Archive for category Network Admin
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\OC Manager\Subcomponents\wins is Not Equal To Specified Value
Posted by Mitch in Network Admin on November 28, 2011
[KB2571621.log] In Function GetBuildType, line 1170, RegQueryValueEx failed with error 0×2 SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\OC Manager\Subcomponents\wins is Not Equal To Specified Value You have WINS turned off on this server. If you want to install the hotfix, change the value of WINS to 1 and install patch. Change back to 0 afterwards.
Requested lookup key was not found
Posted by Mitch in Network Admin on November 1, 2011
the requested lookup key was not found in any active activation context If you receive this error after “Repairing” a Windows XP installation, then it’s likely that the reason this happened is because you had a more recent version of Internet Explorer installed before attempting the Repair process and the repair process improperly restored you [...]
Background Color Missing from FireFox, Outlook, Excel
Posted by Mitch in Network Admin on June 24, 2011
Here is one solution. It may not be the solution to your problem, but if it is, then by all means please comment and tell me! So this story starts with my friend’s frantic post on FB: “…the settings on my work computer…have changed on [their] own… including Outlook and the Internet.. Everything looks like [...]
Adobe Flash Player update won’t install 10.3.181.26
Posted by Mitch in Network Admin on June 21, 2011
8/9/2011 – If you’re having trouble installing Adobe Flash and getting error: Corrupt Content From Reliable Source, then click here Rebooted a machine today and when I logged in as Admin it tried to update the Adobe Flash player from 10.3.181.14 to the latest version 10.3.181.26 and failed to update. So I tried installing from [...]
Outlook Contacts Import From Excel No Named Ranges
Posted by Mitch in Network Admin on May 16, 2011
The Microsoft Excel file ‘<Drive\Directory\Filename>’ has no named ranges. Use Microsoft Excel to name the range of data you want to import. Had an Excel file that I tried to import to Outlook that was throwing this error. First, make sure you have a header row with column titles so you can assign the data to [...]
8E5E03FE error installing windows updates windows 7
Posted by Mitch in Network Admin on March 11, 2011
Try this: Open start menu, type command prompt and rt-click the link and select Run-As Administrator. Once it opens, run the following commands. net stop cryptsvc ren %systemroot%\system32\catroot2\edb.log *.tst net start cryptsvc exit Try installing the updates again.
There was a problem reading one or more of your reminders
Posted by Mitch in Network Admin on February 24, 2011
“There was a problem reading one or more of your reminders . . .” Event ID 25 Open the calendar. Goto View–>Current View–>Recurring Appointments Then… CTRL+A to Select All and copy Open a new email and paste all the reccuring appointments into the email. Send them to yourself. Go back to the calender and reselect all the [...]
LMS Service cannot connect to Intel MEI driver
Posted by Mitch in Network Admin on February 24, 2011
In most cases, the solution is to install the latest chipset drivers from the manufacturer’s website. If that doesn’t work then uninstall the chipset drivers and reinstall the latest.
AMS360 – It is impossible to work with this document
Posted by Mitch in Network Admin on February 22, 2011
System: Win XP Pro SP3 Office 2007 Standard AMS 360 Message It is impossible to work with this document, because it is password protected. Someone must unprotect it (using Document Library) before it can be merged. You get this message when trying to View or Print an electronic Form in AMS 360. The solution for [...]
bootsec.exe vs bootsect.exe
Posted by Mitch in Network Admin, Software on February 4, 2011
Don’t confuse bootsec.exe with bootsect.exe, as they are different files with different functions. BOOTSEC – Reads the Boot Sector of a drive: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/102870 BOOTSECT – Tool for rewriting the Boot Sector of a drive partition. This tool is found in Vista and Win 7, and can be used for those OS as well as Win [...]