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Cannot install Google Drive on Microsoft Windows Server due to IE ESC security restriction
Due to IE being on lockdown on most servers (in my case 2012) it would not connect to the account. Open IE and go into Internet Options. On the Security tab, click Trusted sites. Add https://*.google.com and apply it. NOTE: When installing Google Drive, it can and WILL kill explorer.exe which killed off all my current data transfers without warning.
read moreCan’t Enable Inactive Outlook Add-ins
Uninstall the program that is crashing and then go to the registry locations shown below and remove the keys, then reinstall the add-in that was crashing. HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoft Office 15.0Outlook Resiliency HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoft OfficeOutlookAddins – remove the keys that refer to your troubled Outlook...
read moreCalendar event creation with LG G2 phone
First, get all of the email accounts you want associated with the phone registered and synced. Next, pull up the Calendar app on the phone. Tap the button with 3 horizontal lines in the bottom right corner and tap the Calendars to display option. Select all of the calendars you want to display on the phone and potentially edit. Now when you create a new event on the calendar using the “+” button in the upper right corner, it will prompt you for which calendar you want to create the new event for. The event will show up in the...
read moreBusinessWorks error, unable to write to BWUser.ini BWSYSTEM1400
Error: Unable to write to C:\Documents and Settings\…..\BWUser.ini (Server: servername; dB: BWSYSTEM1400) Copy a working user’s sage folder structure under C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Sage and copy it to the new user’s same location under Application Data, then try again. May also mean BW is not installed on this PC.
read moreAutoCAD “This plotter configuration cannot be used”
In AutoCAD you might get a message saying “This plotter configuration cannot be used for one of the reasons : The driver cannot be found, the device cannot be found, or the driver has a problem” Now before that error message it will list a printer (ex: RICOH Miafa 1080 : This plotter configuration cannot be used..) and in this case that printer (RICOH) was NOT installed nor on the network at the client. AutoCAD saves the ‘plotter’ information within its projects and not inside the software itself. To fix this you...
read moreAfter performing Physical to Virtual conversion, Virtual Machine will not boot due to Access Denied error
The VHDX file needs permissions for the VM GUID to access full control over the file. Essentially, copy down the VM ID. You can get this ID by hitting the “More” link on the error message that Hyper-V manager gives you while attempting to start. Then, on the Hyper-V machine, run the following command: icacls <Path of .vhd or .avhd file> /grant "NT VIRTUAL MACHINE\<Virtual Machine ID from step 1>":(F) As long as you copied down the VM GUID correctly, you should receive a success message after running the command. The...
read moreAfter System State restore the domain appears to be missing
After performing a System State restore, the server reboots, and you are able to login. When you click on Active Directory Users and Computers you receive an error message stating “You are not connected to a domain or it no longer exists.” When you browse to the server’s shares with \\SERVERNAME, the SYSVOL and NETLOGON shares are missing. If you run DCdiag.exe from the run prompt, it does not pass the FsmoCheck test. Stop the File Replication service on the domain controller. Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe). Locate...
read moreAdding a Windows 2000 network drive to a Windows 7 machine
In this case, it was also on a workgroup. It will not accept the password because of the authenticated method that changed in W7. You have to go into the registry to HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa and then ADD a DWORD value of LmCompatibilityLevel and set it to 1 (one) No reboots required, it worked immediately for me. Since it was on a workgroup the credentials were server\administrator and then the password, and I had to check the box to run with different...
read moreAdd an image to a Peachtree 2006 template
The image has to be in bitmap format in order to show up on a template. Open up the designer for the template and click on the “Object” button on the left side. Browse to the bitmap you want and check the Link box underneath the file path. The image should be on the template now. If you want the image behind any other objects on the page, you need to right click it and select Order and move it down the Ordered list until it’s at a lower index number than the object you want it to be...
read moreAdd an existing active directory user to the SBS 2011 users console
Open ADSI Edit from administrative tools Right click ADSI Edit and click Connect to… and click Ok keeping the default values Browse to the user you want to import to the SBS 2011 Console Right click the user, and select Properties Find the setting msSBSCreationState and set the value to...
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