Archive for category Network Admin
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 [...]
Outlook crashes on searches after Microsoft update
Posted by Mitch in Network Admin on January 26, 2011
You just updated your computer with the latest Microsoft updates (Jan 11, 2011) and now when you search for an email in your Outlook Inbox or archives, you find that Outlook crashes and closes and restarts! I don’t have a fix for this per-se except to advise you to uninstall the offending update: KB2412171 To [...]
Internet Explorer safe mode
Posted by Mitch in Network Admin on December 28, 2010
Sometimes an Internet Explorer add-on will cause the entire thing to mess up and refuse to open. You can see if this is the problem with your IE by going to the START menu and clicking RUN. Type “iexplore -extoff” and then click OK. If IE opens up, then it’s probably an add-on problem preventing [...]
entourage corrupt rules file android phone
Posted by Mitch in Network Admin on December 14, 2010
Had a user get setup with corporate email (exchange 2003) on his new Android Incredible and after he synced, his Entourage 2008 on his iMac crashed with an error about the rules file being corrupt. Here is the fix: To resolve this issue, you must re-create the Rules file for your identity: 1. Goto your [...]
Error noise: USB connect disconnect sound
Posted by Mitch in Network Admin on October 23, 2010
Setup: Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP2 Quad core 4GB For no apparent reason, this machine started experiencing a recurring error: The system plays the sounds of a USB device disconnecting and then connecting, one after the other and sometimes several sets in a row. There are no viruses or malware on the machine and it makes [...]
Print Spooler service keeps shutting down after power outage
Posted by Mitch in Network Admin on October 19, 2010
If you just had a power outage and your print spooler service is having trouble staying started, then check the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SPOOL\PRINTERS folder…if there’s anything in there then remove it and then restart the Print Spool service. Should clear right up. Errors received: Event ID: 1000 Faulting application spoolsv.exe, version 5.2.3790.4759, faulting module ntdll.dll, version 5.2.3790.4455, [...]
GetASFstream unhandled exception error debug
Posted by Mitch in Network Admin on September 28, 2010
If you get an unhandled exception error when running GetASFstream, you probably corrupted it somehow and you’re going to have to reinstall. Not only do you have to reinstall, but make sure that you also delete the PREFETCH file from C:\WINDOWS\PREFETCH or else your problem will keep recurring. That file’s name starts with: GETASFSTREAM2300C.EXE Good [...]
Event ID: 13 – VSS error
Posted by Mitch in Network Admin on September 23, 2010
The user name domain\username specified in registry (SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VSS\VssAccessControl) does not map to a real user name. The entry is ignored. This error was due to a username having been deleted from the system but never deleted its VSS key. Follow this article’s advice to delete the missing username’s VSS key.
NVRAM Data Error 0×00000000 at 0×0004, expected 0×00000001
Posted by Mitch in Network Admin on September 21, 2010
I have a client with two servers with BCM5721 dual-NICs which, when tested, show one NIC as passing with flying colors, while the other has this NVRAM error. Not sure why, but it’s rather annoying. Broadcom told me I might want to have that looked at by my hardware vendor. The servers are fine though…no [...]
Remove IME – japanese chinese pinyin Input Method Editor
Posted by Mitch in Network Admin on September 14, 2010
If you do not wish to have IME on your system all you have to do is goto: State–>Control Panel–>Regional and Language Options….goto Languages tab and unselect the Supplemental Language Support options.