Outlook trying to connect

Found this error again on one of our staff Outlook application.

Quick solution :

Disable Modern Authentication by regedit to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\Identity, create a DWORD item named EnableADAL and set it to zero.

Under the same registry key, create a DWORD item named DisableADALatopWAMOverride and set it to 1.

Ways to improve your router performance

By default, any router should perform the way we expected. And if it does not, there are few ways we can try before thinking of replacing it with a new one.

These are the usual tricks that I always do on routers :

  • Reboot, or if you find to do it by daily, have it in scheduled. Both DD-WRT and Tomato firmware options have timed reboot options where you can set it anytime you want.

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Overheating temperature

The ideal operating temperature for computer processing unit (CPU) should be around 120ºF (48ºC) under normal usage. But during heavy tasks, such as gaming, devices can reach up to 176ºF (80ºC).

Temperature ranges can vary depending on room temperature. But in general, it’s a bad sign if CPU exceeds these temperatures.

Free Astro channel July 2021

Looks like Astro is giving free viewing again of all its channel to its subscribers. This maybe due to its support towards our current MCO situation.

The free viewing will end this 31st July 2021!

Client Access License

Planning to upgrade one of my Windows Storage Server 2012 soon, though the EOL could be in the next 2 or 3 years. I am much worried on the hardware, aging almost 10 years old and just a matter of time to break.

There are few options in my mind now. The first one is of course, going for the traditional upgrade of both software and hardware. Another option is to go for NAS, which I am really considering now. But there are also few other servers that also need upgrades or replacement, which makes me thinking of VMs.

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