After a recent MS update, I had a user that ran into issues with a legacy application saving all the documents created into a new Virtual Directory and it effectively broke the application. Windows 7 created a new Virtual Directory in this location: C:Users*current logged in...
Needing to see the computer description under the network properties on a newer Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Server 2008 computer? When you look at the network options you can only see the following options to add: There is no option to enable or add the...
How to create a VPN connection to your office with Windows XP, Vista, 7 or even Macintosh Before going home: You will need to verify/acquire the following information from your network administrator: The IP address or DNS name of your VPN server _____________________________________ Your Username that you use...
“Traditional backup software does not understand virtualization.” – David M. Davis. Tomorrow marks the launch of a new FREE learning site, BackupAcademy.com, which offers a fundamental view of how virtualization works with relations to backup and replication strategies. The site is sponsored by Veeam and is...
I recently had a user that when he opened up Quickbooks, he could only log in as admin. The username box to enter another user account was not shown. The issue with this is that the qbw32.exe service gets hung and even though the program is...
I came across this today when decomissioning an Exchange 2007 in a 2007-2010 migration. After uninstalling the primary roles, it moves to removing the "Exchange files", which are the Exchange Management files. At this point it will get stuck indefinitely and the timer will keep...
I came across this issue today where opening a network file caused Excel 2003 to hang or crash. Opening the file locally worked normally. Removing security updates KB2541025 and KB2502789 immediately resolved the issue. Credit Technet: Link...
Recently I came across a computer that was getting a bluescreen every time it booted up unless it was booted into safe mode. I traced the problem to a particular program but when I tried to uninstall it in safe mode, I was unabe to...
In my years as a computer guy, I've seen some pretty unusual things done with and to computers. I've been around long enough to see CD-Roms used as cup holders, 3.5" floppies jammed in backwards, entire soda's dumped into keyboards, and once, a space heater...
I've decided to deviate from my blog-posting standard in two different areas today. First, I'm going to actually post this, which goes against the norm for me. Second, I'm going to talk about some underlying network theory instead of a break/fix review. The OSI Model When network...
Screen real-estate on my monitor is precious. It's not unusal for me to have multiple screens open at once on the same montor. Every inch of available extra space is more productivity for me, For this reason, I use the auto-hide function in Windows to...
It seems like over half the time I am called out on a client site to remove a virus from someone's computer, I get asked the universal question, "Where do viruses come from?" or "Why do viruses even exist?" I'll explain what I tell them. Viruses...
I ran into a new issue today with Adobe Acrobat after installing the latest update onto Acrobat Reader 10.1.0. The user could open up some pdf files just fine, then when trying to open up other PDF files they ran into an issue where Adobe...
We have been dealing with poor performance with Excel 2003 after the High Priority update 2501584 was installed on client computers. This update adds the MS Office File Validation that originally shows up in Office 2010 into Office 2007 and Office 2003. For most users...
If you are having an issue installing a service pack (which actually is a full binary reinstall/upgrade) of exchange 2007 where it prompts you to reboot because another install is in process, it means a registry flag failed to delete previously. To resolve the issue...
Ever had an issue getting past the prerequisite checker when installing Openmanage Server Administrator (OMSA)? If you know it will install, but the checker just won't let you past, do a manual installation and skip the prereq with this command: This is assuming you extracted the install...
Sometimes those pesky DRAC cards in the Dell servers just seem to not respond or act up. If you still have CLI access to it, you can reset it a two different ways. If you are local to the machine, and it has OpenManage installed (OMSA),...
Recently, I started running into an issue with Visual Studio, solution files (.sln), and project files (.csproj). For the various clients that I support, I have four versions of Visual Studio installed...
I ran across this multiple times over the last two years or so. This issue started with the introduction of the AMD tri-core processors, and continued when Intel released the hexa-core processors. This only applies to SQL 2005 RTM or older, on processors that are...
I came across this error on a Small Business Server 2011 installation once or twice where it would error out towards the end with a Target Invocation Exception. This so far has been identified as using a reserved login name for SBS 2011. Normally "Administrator" and...
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