Ethernet with UWP

This week, some significant time was spent debugging an issue where a client could not connect to a C#/UWP server.  It turns out that the solution had to do with giving the server accurate capabilities.  Specifically, in the .appxmanifest file, there are three...

Mailing Issues

I’ve come across an issue where one of my clients suddenly stopped receiving emails from his website contact form.  Checking various blacklists can sometimes result in the solution: https://www.spamhaus.org/lookup/ http://www.abuseat.org/lookup.cgi However, in...

Error establishing a database connection

Search for this error with regards to WordPress and you will find lots of articles talking about how the wp-config.php has bad credentials.  Funny thing is, I came across this error and credentials were not the problem.  Here’s how I fixed it. My site is on a...

Not able to export a remote database

New client computer, so I installed the latest MySql Workbench – version 6.3.6.  Turns out that the new version no longer works for me when exporting a remote database.  Here’s the error I’m seeing: It works just fine when exporting local databases,...