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Comcast Spam Blacklist (RBL) Removal
Date April 21, 2010 Author By kadmin Category Microsoft Exchange
Problem: You send emails to yourfriend@comcast.net and you get a message back from your server that delivery has been delayed. After a couple days you get another message from your server that says delivery has failed. Most spam filters will outright reject your message and tell you why but Comcast simply delays the message forever. […]
Read MoreDate April 15, 2010 Author By kadmin Category Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Here is a handy resource when a virus/spyware wrecks your file associations. Common problems are executing .exe files and the “run with…” dialog box pops up. http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
Read MoreDate April 12, 2010 Author By kadmin Category Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook
Problem: Your Outlook Express spell check is stuck in French so it thinks all your English emails are spelled wrong. Cause: Installing Office 2007 breaks the spell check in Outlook Express. See KB932974 for details from Microsoft. Solution: Install this free spell checker to replace the one that Office 2007 ruined: Spell Checker For OE
Read MoreDate March 26, 2010 Author By kadmin Category General
If you try to build a RAID array larger than 2TB (like trying to install a set of four 1TB drives) it will show the capacity of the array as some crazy number. You must keep the size under 2TB with this card or install a better card.
Read MoreDate March 22, 2010 Author By kadmin Category Windows 7
I set up a brand new Dell Studio 520 Desktop with integrated Intel Video card and HDMI port, connected to my plasma TV. I swapped the hard drive out of my old machine so that I would not have to reinstall everything. It worked great until I went to watch TV on Media Center. It […]
Read MoreDate March 5, 2010 Author By kadmin Category Windows Vista
After loging in on Windows Vista, you receive this strange message telling you to reinstall windows to activate it. Follow these instructions, rather than attempting to reinstall the OS. 1) Open Internet Browser 2) Type %windir%system32 into the browser address bar. 3) Find the file CMD.exe 4) Right-Click on CMD.exe and select ‘Run as Administrator’ […]
Read MoreDate March 1, 2010 Author By kadmin Category General
Go to your Spotlight search bar and type in “Terminal” Once that opens copy the following text and paste it into the terminal and press enter: rm -rf ~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Office 2008/Microsoft Office 2008 Settings.plist ; rm-rf /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Office/OfficePID.plist This will remove the serial number and you will be prompted for a new serial number when […]
Read MoreDate January 14, 2010 Author By kadmin Category Windows 7, Windows Vista
If you are setting up a dedicated Windows 7 Media Center machine you will not want to have to find your keyboard to log in when the machine is rebooted. Update: Just use this Winternals tool if you don’t want to mess with the registry. Open Regedit and Navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows […]
Read MoreDate January 8, 2010 Author By kadmin Category Windows XP
Stop: c0000218 {Registry File Failure} The registry cannot load the hive (file): SystemRootSystem32ConfigSOFTWARE or its log or alternate How to recover your registry: Hopefully you had Windows System Restore enabled before your registry was corrupted (it is enabled by default). Otherwise you are done and you’ll have to reinstall everything. Microsoft has a really long […]
Read MoreDate December 24, 2009 Author By kadmin Category Microsoft Exchange
Exchange 2007 OWA error when replying or forwarding a message: A problem occurred while trying to use your mailbox. Please contact technical support for your organization. Exception Exception type: Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Storage.StoragePermanentException Exception message: Could not get properties. Solution: Restart the Information Store service.
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