A brief list of some recent desktop computers that still contain legacy PCI slots.
- Dell Optiplex 7010 in MiniTower & Desktop formats (not in SFF or USFF). Spec: PCI 2.3.
- Lenovo ThinkServer TS140
Desktop computers with a Legacy PCI slot
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Fixing the WordPress error ‘sorry you are not allowed to access this page’
Problem symtoms:
- On a WordPress site logged in as site admin to be presented with ‘Sorry you are not allowed to access this page‘ error message.
- Other weird symptoms: no side menu, but could access some admin pages normally by typing the url directly, eg ‘wp-admin/users.php’ to access the list of users (side menu re-appeared for these but was missing the Dashboard menu item). Could edit other user’s profiles but not my own.
The solution:
- After wasting hours trying all solutions listed online, including: disabling all plugins, using a default theme, checking file-permissions, resetting .htaccess etc, etc., I tracked the issue down to a problem with the wp_user_roles field in the WordPress database.
- After trying to manually fix the permissions without success, I came across a plugin that was able to fix everything.
- PublishPress have an excellent plugin called ‘PublishPress Capabilities’ that fixed the error message (and bought the side menu and Dashboard options back) just by installing the free version of plugin.
- However, to rid the site of the problem permanently it was necessary to restore the default WordPress user permissions. Fortunately the free version of the PublishPress plugin can do this for you, but be sure you’ve backed everything up before doing this and try at your own risk.
- In the PublishPress plugin screen go to ‘Capabilities > Backup’, click the ‘Reset Roles’ tab and then click the button ‘Reset to WordPress defaults’.
Fixing Windows Subsystem for Linux error code 0x80370102 when virtualisation is enabled in the BIOS
Problem:
Virtualisation is enabled in the BIOS but you still encounter Windows Subsystem for Linux error 0x80370102.
Solution:
Make sure that the hypervisor launch is enabled in your boot configuration. You can check this by typing in CMD (run as administrator):
bcdedit /enum | findstr -i hypervisorlaunchtype
If turned off, enable by typing:
bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype Auto
Then restart your machine and try launching WSL again.
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W3C Validation Solutions
Converting traditional/old HTML code to CSS friendly alternatives to achieve W3C validation.
Error: The frameborder attribute on the iframe element is obsolete. Use CSS instead.
iframe { border: none; }
Error: The cellspacing attribute on the table element is obsolete. Use CSS instead.
eg. cellspacing=”10″
table { border-collapse:separate; border-spacing:10px; }
Note: border-collapse has to be set to separate on the table element for this to work.
eg. cellspacing=”0″
table {border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;}
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Sheppey is spelt with two ‘e’s because it’s a place name!
Sheppey, as in the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, is correctly spelt with two ‘e’s – ‘Sheppey’, because it’s a place name!
For some unknown reason – many people on the internet seem to assume they somehow ‘know better’ – by incorrectly ‘correcting’ the name to ‘Sheppy’ or ‘Isle of Sheppy’.
But there’s no such place as ‘Sheppy’ – just as there’s no such place as ‘Londn’ – so unless you want to mark yourself out as an idiot, don’t fall into this trap!
Windows Error 0x800700FF when trying to play a movie
System files could be corrupt – one possible solution to this problem:
- Open CMD prompt (using “Run as Adminstrator”).
- Type ‘sfc /scannow‘ to check & fix system files.
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Uploading a video to YouTube or Facebook freezes or stalls part way through upload and Chrome console shows ERR_HTTP2_PROTOCOL_ERROR – one possible fix:
The problem encountered: after trying to upload a video to YouTube or Facebook using a Windows 10 machine, the video upload freezes and gets stuck only a short way into the upload (eg. at the 5 or 10% mark) and never completes; clicking inspect in the Chrome developer tools console shows an ‘ERR_HTTP2_PROTOCOL_ERROR’ error.
After suffering from this extremely annoying problem for months on one particular computer (which previously worked fine, but mysteriously developed this fault around 24 March 2021) in Chrome, Firefox and Edge web browsers (and sometimes with web based photo uploaders), but being able to upload fine from several other Windows 10 machines connected to the same network, I finally tracked the issue down to an obscure setting with Kaspersky anti-virus (despite having already tried the pause protection option!).
If you encounter this error and have Kaspersky Internet Security installed, try turning off the ‘Limit traffic on metered connections’ option in Kaspersky’s network settings panel. Then restart your machine, and hopefully the problem with YouTube and Facebook video uploads will be resolved.
Further notes: the ethernet connection was already set to unmetered & network type as public (even though it’s a home network) in Windows settings, so it would seem that Kaspersky may have incorrectly decided it was a metered connection and started blocking large files from fully uploading without warning.
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Scenes from ITV’s new drama ‘Too Close’ filmed at Kingsferry Bridge, Isle of Sheppey, Kent
Some scenes for ITV’s new drama ‘Too Close’ were filmed around the Kingsferry Bridge, which connects the Isle of Sheppey to mainland Kent, over the weekends of 24-25th October & 12-13 December 2020.
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On the trail of Isle of Sheppey’s mystery Moo Mop Mouse!
A mystery artist has been creating cute little artworks featuring a mouse called ‘The Moo Mop Mouse!’ (#moomopmouse). The miniature artworks have been appearing near island beaches in September 2020. This blog entry documents some of the artworks found. The artist often leaves little ‘clue arrows’ pointing to where the small artworks can be found.
Sheerness 1 – ‘shopping list’:
Sheerness 2 – ‘kite flier’
Minster on Sea 1 – ‘pipe’:
Minster on Sea 2 – ‘wine glass’:
Queenborough – ‘string telephone’:
#keeptalking
Warden Bay – ‘mouse hole’
Shellness – ‘mouse hole with cracks’
Thames sailing barge Raybel and the Dolphin Sailing Barge Museum, Milton Creek, Sittingbourne
February 2020
Historic, 100-year old, Thames sailing barge Raybel, can now be found berthed at the head of Milton Creek in Sittingbourne, alongside Lloyds Wharf – undergoing restoration in the same location she was built at in 1920, thanks to the Raybel Charters project.
From the mid-19th Century until the Second World War the yards on the creek in Sittingbourne produced over 500 barges; the brick fields and barges of North Kent playing a key role in the growth of Victorian London.
We spotted the barge quite by accident, from the adjacent retail park and found our way over to the site, fortunately bumping into Clive Reader, chairman of the Dolphin Sailing Barge Museum, who kindly gave us a quick tour of the stunning newly rebuilt and relocated museum building (the original barge museum off Crown Quay Lane burnt down in October 2008) and arranged for us to have a quick look aboard the Raybel. The new museum probably won’t be officially open until 2021.
