Tuesday, December 16, 2014

How to check SSL version used to connect to a website


To see what version of SSL you are using, in Internet Explorer (IE)
Visit the website you want to check in IE
Once the page is loaded, go to File (You may have to press Alt key for menu options to show up) and then select Properties
































Now, review the connection value in this popup. This shows the type of connection made as well as the SSL versions. In this example, this popup shows TLS 1.2




























In chrome, click the green icon next to the URL once the page loads. Now, click the tab connection and shows the SSL versions. In the below example, it shows TLS 1.2








Monday, December 1, 2014

Saints Row IV - the steam servers are too busy to handle your request (error code 53)

Was getting error the steam servers are too busy to handle your request (error code 53) trying to start  Saints Row 4.

Turned our McAfee was creating an issue. All I had to do to solve as turn off real time scanning for a moment while the first time the game was run. Once the game started up for first time, I was able to enable McAfee real time scanning back on. Happily, didn't see this issue anymore. Guess the real time protection was blocking installing the software.

Turn on Windows 11 Fast Boot

If windows starting is slow, to enable windows 11 fast startup/boot,  Press Windows + R, type powercfg.cpl, and hit Enter.  This will direct...