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Lost Hyperlink In Outlook

If you have uninstalled Chrome and then lost hyperlink in MS Outlook ( a common thing ) or some other reason you lost the ability to click on links in Outlook then the easiest way is to fix this is to use a MS Fix IT. Click this link and then select the […]

Windows XP Connect To Windows 7 Share Looses Connection

Have a Windows XP PRO PC connecting to a Windows 7 PRO that has a shared folder. After a day or so the connection to the share stops and can’t access the Windows 7 PRO. Other Windows 7 PC’s are not affected. I found this on the Internet:

Locate the first key:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\LargeSystemCache

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Internet Problem. Gateway is 0.0.0.0

New client had an issue of getting on Internet. Running Windows 7 64-Bit and has Adobe CS3. Adobe is the cause. It installs Apple Bonjour and the Bonjour conflicts with the Gateway. The best way to verify this is your problem is open a Command Prompt and type ipconfig If you see your default Gateway […]

Impliment AHCI after Install of Windows 7 in IDE mode

Found this on the Internet.

A little guide:

I am receiving a lot of emails from users who bought a SSD drive, installed Windows 7 in IDE mode and then realize they need AHCI mode for faster SSD performance. Once you enable that in the BIOS during Windows 7 boot up, the OS will crash.

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TCP/IP fails on SBS after Windows Update IPSEC Blocked

Have had this on several SBS 2003 servers where after a Windows update the server can’t ping anything, can’t ping the server. In the event log you see IPSEC Blocked. What you have to do is edit the registry. Here is the Windows article.

Basically add the following registry items:

 

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Kill Windows NT Service That Hangs On Starting Or Stopping

Had to use this a few times. Comes in handy. I got this from Kuhnline.com Thanks!

 

Go to the command-prompt and query the service (e.g. the SMTP service) by using sc:

sc queryex SMTPSvc This will give you the following information:

SERVICE_NAME: SMTPSvc TYPE : 20 WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS STATE : 4 RUNNING (STOPPABLE, PAUSABLE, […]

SBS 2003 Internet Wizard fails On Firewall

I have a client thats running SBS 2003 and someone changed some settings on the companyweb. When I tried and run the Internet Wizard to create a new SSL Certificate it failed on the Firewall. I found this article that helped me fix it rather than try a reinstall of IIS etc (which […]

Can’t Email From Word or Excel

Within MS Word or Excel they have an option to email directly rather than opening Outlook and then attach the file. Sometimes this option does not work. It pops up an error about MAPI connection.

One way that might help is a little utility that Microsoft has built in to Windows […]

Windows Update Fails Missing BITS Service

Client had a bunch of virus’s and spyware I had to remove from bench. When plugged back into PC the Windows Updates and MSE Updates would not work. Tried MS Fixit for updates and still did not work. Found out the BITS service was missing. Found the following to get the BITS to […]

Fix Windows 7 With SFC From Windows 7 DVD

Windows 7 does not come with a repair option like Windows XP has when booting from the OS disk. The one option you can do is run the SFC command. Normally you would run this withing the OS but if you can’t boot into Windows 7 then follow the instructions I found online […]