How to Fix Virtual Router Plus Could not be Started Error

There can be different reasons for the Virtual Router Plus Could not be Started Error. Three methods to troubleshoot this issue are discussed below. Try these methods one at a time in the order 1 to 3, till your problem is solved. Hope these work for you

Method 1

1. Right-click network, click properties, change adapter settings, disable WiFi adapter by right clicking it and selecting disable from the context menu. Not the one created by Virtual router Plus.
2. Once disabled right click on it again to enable it.
3. Now try connecting to internet.

Method 2 

1. Press Windows key + X, select Command prompt (Admin)
2. Then type the following:
   netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=VirtualRouter key=123456789
3. Enter
4. Then type :
   netsh wlan start hostednetwork
5. Then try connecting to internet.

Method 3

1. Open Network and Sharing Center->Change adapter settings. Alternatively you may right-click network, click properties, change adapter settings
2. Right click the adapter you use to connect to the internet (Ethernet/WiFi/Data Card) and open its properties window.
3. Now go to the sharing tab and enable the 'Allow other network users to connect.....' and select the Home networking connection 'Ethernet/WiFi' as shown in the figure
4. Click OK
5. Now disable and then enable this adapter.
6. Now try connecting to internet.

MySQL Server (Windows) - Applying Security Settings Failed

You might have encountered the following 'Applying Security Settings' failure error while installing MySQL Server (more precisely, during the instance configuration) for Windows.

This occurs because an older MySQL database (instance) exists in your system. To find where it is located, open the my.ini file in the MySQL installation folder and find '#Path to the database root' string. The line next to it specifies the default path to the database folder. By default this will be pointing to "C:/ProgramData/MySQL/MySQL Server 5.5/Data/".

Now remove the existing MySQL installation. Next, open the parent folder of the database location ( ie if the path is "C:/ProgramData/MySQL/MySQL Server 5.5/Data/" then open the folder that is the parent of "MySQL" folder). Here it will be "C:/ProgramData". Then delete the "MySQL" folder (with all its contents) in it.

Notes:

1. Deleting only the "Data" folder will also serve our purpose. But it would be better if you delete the entire location as specified above. 

2. The "ProgramData" folder is a hidden/system folder. So in order to access it, type the path  of the folder ("C:/ProgramData") in your windows explorer address bar and press enter.

3. Deleting the database will delete all the data stored in it. You may not be able to recover it. 

Now install a fresh copy. You will see that it works like charm!

How to fix phpmyadmin not found error

Are you getting “404 Not Found” error while you’re trying to load your localhost phpmyadmin (say, http://localhost/phpmyadmin)?

     This happens due to the misconfiguration of apache server settings (or it was not configured at all), during the phpmyadmin installation. To reinstall (reconfigure) the package, run the following command in the Linux terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T):

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -plow phpmyadmin

While reconfiguring, select apache2 as the web server and provide the necessary configuration details.

If the above command does not work, then you may try the following commands in the terminal:

sudo ln -s /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf.d/phpmyadmin.conf
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload

The first command will create a soft (symbolic) link of the apache configuration (that is provided along with phpmyadmin installation package) into the apache installation folder. The second command will restart the local apache server.

Hope this solves your problem.