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Genuine user review of Hostinger Premium Web Hosting

20th November 201913th March 2021 James hostinger, hpanel, review, web hosting

Having struggled to find one myself, this is a genuine review from a real Hostinger customer. As at 17th November

Technology

Useful shortcodes when diagnosing UK phone line issues

4th August 201913th March 2021 James 17070, 174, phone, telephone, telephony, uk phone

This week I found myself looking into a phone line issue. I used to deal with a lot of these.

Technology

FIXED: VirtualBox downloads giving “Unauthorized Request” error

28th April 201913th March 2021 James virtualbox

I got an “Unauthorized Request” error when trying to download the VirtualBox 6.0.6 ExtPack (Extension Pack). There appears to be

Security Windows

eMail hacked? 9 things to do now

23rd February 201913th March 2021 James email

Taking you through the steps to recover from a hacked eMail account, and to minimise the chance of a future hack. If your eMail is hacked, you need to do more than just change your password. This article answers the question of “what next?”for those who have suffered from an account hack.

Technology Ubuntu

Get Wake on LAN working on Linux with Atheros network adaptor

23rd February 201913th March 2021 James network

Fix for using an Atheros network adaptor when running Linux, if you have found that Wake on LAN (WOL) doesn’t work.

Ubuntu

Filezilla error: GnuTLS error -50 in gnutls_priority_set_direct

7th February 201913th March 2021 James filezilla, ubuntu

Workaround for the current Filezilla error: “GnuTLS error -50 in gnutls_priority_set_direct: The request is invalid.
Error: Failed to initialize TLS.”.

This error appears in Ubuntu due to a GnuTLS in the current Ubuntu repository version of Filezilla.