Archive for December, 2009

Blackberry device receiving old messages as if they were new

I keep receiving old messages that I deleted on my Blackberry Tour as NEW messages.  This has happened twice since December 22, 2009. I think it’s related to the network outages that BB had in North America on the 22nd because I’ve never had this problem before then and the emails that are being re-delivered [...]

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Using DBCC ErrorLog Command To Cycle SQL Error Log Files

Each time SQL Server is restarted, the ERRORLOG file is recreated, and your existing error log is renamed ERRORLOG.1 The existing .1 (if any) is renamed .2 and so on to .6 This is done to ensure that the server starts up quickly with a fresh error log file. Since the current ERRORLOG file is [...]

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Desktop Icons Background Color Is Not Transparent

System: Win XP One of my clients received an email with an image embedded in it and was trying to save it to her desktop.  Somehow she messed it up and she noticed that her Desktop Icons now had a blue background to them that wasn’t there before. The Fix: 1. Goto START –> Control [...]

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Toshiba Satellite P105-S921 Laptop Overheating Issue [solved]

So, I had this laptop that was overheating and giving me problems. It’s a 3 year old Toshiba Satellite P105-S921 and just barely out of Warranty (damn). Once turned on, the left palmrest would become warm and if you had it on your lap you’d notice that the left bottom side is burning up.  Of [...]

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Mailmeter – Error Setting Up Environment

Error Setting Up Environment – Error in setup of installed products.  Permission denied This error button may appear when you are Activating a new License Key.  If so, make sure that you have closed all the control panel applet windows after stopping the services. And also check the Services list directly to make sure that [...]

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Yahoo email doesn’t display message (Windows Vista)

Internet Explorer 8.0.6001.18828 Microsoft Windows Vista 32-bit This may or may not be a “fix” because the issue is intermittant, but certain emails in Yahoo Mail had the email content blocked when trying to view.  Added yahoo.com to the Allowed sites under Tools–>Internet Options–>Privacy–>Sites Refreshed the page and the content showed up. Any thoughts?

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