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Network Drive Can’t Access

On a couple of networks I maintain I have been getting various PC’s that have issues accessing mapped drive letters to a Windows 2003 Server. The Internet works and the Exchange/Outlook is fine its when the access a network drive they might get an error: “insufficient resources to complete task”. If they reboot […]

Windows Live Messenger Crashes On Startup

I had a client that when he tried and start Windows Live Messenger it would crash and give an error:

“Windows Live Messenger has encountered a problem and needs to close.”

I tried reinstalling but that did not cure the problem. I searched on line and found this solution:

Start the regedit and goto the […]

Error When Printing Other Users Calendar In Outlook

Client got this error:

The messaging interface has returned an unknown error. If the problem persists, restart Outlook.

Found this on Microsoft website.

Method 1: Disable the TaskPad option

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On the File menu, click Print. Click Page Setup. On the Format tab, click to clear the TaskPad check box. Click OK to close […]

Task Manager Greyed Out

Have a client that has this in their 2003 server. Caused by spyware. Ran Malwarebytes to remove the spyware. Also found this on the Internet. If you can get into the registry its a change.

Fix Greyed Out Task Manager

Slow Opening and Saving Office 2007 Files

This had been driving me nuts. My situation is I run Windows 7 Pro. Office 2007. Connected to a SBS 2008 Server. When I open an Excel document from the server the first time it would take minutes and sometimes would time out. After this it was fine usually for the rest of […]

Fix .NET Framework To Fix Simply

I have a client that had an issue with Simply Accounting 2010 working. It would give an error on start-up about .NET Framework not working and the Simply Connection Manager failing. I believe the Connection Manager uses .NET. I could not uninstall Framework 3.5SP1 or reinstall. I found this on the Internet to […]

Allow Outlook To Send or Receive .EXE Files

Found this on the Internet:

Outlook 2007, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2002 and Outlook 2000 SP3 (but not Outlook 98 or earlier Outlook 2000 versions) allow the user to use a registry key to open up access to blocked attachments. (Always make a backup before editing the registry.) To use this key:

1. Run Regedit, and […]

Logmein Free Change Remote Type

I have used logmein for a long time. Mostly my sites I control are the free version because all I need is to remote control the PC. A few months ago Logmein had changed their free version and removed some of the stuff I was normally use to. One is the groups are […]

Excel 2007 Slow To Open Files

I googled this and found that sometimes its related to add-ons. The add-on that I believe I was having issues is the Adobe PDF Creator add-on. In order for me to remove the add-on I had to run the Excel 2007 as administrator. To do this go to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12 folder. Right-click […]

Extract Offline Files From PC That Won’t Boot

I found this on the Internet to help me retrieve data for a client that needed to restore data worked on a laptop that could not boot that needed to sync the data back to the server: The file needed CSCCMD 1.1 can be downloaded here.

If you’d like to extract the unsynchronized […]