A great tool for figuring out what’s going on with remote access to Microsoft Exchange resources (like ActiveSync , OWA or Outlook Anywhere) is the Microsoft Exchange Remote“ Connectivity“ Analyzer. It will need the id and password of an actual user so… Read More »Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer
So I’ve been playing around with Microsoft Parental Controls on our family computer and I was pleasantly surprised with how easy it is to setup and what a good job it does. I honestly can’t believe it’s a Microsoft product.… Read More »
At my new company, all of the computers are custom builds, and they all seem to have a different motherboard in them.“ Looking up the memory specs for the different boards can get to be a real pain.“ Knowing how… Read More »Got Memory?
I was trying to install the Job Requisition template into SharePoint, but kept getting an error message everytime I tried: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN>STSADM.EXE -o addtemplate -filename c:\Templates\JobRequisition.wsp -title JobRequisition -description JobRequisition Cannot find or parse web template… Read More »“Cannot find or parse web template file” errors using stsadm.exe
Often when working on a server or workstation via Remote Desktop you’ll need to restart it.“ The problem is that the “Reboot” option is glaringly missing from your remote session: Fortunately there is a “trick” that will let you restart… Read More »Remote Desktop Reboot
My terminal server started refusing to issue new Terminal Server licenses, and when I went to look at the Terminal Server Manager, my licensing server was shown with the dreaded red “X” through it.“ Clicking on it to re-connect to… Read More »Fixing “The RD Licensing Manager encountered an internal error from the license server. Message Number: 0xc0110011” Errors
The clicking sound that Windows plays when you click on a link in Internet Explorer or open a folder in Windows Explorer can drive you insane.“ Here’s how to kill that sound in Windows XP: Click Start > Control Panel… Read More »Clicking driving you crazy?
I was getting frustrated with my Windows 2008 terminal server, as I though it’s redirection of local printers was broken.“ I was getting ready to take an axe to it, when a little research revealed that it was doing what… Read More »Local printers not showing up in Terminal Services session
On occasion I run across a computer where Windows Update is stuck on “Checking for the latest updates for your computer…”.“ “ One of the following suggestions has always fixed the problem for me. 1) Clearing Temporary Internet files in Internet… Read More »Windows Update Stuck on “Checking for the latest updates for your computer…”
I had an application that runs on .Net (ACT! 2010) continually crashing.“ Tech support promised me that if I uninstalled .Net 2 and re-installed it, everything would be OK.“ The only problem was, when clicking on the “Remove” button, I… Read More »Microsoft .NET framework 2.0 cannot be uninstalled