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Profile Sub Folders in Vista/Windows 7 become corrupted
Date December 14, 2009 Author By kadmin Category Windows 7, Windows Vista
If your profile sub folders [Desktop, Favorites, Games, Links, Music, Pictures, Videos] become corrupted, deleted, or unattached, here is a great place with links to registry files that will help you get the problem solved. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/148461-personal-user-folder-restore-missing-folder.html
Read MoreDate December 8, 2009 Author By kadmin Category Microsoft Exchange
I recently ran the SP2 upgrade on my Exchange 2007. I downloaded the file and unzipped it to the desktop. The install ran fine until it reached the Client Access Role and then it failed with an error that mentions “Network Path Was Not Found.” The Solution: I unzipped the downloaded file again to the […]
Read MoreDate November 9, 2009 Author By kadmin Category Microsoft Office
SnagIt is a great program for creating screen shots but the Add-ins can cause problems for other programs. Particularly, the Word add-in can cause Word 2007 to crash when you close it. How to remove the Add-ins: Click Office, Word Options, and select Add-ins on the left column. First, you may notice that you are […]
Read MoreDate November 2, 2009 Author By kadmin Category SQL Server 2005
The problems with installing SQL Management Studio 2005 are well documented here and here. But I recently had a unique problem of my own. I ran sqlrun_tools.msi from the CD as suggested but it kept saying the components were already installed. After many tries, I found that SQL 2005 Express Edition tools were installed and […]
Read MoreDate November 2, 2009 Author By kadmin Category Microsoft Exchange, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008
When upgrading from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007, the setup wizard showed a failure because the Exchange 2003 server was still in Mixed Mode. I went through the normal steps to change it to Native Mode. However, the change was never seen by the Exchange 2007 setup wizard because the active directory attribute was never […]
Read MoreDate October 29, 2009 Author By kadmin Category Microsoft Exchange, Windows Server 2008
To install the Windows Server 2008 operating system prerequisites for a computer that will host the Hub Transport, Client Access, and Mailbox server roles by using the graphical user interface Start Server Manager. To do this,click Start, and then click Server Manager. In the navigation pane, click Roles, and then click Add Roles in the […]
Read MoreDate October 28, 2009 Author By kadmin Category Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Outlook
There is no good direct way to sync Exchange Public Folders with your mobile phone. However, you can easily sync your personal Contacts folder with your phone using Microsoft Activesync or whatever your phone uses. So all you need to do is set up a sub-folder in your Contacts and sync your Public Contacts to it. […]
Read MoreDate October 26, 2009 Author By kadmin Category General
I’ve been using a Solid State Hard Drive (SSD) in my laptop for about 6 months and it has been a great experience. Everything opens so much quicker than it did with my old 7200RPM hard drive. I liked it so much I bought another SSD for my 3 year old desktop computer and doubled […]
Read MoreDate October 9, 2009 Author By kadmin Category Windows 7
Upgrading operating systems is always an exciting thing. But as with Vista, the move was not necessary. Windows XP was still being actively supported and it was a fine environment to do basic tasks. As computing as moved to more interactive software and platforms, your operating system needs to be able to accomodate these changes […]
Read MoreDate October 8, 2009 Author By kadmin Category General
The use of host serial ports is available if you use ESX, but not in ESXi. On ESXi, you only have the option to Output to a File. VMware Server (which runs on top of Windows) does allow you to connect a serial device, such as a faxmodem, to your virtual server.
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